The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-31
The Terrible News to the As
sassin Gives Rise to Express
sions Of Applause and
Approval by the
Crowd.
The Judge Thanks the Jury in
the Name ofthe American
People for the Prompt
Discharge Of Their
Duty.

Washington. ID. c., Jan. 25.-As
usual Guiteau opened the proceeding
Of the court by announcing NV
sister has been doing some silly talk
ing in Chicago. She means well, but
she's no lawyer"
Judge Porter Immediately resumed
his argument, and informed the jury
that by the falling snow and the So
verify Of the weather, he had sui.
fered. and that undoubtedly the jury
also had suffered, and that he felt it
necessary to vary somewhat from his
Dri ginal intentions. and trusted to the
intelligence and honor of the jury to
supply his defects. He would not
therefore linger over the dry details of
the evidence, feeling it imperativeIy
necessary that this Case should be
brought to conclusion az soon as pos
sible. He would simply touch
upon a few salient points of the evil
dence.
John w. Guiteau." said Judge
Porter. II believe 10 be an honest man.
He came here ready to contribute his
means. his evidence. and his services
to save brothers life and an hon,r-
ed fathers name, and " ruth comes
from his lips, which must impress
upon every one Of you the conviction
chat on the second day of July this
prisoner WAS a. sane as you or /, or
the Judge upon this bench" Reading
from the evidenc. of j. w Guiteau
and commenting upon it. Judge P"r
ter said of the prisoner he has two
faces.
Guileau "How many have you?"
Judge Porter-''He has two faces.
one showing the sanctity of Phari-
see, the other the hideous grin of the
6end that possesses him" As he
continued to read from J. W.Guifeau's
testimony relative to his last inter-
view with the prisoner. Guiteau con
tinually interrupted him with such
comments as, What / say is ALWAYS
true. Judge Porter, what you say is
generally false. / never said 90 :
that is absolutely false" Proceed
ing, Judge Porter contrasted the life
and conduct and deceitful swindIing
practices of the prisoner with Apostle
Paul in the light of the prisoners As
sumption that he, Iike Paul. was
honestly engaged in doing the Lords
work. Paul never palmed off brass
watches for gold. Neither did L."
shouted Guiteau. Paul never
swindled' his creditors out of their
just dues" "Oh, you're blood man."
retaliated Guiteau. "You belong to
the Judas tribe"
The picture drawn by Judge Por-
ter was anything but a lovely one.
and provoked the prisoner to the most
abusive retOrts.
You're liar, and You know it,
and | tell you so to your face, Judge
Potter" he called out.
"This man." said Judge Porter,
"who says he never deceived any
one"
That's fact" pipad the prisoner,
put that in frequently"
This man, who says he never de-
ceived any one, says in one of his
hand bills: Lecture by Hon. Charles
Guiteau.' He never deceived any
one, where did he get this title of
honorable?'
That's the way my letters came
addressed, sir, by the little giant of
the west" and continued: well,
didn't they call Douglass the
little giant of the west3" retortcd the
prisoner.
Porter-"Well l Will not comment
on that, Guiteau.
You'd better not you haven't got
brains enough"
Porter-"The Lord murdered Gar.
field"
Guiteau-"Yes, and be will MUIR
der you before long"
POrter-'The Lord murdered Gar
field, he defrauded printers and board.
ing-houses, and every night and morn
ing the christian prisoner thanks the
Lord for his work"
Continuing to read from the evil
dence, Porter was again and again in
terrupted by Guiteau who called out
"Reed the record; that's bigger