The daily gazette., 1882-01-23
SECOND EDITION
Guiteau to the Jury.
The Prisoner Delivers His Pub.
Iashed speech with q Brief
Introduction.
HE sHEps TEARS AND SINGS WITH
EFFKoT A VERSE OF "JoHN
BROWNS BODY"

ing rain lthout, and the damp, uiouldY
atmosphere within the courtroom, were
not sufficient to deter jostling crowd
from hurryiDg to the courthouse and
demanding admission. Not since the
first few days of the trial has the patti
ence OF the deputy marshals been so Sc
verely tried. When tho prisoner was
brought in he was not led to the dock,
but to the witness box. He sat down,
remarkIBg, 81 am going to set down be-
cause / can talk better. am not afraid
of any ono shooting me. Shooting is
on the decrease" Then adjusting his
glasses and taking up roll Of manu-
script, he read as follows:
eUITEAU's SPEECH.
The prosecution pretend that / am
wicked man. Mr.. Scovills and Mr..
Reed think am a lunAtic, and pre-
sumo you think am. certainly vas
. lunatic on July 2 when fred on the
President, and the American people
generally and l presume you think
was. Can you imagine anything more
insane than my going to that depot and
shooting the President of the United
Statesp You are here to say whether |
was sane or insane at the moment when
fred that shot. You have nothing to
do with my condition before or since
that shot was fired. You muat cay by
your verdict, sane or insane at the mo-
ment the shot was fred.
II you have any doubt of my sanity
at the moment, you must give me the
benefit OF that doubt and acquit--that is,
| If you have any doubt whether l fired
that shot, or as the agent Of the Deity,
II fired it on my own account, l was
sane. If l fred 1t supposing myself the
agent of the Deity, L was insane, and
| you must acqaIt. This is the law as
given In the recent decisions of the
New York Conrt Of Appeals. It rev.
olutiOnizes the old rules and il q grand
step forward in the law of insanity. 1t
is worthy Of this age of railroads, cleo
tricity and telephones, and it VIC i comes
from she progressive State of New York.
have no hesitation in saying that it is
a special prov, .ence in my favor, and l
ask this Court and jury SO to consider
It. Some OF the best people OF America
think me the greatest maR of this age,
and this feeling is growing. They be-
lieve in my inspiration and that Prov
idence and have really saved the ma
ton another war. My speech setting
forth in detail my defense was tele-
/ graphed on Sunday to all the leading
papers and published on Monday morn
Ing, and now am permitted by Hls
Honor to deliver it to you. Only one
mistake occurred 10 1t, and it was my
fault. omitted to erase the words
"Christmas, 1884," which appear q few
lines from the top of my speech. The
sentence sTroneously read "To-day -
Christmas, 1871 suffer in bonds as q
patriot"
HE THANKS ALL HANDS.
And here desire to express nv in
debtedness to the American press for
the able and careful way they have re-
ported this case. The American press
is vast engine. They generally bring
down their ran when they open upon
him. They opened upon me with all
their batteries last July because they
did not know my motive and Inspiration.
Now that this trial has developed my
motive and inspiration, their bitterness
has gone. Some editors are double
headed. They curse you to-day and
bless you tomorrow, as they suppose
that public opiaion ia for you or against
JVu3 WulCu puOWH bu6 IDW RTau6 Ot
their humanity. | desire to thank my
brother and my sister and my coansel,
ScoVille and Reed, for their valuable
services. / intend to give my counsel
ample fees, especially Scoyille. He is
q stanch man and hero, and l COM
mend him to the great Northwest az
fine lawyer and Christian gentleman.
We have differed as TO this defense.
He has his theory and | have mine. l
told him to work his theory as he
thought best, aud he has done it in a
splendid way, and l commend him for
1t.
Considering his slight experience as
an advocate he showed himself as a man
of marked resources. In other words,
you cannot tell what is in a man until
he has chance. Some men never have
a chance and go down in obscurity.
There are plenty of brains in this world.
bis brain. 1t is brain and opportunity
under providence that makes a great
man. l return thanks to the marshal
and his aids, to the Superintendent OF
Police and bis force, to the warden of
the Jail and his keepers and to General
AyreB aRd his forces Tor services rendered
nae. l return thanks to this honorable
Court and bright jury for their long and
patient attention to this case. | am not
mere as q wicked man or q lunaLic.
am here as patriot aud my speech is as
follows:
THE PRISONER BREAKS DOWN,