Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-16
ASSASSIN GUITEAU.
Thene may he Some Soft Fellow
ON the Jury who Thinks NO
IN an Ilnbeeile-HAs speech
that Judge Cox wouldn't
Allow Him TO Make 10
the Jury.


~ th. ssociatnd Press called At the
iail 81 have decided not to sell my
sneech for money" he remarked, "but
10 give ir the widest circulation possible
throuph tn, Associated Press. want
every man. woman and child in Amcri-
"a who can to have AN opportunity to
rnad II y"
He was asked, GLOW were you
,l.,s.d with AIR naed's speech yester.
dav q" and replied swell | don't take
auv stock In Scovil]e's theory or Reeds
either and | should not like to trust
nv defence to either of them. Charlie
made IA good speech though, and it in
terested me. but would not give cent
a huahel for that kind of talk" Then
altar a short pause, 81 don't know
have that 90 before the Jury with a
grin). There NAV be some soft fellows
amnnv them who will believe I'm an
;mhecil.."
The harangue which the assassin Gui.
team intended to make to Judge and
iurv in his case. but which he was
nrevented from delivering by the ruling
nf Judue Cox ia telepraphei verbatim
Inv the Associated Press agent in Wash
mo H. fills l3l pages of manuscript
a, ,s.m,p;told.d" the telegraph opera.
tnrs hnt contains scarcely anything
new h.ing really little more than an
=, niiara,ion of Guiteau's own state
,narts heretofore made. and of the vari-
nus arguments for the defence in his
r...
He argue. that there was no element
of uur,,er in his case, there being no
,u,l,ce in law or tact, He adds Had
,L. pre.;dent b.en properly treated he
,ynuld have been alive to-day, whatever
NV (Iuiteau's insDiration or int ,n-
tiHns The DEITY allowed the doctors
w finish NV work gradually. because
h, wanted To- preparc the people for the
change. and also confirm my inspira-
,;nn Nothing hut the politi.
c,I .;t,a,ion Last spriny Justified his
TCort;.Ia'al -emoval. The break in
,na H.nuhl,ca, narty then WAS widen.
;nn ,..aL hv week and | tor.saw civil
war Nv ;nsniration was TO remove
,ha i,,e pre.iIent al once. and thereby
cloaa the breach before il got 40 wide
thnt nntbinC Int a heart-rending and
Iaa'la,iun n" var couid close il - =
,rha ,rr..i,,ihl. nr..sur. In re,noye tbe
pnasilant wn. on ,ne for thirty davs,
,,d l., n.ynr l.ft me when awake II
L,nnt.d ma dav and night At last an
nnnnr,unitv came and / shot him in the
EnIti,nnre and Potomac depot. A.
.nnn a. / fred the shot the inspiratiou
,,na ,unrL All otf and I felt inmediately y
raI,ar.I wnuII not do II again for a
,niiiinn ,t dollars Only a miracl,
aaved mo from being shot or hung ther
Ia ,h.ra II was the most insane
tnnlhardv act nossible. and no one bul
,,aIn.n rn,Id have done H. Bu,
tha ura.smra nn ma was so enormou,
tho, / xonld have done II had I dier
,ha nav, moment was nowerles, I,
nrevnnt IT,"
Gu;,eau then arpues that chad ,Jeffer
son Davis and a dozen or two OF his co.
,r.;,nrs ha.n shot dead in .Januarv. 1861
No dnuht our late rebellion would hay,
never hern. and this would have saycc
ihe nation a vast deal of trouble anC
rxnrnse and nearly a million of lives. ;
t:nitean then after incidentally glori
fvinp himself. and expressing the be
lief that he VIII ilVe 10 DO fresiaeht
assails the witnesses ior tne prosecution
;nr.i s5eers at thers Az maid exDerts'
oo,I o. ,nrniny hank 20 the question of IN,
,nnt;vas alleges Gartield's "unwise dis
tr;hution of natronage' and "toolish
ua,'s" IN m ling Mr. Rlaine his Secre
tarn nue IF staI.. also condemns the latter,
oy oa,S.,. ~ crush tbe S,alwart leaders.
He eulogizes President Arthur
course, quotes certain editorial com
ments of the New York Herald in re
gard to the new President and says
"The political situation to-day is JUS
what knew it would be last June, il
MIR. Garfield was removed. Everything
in this case 10 far has gone about rs
Anticipated last June, which 10 an evi
dence of the Deity's confirmation of my
act"
lie then SAYS: 81 now review thi,
case since July I'd, and call special at
,,.;o,, 90 ,,,, ,f ba na;+y ,yhorain n.