Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-25
The Case About Ready For
 the Jury.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

his statement of yesterday that the defense was founded upon sham, that disciples of Guiteauisn were confident of perpetuating a sham but that through the jury they would probably learn that Guiteau was liar and murderer from the beginning and by culture moral monstrosity. Further along Guiteau interrupted and called Judge Porter wine bibber and asserted that Attorney General MacVeagh did not consider him guilty. ''Then, H said Judge Porter "when I tell you, gentlemen of the jury. that MaeYeagh himself told me his wish and that of the President and Cabinet, you may judge whether MacVeagh dipped his hands in Gar fields blood" Judge Porter said if the At torney General sent him word to stop the trial he would be as dumb as the dead Gar field, or as his murderer would be when the court passed the death sentence which would follow the verdict. Judge Porter referred to one public statement of the prisoner, which Guiteau and Scoville claimed con- tained his first declaration of divine inspir- ation and said that the document contained nothing of the kind. MT. Scoville objected to the introduction of the alleged contents of the document not in evidence and was sus- tained by the court. Mr. Scoville also object ed to Judge Porter's citation of the decision in the Coleman case in New York and Judge Porter handed up the law to the court During the morning Attorney Gen eral Brewster sat on the bench with Judge Cox Judge Porter next paid attention to people charged by Guiteau and his counsel as responsible for the death of General Gar field striking line of argument was fol lowed by the speaker with powerful effect, touching the defenses theory of irresponsi- bility "Who killed Garfield ?" he asked. According to Guiteau it was anybody and everybody but himself. It was Blaine, Gar field himself, Mrs. Garfield, the doctors, his father and mother, Uncle Abraham, Uncle Francis, foolish Abby, the Chicago conven- tion, the whole body of voters, the press these all killed Garfield. Guiteau alone is innocent-the irresponsible agent of all these providential circumstances. He was ashamed to say that this line of defense was advanced not only by the prisoner, but by a member of the American bar. Judge Porter then Conkling, Arthur and Grant, and denounced Mr. Scoville for attempting to i'm plicate them in the murder. Junge Porter continued that Arthur was not made President by Guiteau's act, but by the votes of the people and would have been President if Garfield had trod on an orange peel or fallen and killed himself. But iu-
 
 worked his destruction. Judge Porter next denied the statement that General Garfield had said, after being shot, that his murderer was irresponsible because insane and proceed ed to show that he did say to Mrs Edson that he could never pardon man for such a crime. He told the jury that they had been told they were emperors, kings, etc., and could override the court, but it was not true. At 12 o'clock @ recess was taken for half m hour.
 After recess Judge Porter went on to say l that he was good man, theologian, but he l did not want to go to paradise. He spent ] six weeks planning the murder of Garfield l and laying plans for his own safety. He 1 neglected no precaution for his own safety unless it was deemed insanity, and that did not tarry long, Scoville saw him two days | after the shooting and since then the press
 has been filled with the idea of insanity, and l that without its being shown when the in- ! sanity first began. She who could best tell 1 of his minds condition was she who loved
 him. "But did not love her," put in Gui- ! teau. 'aThe woman who married him." con-
 tinued Porter. "That was shame. " said l Guiteau. ''The woman who slept with him, " went on Porter Sometimes she did and
 sometimes she did not" said Guiteau. ''The 1 woman who gave him money which he squan- 1 dered on street prostitutes,n ? said Porter. l ''That's lie,n concluded Guiteau. Such people" said Porter, "know best about his brain. She said he was never insane and SC l said his own brother, while counsel did not dare ask his sister what she thought" He 1 then argued that the testimony of the experts 1 was in favor of the prisoners sanity, and re- viewed the testimony of Mrs. Scoville, con- l tending that the points in her statement were l only silly evidence of Guiteau's insanity. l Admitting for the sake of argument the in
 sanity of the prisoner, let lunatics learn that 1 they can commit murder with impunity, and l no order of General Sherman can collect | troops enough to protect us. But he was not insane. I do not deny his claim to being the
 most cold blooded murderer of six thousand years. Who so sheddeth mans blood l by man shall his blood be shed. , 1 ''That was two thousand years ago." said l Guiteau. 'You hear the gospel of Guiteau, l went on Porter, land he expects the jury tt
 endorse it." Counsel then proceeded to point ! out the fallacy of man inheriting murderous l insanity from a father who worshiped Geo
 to his dying day. The prisoners insanity
 was moral insanity, begotten of his father
 the devil. Insanity was disease of ,th'
 brain, which in h1s case would have beer
 cured sooner if opportunity had sooner beer
 offered for him to put bulldog bullet in the
 back of the President.
 Court then adjourned.
 Judge Porter expects to conclude his ar:
 gument to omorrow in time for the court to
 deliver his charge and the case will go to tn, jury before night. Now as the end is nea
 the prisoners face bears evidence of grea
 anxiety and his interruptions grow more anc
 more silly. General Crocker says an appear
 ance of depression in Guiteau wa
 more noticeable this evening than eve
 before. It was so marked upon his arriva
 at the jail after adjournment of the cour
 that he was taken into the private office an
 conversed with long time to enliven him
 as the keeper had fears of his committing
 suicide. He talked with him about death
 He said he had no fears of it if he could onl die quietly.