The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-01-31


Gaiteau Found GuiIty.
The most remarkable trial ever had in
this country, all things considered, has
just closed by the conviction of Guiteau.
The jury were out less than an hour.
The following sketch of the trial and its
conclusion was telegraphed to the Jack
sonville Times by its special Washington
correspondent Ransom"
The trial just ended began an November IA,
and has cIntinued without interruptions, save
Tor the usual adjournmcnls until the present
time. The battle has been sharply contested on
both sides, M points being overlooked that
could he made to tell either for or against the
prisoner At the beginning. ii was thought that
the case would be brief one, as it was supposed
to be the intention of the defense to admit the
killing, and TO cOnfne themselves To the simple
plea Of mental irresponsibilitY The ground to
be covered was considerably widened when the
Jurisdiction of The court was called in question,
and this produced well-fought legal contest.
But the special feature of the Case was the expert
testimony. Never before was so large number
OF eminent medical men pitted against one an
other in a matter of life and death, and as dis
tinguiShed lawyer remarked to-day, after hearing
the verdict, II amounted to just nothing after
| all" 4. Ff
Now that he result is reached, il is seen that
the part assumed by Guiteau was uvs-r-acte1l. and
| yet il is certain that a more skiliully arranged
plan for the stimulation of insanity has rarely
been developed in n courtroom. With his al
most dcyiIish shrewdness the wretchcd murderer
perceived from the first that all the circumstances
Of the crime we're against him, and he made up
his mind that his only chance lay ia convincing
the jury, by action and by word OF mouth, that
he was actually unsOund, and, therefore, ire
| sponsibe for the vile crime with which he stood
charged.
THE HUsHED COURTROOM.
The courtroom in which Charles Jules Gui-
tean, the assassin President Garfield has been
for nearly three months on trial Tor his life, in
The east wing of the edifice known as The Dis
trict Building" 1t is handsomely situated on
the south side Of Judiciary Square, fronting on
Indiana Avenue, looking down -Four and Half
Street, aud directly before it stands white mar
bic column surmounied by Flannery's statue Of
Lincoln II is n building of some preIensions to
style, having been designed by Hadneld, an
| Englshman, who was one of the architects OF
the Capitol. The e0urt-rSom itself is dingy and
unpreieutious. The walls are grimy with age
and the furniture, what little there is, is Of the
cOmmonIst kind Judge Cox siis on the dais in
the east end of the rOom at his right is the jury
| box in ffont to the right is the table for the
District Attorney and counsel, who are all con-
Veniently near to the jury. In front Of the Judge
to the len, and diagonaIly across the room from
the jury is the railed-of enclosure called the
dock "a little oblong pen with barely room
in It for the prisoner and couple or officers
| THE DUCK.
That 'dock is historic. Therein SAT. General
| Daniel Sickles," then a member OF Congress
from New York City. charged with the murder
| OF Phillip Barton Key, the seducer of his frail
but fair yiIe; and there, too, sat John H. Sur
raft, charged with being accessory % the murder
| OF Abraham Lincoln
FoREBoDTNGs.
Guiieau himself has lost courage within the
last few days, aud seems to have had prcmeni-
ton Of what the end would BE-. Warden Crocker
told me n the jail. to-day, thai the prisoner has
appeared 10 be depressed ever since Friday.
Last night he told the Warden that be had no
fear Of death il be could die quick.
sUFrEAU's LAST DAY IN couET.
As write, at noOn, GuiieAu sits in his usual
lOanging posture -resiing On beth his arms. his
back - the eourt aud jury, his lace iuTnsl V
the bEoad Windows, and hiseyes gazing xneantly
Out ai HE statue Of that other martyred Presi-
dent who iell bencaih the piziol-shDi of IN ~
sassln only less brutal than Gaileau hinAseiE II
matiess litlle, hSweseE. Il be dses tara his back
70 thaee wLo are gntheting up the separate
lhHeads of his tnisspens life and twhiing them
inie rDpe u satIiciest siErngth To siFangls him
70 aeAtA, IoE with this dense crowd inaesyening
he c0ulA not see the jury II BE woald. nas hey
him. Al times. however, thoagh Bet sees he
was heasd. He was farioas q Jndge Posfe1s
sCashing dessnciAlions and bitter aascanm, and
tine aflsE time he hissed his objections nd
hraks u wiih nniey InaernpsianG Thsgime he
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