The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-26

SATURDAY JAN FL.
Upon entering the court room this morning,
Guiteau took seat in the witt esses' box, re-
N ,rking as he laid out his papers: 81 Sit
down because can speak better, DO. that am
afraid Of berg shot. This shooting business
is getting played out" At an in'imst;on from
Judge Cox, the prisoner carefully arranged
from manuscript as follows:
The prosecution pre:ed that am g wicked
man- Mr. Scovllle and the rest think an I
iunatic. and presume :ol think am. GER
ta!nly was 8 lunatic on July I'd when fred on
tie III es;dent, and American people generally,
and presume yon, t!i4h WIS.,. Can you in
agine anything nlrTe insane than my going to
the depot and shooting the president Of tie
United States? You are lit1e today 10 say
whether | was Insane or sane when l nTed the
shot. You have nothing to with my conduct
slnce or before fret That shot. You must IS
by your verdict, ss:.e Or insane at tie mon: eat
that the shot was fired. Il you have any doubt
Of my sanity St that III nlent YOU must give
me the benefit of tie doubt aid scquit;
With this int oduotion tls prisoner tooh up
newspaper and proceeded to read to tie jury
his published speech Bis manner TO d Casual
observer seemei COM l,;ely self-posscs SET! as
usual, bu; bel ial the cs entatious afTec:s1on Of
compos,re was inteuse feeling. which was only
held in control tt, ougb undoubted etrr: 9Th
II vii.
Whatever tho original character OF feelin5i
Fl silly gained asceudency over his power Ct
control and as he reached that rlsce in his
speech, 81 Lave always served the Lord, al d
whether I live or de- he hroke dow cstn-
plstrly, stopped, tried to cheke down the lump
il his tl.1oat, and found it impossible to keep
i ;'ack f. genuine sob TaElrg on:
seconds, wiped his eyes, and with determined
effort vent Oh with the speech. He seemed
10 recover his composure go quickly tEat some
believed the whole effort manufactured. Mrs.
Scoviile, his sister, however, thought other
wise. She was deeply affected, and wept snd
sob''eG bitterly for SOME nj 1u.es. After this
incident Guiteau continued to read. occasional
~ adding b!ief comments upon the text As
he proceeded the appearance Of nervousness
gradually wore of, and with the utmost COM
posure and an JUNCTION that bordered upon the
ludlcrous, the prisoner read on with attempts
At every conceivable form of oratory and
dramatic effect.
His description Of the taking of of tie presi-
dent was given with striking effect At times
he c,osset his eyes, or turned them heaven
ward, waved his body back and forth, sank big
voice to whisper or raised it high, and at times
the Intensity of his utterances seemed to react
upon himself, but the effect was but transitory,
and with the exception of the one instance tiers
was 10 sign of breaking down. At FREQ sent
intervals be emphasized some sentences or
sentiment by repeating it, or commenting on it
At one time pausing, he leaned toward the jury,
emphasizing with his head and hands, and said
with an attempt at great solemnity:
I tell you, gentlemen, just as sure SO there is
God in heaven, if you harm hair OF my he'd
this nation will 60 down in blood. You can put
my body in the grave, but there will be day
Of reckoning.
In the most natural n amer imaginable, Gui-
teau explained again that the reason he did not
stake Garfield away two weeks before he did"
was because he then had no authority to re-
move MIR. Garfield.
When the time did come, he said in an airy
tone, 81 removed him gently and gracefully"
The jury may put my body in the ground, but
my soul will go marching on. The slave hold
ers put John Browns body in the ground, but
his soul went marching on.
Here he chanted most wierdly one stanza Of
John Browns body, closing with Glory, Glory,
Hallelujah, twice repeated.