Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-02-16

that he had known snyder. for fifteen
years, and to his knowledge said Sny-
der is q thief, forger and blackmaller,
and that he Wisrd) would I'd not believe him un;
John L. Sergeant, formerly detective in
Washington, and Detective McEfresh, who ar
rested Snyder several years ago on the charge
OF grand larceny, also an affidavit Of George O.
Curtiss, bailif in charge Of the room frem
Critic with the jurors names upon it The affi-
ant did not purchase Critic during the trial
Judge Cox was expected to render his decision
on Saturday.
ON SATURDAY
Nj. scoville made an effort to postpone the de-
cision on the motion for new trial, on the
ground that the matter should be further in
yessgated, but Judge Cox began at once toread
his decision. Referring to the allegations con-
nected with the finding of the newspaper in
the jury room, he said that they amounted to
nothing in face Of the sworn afGdavits Of every
member of the jury that they lid not see OF
read paper st any time during the trial No
write upon the paper while they all swear they
did not, and there is no reason to doubt the If
veracity He disposed of the talk about the
discovery of new evidence, by saying that it
could in no wise affect the verdict. As to the
expert witness whose admissions after the trial
dence given upon the trial, Judge Coz said
sworn admissions of this character could never
be considered as ground for overturning YER
dict that may have been obtained through evil
dence Of the very witness who, from corrupt
motive, might seek to reverse verdict.
From all the papers presented, Judge Cox
summed up: ri am unable to find any reason
to grant the motion, which is therefore over
ruled"
scoville-I would like to note exceptions to
the ruling of the court.
Scoville- moment, please would like
to file in due form the motion which referred
to yesterday. Scoville then filed his motion in
arrest of judgement
Guiteau, who had been permitted to resume
his seat at the counsel table, called out. 'If
your honor please, desire to ask # there s any
motion that l ought to make to reserve my
rights" Scoville tried to prevent his speak
ing, but he retorted, "Well, / don't want any
advantage taken of me- l want to know how
much time I shall lave to prepare my appeal to
the court in banc."
scoville- Please keep quiet We haven't
Guiteau, with much excitement.-I won't
keep quiet ana here and propose to do my
own talking.
of practice applicable to filing his exception,
and after this matter had been arranged. Cork.
hill renewed his motion, saying, 1T is now my
duty to ask for the sentence of the COURT
Judge Cox to the prisoner-Stand up Have
you anything to say why sentence should not be
passed upon you?
Guiteau, still sitting-I ask your honor to
postpone sentence as long as possible.
Judge Cox-Stand up. Have you anything
to say why sentence should not be passed upon
you?
The prisoner then arose pale, but with lips
compressed and desperate determination
stamped upon his features. In low and de-
liberate tone he began, but soon his manner be-
came wild and violent, and pounding upon the
table, he delivered himself of the following
harangue: 81 am not guilty of the charge set
forth in the Indictment 1t was Gods act, not
mine, and God will take care OF it and don't let
the American people forget it He win take
ment, from the executive down to that marshal
{a atg and ev srsy member %sa Of f5 Sis
bench, will pay for it; and the American ma
ton will roll in blood, it my body goes into
the ground and am hung: The Jews put the
they triumphed, but at the destruction Of Jeru:
salem forty years afterward. the Almighty got
even with them am not afraid Of death. I
an here a. Gods man. Kill me tomorrow il
you want to. am Gods man and have said
20 from the start"
Judge Cox then preceded to pass sen
tence, addressing the prisoner in the following
manner: "You have been convicted Of
crime 80 terrible in ito circumstances and go
far reaching in it's results that it has drawn up
on you the horror Of the whole world and the
excavations Of your counHymen. The excite
ment produced by such an offense made it no
easy task to secure for you fair and impair
tial trial, but you have had the power OF the
United States treasury and government in your
service to protect your person from violence
and to procure evidence from all parts OF the
cruntry. You have had as fair and i'm
Of justice. You have been defended by
counsel with zeal and devotion that merits
the highest encomium and certainly have
done my best to secure fair presentation OF
your defence. Notwithstanding all this you
have been found guilty. It would have been
jury had established that your act,was that OF
an irresponsible man. It would
have LETT the people satisfied in
the belief Ina the crime Of murder
| political assassination WAS something entirely
| foreign to the constitution and civilization of
| Of our country. But the result has denied
them that comfort Tho country Will accept it
court will have to deal with it with the highest
| penalty known to the criminal code, to serve 90
an example to the others. Your career has
been so extraordinary that people might well Ct
times have doubted your sanity, but one cannot
but believe that when the crime was committed
you thor 9ughly understood the nature OF the
crime and its consequences
Guiteau: Iwas acting as Gods man.
And that you had moral sense and con-
science to recognize the iniquity Of such az
: set