The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-26


people are ON my side and So IS Tie
press.
AS Porter CONTINUED his arTitignnlent
Of the prisoner. Guiteaa WINGED AMI
twisted in his seat and finally trowIied
the voice of Peter, who gave way % his
eIamor.
In savage tones. he shouted "A saint
from heaven eonldR't stand the ;.bgEa Of
that man Porter. and won't stand H.
viii relieve my mind. The ides 3of
this man tryinssLtO make me- s,tft n yist--
ing man, man of bad character and all
thail It's lie, and ne knows II. Yes.
he's liar. and / viii call him so.''
Porter-"I am SIMPLY giving the
sworn statement Of his own brother
"Guitean-"IIe's no brother OF mine;
wouldn't have spoken TO him at the
Fifth avenue hotel last summer have
nothing against him, but ! don't like
his style. ! did not like my fathers
style. My sister sympathizes with
me and my brother symPathizes with
my father, | want that understood. It's
contemplate in that man to undertake
to convince thejury that | am an nm
principled bad man.
Porter read from letter of l. w. Cult
eau, when the prisoner again called out:
''ScoVille was very smart to put that
letter in, wasn't he? 1t shows what a
blockhead he is"
The first interruption by the counsel
for the defense occurred when Porter
undertook to quote an opinion of the
English judiciary upon this case.
Reed interposed an objection, but
without needing him Porter continued
his remarks.
Reed insisted on his objection.
Corkhill, springing TO his feet, protest
ed against the interruption. "You have
made your objection, that is the extent
of your rrerogative. You've no right
to interrupt the gentleman
Judge Cox-''What Judge Porter has
said is neither very relevant nor object
tionable. | don't see that you can OBJ
ject"
The prisoner added his comment:
"Your honor ought TO put that man un-
der arrest. He is a perfect nuisance
this morning"
After this Porter continued to speak
for some minutes without Interruptions.
Abiding to the incident of the watch,
Judge Porter arraigned both the prison.
er and counsel for their contemptuous
manner OF speaking of the witness Ed
wards as miserable jew. II have vet
10 know" said he, that any man lives
who could have cause to feel ashamed
that he sprang from the same race as the
Saviour of Man"
Guiteau-"That's very fine, but you
forget that the Lord and the Jews had a
falling out at the destruction of Jerusa-
lem. The Jews are all right now,
though, and very good sort of people"
Porter continued LAS matter of fact,
however, the insinuation of the counsel
is not correct. Yet, not content with an
attempt TO blackguard this witness, the
counsel for the defense would circun-
else him here III the presence of this
court" taH
The Interruptions of the prisoner in
creased in frequency, till, reinforced by
an objection of Scovilic, the clamor and
din for a moment resembled Babel.
Scoville finally made himself heard
and desired an exception noted 10 the
statement or construction put on evil
dence by Porter. A sharp discussion
ensued during which the prisoner made
himself heard from the dock:
at is an outrage for that man 10 be
allowed to speak. He ought to he I'M
der arrest for his insolence 1t has been
been one stream of abuse from
him all morning and its enough to pro-
woke SAINT. II is a disgrace upon the
COURT i-
The justice and bailiiis tried to quiet
lAC IIlSOlltE anu SutCteutul DT -u-dWIHB
his attention from the dispute Of the
counsel and the attraction of his abuse to
themselves. 1t seemed for moment
more than possible that this vicious de-
mon might provoke some one of the Of
ficers beyond the point of endurance and
perhaps to point assuming the func
tons of the court in administering
wholesome discipline.
Cox called for the reading from the
stenOgrapher's notes of the passage
which had caused this dispute and de-
cided against Scoville's demand that
counsel be stopped.
Passing to the testimony of DR.. SpItZ-
ka, Porter said: aft Lucifer were on
trial would DIR. SpitZka pronounce him
a moral monstrOsity? Satan fell from
his high estate. There was a change in
Satan but in this man according TO
Spitzka, there never could have been q
change.
He was from the start Il moral imbccile
"a former of morbid projccis,' says DR..
Spitzka. Why are most OF mankind
poor? Because of morbid projects, yet
do we wonder at it and pronounce
majority of mankind insane. What does
he say of the prisoners sanity on the
I'd of July? Probably insane;' PROBABLY
insane do you propose, gentlemen of
the jury to bring in a verdict that he
was probably insane? Was he sane or
insane? That is the question. sWhat
does he say of the prisoner as a lawyer?
He calls him 'thlrd-rate shyster' In a
criminal court l suppose Scoyille can
tell you what that means. I cannot"
said Judge Porter.
"Well, some of your clients can tell
what it is" retorted Guiteau.
Referring to the reference by Reed
to Charlotte Corday Porter said: at
was left to Reed to make the discovery
and to announce to his court and TO the
world that Charlotte Corday was in
sane" Rehearsing the circumstances of
Charlotte Corday's life and death he
contrasted her act of patriotism with
Guiteau's murder.
The prisoner was reused to fury and
beloved like wild beast, at
times drowning the speakers voice.
Sod Almighty will curse you, Por-
ter-you miserable whelp you. You
can't make the American people believe
I am not a patriot to-day. l suffer in
bonds as patriot and God will curse
you if hair of my head Is injured"
Pausing moment Judge Porter said
Contrast the-conduct of this vindiclive,
cowardly wretch with that of Charlotte
Corday, who walked peacefully to the
Will ICI ndLuS lOiuEu CTOSSGd
upon her breast and serene smile that
denoted her willingness to suffer death
for her country and the patriotism which
instigated her act.
II amt afraid to die either" shouted
the prisoner. You may put my body in
the ground if you can, but tell you this
nation will go down in blood if you
harm hair of my head"
Next Judge Porter compared the
prisoner to Wilkes Booth and showed
the latter almost patriot compared
with the cowardly assassin now on trial,
for Booth was actuated by mistaken
motives of patriotism and was n man of
manhood and manliness, but this sneak
ing, cOwardly wretch who could plan
for his victims death and for his own
safety at the same time, and murdered
his man for revenge and for noto-
riety-'
Guitaau-"I shot my man in broad
daylight, and don't You forget if,
Porter"
Pressing the assertion that Guileau
was actua,ed by revenge and a desire |
for notoriety, Judge Porter compared
him TO a noted criminal in Europe. AZ
don't recall his name," said Judge Por-
ter, ''but he said: Il am the uglicst man
in Europe"
s"Well, you wasn't there, interrupted |
Guiteau.
'You will he the ugliest man in his |
tory though" continued Judge Porter. |
This man said: Il would rather be |
the ugiiest man in Europe and have
notoriety than to remain in the ranks of |
The next half hour there was one con-
tinued stream of Interruptions and |
abuses from the prisoner. 4 score of |
times he denounced Porter as a liar,
varying the expressions as adjectiyes |
suggested themselves. His yindictive
showed itself as never be-
fore and for once his cunning was
merged in his angry spite and as Judge /
Porter piled up Ossa of invective dpon
Pelion of denunciation the prisoner
emphasized and corrobor-
ated the diagnosis of deprayity and
-hcartedness pronounced upon |
him. 'You know that's ali an absolute,
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