The Worthington advance., 1882-02-02

rs, and that many OF them were from ladies,

tender, very T tender ID r. let,srs!" He" Hs wanted .
for 70 thank their the m.,1 ladies' Of n.s. Amssic.
aud hearty appreciation. Hepaused = moment
| and tGon went on to warn Porter that he nnd
his counsel would interrupt him whenever he
made missatement Of the law or . misrepre-
sentations Of the facts Judge Porter, though
slmoss sss TOO 20 Ack to stand. proceeded with his
After sketshing the circumstances leading up
TO the crime, and painting with fervid language
the damning Mickedness of its execution, Judge
Porter turned bis attention to the prisoner, and
proceeded to depict his character in tho follow
Ing terms. A BE- gar, hypoorite, q robber
and swindler. A lawyer who never
won case; no court, no fury faiied
o see in him rogue aud such men can
% not win causes; He has left his trail Of in
is a lawyer had such notions Of morality that
when he had taken debts to collect, and COL
le ;ted them by daggling the debtor he held
Them: man who was capable Of blast
ing the name OF the woman with whom be
slep1 Tor years and still recognized a. his
woman, pretending 10 be Christian and a be.
lever OF the Bible, looked into the book and
," ,Ihou shalt not commit adultery" and
= AK outimmediately and committed adui
pushed himself into the Fellowship Of Chris
tan associations a. follower Of the Savior
,S when q @ fresh from years Of foul tornication IN
| Gui'eau-'.That lieought to choke you"
! AS Judge Porter proceeded with resistless
ally called out, .'Thats lie; that's absolutely
false or that amt so"
ut was night" said the speaker, stdark AZ
the night when the. devil first whispered this
crime eI % in the ASSESSING ear: he lay in hiding in
command of God upon him to kill the president.
and with pressure that would make him do
it II be died the next minute any time after
June |. Why did he not kill him. Because
! ne thought he would do it some other
would become identical With the stalwarts in
the republican party. Because he Thought be
had so carefully laid the foundation for Gis de-
Tense against crime and for his protection
against mob violence that he might safely com
nit the act in the hit Of day. This Careful
man, careful for Lls own safety, made eytry
provision. even to his conveyance to the iii.
and when he had seen his victim fsll turned
and ran. Ran where? Where could he run,
Passing in review the principal events of
prisoners life, Judge Porter showed up in sill
It's hideous deformity the infamous bent Of his
nature Alluding to his dispute with his
brother, John W. Guiteau, in Boston, when he
struck the latter IN the face, Judge Porter said
this was the first and last time this coward ever
struck any blow in the face. His coward hand
! always etfuck from behind.
''That he did not shoot the president Oh tbs
frs: occasion" /" said Judge Porter, .swas due to
his coward heart Had he done it on that occa-
sion he would have been torn to pieces. and ne
knew It, On this occasion the president was
surrounded by his cabinet and his friends. His
SOD, not yet strong, but who would have been
urged at such time with God given
strength, to defend his father, was also
by Ills side, and the assassin's craven
heart failed him. and he said:
Not yet; at some other time.''
With faithful picturlug, Judge Porter related
Il doeging of the presidents footsteps to the
little church, and the Incl 'ents or accidents On
each occasion which bafl ID him. President
Garheld's visit to Secretary Blane's house.
logged by the assassin, was viviuly portrayed
1.-The evidence and papers presented here by
Gen. Reynolds" said Judge Porter, lana
among them the prisoners address to the Am
erican people are sufficient to etamp him as
cool, calculating, cold blooded murderer.
These papers 1t one time could not be found
either in the district attornevs or attorney gen
0nsss fes ,is aSs ct sss ss
them until day or two before
Gen. Reynolds took hand, but thank God
the papers we're found and they are in Evidence
before you, and before I conclude I think
shall bo able to show you that not one OF you
could upon this evidence acquit him, unless
you perjure your souls and assume your share
| sd president
Mr: Porter grewso i'll that the court ad
| ;o1rned.
TUESDAY, JAN "a.
Ihere was IN immense crowd to-day to hear
| Judge Porter against Guiteau. The prisoner
came in very quietly in his owa shutting, cow
ardly manner, stumbling over the feet of the
Jury past whom he is conducted 80 closely tia:
he cannot avoid touching them.
| Judge Porter, who seemed himself again,
| N 0vN6 h~Sr, t~ u
hat and coat. and rose to resume bis argument
dulteau, who had been waiting patiently the
assembling Of the court, opened his mouth
The burden Of his little speech was that he had
heard OF the arrest this forenoon Of two cranks
who had been hanging around the court house,
probably waiting to do him harm. He wanted
them and al their tribe to understand that he
{ was under the protection Of the law, and that
the man who attempted to harm him would be
shot dead
Porter began his argument, saying in caustio
tones: "lhe prisoner having a. usual opened
the court, presume may resume" His
speech was simple review Of the testimonv
| bearing on the alleged insanity, and actual de-
p1aVity OF the ''murderous liar' without
parallel for the past 5000 years who sat in
| the dock. But simple as it was, it compre-
| hended terrible arraignment and denunciaion
OF the assassin and his counsel which bit in like
vltroL Porter has splendid mastery Of Ian
guage. De knows how to suit the word to the
he exercised all his powers to the utmost "a
! he brought out in the high relief before the
jury the separate facts in the wicked life Of the
murderer. and pressed home upon them, after
q careful review Of the evidence on that point,
| tho conclusion that he was sane when he CAPPED
his vile career with the murder Of the president
Perhaps the most striking feature OF his
mornings speech was bis reply to
Reeds somewhat indelicate description of Mrs.
dArfeld's prayer for the acquittsl Of her hus-
ho ~
| as absurd, Porter converted BY vivid word
painting the dingy, commonplace court room
| Into = meadl@val place Of trial for murder
he described tne unburied corpse Of the mur-
dered Garfield wrapped in pure white sheet
lying during the week after his death on =
thrilled the jury and the audience a. he plot
ured the weeping wife and the sad eyed mother
overwhelmed with grief, kneeling beside the
dead body OF their loved one. from
%ash Seas ss this o0"'fSy fd1 "rsss asa who hid
back atfrighted, as he dragged toward it in or
der to try whether the blood would flow from
the freah wounds Of the loved body before the
people, proving as it stained with its lndelible
dye the white sheet that the true murderer COW
| red before the murdered.
Referring to Guiteau's cold blooded sugges-
ton that the manuer of Garfeld's taking Of was
! immaterial, that he might have been kllled az
easily with al orange peel as bullet, he said:
AeSs VI ~ tno venom ,u6 1ang5 OF q rattle
| Suake Both were comblued IN the case. This
villain has been slippery through life and ho
| has the venom and fangs Of ratHesnake With
| out, however, the warning rattle which always
accomp nies .is brother repnle. He struck
! in the back without sound'
| He was frequently interrupted by Guiteau's
counsel and by Guiteau himself Here is Z
| specimen Of one Of the scenes:
In tue course OF the argument Porter re-
ferred to the prisoners divorced wife as
woman VII loved him..
| The prisoner-I did not love her. It vas a
| one sided affair.
| Porter-The woman who married him
The prlsoner-That Was swindle.
Porter-The woman who slept with him
The prls0ner-Some times she did. and some
| times she did not
Forter-The woman who borrowed for him.
and who gave the earnings Of her industry to
prostitutes.
The prisoner -That'sa lie, and biz one,
| Por;er-The woman whose divorce was se-
cured by his procurement, by Ill sorts Of de-
ceit, meanness and ignomy.
The prisoner-1 had no business to marry
her at all.
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