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week I will. (To the prisoner-Keep
quiet.)
Guiteau Violently III am going to
talk, too. I am here, and l DON'T
propose to leave this matter to you.
have my opinion of you as a lawyer.
You have been doing well, but your
theory n wrong. Your theory is too
small. You convicted me with your
jackass theories and consummate nom
sense. I don't propose to have your
theory prevail. (To the bailifs, who
were sndeavoring to suppress him
will not be still for you, nor for any
body else.)
Mr.. Scoville-I move to postpone
the final execution ofjudgment in this
case to reasonable time beyond the
next term of Court, not excluding
thirty days after the end of said term.
Guiteau-Do I understand that it
is necessary to pass sentence before
the matter is passed upon by the Court
in banc2 Within what time will your
Honor pass sentence?
Mr.. Scoville (angrily Keep quiet.
Guiteau (wildIy)-You keep your
mouth still. am doing this matter
myself. You convicted me by your
wild theory and consumate asinine
character all through. IF the case
had been kept entirely away from you
l would have had two Of the best
lawyers in America, and there would
have been no conviction. I had let
ters from them and could have had
them last October. care nothing
about your intentions. / want brains
and experience. Your intentions
were good, but you are deficient in
brains and theory. Let me alone and
I will pull out Of this. You got me
into this trouble.
The District Attorney-The duty
is now imposed upon me to ask the
Court to pass sentence iu accordance
with the verdict.
Guiteau-I ask your Honor to de-.
fer that as long as you CAP.
The Court Ito the prisoner) Stand
up. (The prisoner rose). Have you
anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced?
In quiet voice Guiteau began his
speech, but after he had delivered
himself of two or three sentences, his
manner became more agitated. When
he came to his predictions that the
American nation would roll in blood,
he raised his voice to its highest pitch
and brought his clenched hand down
to emphasize his declaration. When
he referred to the death of Christ he
gave his voice that declamatory roll
which throughout the trial character
lied his illusions to religious matters
His response to Judge Cox,s question
was as follows: ~ am not guilty of
the charge set forth in the indictment"
1t was Gods act, not mine, and God
will take care of it, and don't the
American people forget it. He ~ill
take care Of it, and every officer Of
this Government, from the Executive
down to that Marshal, taking 10 every
man on that jury and every member
of this bench will pay for it; and the
American nation will roll in blood If
my body goes into the ground and /
am hung. The jews put the despised
Gslilean into the grave. For the
time they triunphed, forty years
afterwards, the Almighty got even
with them. / am not afraid of death
am here as Gods man. Kill me To-
morrow If you want | am Gods man
and I have been from the start"
THE SENTENCE.
Judge Cox then passed sentence as
follows: "You have been convicted
Of a crime 90 terrible 10 It's circum.
stances and 90 far reaching 10 Its rec
sults that II has drawn upon you the
horror Of the whole world and the ex.
ecration Of your countrymsp. The
excitement produced by such an Of
fence made 1t no easy task TO secure
for you q fair and impartial trial, but
you have bad the power Of the United
States and Treasury and of the Gov.
ernnent in your serviOs to protect
your person from violence and to pro-
cure evidence from all parts of the
country. You have had fair and
impartial . jury as ever assembled in
a court Of justice. Yon have been
defended by counsel with seal and
/ devotion tha. merits the highest enco-
MUM, and ! certainly have dOue my
best to secure q fair presentation Of
your defense. Notwithstanding all
this, yon have been found guilty It
would have been comfort TO many
people if the verdict of the jury had
established the fact that your act was
that of an irresponsible man. 1t
would have lefs the people the satisfy
ing belief that the crime of political
assassination ives something entirely
foreign to the institutions and civil
ixation Of our country, but the result
has denied them that comfort. The
country will accept it as a fact
that crime can be committed, and the
Court will have to visit It with the
highest penalty known to the criminal
code, to serve % sn example to others.
Your career has been 90 extraordinary
that people might we'll at times have
doubted your sanity. But one cannot
but believe that when the crime ives
committed you thoroughly understood
the nature of the crime and its COZ.
sequenees'-
Guiteau--I was acting as Gods man.
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