The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-25

acqulttal OF the prisoner, in the name o
justice, Judge Porter, in burning
language, showed up toe profanity anC
inconsistency OF such assertions, aud re
buked the assumption of the man who
had never exchanged word with Nj
Garfield, IN presuming to credit her with
such monstrous sentiments. Continuing,
Judge Porter said: Who also is re-
sponsible? John a. Neyes, is be re-
| fpOnsible? He killed Garfield, John 81
NOyes, from whom the prisoner stole his
lectures.
Guiteau-That is false. IIely on my
! own brains for my productions.
that father whom, when Is years old
| he struck, was responsible. That father
whom he can forgive, and with whom he
had not spoken TOT the last fifteen years.
His honorod wife, the mother whom he
scarcely even remem bers, was guilty be-
Cause she had an attack of erysipelas
some weeks before he was born, and had
cut of ner hair, thereby transmitting to
him insanity. His drunken, dissolute
| uncle, who, however, did not become in
sane until after the prisoner was born,
was responsible for killing Garfield.
Uncle Francis was responsible, because
disappointed in love, he killed the hus-
band Of the woman ne loved, and long
afterwards became demented. His cousin
Abbie Is responsible, because from trav-
eiling mesmerist she became the inmate
| ct an insane asylum. She made this
murderer insane.
Guitesu: There is enough to kill your
case by your own showing" The Chi
csgo convention killed Garfield by NOM
| mating him. The doctors killed him.
His nomination and election were two
acts of God, aud the prisoner would hSye
US believe the Deity, who had thus twice
confirmed mis- choice, found it necessary
to correct his labors by appointing this
| wretched swindler, hypocrlts, this syph-
little mOnstrOsity, to murder the Presi-
dent- whose nomination and election he
| hAd confirmed. The deliberate murderer.
| sits there, pointing q. Gdi:eau,
Said he to the jury: Other ,unse! has
| said you are kings, implying you may
| override the law and evidence in grasp
ing an almost Intangible doubt. and ig-
noring the solid structure Of the evil
dence ofguit. You are not Kings, and
the man who told you So is The only man
in fifty millions who could or would re-
commend Guileau for Office.
Judge Porter, after recess, dealt with
Guitesu's cunning and dJplicity. Re-
ierring to Guiteau's pious bursts, he said,
with deliberate emphasis, l do not ba
lieTe in all this assem- blsze there Is one
soul that coBtemplstes with such AFFECT
terror the possibility Of facing his maker
| as does this brszen murderer.
Guteau, with the ferocity of a wild
beast, fairly yelled: That IS miser-
able lie. and you know it, Porter, and
you ara a miserable scouudrel. l hope
God Almighty will send for you soon,
both you aud Corkhill. Such miser-
| able sinking whine as that is
Without noticing the outbreak Porter
continued: The first question for The
jury is, wss the prisoner insane on July
ID. If not, The case is ended. Second-
II he was Insane, was II 10 y d-gree tn st
he didn't know murder was morally and
legally wrong. If not, the jury was
| bound by its oath to convict him. Third
II it was in utter disregard Of his CON-
| fession, under oath, the jury found De
actually, honestly believed God COM
manded him to kill the President and
| that he was under q delu>ion, unless the
jury find such delusion disabled him IT. m
| knowing sueh act was morally and
legally wrong. they must convict. II
such delu.ion id exist, and WAS caused
by insanity, then and then only,
they must acquit. He has sworn that he
| was able to control his will. Fifth-Ii
he WAS partly insane through his own
/ deprsvily and n.slignity. they must con.
vict. II the jury believe hs was partly
or wholly insane, but beiieve he knew
lis act WAS legally Or morally wrong
thsy must convict The jury must moi
! override reason and law, and let murder,
rape and arson run riot through tie land
] Murder has been in the world since the
| first born of woman slew the second
born, and God, knowing mans nature,
| Inscribed on tablets of stone, Thou shalt
not kill" Human life to Guiteau is OF
small value. Life, said ne, in one oil
| these letters of his, is full dream, etc.
"Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by man
shall his blood be shed, "ssys the gospel,
and against this we have had the gospel
Of Guitesu. You are to judge whether
/ the gospel of our maker or the gospel o!
this murderer stall prevail. Reviewing
| the claim OF the defense to hereditary IN
sanity, Judge Porter said Mrs Scoville
dared not say her father VAS insane. His
! family physician, who was 18th him til
! death, would have known it, and yet not
oae dare kiss the holy book and make
/, oath to such statement. This defense
| is falsehoOd, and part Of the impOsture
! and sham that wraps about the whole
case. One incident Judge Porter
/ turned against thu defense with tell
[ ing effect, aud this was the raising
of the murderer's axe against his own sis.
ter, which she, in her honesty OF soul
imagined an Indication OF insanity; but
which in reality was but in keeping witt
the cowsrdly attack from bahind upon
bis infrm father. and with the de7iiish
depravity which culmina ted IN his mur-
dering the President. This raising Of The
axe was the only evidence which his Sis
ter recalls through her forty years o.
knowledge Of her brother.
Guitesu twisted uneasiy, AID with
some nervousness and hesitation O.
speech, called out: 1.-The prosecution
are making q good deal out Of nothing
They are Just using the evidence alto
gether different from what Scovllle In
tended. he never ought TO have saiC
ANYTHING about it. 1t just shows how
little sense the Scoyills's nave got. y.
The witness who exhibited his banl
book to the jury to show them that q
had s., COO on deposit at home, was YER.
roughly handled by the speaker; as wa
DR., North, and their credjbility we
, shown to be more than dubious. At 8. IL
? Judge Porter not having concluded al
J argument, the court adjourned until to
morrow.