The Worthington advance., 1882-02-02
GUITEAU GUILTY.
The Jury, After an Absence of Ten
Minutes, Return a Verdict
Of Guilty.
Unprecedented Scene in Court as the
Verdict is Rem
dered.
The Assassin the Only One in the
Great Crowd Un-
moved,
VERDICT OF THE au1rEAu 1unx.

VERDICT OF THE GUITEAU JUHK.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 5-"Gentlemen of the
jury, have you agreed upon your verdictl"
said the young fair-haired clerk Of the criminal
court at $50, this afternoon. ''We have"
responded the gray-haired foreman, Hamlin,
standing erect. leaning upon his gold-headed
cane he trembled percepubly as he remem-
bered the importance Of the announcement he
was about to make and several of his COL
leagues seemed as agitated as himself Two or
three Of them stood up when he rose, and
tho others seemed uncertain as to what
they should do. However, there was no con-
fusion in the silence which followed The FORE
mans first answer was somewhat tremulous
but perfectly clear tones Of the clerk 80 added
with impressive distlnctness as he inquired:
"What say you, Is the defendant guilty or not
guilty?"
''GunTY, AS INDICTED
said Hamlin in his most solemn manner, and
then his associates affirmed their entire con-
currence in the conclusion which he had an-
noun ced amid the stamping of feet and CLAP
ping of hands, which was the first
greeting in America of this popular
S;Sta Sssd,ct =; A 81. few hisses were au-
only few though, aud they were soon drowned
In tho chorus of approval that sweAed until it
was beyond the control Of the marshal, who,
standing in the witness box, shouted sssilence''
until he was hoarse, and of the echoing deputy
marshals and bailiffs throughout the court
room. Only one person in the crowded assem-
bage seemed absolutely unaffected. The judge,
jury, counsel and audience were visibly
affected. Emotions of joy were represented
by smiles on the faces of the majority, and
the minority. small one, seemed about to
burst into tears with grief One man, and
that was the one most deeply interested,
ivor p1oF No -Lo ILL.,
armless wooden chair in the narrow dock.
his repulsive, wolfsh. wicked face
grotesquely illuminated by tallow candle in a
tin candlestick on the broad railing of the
dock, the convicted assassin made no move
ment and uttered no sound. There was not
the slightest manifestation Of interest on his
partexcepta scarcely perceptible
TREMoR OF THE UPPER LIP,
which has been noticed before during the
trial ':Let the jury be po'l,d," said Scoville,
when the applause had been suppressed, hav-
ing died natural death "Let the verdict
be recorded first" said Cork ill, who had
been standing ever since the jury came in, and
and Clerk Williams, resuming his seat wrote
in the minutes of the court under the title ''The
United States vs. Charles J. Guiteau. ever
dict, guilty as indicted"
Now" said Scoville, when the clerk had
finished, ''let the jury be polled, if your honor
pAonSO"
''Yes," said Judge Cox, ''pon the jury"
Whereupon the clerk stood up again and
called the roll of the jury. To each man he
propounded the question, "What say you, is
tho defendant guilty or not guilty?"
TG I;;oa ..,+ this the ,,o foreman m an ~ trst re-
jurors, Brandenberg, Bright, Stewart, Langly,
Sheahan, Prather, Hobbs, Browner, -Normly,
Helnline and Gates rose in their places and re-
sponded "Guilty." Hobbs, who
WENT HOME 70 WIRELESS HOUSE
tonight, was the only one whose utterance was
at all indistinct He has been so wrought up
by his bereavement as to be choked with emo
Bright and Wormly, the colored jurors who
were to have hung the jury, gave their concur
renee louder and clearer than the Others
The unanimous conclusion Of the jury having
been announced. Guiteau for the first time
spoke Sitting erect he said in the
citement, my blood will be upon your heads,
and don't you forget it, and then resumed his
attitude of indifference. Then Scoville rose
to ask when he should file his motion
fora new trial, and his motion in arrest
OF Judgment Judge Cox told him that he
days As he finished speaking, Guiteau, whose
wrongs were evidently beginning to rankle,
spc' . once more in the same arrogant
'v!iant way: ''God will avenge
ms ms ,..+ ards outrage ;o on % m his
room which mas been for two months the arena
Of his antics until he shall appear to receive
the sentence of his judge must Of necessity be
balsphemous.
STRANGER SCENE,
even in this epoch of strange things.
is rarely witnessed than that court room at the
moment OF Guiteau's final outgoing. The old
fashioned hall is without gas, or even lamps.
and was black with the darkness of late win
ter afternoon, save as its gloom was made vis-
ible by the student lamps from the marshals
office and nineteen tallow candles in tin candlo-
sticks placed in rows on the desk of the
One placed on the railing Of the dock
lit up the pale face of the convict Audi
ence and jury we're in shadows, which be-
came absolute darkness at The
rear and against which scoville and
Corkhill and Dayidge, who stood
Jams, who stood by the desk. surrounded BY
Guiteau's double guard, and Marshal Henry,
who stood, with ex- Marshal Frederick Douglass
beside the jury stood out in strong relief The
silence was as impressive as that of
some great cathedral when, under the
ghostly light Of the flickering candle,
Judge Cox turned to the jury and thanking
them for
THEIR FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE,
and assuring them Of his belief that they were
to return to their homes, after the long absence
and fatiguing labors, conscious not only Of the
approva! Of their own consciences, but
them n'f from ne0" turSe7 s7en' ,erass discharged
full hearts for their deliverance thev
walked ont Of the court room free mon Tor
the first time since last November Then Sco-
Vile having announced his intention to file
his twin notions and 10 take exceptions to the
charge Of the court to the jury, the court was
adjourned until Tomorrow. The cynosure
OF all eyes was more than ever the object
of universal interest," but still outwardly
calm and confident. whispering to those who
cared to speak to him as he WAS led hurriedly
made as this was, in the face Of the law and
the facts-" The convicted assassin was
conducted for the last time to the
strong rooms overhead, where he has
often often? enjoyed S himself thoroughly after his
eolemni:y Of the occasion. went out slowly and
for the most part silently, leaving Scoviile Al
his table and Judge Cox on his bench, leaning
his head on his hand with An
EXPRESSION OF INTENSE REL1D
on bis handsome face. The court room was
coon empty and the candles and lamps out
quest Of Wilson Guiteau. who was not present
at al, and Judge Cox walled across Judiciary
square to deliver lecture at the
Columbia college law school on contracts,
while the prisoner, who stopped in the strong
room only long enough to get his coat and
than usual standing on the frozen snow
outside renling the air with
alternate cheers and:jeers, to the cold, inhos.
pitable van; and thus he went out alone,
though surrounded by guards, into the sleei
and the darkness The almost universal
expression of the crowd he left behind was one
OF personal congratulation at the happy So
luton Of what had at times promised to be ,