The Worthington advance., 1882-01-19
NUMBER q.

into complete silcuce
He reviewed the circnn1stances Ct tho crime
and the victim, and his ANALYSIS OF 0u,teau's
character wsa graphic and effective III" he
exclaimed, Il we're to um up the moral and
intellectual qualities Of thia man, / should sav
that he had tho daring Of s vultnls combined
with
''Ti1E HEART OF 4 WOLF"
1n speaking Of Guitean's plan. he remarked
upon hs greater fear CT mob than Of law. aol
said: ''Wo mnst say to our shame that this i;
the estimate he has formed ct jlstice It
rested." he added. "aiti, the jury to show the
world whether Gaiteau's opinion WAS we'll
fonnded II he had feared the law US he
feared tho mob. our Iasrtyred head and cAief
would bs alive TO day"
"Dont forget that, either" Davidge cootil
aed: "There is not single Jet Or titns u
show that this prisoner was not parfec.y re-
sponsible 70. bis aot on the I'd Of July. The
jury will find that tho defense havo carefully
picked out and held np 10 view everything in
tho entire career Of this Msn which may be
considered oila or peculiar, and it ia for yon to
consider how much value can bs attached to
this evidence when yon como to consider
whether this man dill not know on
tho 20 Of July it Hss wrong for linn TO
kill tbs ohter magistrate Of the nation DaVi5xe
then took up the Oneida community, and spoke
0f Gusteau al Wallowing there for Elk yssre.
duiteau shouted, "And | say it il falsa. ! did
not wallow. I'm just as pure So you arc, snd
il great 1aa! rufer j went there 10 sav0 my
forget it," Without concluding the speech Of
DatidSo The court adjourned.
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is.
Davidge took the floor a. soon IL tho prison.
er had relinguishedit it, This the prisoner did
after he had announced that he had uninten-
tionaliy done Davidge in1ustice in blaekguard-
ing him, and that henceforth he would confine
his attention to Corkhill aud Porter. Hs never
seems to be able to keep promise. NotwiIh-
standing his solemn promise. he was interrupt
hour.
Davidse held the attention OF every auditor
in the criminal court room all day long until
he concluded his argument Just before adjourn
ment He SAID just what he should say in the
best manner imaginable and produced tell
ing { fleet on the little audience Of twelve to
whom he especially addressed himself.
nc made the jury understand the value OF
devil in tho box" lie brought out with
marked effect all the administrations of
the Witnesses for the def,nse
and especially OF the family witnesses detri-
mental to the defense. He iterated and reiter-
ated all that he eaid yesterday about the vii.
who, however, always understood the advan-
!ago OF stealing tire livery of heaven TO serve
his master in. He vent over lis career, bring
ing cut in strong relief the act Of iniquity Of
which the miserable wretch was guilty, and
nlade out strong case OF total depravity. His
peroration. in which llo summed up sll the
facts about the crime, the criminal and the
victim, was mastery e1ort. II was sAillful-
~ prepared, His sentences flowed naturally ono
after the other as he described tho hor-
rble crime, the miserable assassin and the
ma.tyred president to tho terrible sequence 70
comes scaffeld und Z suspended form The
tragical interruption 10 his eloquence, strong
maD fs;ntiag from excitement, and The heat
and bad atmosphere Of the crowded court loom
intensified the interest with which every word
Vas awaited OF course Guteau interrupted
constantly. He soor became excited. and then
exasperated. Wien Davidge was detailing he
acknowledged short comings, ha punctuatcd
The sentences with "that'a false" or chats 4
lie
RealIng from tue evitelce, Davidge quoted
from t1uiteau'a oWn testimony til. sentence:
II don't tell my basine Is to evoryboay- keep
my mouth shrt" Guiteau retoited: That's
true, except have TO open it pretty often here;"
Confer not With tesh and blood. That was
pau?s idea, and that's mine. I get advice from
the Deity, hot from fesll and blood That's
the way Paul got his WORK iD, and ttats the
way did mine The tronble with yc1 is,
. n4viage, that y9u don't know anything about ut
tAO AJo1IJ' AIo Al!OW6 yOu, you IL
kno:7 something abC;.t him when
HE GETS YOU DOW. BELOW
After disposing Of tao insanity and :nzpiia.
ton theoriea, Daviige continued
There is not an element in this case that re-
moves it from the category of immoral lives.
He Was daring, audaciOus boy who, in the
Onedia community, gave way to q life ot law
Lass vice. Later as a man, q theOerst, WHO
world oyert'1rn al law and c:.,lrches. Later,
when be TOASTED himself 10 be Of the fire., Of
Jesus Christ 4 Co., you see tho legitimate out
come OF his wicked cgotism, and it is
just as legitimate and logical TO find
true capisration Of this crime in the
samo traits CT inordnate vanity,
desire of notoriety, and reckless cg5t,am. As
l conceive. the true and only theory Of his
crime is thia: He conceived tho idea Ct this
| lnonstrous crme helie7iog others vera IS
wicked 70 himself and those who would be-
benefited by It vonld in sonie way interpose to
say. him from tbs demning Consequences CT
Lis most he:no1s crime.
Guiteau continually interrupted, with son-
stantly Increasing exhibition Ct ugly temper
"ioHll get the deity down On you for the way
you are conducting this csse," he shouted,
'.apd lie will eternal)y damn you, DAvidge"