The daily gazette., 1882-01-14
SECOND EDITION
TIGHTENING THE CHAIN.
MIR. DAvIDGE CONCLUDES HIS REVIEW
OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST Gull
TEAU.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1882.

OF THE ENIDbNNh AIAANbI dOA-
TEAU.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1882.
Not even the slushy streets this
morning diminished the attendance at
the Guiteau trial. About one half of
the audience was oOm posed of ladies,
and before Court opened there was
unusual hustle and conversation. A
deputy marshal admonished the audi
ence that no applause would be tol~
Grated and that persons detected in
such conduct would be arrested for
contempt of court. Guiteau came in
with bundle of newspapers. AS soon
as his manacles were removed aud the
jury call made he excitedly apologized
for his criticism yesterday upon Mr..
Davidge, who, he learned, was a high
toned Christian lawyer. Mr.. DaVidge,
who did not catch the words of Guiteau
asked neighboring lawyer what the
prisoner said: Being informed he
smiled and at once resumed his speech
to the jury.
THE INsPIRATIoN THEORY.
Mr.. Davidge, resuming the thread
of his address, and reverting to the
subject of inspiration, said :-"It must
appear to you, without a doubt, that
this defence was fabrication on the
part of the prisoner. He never
thought, until alter the interview with
Gen. Reynolds, that the crime, which
he supposed would meet with approval
among a certain wing of the republican
party, called forth nothing but loathing.
We, who know the emiRent gentlemen
who succeeded to power on account of
the vlllainy Of the prisoner, know that
inevitably they would condemn the
crime and loathe the perpetrator. But
crime never reasons in that way. The
most insane man on earth is q crimi~
nal. Insane, not in respect of the
punishment, but absolutely insane in
respect of the fruits. There never was
a criminal who would commit crime at
all If he calculated how little benefit
would accrue to him. That, however,
is not the insanity recognized by law,
but that is the key to the present case.
The mistake made by this man was in
supposing that others were as depraVed
and wicked as he.
A MESSAGE ON THE MORMON QUESTION.
In further quotation from the prison
er's testimony as to a violation of the
municipal law, Mr.. Davidge was again
interrupted by the exclamation from the
prisOner:-"Suppose the letter of the law
was broken! What of ii? Look ut those
MOrmons breaking the law every night.
| send a message to President Arthur
and to the American people to wipe out
those MormoGs."
Subsequently the prisoner, oveThearlng
q whispered remark by Mr.. Davidge to
one OF his associates that the extract han
ded him was not what he wanted, broke
out again:--"I thought you had lost
your hold, Davidge. You are having q
big talk; you said you would speak for
two hours and you have been speaking
for two days. | supposed it will take
you two weeks TO get through"
Mir. Davider then characterized the life
of the prisoner as an audacious, unpain-
cipled career, especially denouncing the
idea of establishing the TheOcrdt a. law
less and vile. The prisoner had pre-
posed to destroy all churches and all
order. lie had proposed to establish the
reign of the Deity and of that reign be
was to be manager. Init Inter Ocean
scheme there was displayed the same
love of notorlety.
The Prisoner-That is what men used
to say about tho Saviour and Paul. If
you had been there you would have said
the same.
Mr.. Davidge-In order to assume
bad eminenee in the world here and
hereafter--for a bad eminence was bet
| ter than none-Jhis man conceived his
Internal idea, the idea being that other
men were as wicked as himself; that the
persons who we're benefited by his crime
| would find some means to relieve him
from the frightful situation in which he
would be placed.
The Prisoner-That money will burn
your pocket, Davidge.
After several Intellectual attempts to
interrupt afr. Davidge the prisoner at
last exclaimed in loud tone, so as to
drown the speakers voice: CATER
Brooks report Attorney General Mac
Veagh would not have anything to do
with the case, because he was Chris
| tian man aud did not want to have the
Deity down on him"
Mr.. Davidge (to the jury)-When l
do not answer l don't want TO be under
stood as giving any sanction TO the false
| hoods uttered here.
The Prisoner-Then confine yourself
to the truth.
Mr.. Davidge went on to quote from
the testimony OF Mr.. Reynolds, narrat-
ing his interview with the prisoner in
The jail Oh the 14th of July. He dwelt
particularly on the use by the prisoner
of the word "assAssination.' This the
prisoner denied, as Mr.. Davidge was
reading it, and said he had always
spoken of it as a "removal," not AL
assassination" When Mr.. DaVidge
read the remark by the prisoner to the
fleet that Conkling and Grant and Lo-
gan and such men would make them
selves Known as his friends the prisoner
said, eyes, and they are my friends to-
day."
The word surveillance" occurring in
the testimony, the prisoner said saicas-
| tically "That is a very sweet pronun-
citation, DaVidge; do that again."
Another quotation was: 81 thought
my friends would come to see me by
hundleds." When that was read the
prisoner added
eyes, and they are coming to-day,
sir"
Another quotation was: "At the
same time he appeared in great agony
Gall that stuff is b)sh, said the prisoner.
In reference TO his remark to Reynolds
about the stalwaris going back on him
he said: Gall that talk Is the result ol
Reynolds imagination" Again he said
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