Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-10

, VIII accept as fact that this species
VI CRIME can he committed, and the
court will have to deal with il with
IA HEhest penalty known to the
nal code, to serve as an example
ers. Your career has been so
rdinary that people might
II times have doubted your
Il -, but one cannot but believe
'"' nhen the crime was committed
Is " thoroughly unders1oo! the
natuie Of the crime and its conse-
quences Guiteau-I was acting as
Gods man and that you had moral
sense and conscience enough TO
recognize the moral iniquity OF such
} an act.
Prisoner-That's matter of
opinion.
Your own testimony shows that
you recoiled with horror from the
idea. You say that your prayed
against it; you say that you thought
1t might be prevented. This shows
your conscience warned you agains.
| it, but by the wretched sophistry
OF Your own mind you worked your
self up against the protest of your
own conscience. What motive
could have induced you to this act
must be matter of conjecture.
Probably men will think that some
fanaticism or morbid desire for self
exaltation was the real inspiration
for the act. Your own testimony
seems to coutrovert the theories of
your counsel. They have main
tanned and thought honestly, l be-
lieve, that you were driven against
your will by an insane impulse. The
testimony showed that you deliber-
ately resolved to do it and missuid-
ed will was the sole impulse. This
may seem insanity to some persons,
but the law looks upon it as willful
crime. You will have due oppor-
tunity of having any errors I may
have committed in the course of the
trial, passed upon by court in banc,
but meanwhile it is necessary for me
10 pronounce sentence of court, that
you be taken hence to the common
Jail of this district, from whence you
came, and there be kept in confne-
ment, and on Friday, the 3Oth day
of June, 1882, you be taken to the
place prepared for you execution
within the walls of said Jail, and
there between the hours of IL and 2
P. NJ, you be hanged by the neck
until you are dead, and may the
lord have mercy on your soul"
During the reading Guiteau stood
apparently unmoved and with his
gaze riveted upon the Judge, but
when the final words were spoken
he struck the table violently and
shouted:
May the Lord have mercy upon
your soul. I'd rather stand where
do than where that jury do, and
where your honor does. I'm not
afraid to die. 1 stand here as Gods
man, and God Almighty will curse
evl4y man who had taken part in
pro- urirg this unrighteous verdict. |
Nothing but good has come from |
Garfield s removal, and that will be
the verdict of posterity on my in
spiration. don't Gale a snap for
the verdict of this corrupt genera
ton, I would rather q thousand
times be in my position tnan in that
of those who have bounded me to
death. I shall have glorious flight
to death. I shall have glorious
fight to glory. But that miserable
scoundrel Corkhill viii have Il per-
manent job down below, where the
devil is preparing for him."
After apparently talking himself
out, prisoner turned to his brother,
and without the slightest trace of
excitement, conversed for some
minutes before being taken from tho
court room.
When Guiteau arrived at Jail ne
was at once. taken to his cell and o
guard placed over him. This pro-
caution is always oserved in cases of
prisoners under sentence of death,
and will be rigidly adhered to in the
Guitsau case both by night and
day.
Another Letter from Guiieau.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Guiteau to-
day perpetrated another letter on
the public in which he refers to the
evidence that he stole shirt, and
says he is too high-toned for news
paper devils 10 notice and he wants
them to let him alono. He never
saw such diabolic spirit. Papers
that cursed Garfield last spring have
been deifying him since he was shot
and cursing Guiteau, whom God
with brains and nerve inspired to
remove him. The Deity will get
even with them. It's hard telling
how some newspaper men can escape
hell, if they continue to SANDER the
Lords man. He serves notice that
he will see any friend or get letters
at the Jail. He won't answer any
anonymous or crank letters. All
checks should be certified; auto
graphs, 25 cents; photographs with
autograph, 81. supplied to the
trade fors9 per hundred. He dwells
on the beauties of his photograph
in tradesman style and says " under
no circumstances will any relatives
or any one else have anything to do
with my body. If necessary shall
will it to some large cemetery, but l
shall probably need it myself for
some time yet. Scoville's propos-
ition is simply infamous and bar
barous, and not to be tolerated for
moment. I am sorry Scoville is
poor and if l had plenty of money 1
would give my sister S. 900. I shall
do SO anyway if get out of here" /
The Commissioners DOinpS.