Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-05-26
GUITEAU TO BE HANGED.

In the case of the appeal of Charles j.
Guiteau, convicted of the assassination Of
President Garfield, and sentenced to be
hanged on the 30th Of June, the Court in
Banc has affirmed the judgment below,
thereby setting aside the appeal and sus-
tanning Judge Cox.
The opinion of the Court, which was unan-
imous, as far as we are able to judge from
isolated extracts, seems TO be full, and meets
with fairness and legal learning not only the
points of law in the case, but the many ex-
ceptons taken to the rulings of Judge Cox.
In truth, the opinion clearly indicates that
the Court were deeply impressed with the
very great responsibility Of the cause, and
the very close legal analysis they have given
every point and the authorities they have
brought to bear is ample evidence that
conclusion has not been reached without due
consideration of the whole case
This condemned man has had all the safe
guards which the law could throw around
him-al the latitude which the Court could
extend, and midst the deep gloom of his
cell, and the ceaseless vigilance of the death
watch, he must now fully realize that all
hope is dissolved and that he must pay the
penalty of law which he has so ruthlessly
and wantonly violated.
In the soft light Of bright summers
morning, without cause, but prompted by
the workings of an evil and depraved heart,
and under the shadow of the Capitol OF a
christianized people, this demon, in cold
blood, Shutdown the President of the nation.
So heartless was the act, that it raiseda feel
ing of revenge at every hearthstone through
out the land, yet with it all, passion and pre-
judice yielded to the better influence of sober
judgment, and he was given trial by his
peers for his life.
The particulars of that long and tedious
trial are still fresh in the minds of every man,
woman and youth in the country. How
the villainous instincts and depraved pro-
pensities of the wicked wretch were exhib-
tied during that trial will remain as one of
the foulest episodes Of criminal jurisprud-
ence in this or any other country on the
globe. How and with what wicked and
vulgar bravado he trampled upon every priv
ilege that was shown him-the profane and
indecent epithets which his filthy tongue
constantly hurled against the counsel for the
prosecution and the witnesses, the brazen
disrespect he evidenced to q just and humane
judge, will continue TO be the leading char
acters of beastly ingratitude and mind
distorted by reason, by evil indulgences and
base and corrupt associations.
This long and memorable trial had to come
to an end, and its conclusion was reached by
verdict of guilty, sentence which sent
relief to the every hearthstone which had
trembled under the preparation Of the stall
wart crime, and sentence which the appel
late court has calmly considered and justly
affirmed.
The closing scene in this bloody drama is
near at hand, the awful hour of retrbution
is moving with rapid pace, the hangman's
rope, the hideous scaffold and all of its fright
full paraphernalia is approaching completion
when the guilty culprit will step forth and
pay the penalty for law both human and
divine which he has set at defiance.