Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-22
,VGWS Uy f0lCglQpil FROM ALL QUARTERS. CU|TEAU'S DOOM. His Compliments on the
 Death Watch. NO FEAR OF HIS FATE. Body Snatchers Brought to
 Grief. THE PERUVIAN SAFE, Europeans Leaving Egypt in
 Hurry.
THE PERUVIAN SAFE.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

l the Trial Court Sustained.
 l WASHINGTON, May 21.-The unanimous de- 1 cision of the District Supreme Court on the questions raised by the defence in the Gui-
 teau case will be announced to- morrow.
 l Chief Justice Cartier has for several days ! been unwell, and Judge James has according | ly been deputed to formulate the opinion of
 the court, and will probably announce it. l The draft prepared by him will to morrow be | submitted for final approval of its phraseolo- gy to all the judges of the court except ! Judge Cox, whose rulings are under review. l The Post of to-day gives the following as l the points of the decision: The opinion of the court will broadly sustain the position
 taken by the district attorney that the juris- ! dction is complete where the fatal blow was ] struck without regard to locality of actual demise. The court holds that the bullet | fired at the President by Guiteau on the 2d of July, at the railroad station in this city, was the cause of his death, and that the trial
 could only have been held in Washington
 that the death of the President in New Jersey except as affected by local statute
 could not change the jurisdiction. The assas- sin had not been in New Jersey, had commit ted no offense against New Jersey laws, and that the mere fact of the victim being removed to Elheron to prolong his life or save it if possible could not be made to affect the character of the crime. The court will hold in addition, that there are several grounds which the jurisdiction, as exer- cised, might be maintained if it were neces- sary to decide the case. First--That this is United States court, 1 with all the powers of any circuit court of the United States. Second-That this is a judicial district l and that under the provisions of the law, l when a crime is begun in one and completed l in another district the offence is complete in 1 either. Thrd-That the murder was an offence in l this district against the United etates, and l the removal of the President to New Jersey | did not take him beyond the jurisdiction of | the government against which the offence | was committed. Considerable anxiety has been expressed as |
 to the action of the Supreme Court of the |
 United States, it being announced that an ap- | plication would be made to that body by de- | fendant's counsel for @ writ of habeas cor l pus. There are now only two justices of | that court in the city-the court having ad- ! journed for 9he term-Chief Justice Waite 1 aud Justice Miller. The best legal authori l ties express doubts whether such writ could | be gaanted by the full court in session, and l it is not believed that any single judge will l take the responsibility of passing upon so l important a question when it was recalled l that the court was in session for three 1 months after the sentence of death was | passed. It may, therefore, be reasonably concluded l that Guiteau will hang senten ced, and that l there is no earthly hope for him. The Post adds: ''After the delivery of the opinion the pris- 1 oner will be taken at once to solitary cell in the jail where he is now confined and placed l l under continual guard, better known as the | death watch. Every action will be observed l up to the fatal moment, and not word will ! be permi> ted to be spoken to him except by ] his spiritual adviser or by persons specially | authorized by the warden General Crocker. 1 who has entire charge of and responsibility | for the assassin from this time on until his !
 dead body is ready to be consigned to the l doctors for post mortem examination. District Attorney Corkhill has determined | upon an examination of the brain of the as- | sassin by board of the most eminent medi- |
 cal experts in the United States, to put at l rest, as he believes by such exam1nation for l ever the question of his sanity. After the |
 autopsy the body will be delivered to the | relatives of the doomed man if any of them l call for it." l The guard that carried Guiteau his break l fast to-day also handed him a morning paper l sent to the prison. He read it between bites l
 and when the dishes were being removed |
 said "The death watch will be set to mor-
 row, eh? Better wait till the last |
 card is played. I don't believe the court l
 in banc will decide against me, but |
 if they do the Supreme Court will grant |
 writ of habeas corpus"-and so this great |
 assassin seems to keep up hope. The war
 den says he feels depressed because he is
 not allowed company, but he has fear of i
 his fate An unusual crowd visited the jail 1
 to-day hoping to him once before the i
 watch is put but one was admitted but l
 his counsel, Mir. Reed. Mir. Reed refuses to l
 tell what passed, but says Guiteau keeps his 1
 nerve. When asked if he encouraged Gui- | teau to hope on, Reed replied "He doesn't 1
 need encouragement; he has enough lawyer
 in him to know that hope is not gone until | all wires are.' Reed does not speak over confidently of the effort to get Supreme
 Court judge to issue writ of habeas corpus
 and the general opinion is that it will not be ] issued. All reports as to the probable dispo- 1
 sition of Guiteau's body may be set down | as conjectures The disposition will be made | according to the wish of his friends after |
 the brain has been removed.