Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-02

1 circumstances IN lIulleSu
crime, he said. This man, this coward
this disappointed Office seeker, this dia
bolical, crafty, calculating, malignant
cold -blooded murderer-could he bt
compared to Wilkes Booth 2" Judge
Porter gave a short review Of the evi
dence of the expert witnesses, and de
clared that in view of their testimony
the jury could not but convict the pris
oner if they were faithful to their saths
and rendered a verdict in accordance
with the evidence.
Judge Porter spent much of the after.
noon session i'll masterly review of the
most notable of the prisoners own ut
terances, and virtually convicted the
man out of his own mouth. The 'inspi
ration" that had moved the assassin t.
establish the theocratic paper WAS Judge
| Porter said, because it was "a chance tC
do big thing for Chas. j. Guiteau.'
Voltaire, he allowed. had never uttered
such blasphemy and such corrupt senti-
ments as this man, nor would Judas Is
CARROT, were he alive.
A highly sensational part of Judge
Porter's address was that in which he
charged the prisoner with having stolen
from Shakespeare the expressions with
which. he sought to smmoth over his
murder as lie had stolen the motto OF
his life from "ChandOs," and the matter
of his inspired" works from the Berean
The prisoner thereupOn became quite
clamOrouS, and gave an illustration OF
| the man who doth protest too much
! by shouting: Il never studied Shaks-
| peale, as Il matter of fact in connection
with the Presidents removal" Judge
| Potter, picking up from his desk a small
volume of Shakspeare's plays, read with
considerable dramatic effect a portion ot
| the dialogue in the second scene of the
| fourth act of "Othello," wherein "Iago'
seeks to tempt "Roderige" to the mur-
der of cassie" laying stress on lagos
words: "He goes into Mauritania and
takes away with him the fair "DesdemO-
na,' unless his abode he fingered here by
some accident, wherein none can be 81
determinate as the rensOUillg of Cassie.
Come! Stand not amazed at it.
but go along with me. l will show such
a necessity in his death that you shall
think yourself bound to put it on him. y
AN ELOQUENT PERoRATIoN.
After demonstrating the absurdy of
Guiteau's own claim of transitory ma
MIA lis an excuse for his crime which
he said the prisoner had resoTted to
when his other pretensions failed
Judge Porter closed his remarks with an
eloquent peroration, saying that he
trusted the law should be so strength
ened by their verdict that the political
assassin shall find no refuge on the face
OF the earth. To borrow an illustration
from Attorney General Brewster, he said
that the. hand that aimed the assassin's
pistol wrote the name of James A. Gar
field in characters of living light upon
the ornament. there to endure as radi-
ant as if every letter was traced in shi-
ming stars.
1t was quarter past 3 when Judge
Porter made his bow to the jury. and sat
down exhausted in his seat. There were
evidences of appreciation among the
spectators who had been held SPELL
bound by his eloquence. but al disorder
was quickly silenced. Judge Porter's
effort to-day formed fitting climax to
his three days speech. Never lid man
pour forth such a strain of mas "rly in
vective, bitter irony and sublime elo-
quence. The most impressive silence
reigned during the whole time be was
on the floor, save when the prisoner
raised his voice in noisy Interruptions.
At times the prisoner seemed to become
enraged at the keen barbs hurled at him
by the eloquent lawyer, and he was most
vociferouS.
Guiteau, in his most passionate mo
ments, never leses CERTAIN grim humOr
and readiness 10 reparte which charac-
terizcs him. When Judge Porter, quo
ting from DR.. Spitzka's testimony, said
that he could not tell the jury what a
third rate shyster was, but Scoville
could, the prisoner promptly retorted !:
''Some of your clients cam. When
Judge Porter asked if Judas Iscariot
would utter such blasphemOus words as
this prisoner, if he were alive, Guiteau
said with like readiness: "He could have
got you for his attorney"
When Judge Porter got through SEQ
vile, rising, suggested an adjournment
till morning, to allow himself and his
associate to consult as to the way they
would ask the Judge to charge the jury,
observing that the jurymen had not had
their dinners. Judge Porter protested
that he had bridged his remarks purpose
ly so that the jury might take the case
this evening. Judge Cox said he would
leave the matter to the jury as to wheth-
er he should charge them this evening
or wait till morning. This evening.
this evening"" came from every part of
the jury-box. Foreman Hamlin, rising,
announced sin due form: 1--WE would
rather have it this evening"
CHARGING THE JURY.
Scoville thereupon sat down, and
Judge Cox unrolled his large bundle of
manuscript. He read quite rapidly, but
distinctly. The jury and every specta-
tor listened with intense interest. The
prisoner leaned forward in his chair, and
seemed to drink in every word with
great expectation. Two or three times
he made Interruptions. Before Judge
Cox finished it grew so dark in the
Courtroom that lamp had to be brought
in to aid him in reading. 1t was twenty
minutes to five when he delivered the
case to the jury.
There was a buzz all through the
Court-room-a buzz of relief from the
strain the listeners had undergone
during the last hours of the session. The
Jurymen, rising from their seats, and
taking their hats and coats. wer mar
shaled out of the box by the Bailiff and
conducted to the Grand Jury-room on
the second floor of the Courthouse. This
room is memorable for having been that
which the Surrart jury and the Sickles
jury deliberated. Meanwhile, the silence
that had been maintained in the Court
room gave way to a hum of conVersa
tion. Judge Cox remained in his seat
for some time, but no word was spoken
until the prisoner, rising to his feet in
! the dock, asked leave to be taken to the
Marshars room. This was granted. and
he was conducted out of of the Court
room. Judge Cox kept looking nervous
ly at his watch, and appeared to be de
liberating what course to pursue, when
the District Attorney suggested a re
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