The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-09

The ASSASSlNs
In the Criminal Court at Washington, on tho
SOth nit, District Attorney Corkhill asked
Judge Cox to fix day for hearing tho argu-
ments for new trial OF Guiteau. Mr.. ScoviIle
stated the rumOrs prevalent iii regard to news
papers having been furnished tho Jurors, and
asked that the latter be produced in court or
their deposltions bc taken by 4 commission.
Friday, Feb. 3, was fixed for further hearihy.
prominent man in Washington predicts
that the President will pardon the assassin on
the ground of insanity.
Mr.. Scoville issued an appeal to the American
sci to push the movement for new trial. He
says Gniteau's mail will hereafter be dumped
into the Potomac. unopened.
Gntcau was brought into the Criminal Court
in Washington on the Sd inst, to hear the ar
obtained permission to sit beside his counsel.
He then undertook to address the Judge, but
was promptly suppressed. Mr.. Scovie brought
forward the charge tnat newspapers had been
furnished the jury, and Mr.. Corkhlll submitted
All affidavit from each member OF the jury in
denial. Judge Cox said he would announce his
decision on tho 4th. Guiteau made two inter-
ruprions, and realized several dollars from the
sale Of autographs.
1t is stated that the assassin is beginning to
show much nervousness and irritability. He il
suffering from q severe cold, which has in
famed his eyes. One Jail official says he would
not be surprised if Guiteau did not live to be
hanged.
John w. Guiteau, last evening, spent an hour
N his brothers cell, III company with Warden
Crocker. The prisoner became very much ex-
cited, and denounced his brother and ScOylc.
John W. Guiteau, In card to the public, dis
avows all knowledge Of the proposed exhibition
OF his brothers body, and says that, whether
his brother dies by legal process or III the IN
sane asylum, his body shall be disposed Of in q
manner that will not offend public decency
In view Of the recent proposition to make q
public spectacle of Guiteau's remains, it is
thought highly probable that Judge Cox will
exercise the discretion given him by the Re-
yised Statutes. and include in the death s,n-
tence the disposition OF the body.
The Dcaah-Scnacnce Passed Upon the
Assassin.
In the Criminal Court Ut Washington, on
Saturday, Feb. 4, Judge Cox overruled the
motion for . new trial in the case Of the mur-
dercr Of President Garfield. Scoyille there
upon filed q motion in arrest Of judgment.
Judge Cox then asked the assassin il he had
upor him. Theprisoncr arose, pale, but with
lips compressed, and desperate determination
liberate tone he began, but soon his manner
became wild and violent, and, pounding upon
the table, he delivered himself Of the follow
ing harangue:
am not guilty OF the charge set forth in tho
indictment. It was Gods act, not mine, and
Col will take care OF it, and don't let tho
American people forget it. He will take care OF
it and Of every officer OF this Government,
from the Executive down to that Marshal, tak-
ing in every man on that Jury, and every menl-
ber Of this bench will pay for il, and the Amer
lcan nation will roll in blood il my body goes
into the ground and am hung. The jews mt
the dcsplsed Galiean in the grave. For The
tiase they triumphed, but at the destruction Of
Jerusalem, forty years afterward, the Almighty
got even with them. am not afraid OF death.
am here as Gods man. Kill me tomorrow
if You want am Gods man, and have been
from the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded to pass sentence,
addressing the prisoner as follows: "fou
lave been convicted Of 4 crime 30 terrible in
its circumstances, and SO far-reaching in its re-
suits, that it has drawn upon you the horror
OF the whole world and the execrations of
your countrylnen. The excitement produced
by such an offense made it no easy task
to secure for you . fair and inl-
partial trial, but you have had the power
OF the United States treasury and Of the
Government in your service, to protect your
person from violence and to procure evidence
from all parts Of tho country. You have had
AZ fair aud impartial Jury - ever assembled
III . court Of justice. You have been defended
by counsel with zeal and devotion that mer-
its the highest encomium, and certainly have
done my best to secure fair presentation oi
have been found guilty. II would have been
comfort to many people il the Yer,
dict or the jury had established the
fact that your act was that OF an ir.
responsible man. 1t would have left the
people satisfying belief that the crime d
| foreign to the institutions and civilization oi
| our country but the result has denied them
that comfort. The country will accept IT - i
| fact that the crime can be committed, aud the
court will have to deal with it with tho highest
penalty known to the criminal code, to serve NJ
an example to others. Your career has been SC
extraordinary that people might WELL ut times
| have doubted your sanity, but one can not bu
| believe that when the crime was committed yor
| thoroughly understood the nature OF the Grim,
/ and its consequences "-IGn,teau-I was actin,
- Gods mani - and that you had moral sensa
and conscience enough to recognize the mora
iniquity Of such an act"
The Prisoner-That's . matter Of opinion.
| "YOur own testimony shows that you recoileS
with horror from the idea. You say that 20,
prayed against it. Yon say that your consclenc
warned you against it, but by the wretche,
sophistry Of your own mind you worked your
self up against the protest Of your own con
science. What motive could have induced vol
to this act must be matter Of conjecture
Probably men will think that some fanaticisn
or morbid desire for self-exaltation was th
real inspiration for the act Your own test
nlony seems to controvert the theories Of you
counsel. They have maintained and thought
honestly, ! believe, that you were drive
against your will BY IN insane impulse. Tn
testimony showed that you deliberately re
solved to do it, and that yonr deliberate AM
misguided will WAS the sole impulse. Thi
may seem insanity to some persons, but til
law looks upon 1t - . willful crime
You will have due opportunity OF hav
ing any errors ! may have committc
during the course OF trial passed upon by th
court in banc but, meanwhile, it ID necessar
for me to pronounce the sentence OF the law
that YOU be taken hence to the common Jail d
the District, from whence You came, and ther
be kept in confinement, and on Friday, the 30t
day OF june, 1881, You be taken into the plae
prepared for your execution, within the wal
Of said Jail, and there between the hours
II aud p. m, you be hanged by tho neck nj
til yon are dead, and may the Lord have merc
on your soul.
During tho reading Guiteau stood apparent
" unmoyed and with his gazo riveted unon u,
Judge, but when the final words were spoke
he struck the table Violently aud shouted
And may the Lord have mercy on your sou
I'd rather stand where ! do than where Il
jury does, and where your Honor stands. II
not afraid to die. stand here d Gods maj
and God Almighty win curse every ma
who has had part In procuring til
unrighteous verdict Nothing but good b,
come from 0artield's removal, and that viii
the verdict Of posterity on my inspiration.
don't care snap for tho verdict OF this CORFU
generation. would rather . thousand tim
be in my position than that Of those who ha'
bounded me to death. shall have q elorio
flight % glory, but that miserable sconnlr,
low. where the devil is preparing Tor him..
After apparently talking himself out Il
prisoner turned to his brother and, without Il
slightest trace Of excitement, conversed
some minutes before being taken from Il
courtroom.