Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-11

WASH INGToN, Urn. TO- - When Guiteau
came in to court, as he passed his brother, he
whisper ed to him, "Come over to the dock,
want to see you about something of great
importa nee" Taking his seat the prisoner
laid dow n large bundle of papers and spread
ing out the manuscript busted himselfin look
ing it over.
JUDGE PORTER
began his argument shortly after 10, and at
once fix ed the attention of every one in the
room. Guiteau pretended to be engrossed in
his man uscript, but soon laid it aside and lis
tened with attention. Nothing like it has
been see or heard during the past nine weeks
in the Guiteau trial. AS Judge Parker re-
viewed the conduct of the prisoner and the
conduct on the part of his counsel in this
court, the crime in all its hideous ugliness,
was held up to the detestation of his hearers,
the silence became oppressive and the presence
of avenging justice in the near future was sug-
gested with force of conviction that swept
from the court room every vestige of that
levlty that has so long forced attendance upon
every utterance of the prisoner, and like
veil obs cured from the consciousness of spec
tators the horrors of the crime, and what
should be the solemnity of the judicial atone
ment. The prisoner WINGED and nervously
twisted in his place and for several minutes
was unable to say anything that in any sense
could approach 10 an interruption. Gradually
the risoner regained his usual assurance and
assumed his daily habit of interrupting with
contradictions and denials. For once, how
ever, the unsufferable impudence of the prs-
oner was completely overdone, neither
his noise nor his abuse could
interrupt or silence the avalanche
of ndemnation that swept from the lips of
the eloq uent counsel. "The person is mis-
taken, yonr honor" said Judge Porter, eff he
believes by his unseemly brawling he can pre-
vent my voice from being heard by the jury.
The puppet cannot moved in such good time,
as when he sat with his counsel, and by his
outbur$ts now he is fast
TIC HTENING THE HANGMAN's MOOSE
about his neck" With a nervous twitching
of the mouth Guiteau muttered, "We1l see
about hat" The heretofore audacious and
wholly unabashed prisoner seemed i'll at ease
and at a loss to understand why his
sallies of wit or impudence wholly
failed with the audience, while more
severe became the denunciation of counsel
the moi e frequent and marked were the demon
stratioI is of approval Finally like wild
beast brought to bay, Guiteau yelled out:
81 staked my life in the issue, and l am
willing to go to the gallows TO morrow if it is
the LOrEl's will. Pm sick of this bosh. Judge
Porter, L wish you would get your $1,000 and
go home"
Judge Porter concluded his mastery argu-
ment at II 40 by reading the now famous let
ter of President Garfield to Judge Payne, in
which he complimented and thanked him for
brushing away the network of sophistries with
which 1t has of late years been customary to
envelOP the plea of insanity when set up in
excuse fortcrimes.
PoRTER's ARGUMENT.
Judge Porter began his address with refer
ence to IL" or,er which had characterized
the pro c eiings of the defense, and then spoke
of Reed 8 argument as lawyer like and based
on the only law points which could with any
plauslIilIty bc addnced by the defense. Of
Scovlle's argument, he said i could only have
been delivered by one of the family of Gui-
teau, " no, as he had himself boosted, had
learned his law in the police courts and ac-
qnired his manners among the hootng owls
in weste Ohio. Porter reviewed the argu-
ments of Davidge, pointing out its strong
points. Malice, Mr.. Davidge had rightly
said was presumption of law, a question for
the judge, not for the jury. Should the judge
decide rs the defense asked, that malice was
question of fact for the jury, he would over
turn tile law, he would create precedent
In tllls famous case which would
be inevitably CONDEMNED through
all tim to come. Mr.. Scoville had objected
that the decisions in support of the prosecu-
ton postulate, were as antiquated as his
(PorteT's style of oratory. never said Porter
sat at the feet of that Gamaliel as Guiteau
did. Whether my manners and morals would
have heen improved is for Others to say. Judg-
ing from the decciple who is before you, he
would scarcely seem to be an appropriate in
structpr for youth.
Proceeding to expound the law on the sub
ject of malice reading from the 1880 edition
of Archibald's Criminal Practices, Porter
dwelt upon the generalization of Guiteau. Re-
ferring to his lying in court and to his dog
ging up the footsteps of the president, he
said: "Was this worthless vagabond the man
to be selected and inspired by God.
CHEAT, A swINDLER,
crea ture of the vilest habits. He then is a
junior in the firm of Jesus Christ & Co., this
murderer tracking his victim at night, at
church, at the railway station, everywher re.
till the deed is done. But grant this hidious
preten Bon an allow him the Inspiration of
Paul, which he impiously quotes, that does
not protect him as it did not protect Paul
from the stripes and death
Porter went on to say that although the
president had died, the government still lived
ana MIS- successor was prosecuting MS aSSaS-
sin.
aye So said Guiteau, "and Arthur employed
You u nder msapprehenslon."
Yes" said Judge Porter, "under the mis-
apprehension that the law was stronger than
Guite&u. Guiteau seems TO think that he's
stronger than the law"
~ do not claim to be stronger than law,
but Cpd is stronger than law" said Guiteau
suddenly.
"You will come before God Almighty pres
entity" said Porter s0lemnly. Until then he
would do well to refer but little to Him. He
will feel soon what he has never felt before,
the divine pressure in the form of the
HANGMAN's MOOSE.
The prisoner had sworn on the stand that
he was predestined to remove the president.
He had forgotten to say that he was also pre-
destir ed to be hung for it.
Speaking again of his interruptions and the
prom tings of his family, Porter said he had
supreme contempt for all Guiteaus, not the
respectable ones, but those who sympathized
with the assassin. Porter then took I'D the
autho rities cited by the defense, pronouncine
them either unsupported or bad law from OBJ
scure benches. He sneered at the assertion OF
Scoville that the antiquated arguments of the
prosecution could not stand in the light oil
the defense, which purported to be the out.
growth of this enlightened AEGEAN age o.
Guitehus, when hungry politician kills ;
president from pique-a politician, continued
Porter, who had such belief in the gullibil
ty and depravity of mankind that he sup.
osed he was doing men like Gen. Grant an,