Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-05-25
LINKED TO LIFE.
Gaiteau Still in Hopes that His Neck WIN be
eh


Washington special to Chicago Her.
aid. The guard that carried Guiteau
his breakfast to-day also handed him a
morning paper. The prisoner read be-
tween bites, and when the dishes were
removed, said:
s'The death watch will be set to-mor-
row, eh? Better wait till the last card
is played. / don't believe the court in
banc will decide against me, but if they
do he supreme court will grant writ
of habeas corpus.
The assassin thus seems still to keep
up hope. The warden says he feels de-
pressed because he is not allowed COM
pany, but he has no fear of his fate. An
unusual crowd visited the Jail to-day,
hoping to see him before the watch is
set but no one was admitted but his
counsel. Reed refuses to tell what
passed, but says Guiteau keeps his
nerves. When asked if he encouraged
Guiteau to hope on he replied:
HE does not need encouragement.
He has enough of the lawyer in him to
know he is not gone until all the wires
are pulled"
Reed does not speak over confidently
OF the effort to get writ of habeas cor
pus from the supreme court, and the
general opinion is that it will not be is
sued.
All reports as to the probable dispo-
sition of Guiteau's body may be set
down as conjectures. Disposition of the
body will be made according to the wish
of his friends after the brain has been
removed.
The fact has become well known to-
day that the decision to be rendered to-
morrow in the Guiteau case sustains all
through, the rulings and charge of
Judge Cox, and denies the motion for
new trial. The story is current that one
of the Judges, Hogner, dissented from
the views entertained by the others, and
fayors n new trial. but this cannot be
verified, and is therefore received with
much doubt.
The ASSASSIN has prepared another
letter, in which he aflirms that he wants
an unconditional pardon ornothing. He
says:
| tell the American people and its Of
llcials, from the executive down to the
court in banc, who are reviewing my
case, that | tell the truth .'and lie not''
when | say am Gods man in the mat
ter of President Garfield's removal, and
that if hair Of my head is harmed. the
Almighty will make the officials that do
it pay well for it. If was on the out
side would lecture under the auspices
of some bureau, on religious subjects
One of my subjects would be Paul
the Apostle and kindred topicsn If my
time has come to leave this world | am
willing, but | want the officials who
murder me on the gallows to understand
the issue. If they murder me they will
incur the wrath of Almighty God, and
it will be a long time before he lets up
on them and this nation. The devils
that crucitied the despised Gallilean all
thought they were doing Gods service,
but that did not release them from LA
bilitv. They and their nation incurred
the wrath of the Almighty by this act
and he got even with them at the de-
struction of Jcrusa' n, and he will get
even with this nation and with the Off
cials if am murdered on the gallows. /
want an unconditional pardon or moth
ing, and | want the executive to SO I'M
dcrstand it. | have set forth nv views
on this in my book, THE Truth and the
Removal" If the eminent iurists rep
rescnting the Washington court in banc
decide the case according to the law,
there is but one discision they can make
and that is they have no jurisdiction. If
they decide contrary TO the law the mat
ter will rest with President Arthur, and
they will have incurred the wrath of AL
mighty God