Daily Republican., 1882-02-06
|ory. Let me alone and will pull out
OF this. You got me Into all this trou-

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BILE.
The District Attorney-The duty i'm
posed upon me now Is to ask the Court
to pass sentence In accordance with the
verdict.
The prisoner--I ask your Honor to
defer that AZ long a. you can.
The CourtUo the prisoner) Stand
up. (The prisoner rose). Have you
laughing to say why sentence should
not be pronounced
GuiTsAU's EXCITED SPEECH.
The prisoner. am not guilty of the
charge rot forth in the indictment. II
WAS Gods act, not mine, and God will
take care of 10, and don't let the Amer
ican people forget 1t. He will take care
OF it aud every officer Of this Govern
ment, from the Executive down to that
Marshal, taking in every man on that
jury and every member of this bench,
whl pay for it, and the American ma
tien will roll In blood ii my body goes
into the ground and am hung. The
Jews put the despised GalileSn into
the grave. For the tilae they triumph
ed; but at the destruction of Jerusalem,
Forty years afterwards, the Almighty
got even with them. am not afraid
of death. AIN here ~ Gods man.
XIII me tomorrow if you want, am
Gods man, and | have been from the
start.
Guiteau began this speech In quiet
voice, but after he had ueli vered him.
self of two or three sentences his man
ner became more agitatet. When be
came to his prediction that she Ameri.
can nation would roll in blood he rails.
ed his vol ice 10 the highest pitch and
brought his clenched hand down WITH
nervous force to emphasize his declara
tlon. When he referred ITO his death
he ave his voice that deo'amatory roll
which throughout the treil has char
act er zed his illusions t. religious mat
ters
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Judge Cox then proceeded TO pass
sentence, addressing the prisoner at
follows:
Yun have been convicted of a crime
80 terrible In its circumstances and 30
far reaching in its results that it has
drawn upon you tho horror OF the
whole civilized world and the execra.
tions of your countrylnen. The excite
ment produced by such an offence made
it no easy task to secure for you fair
and impartial trial, but you had the
power Of the United States Treasury
and Of the Government in your service
to protect your person from violence
Il frnu al Vl rt =
of the country.
You have had as fair and impartial q
jury az ever assembled in court of JUS
tice. You have been defended by coun-
sci with a zeal and dey otion that merit
the highest enconium, and ! certainly y
have cone my best tn secure fair pre-
sentati II of the defense. Nothwith-
standing all of thi. you have been found
guilty. 1t would have been comfort
to many people if the verdict Of thejur
had established the fact that your act
was that of an irresponsible man. 1T
would have left the people the satisfy.
ing belief that the crime of political as
sassination was something entirely for
eign TO the ins'itnti ms and civilization
of our country; but the result has de-
MED them that comfort The country
will accept it as fact that that Grim
can be committed, and the Court will
! have to deal with it with the highest
penalty known to the criminal code to
serve as an example to others. Your
career has been 80 extraordinary that
people might well at times have doubt
ed your sanity. But one cannot but be-
lieve that when the crlmc was commit
ted you thoroughly understood the ma.
ture of the crime and its consequences
Guiteau | was actin as Gods man
conscience enough to recognize the
moral iniVuity Of such an act.
Prisoner a matter Of opinion.
Your own testimony shows that you
recoil-d With horror from the idea. You
say that you prayed against it. Yon
say that you thought IL might be pro
vented. This shows that your cOnsci.
ence warned you against it, but by the
wretchel sophistry of your own mind
you worked yourself up against the pro-
test of your own conscience. What mo
tive couln have induced you to this act
must be a matter of conjecture Pro-
| badly men will think hat some fanati-
cism or a morbid desire for self exalta-
ton was the real inspiration for the act.
Your own testimony SO ans to ContrO-
vert the theories of YOUR counsel. They
have maintained, and thought honestly,
| be ieve, that you were driven against
your will by an insane impulse to com =
NIT the act, but your testimony showed
that you deliberately y resolved to do it,
and that deliberate and misguided
will was the sole impulse. This may
seem insanity to some persons, but the
law looks upon 1t as a wiliul crime
You will have due opportunity of
having any error may have committed
during the course of the tria PASSED
upon by the Court in banc, but mean
while it is necessary for me 10 pronounce
taken to the common Jail Of the Dis
tricr, from whence you came, and there
ne kept in confinement, and ON Friday,
the 30,h Of June, 1882, you be takeu
to the place prepared for the execution,
within the walls of said jail, and there
betw wecn the hours Of II NJ. and 2 p. M,
you will be hung b" the neck until you
are dead And ray the Lord have
mercy On your soul.
GUITEAU CALLING DOWN CURSES
AS the last solemn words fell from
the Judges lips the prisoner echoed
them, but in far different tone of
voice, for it was voice OF passionate
hatred that he cried out: And may
God have mercy on yOlr soul. l had
rather stand where l am than where
that jury does or than where your Honor
does.
l am not afraid to die. Confound
you," he cried, violently struggling
with the Deputy Narshals, who were
endeavorng to repress him, leave me
alone. know where ! stand on. this
business. am here as Gods man,
and don't ycu torgetit. God Almighty
will curse every man who has had any
thing TO do with this act. Nothing but
GOOD has come of General Gartield's
removal, and that will be posterity's
idea Of il. Everybody is happy here
except few cranks. Nothing bat
good has come to this nation from his
removal That is the reason the Lcrd