The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-05-25
TIE NEWS.
rnE Lasr CHANCE
synopsis of the Supreme Courts Deois- |
ion in the <sulsssa case.

synopsis of the Supreme Courts Decis-
ion in the GuttrSo Case.
WASHINGTON. May % -fhe maui
nous decision of lhe district snpreine
court on the questions raised hy the
defense in the Guiteau csse will be an
nounced Monday The Z, ST - morrow
viii give the following as J,oiais al the
decision: The opinion OF the cuu5, will
broadly sustain the position takfn by
the district attorney that jurisdiction Is
complete WI, re the falai bi,N ssls
struck without regard 10 The e u
actual demise
The court holds tl.1 Il E bu.i,t fired
al the pT,sia,Fi Il, Guit;.,u oa Int ri of
July, N iissa CITY, was The cause of his
death, H6d thai trial could only have
been held in Washington; that the death
of the president in New Jtr-ev, kept
as affected 10y the local statutes, could
not Change jurisdiction, rhe assassin
had not oeea in New jersey; had com
mltted no ctrnSa against New Jersey
laws, and that the, mere fact of the vic
tim being removed tn Eibsron 10 pro-
long his life or save it If p.,saible could
not be made 10 effect The character OF
the crime.
The court will hold in iditi. that
| there are several grounds on witch ju-
| risdiction as exercised might b: main
| tanned, II it were necessary to decide tlic
case-first. that this Is a United States
court, with all the powers OF any circ0if
court of the Uaited States; sscoad, that
this is IA Judicial district, and that uader
the provisions Of the law when a crime
is begun in oue and com pleted in aBoth-
er district the offense is complete in
either.
Third-That murder being an offense
in this district against the UnIted States,
and the removal of the president to
| New Jersey did not take him beyond
| the jurisdiction of the government
against which the offense was com
mitted.
Considerable anxiety has been xpFess-
| ed as 10 the decision of the supreme
court of the United States, il being an
nounced that application woald be male
to that body by defendants Ounsel for a
writ of habeas corpus. There are now
only two justices of that court in the
city, the court having adjourned for the
term, Chief Justice Waite and Justice
| Miller. The best legal authorities eX-
| press doubt as to whether such a writ
could be granted by the full court in
session, and it is not believed that any
| single judge will take the responsible
| ty of passing upon so important a
question when it is recalled that the
court was in session for three months at
ter the sentence of death was passed.
1t may, therefore, reasonably be con
cluded that Guiteau will hang AS sen
fenced, and that there is no earthly hope
for him.
The Post adds that after the delivery
of the opinion the prisoner will be ia,
ken at once to the solitary cell in the
jail where he is now confined and placed
under continued guard, better known AS
the death watch" Every action will
be observed up to the fatal moment, and
not word will be permitted to be spO-
ken TO him except by his spiritual ad
wiser or by persons specially authorized
by Warden General Croker, who has
the entire charge of aud responsibility
for the assassin from this time on until
his dead body is ready TO be consigned
to the doctors for the post norton ex-
animation.
District Attorney Corkhill has deter.
mined upon an examination OF the brain
of the assassin by board of the most
eminent experts in the United States, tC
put at rest as he believes, forever, the
question of his sanity. After the autop
sy the body will delivered to relatives oil
the doomed man, if any of them called
for it.