The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 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 I'm.
moved,
VERDICT OF THE du1rEAu JURY.

VERDICT OF THE aU1TEAU JURY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -"Gentlemen Of the
jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?''
said the young ir-haired clerk Of the criminal
court at $50, this afternoon. 1--WE have"
responded the gray-haired foreman. Hamlin,
standing Greet leaning upon his gold-headed
cane. He trembled perceptibly as he remem-
bered the importance of the announcement he
was about to make, and several Of his col
leagues seemed as agitated az himself. Two OF
three of them stood up when he rose, and
the 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 so added
with impressive distlnctness as he inquired:
guilty?"
"GUuTY, 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
grating fe~ b Of this popular
dibIe in the applause as it begun,
only few though, and they were soon drowned
in the chorus Of approval that sweAed until it
was beyond the control Of the marshal, who,
standing in the witness box, shouted $ssilence''
until he was hoarse, and of the echoing deputy
marshals and bailiffs throughout the court
ROOM Only one person in the crowded assem-
Dlage 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, a small one, seemed about to
burst into tears with grief. One man, and
that was the one most deeply interested,
armloss wooden chair in the narrow dock:
his repulsive, wolfsh. wicked face
grotesque]y illuminated by tallow candle in q
tin candiestick 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
partexcept scarcely perceptible
TREMoR OF THE UPPER LIP,
which has been noticed before during the
trial. sLet the jury be po.lod," said Scoville,
when the applause had been suppressed, hav-
ing died a natural death. "Let the verdict
be recorded first" SAID Cork ill, who had
been standing ever since the jury came in, and
Davdge, who rose by his side at this moment,
and Clerk Williams, resumlng his seat, wrote
in the minutes of the court under the title 'The
United States va. Charles J. Guiteau. s'Ver :
dict, guilty as indicted"
Now" said Scoville, when the clerk had
finished, "let the jury be polled, it your honor
please"
''Yes," said Judge Cox, s.poll 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
the defendant guilty or not guilty?"
To this the foreman first re-
piled Ftguilty." Then one by one the other
jurors, Brandenberg, Bright, Stewart, Langly,
Nhao hup Drof 1,or Ho1] u,,l1,
Heinline and Gates rose in their places ana re-
sponded "Guilty.".. Hobbs, who
WENT HOME 70 A 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
ton at all times within the past few weeks.
Bright and Wormly, the colored jurors who
were to have hung the jury, gave their concur
r renee louder aud clearer than the others.
been announced. Guiteau for the first time
spoke. Sitting erect he said in the
familiar, firm, hard tone apparently without ex-
element, ''My blood will be upon your heads
and don't you forget it." and then resumed his
attitude Of indifference Then he, Scoville rose
for a new trial, and his motion in arrest
of Judgment Judge Cox told him that he
could file them at any time within four
days. AS he finished speaking, Guiteau, whose
wrongs were evidently beginning to rankle,
spc' once more in the same arrogant,
his outrage on his servant"
The last words which he will utter in the court
room which has 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 Wis
IDLE by the student lamps from the marshaps
Office and nineteen tallow candles in tin candle
sticks placed in rows on the desk of the
judge, the slerk and the correspondents.
One placed on the railing of the dock
lit up the pale face of the convict Audi
ence and jury were in shadows, which be-
came absolute darkness at the
rear and against which Scoville and
Corkhiil and Dayidge,, who stood
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 Pickering 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
approval of their own consciences, but
OF their fellow citizens, discharged
t them +o1 from further ra%nt w serXice At
full hearts for their deliverance they
walked out of the court room free mon for
the first time since last November. Then SEQ
vile having announced his intention to file
his twin motions, 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
calm and confident, whispering to those who
cared to speak to him as he was led hurriedly
through the crowd: ''This amounts to moth
ing, the court in banc will reverse decision
made as this was, in the face Of the law and
the facts" The convicted assassin was
strong rooms overhead, where he has
often enjoyed himself thoroughly after his
fashion. The audience, impressed by the
solemnl y of the occasion, went out slowly and
for the most part silently, leaving Scoviile at
his table and Judge Cox on his bench, leaning
his head on bis hand with an
EXPRESSION OF INTENSE RELIEF
on his handsome face The court room was
soon empty and the candles and lamps out
Scovllle went down to his boarding house in
quest Of Wilson Guiteau. who was not present
at all, 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 ooat and
hat, was hurried through a larger crowd
than usual standing on the frozen snow
outside rending 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 sleet
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 q
troublesome problem.
MONDAY, JAN. %.
Before Judge Porter arrived, Guiteau broke
out with ''littie speech" 1t was to the effect
that he was the recipient of many hundred let
ters, and that many OF them were from ladies',
tender, very tender letters" He wanted
to thank the ladies Of America
for their mark of sympathy
and hearty appreciation. Hepsused moment
and then went on to warn Porter that he and
his counsel would interrupt him whenever he
made misstatement Of the law or . misrenre-
sentations Of the facts. Judge Porter, though ]
almost too nick to stand, proceeded with bic
speech 10 the jury. -
After eketshing the circumstances leading MP