The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-25
VOLUME xxx..-NUMBER 182.

insane. He transmitted the insanity Ia
hin, although he did not bCConte Insane
: until alter he lthe prisoner) was born, He
killed Garfield by making tho prisoner in.
sane. Who else is responsible? Why.
Uncle Francis killed Garfield; Uncle Fran.
els who, as we nre told, being disappointed
in love, either killed the husband Of lilo
woman he loved or fought q sham duel
and long utter became demeAtcd; he killed
Garfield by making this man R.congen I /
monstrosity, as Dr. Spltzka says. Thsn
Cousin Abby, she Is responsible, who.
unfortunately, was taken possession Of by
one OF the Guitear tribe--a travelling mes
lnCrist--and her young mind so wrought
upon that finally she was, for better rrotec-
ton, sent to the insane asylum She killed
Garfield by making this murderer insane,
and as II NIL this were not enough to Kill
President Garfield.
Guiteau-There's enough to kill your
case according to your own showing.
Judge Porter-"Why the Chicago con.
vention killed him. II they had not
nominated him should not have
killed him." says the prisoner. HThe
doctors killed him; for Il ho had net
been Chosen,P President he would not have
been killed. His nomination was an act ol
God" says tho prisoner, and he would
twice confirmed his choice, found itneces.
sarIy to correct his labors by appointing
this wretched swindle, this hypOcrite, this
syphitftic mOnstrosity to murder the Prest-
dent, whose nomination and election he
had confirmed. These are deiences put
forward by this prisoner and his trained
counsel to divert your attention from the
fact that the delibents murderer Of Garfield
sits there, Pointing at the prisoner. But
even this Is not enough. The press killed
Garfield and the press Is arraigned by the
prisoner, and without an indictment the
press is found gully, only be the blistcred
tongue OF the murderer himself.
Judge Porter denied the assumption Of
Reed that President Garfield thought
Guiteau insane, and quoted from conveF-
satioRs with his doctors TO show the weak.
ness OF the assertion. Abiding to Presi-
dent Arthur, Judge Porter asserted that he
was Garfeld's successor by the same con-
stttutionai force Of legitimacy as was Gar
field himself.
Guiteau shouted; "Nade so by the inspi-
ration Of Guiteau, and don't you forget In
! Replying to the taunt OF the prisoner,
Porter described him as being slippery as
orange.peel and venomous as rattle snake;
and speaking OF the act Of murder said this
was rattle snake without rattle, hut not
without fangs.
~ might said Judge Porter, "detain
you here week, but am here for the
purpose OF asCertaining whether this man
is guilty, and these collateral issues will
not dilaie upon. The junior counsel has
told you that you are kings-implying that
you may override the law and evidence in
grasping an almost intangible doubt, and
ignoring the solid structure oi evidence OF
guilt You are not kings, and the man who
told you so is the Junior counsel-tte only
man in fifty millions Who would or could
recommend Guiteau for Office"
Recess.
After recess Judge Porter resumed his
argument, and pointed ont the cunning,
the duplicity and the acting Of the prisoner
since the beginning OF the trial. "You are,
gentlemen OF the Jury, no more kings in the
law than the prisoner in the dock who sits
uuCrowned, save for his own conCeit."
Referring to the oft-repeated assertion
that he had sent Garfield prepared to meet
God and that he tGuitcauj too was readyto
die il God willed it, Judge Porter with de-
libcrate emphasis, said, II do not believe
that in all this assemblage there is one soul
that contemplates with such abject terror
the possibility OF facing his Maker as does
this brazen murderer"
Guiteau whirledaronnd with tho ierocity
Of wild beast and fairly yelled, "That's an
internal lie, and you know It, Porter; and
you are nm Internal scoundrel. / hope
that God Almighty will send for you seoa, !,
both you and Corkhill. Such miserable,
stfnkfng whine as that isl
THE law" says Judge Porter, 'as it
bears upon this case is supreme, and you
are but simply God-made men, under the
obligation OF u solemn oath, to bring your
verdict under the law and the facts"
Summing up the questions presented by
the case upon which they were soon to be
called uponto pass, Judge Porter said:
First-The question for you. to consid-
er is, was the prisoner insane on the I'd OF
July? II he was not, tho case is ut IN end,
and your sworn duty is ended.
Second-'li you say TINT he was in
sane on that day, was he insane to that de-
gree that on the Cd OF July he did not know
that murder was morally and legallywrong.
II he was not insane to ttiat degree, you are
bound under your own oaths to convict
| him."
Third-"If in utter disregard Of his con.
tessions under oath you shall find he actu.
ally and honestly believed that God had
commanded him TO kill the President, and
that he was under such delusion, unless
you find further the fact TINT such delusion
disabled him from knowing that such act
was mosatty and legally wrong, you arc
bound under your oaths 10 conYicthim."
FOurth-"lf you Bnd such delusion did
not exist that God commanded him to do
the act, and that such delusion was the
sole product Of insanity, then, and then
only, you can acquit him when you
find that he was unable to control
his own will; and you must remember that
under oath he has sworn that he was able
to control it, for he said: Had Mrs. Gar
field been with him at the depot on the Cd
Of July l would not have shot him.
Fifth--"lf you find that even though lie
was partially insane it resulted from his
own mRlignity, bis own leprayity, vet still
you are bound, under the instructions of
the Court, to convict him. =
Sixth-'If, upon the whole case, you
have no reasonable doubt whether he was
partially or wholly irsane-if you believe
that he knew his act was legally and NOR
ally wrong-you are, under your oaths,
bound to convict him"
''The law" said Judge Porter, ''is found.
ed upon reason, and il must not be sail
that an American Jury shall override the
law, and establish principle which viii
let murder, rape and arson run riot through
the land"
MIR. Porter then went on 10 discuss tho
points Of law as laid down By judge coy
in the case. Alter ne had disposed Of that
question he took up again the question Of
the responsibility Of t6cprisoner liz said
order has existed in all ages. a thousand
years ago there was inscribed ON a table Of
stone, command to all people, '.Thou
shalt not kill"
But Guiteaq says that life is Of small con,