The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-26
LATEST TELEG RAMS.
GUILTY..
So Says the Jury, and So Say
We All.
The Insanity Dodge Did Not
work.
Next Comes the Hanging.

opened the proceedings, by announcing,
"My sister has been doing some silly talk
in Chicago. She means we'll, but she's
no lawyer
Judge Porter resumed his argument.
Admonished by the falling snow and Sc
verify of the weather, from which he
had suffered, and from which doubtless
the jury also had suffered, he felt it
necessary to vary somewhat from his
original intentions, and trust to the in
telligence and honor of the jury to sup
ply his defense. He would not linger
over the dry details of the evidence, feel
ing it imperatively necessary that the
case should be brought TO. a conclusion
as soon as possible. He would simply
| touch upon few salient points Of evil
dence. John W. Guiteau, said Judge
| Porter, believe to be an honorable man.
He came here ready to contribute his
means, his evidence and his services to
save his brothers. life and an honored
fathers name, and yet truth comes from
his lips. That must impress upon every
one of you the conviction that on the I'd
of July the prisoner was as sane as you or
l or the Judge upon this bench. Reading
from the evidence of j. W. Guiteau,
and commenting upon it, Judge Porter
said: He has two faces.
Guiteau-How many have you got?
Porter-He has two faces, one showing
the saucity Of the parsse, and the ether
the hideous grin Of fend that
possesses him. AS he continued
| to read from j. W. Guitesu's
testimony relative to his lost interview
with the prisoner, Guiteau continually
interrupted with such comments as,
"What / say, is always true.n Judge
Porter, ''Wbat you say is generally
false" 81 never said SO. That is abso-
lutely false;
Proceeding. Judge Porter contrasted
the life, conduct and deceitful practice of
the prisoner, with Apostle Paul, in the
light Of the prisoners assumption, that
he, like Paul, was honestly engaged in
doing the Lords work. Paul never
pslmed off brass watches for gold.
Neither did I, shouted Guiteau.
Paul never swindled his creditors out
of their just debts.
Oh you're a blood man. .etaliated
Guitesu. You belong 10 the Judas tribe.
The picture drawn by Judge Porter
was anything but 8 lovely one, and pro-
veked the prisoner to most abusive re-
tor4s.. You are liar and you know it,
and l tell you so to your face, Judge
Porter, he called out.
This is the man, said Judge Porter,
who says ne never deceived any one.
That's fact, piped the prisoner. Put
that in frequently.
This man, who says he never deceived
anyone, says in one Of his handbills,
Lecture by Hon. Charles Guiseau." He
never deceived anyone. Where did he
: get ole title of honorable?
hats the way my letters come adj
dressed, sir.
This, the little giant Of the west, con-
tinued Judge Porter.
Judge PCrter-The Lord murdered
Garfield.
Gulteau-Yes, and he'll murder you,
before long.
Porter-The Lord defrauded printers
and boarding houses, and every night
and morning the Christian prisoner
thanks the Lord for bis work.
Guiteau continued, desperately shout
inS-You're q liar, and you know it.
You haven't brains enough to talk. A
saint from heaven couldn't stand the
abuse Of that man Porter, and wont
stand it. He's q liar and call him so.
Porter said he was simply reading from
!! the sworn ststemt Mt Of Gulteau'!
brother.
Guitesu-He's no brother Of mine;
4 want that understood. My sister sympa
8 thizes with me.
;. The first interruption from counse
O came when Reed strenuously objected t
q Porter's quoting from English aathOri
g ties.
Judge Cox said there WAS no cause TO
objection though it was not very rele
want, IL was not Objectionable.
l. Guiteau's remark about the Jew:
}, called from Porter the remark that be
r had yet to know man need be ashamed
to spring from the same race as the Sa
. yior. The ciamor then made by Guiteau
reinforced from Counsel Scoville, resem
bled a small Babel. Scoville finally OBJ
jected to Porter's construction OF the evil
denee, and the prisoner insisted that Por
ter should be arrested for insolence. Tn
bailiffs trying to quiet the assassin, onl.
drew from him most vicious demonstra
tons, and nearly obliged the officers
administer wholesome discipline.
Porter then reviewed DR.. Spitka's tes
timony, and was called 8 miserable
dirty, lying whelD at intervals by to
prisoner. A. Porter's eloquent, stlr:In
sentences, Guiteau was reused almost
- fury, and beloved like beast. Porte
referred to Reeds discovery that Char
iotte Corday was insane, and said 81
was in great contrast to this Yindictlv
cowardly wretch.
I amt, either; shouted Guitesu. 20
may put my body in the ground if 20
= can, but l tell you the nation will 2
down in blood if you harm o hair of m
e head.
4 Wilkes Booth was almost q patri
compared with this cowsrdly assassin
Wilkes was 8 man Of manhood an
kindness, but this cowardly wretc
NJ could plan for his victims death and q
L. own safety at the same time. he mU
an dered for revenge and notoriety.
Ire Guiteau-I shot my man in bros
al daylight, and don't you forget it, Porte
n For the next half hour there was
OK continuous stream of Interruptions a;
lar abuse from the prisoner, and score
by times he denounced Porter as liar, vi
n, various adjectiyss. Never before 81
m. his vindictiveness been so plain, and
the cunning merged into angry spite, and
he unwittingly emphasized PorleE's sSet
re. OF himself.
,us Guiteau, after recess. tried to ta'k, :
5 was stopped by Coz.