Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09

roll in blood if my body goes inte the
ground, and l am hung The Jews put
the despised Gallilean in the grave; for
the time they triumphed, but at the de-
struction of Jerusalem forty years after
ward, the Almighty got even with them.
am not afraid of death. / am here as
Gods man. Kill me tomorrow, if you
want. l am Gods man. and have
been from the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass
senteuce, addressing the prisoner as fol-
lows: ou have been convicted of a
crime so terrible in its circumstances
and so far-reaching in its results that it
has drawn upon you the horror of the
whole world, and the execrations of
your countrymen. The excitement pro-
duced by such an offense made it no ca
sy task to secure for you a fair and i'm
partial trial, but you have bad the pow
er of the United States Treasury and of
the Government in your service to pro-
tect your person from violence, and to
procure evidence from all parts of the
country. You have had as fair and i'm
partial jury as ever assembled in d
court of justice. You have been defen-
ded by counsel with zeal and devotion
which merits the highest encomiums,
and / certainly have done my best to Sc
cure fair presentation of your defense.
Notwithstanding all this you have been
found guilty. 1t would have been a
comfort to many people if the verdict of
the jury had established the fact that
your act was that of irresponsible man.
1t would have left the people the salts
flying belief that the crime of political
assassination was something entirely
foreign to the inStitutit.ns and civiliZa-
ton of our country. hut the result has
denied them that comfort. The country
will accept it as fact that that crime
can be committed, and the court will
have to deal with it with the highest
peualty known to the criminal code to
serve as An example to others. Your
career has been so extraordinary that
people might well at times have doubted
your sanity, but one cannot believe that
when the crime was committed you
thoroughly understood the nature of the
crime and its consequences"
Guiteau-I was acting as Gods man.
"And that you had moral sense and
LdC
al iniquity of such an act"
The prisoner-That's a matter of opin-
ion.
"Your own testimony shows that you
recoiled with horror from the idea. You
say that you prayed against it. You say
that you thought it might be prevented.
This shows that your conscience warned
you against it, you worked yourself up
against the protest of your own con-
science. What motive could have indu-
ced you to this act must be a matter of
conjecture. Probably men will think
hat some fahaticism or morbid desire |
for self-exaltation was the real inspira- |
Jon for the act Your own testimony
seems to controvert the theories of your
counsel. They have maintained and |
thought, honestly, / believe, that you |
we're driven against your will by an in
zane impulse. Your testimony showed |
hat your deliberate and misguided will |
vas your sole impulse. This may seem
insanity to some persons, but the law |
OOks upon it as wilful crime
You will have due opportunity of |
having any errors | may have commit
ed during the course of the trial passed |
lpon by the court in banc, hut mean
while it is necessary for me to pronounce
he sentence of the law that you be ia
Ten hence to the common Jail of the Dis
rict from whence you came, and there
'e kept in confinement, and OH Friday,
he 30th day of June, 1882, you be taken
o place prepared for your execution
within the wallis of said Jail, and there,
,etween the hours of ~ m. and D. m,
ou be hanged by the neck until you are
ead, and may the Lord have mercy
Ipon your SOUL"
During the reading Guiteau stood ap-
arently unmoved and with his gaze
iveted upon the Judge, but when the
nal words were spoken, he struck the
able violently and shouted: "And may
he Lord have mercy on your soul.
would rather stand where l do than
'here that jury does and where your
onor does. I'm not afraid to die. l
tand here as Gods man, and God AL
nightly will curse every man who has
ad part in procuring this un-
ighteoas verdict. Nothing but Egood
as come from Gartield's removal, and
nat will be the verdict of posterity on
1y inspiration. l don't care snap for
ne verdict of this corrupt generation.
would rather Thousand times be in !
~ position than that of those who have
ounded ME to death. shall have
lorious flight to glory, but that misera- {
lie scoundrel, Corkhill, will have a per-
lament job down below, where the Dew
is preparing for him." [
After apparently talking himself out,
ne prisoner turned to his brother, and {
'ithout the slightest trace of excite
lent, conversed for some minutes be-
're being taken from the court room.
Upon the arrival of Guiteau at the
Ill he was at once taken to a cell and a ,
lard placed over him. This precaution ,
always observed in the case of pris- ,
ler under sentence of death, and will