The Portland daily press., 1882-02-06

they did not see or READ paper az any ",'o
during the trial. No one could swear to the
fact that the Jurors did write upon the paper,
while they all swear that they did not, and
there is no reason to doubt their veracity.
So far as the discovery OF new evidence IS
concerned, the evidence to be introduced Is as
to the prisoners manner and appearance prior
to the assassination. If there had been no evl-
dence introduced upon this subject there might
be some forcs in the request, but a dozen or
more witnesses testified on the trial as to his
manner and appearance covering the period Oh
time from March until the commission OF the
act. The evidence now sought 70 % 1nt[cI
duced would be merely cumulative ana Would
not affect the verdict.
AS to the expert witness, whose admissions
after the trial are alleged to have been dlHer-
emit from his evidence given upon the triai,
Judge Cox said unsworn admissions OF TINS
character could never be considered as a
ground for oyerturning verdict that may
have been obtained through the evidence OF
the very witness who, from a corrupt mouve,
might seek to reverse verdict FROM all inc
papers presented, Judge Cox summed up:-l
am unable TO find any reason to grant the mo
ton, which is therefore overruled.
A Motion in Arrest of Judgment.
Mr.. Scoyille-"I would like to note an ex-
ception to the ruling of the court"
Col. Corkhill-"Your honor, it now becomes
my duty"
Mr. Scoyille-"One moment, please. Iwould
like to file in due form the motion which re-
ferred to yesterday"
Mr., Scoville then filed his motion IN arrest
of Judgment.
Guiteau who had been permitted to resume
his seat at the counsel table, called out, n
your honor please, I desire to ask II there is
any motion that ought to make to reserve my
rights
but he retorted:-"Well, don't want any adj
vantage taken of me. want to know now
much time I shall have to prepare my appeal
to the court in banc."
Mr.. Scoville-"Ples keep quiet; We haven't
reached that yet"
keep quiet am here and propose to do my
own talking"
Judge Cox then informed Mr.. Scoville OF
the rules of practice applicable to the filing OF
his exceptions, and after this matter had been
arranged Col. Corkhill renewed his motion,
saying, "It is now my duty to ask for the SEN
tence Of the court"
The Prisoner Delivers q Violent Har-
angue.
Judge Cox Ito the prisoner -"Stand up.
Have you anything to say why the sentence
should not now be passed upon your"
Guiteau (still sitting)-'I ask your honor to
postpone the sentence as long as possible"
Judge CoxA"Stand up. Have you anything
to say why sentence should not now be pro.
nounced upon your"
The prisoner then arose, pale, but with lips
compressed and desperate determination stamp
ed upon his features. In low and deliberate
tone he began, but soon his manner became
wild and violent, and pounding upon the table
he delivered himself of the following harangue,
81 am not guilty of the charge set forth in
the indictment. 1t was Gods act, not mine,
and God will take care OF it, and don't let the
American people forget it. He will take care
of it, and every officer of this Government,
from the Executive down to that OF Marshal,
taking in every man on that jury and every
member of this bench, will pay for 1t, and the
American nation will roll in blood If my body
goes into the ground and am hung. Inc jews e.V
put the despised Gallilean into the grave. For
the time they triumphed, but at the destruc-
ton Of Jerusalem forty years afterwards the
Almighty got even with them. l am not afraid
of death. / am here as Gods man. Kill me
tomorrow if you want; I am Gods man and
have been from the start.
Sentence Pronounced.
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sentence,
addressing the prisoner as follows:
You have been convicted of a crime SO terri
BILE in its circumstances and SO far reaching in
its results that it has drawn upon you the hor-
ror of the whole world and the excavations OF
your countrymen. The excitement produced
by such an offence made it no easy task to Sc
cure for you fair and impartial trial, but you
ury and of the Government in your service to
protect your person from violence and to pro-
cure evidence from all parts OF the country.
You have had as fair and impartial jury as
ever assembled in court at justice. You have
been defended by counsel with a zeal and de-
votion that merits the highest encomium, and
certainly have done my best to secure fair
presentation of your defence. Notwithstanding
all this, you have been found guilty. 1t would
have been a comfort to many people it the YER
dict of the jury had established the fact that
your act was that of an irresponsible man. 1t
would have left the people the satisfying belief
that the crime of political assassination was
something entirely foreign to the institutions
add civilization of our country, bat the result
has denied them that comfort. The country
will accept it as factlthat crime can be commit
ted, and the court will have to deal with it,
with the highest penalty known to the crimi-
nal code, to serve as an example to others.
Your career has been SO extraordinary that
people might well at times have doubted your
sanity, but one cannot but believe that when
the crime was committed you thoroughly un-
derstood the nature of the crime and its conse
quences (Guiteau-I was acting as Gods mape
and that you had moral sense and conscience
enough to recognize the moral iniquity OF such
an act (Prisoner-That's matter of opinion
Your own testimony shows that you recoiled
with horror from the idea. You say that yon
prayed againstsit. Sou say that you thought it
might be prevented. This shows that your
conscience warned you against 1t, but by the
wretched sophistry of your own mind you
worked yourself up against the protest OF your
own conscience. What motive could have IN
duced you to this act must be a matter OF con-
lecture Probably men will think that some
fanatlcsm or morbid desire for self exaltation
was the real inspiration for the act. Your own
testimony seems to controvert the theories OF
your counsel. They have maintained and
thoguht, honestly, believe, that you were
driven against your will by an insane impulse
to commit the act, but your testimony showed
that YOU deliberately resolved to do it, and that
a deliberate and misguided will was the sole
impulse. This may seem insanity to some per-
sons, but the law looks upon it as wilful
crime. You will have due opportunity OF hay
ing any errors may have committed during
the course of the trial passed upon by the Court
in banc, but meanwhile it is necessary for me
to pronounce the sentence of the law, that you
be taken hence to the common jail OF the Dis
trict from whence you came and there DC Kept
in confinement, and on Friday, the thirtleth
day Of june 1882, you be taken to the place
prepared for the execution within the walls of
said Jail, and there, between the hours of II M.
and p NJ, you be hanged by the neck until
you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on
your soul.
After Sentence.
AS the last solemn words fell from Judge
Cox's lips, the prisoner echoed them, but in d
far different tone of voice, for it was in voice
of passionate hatred that he called out, "And
may God have mercy on your soul. had
rather stand where 1 am than where that jury
does. am not afraid to die. Confound you
Che cried, violently struggling with he deputy
marshals who were endeavoring to repress him
leave me alone. / know where I stand on this,
business, am here as Gods man, and don't
YOU forget it. God Almighty will curse every
man who has had anything to do with this act.
Nothing but good has come of General Gar.
fields removal and that will be. prosterity's
idea of it. Everybody is happy here except q
few cranks Nothing but good has come tC
this Nation from his removal
Scoville took an exception to the judgment
and sentence of the court, and while this was
being noted the prisoner sat tapping nervopsly
with tips of his fingers upon the table. Then
sand times be in my position than be with
those devils who have bounded me to death.
I will have a flight to glory and I am mol