Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-26
rHE AssAssrs's TRIAL.
The Last Day-Guiteau Convicted Of
Murder In the First Degree-He
Denouuees the Jury.

MurQer In INC tIrst UeSfoc-he
Denounees the Jury.
WASHINGTON. January 24.-As usual,
Guiteau opened the proceedings OF Thu
Court by announcing: my sitter hai
been doing some silly talk in Chicago,
She means well. bat she's NO lawyer.
Judge Porter resumed his argument.
He said: Admonishsd by the falling
snow and the severity Of the weather,
from which he had suffered. and doubt.
less the jury had suffered. he felt II nso.
sssary to vary somewhat from his oriei'
nal intentions and trust TO the intelli.
gencs and honor Of the jury to supply
his defense. He would bot. therefore.
liugcr over the dry details Of the evil.
dsnse, feeling u imperatively necessary
that Il should be brought to q conclusion
a. soon a. possible. He would
simply touch upon . few salient points
Of the evidence. "John W .Guiteau, said
Porter, 1T bslisvs to be an honorable
man. he came here ready 10 contribute
his means, bis evidence and his services
to savs his brothers life and his hopored
fathers name. aud yet the truth comes
from his lips that must impress upon
every one Of you the conviction that on
the I'd Of July this prisoner was 80 sane
a. you or !, or the Judge upon this
bench" Reading from the evidence Of
]. W. Guiteau and commenting upon II,
Judge Porter said Of the prisoner: "He
has two faces"
Guitsau-How many have you got3
Judge Portsr-He has Two faces. one
showing the sanctity Of the Psrsse and
the other the hidsous grin OF q hsnd that
possesses him.
As be continued to read from J. W.
Guitsau's testimony relative to his last
interview with the prisoner, Guitsau
constantly interrupted With such com.
ments: "what I say 10 always true"
Judge Porter-What you say is gensr'
ally false. Proceeding. Judge Porter
contrssted the life. conduct and deceitful
practices OF the prisoner With the apostle
Paul, In the light OF the prisoners a.
sumption that hs. like Paul, was hon.
estly engaged In doing the Lords work.
Paul never palmed of brass watches fol
gold.
Guiteau--Neither did I.
Judge Porter-Paul mover swindled
his creditors out OF their just debts.
"Oh. you are . bloodman." rstaliated
Guiteau. "You belong to the Judas
tribe"
The picture drawn BY Judge Porte,
was anything but q lovely one, and pro-
voked the prisoner to the most abusive
retorts. "You arc o liar and you know
1t. and I tell you SO to your face. Judge
Porter he called out.
This man." said Judge Porter. ''whe
says he never deceived any one"
THAT'S o fact" piped the prisoner,
"put that in frequently"
This man, who says hs never de-
ceived any one. says in n Of his hand
bills "A lecture by the Hon. Charles
Guiteau.' He never deceived any one
Where did be get his title Of Honorablsi
Guiteau-That's the way my letters
come addressed. sir. and 1.-THE Little
Giant Of the West"
Judge Portsr-The Lord murdered
Garfield.
Guiteau-Yes. and he'll murder you
before long.
Portsr-The Lord dsfrauded the rrin'
tiers and boarding houses, and every
night and morning the Christian pris'
oner thanks the Lord for his work.
Guiteau continued desperately shout.
ing: "You are o liar, and you know 1t,
| You havn't brains enough to talk. a
saint from Heaven couldn't stand The
abuse OF that man. Porter. and l won'i
stand IL. He's o liar aud I call him so
Porter said no was simply reading
from the sworn statement OF Guiteau's
brother.
Guiteau-Hs il no brother Of mine. ]
want that understood. Ny slater SYM
pathizes with me-.
The first interruption from counsel
came when Reed st~rsnuously objected Il
Porter's quoting from English suthori'
ties.
Judge Csx said there was no cause
for object n.-Thoueh II was not very
relevant, 1t was not Questionable.
Guiteau's remark about jews called
from Porter o remark that he bad yet tc
know that q man need TO DO ashamed to
spriug from the same race % the Savior,
The clamor and din made BY Guiteau,
reinforced from counsel Scovills, rsssm'
bled q small Babel.
Ssovilis finally objected to Porter'i
construction Of the evidence. and the
prisoner insisted that Porter should bs
arrested for insolsncs. The baliffs. In
trying to quiet the assassin, only drew
from him the most vicious demonstra.
tons and nearly obliged the officers 10
administer wholesome discipline.
Porter then reviewed DR.. Spitka's tes'
timony, and was called "a miserable,
dirty. lying whslp" at intervals BY the
prisoner.
At Portsr's eloquent, stirring sen.
fences Guitsau was reused almost to Q
fury and beloved like q beast. Porter
referred to Reeds discovery that Char.
lotts Cordsy was insane, and said she
was o great contrast to this vindiotivs
and cowardly and wretch. She was mol
afraid to die.
II amt, either r. shouted Guiteau.
''You may put my body IN the ground.
II you can; but I tell you this nation
will 20 down in blood II you harm q
hair OF my head"
Wilkes Booth was almost Q patriot
compared with this cowsrdly assassin.
Wilkes was Q man OF manhood and kind.
ness, but this cowardly wretch could
plan for bis victims death and bis own
safety at the same time. he murdered
for revenge and notoristy.
Guiteau-I shot my man In broad day
light. and don't You forget 1t. Porter.
For the next half an hour there was o
continuous stream OF Interruptions and
abuse from the prisoner. and q score Of
timeu he denounced Porter % o liar,
with various adjectives. Never before
had his vindic,ivsness been 90 plain, and
hia cunning merged into such angry