The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-04

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ila' me man would stand uat aenlnsi III ths
oihgfr, bni Il vaA unli ior time. We dldn'i
cspfcss any oplnluhs 10 each pther during Tho
tlnic, hat ihink W. all knoW pretty we'll
what ihe general feeling waa'
Hclngashci W give fono idea a. 10 how the
tycuia u ttc lfa Impressed thu lury paHic
ulaflY tie Interruptions n Ouitesu and the
speeches, be said ~ was MI ycrY tedious
There was 10 much that was gone over and
over agalp. The lawyers kept iclliag ds
day after day " thugs wc wcre tired
oi hcaiing We didn't nnnd Guitcau's Inter.
faptluns, an1 We understood that Judge Cor
WIS giving bin liberty % IA not TO have an.
plttt ttlul. Hu.teau amused Us aomettmeA
lie took on AZ tearlbh rate 70 day, aud gave
dhdar Porter great dealof abuse, Asiu the
speeches, Think Judge Pnricf'a Impressed
The Jury the mosi, but then none OF the
la.ycrs speeches hhi any Influence with us
We niadn upour minds irrin the evidence and
from the instructions We listened 10 sr1vllo
with Interest, lie did very Nen, and stood NJ
iog Gultcau maniuly, but he couldn't make
anything out VI The cafc Judge Cuk's IN
structions were clear gpd 10 the polnt. There
was no mistakIng tbeln.n
Mr.. longlcy was asked what his personal
opinion Ui Guiteau vas ~ replied. ~
tlink be Is fanatic, but he Is morally rcspon.
siblc fur Ms acilons, | have known lots ol
people who were fanatics, and thry imagine,
VII sorts Of strange thugs lu, thsy knew
whom they were doihg what was wrong. AM
were accountable iof II. We beard u grea
deal about moral drwayity during the trial
aud about Illusions. have met t0ine wlcke,
people, aud they have had all sorts ~ illu
sionsi but 4 they Killed q man wmid hav
held them responsible, Gulicau may npgp
things, but our instructlous were, 4 VI
thought hckncw the natur, Of hIsAcl, e. bfldl
himin guilty, aud We dhl so.n ..e
Mr. LongIey was asked what effect The stat,
mch,s made by Guit,aa that the pfc.k al
public we're on bis aide hail upon lhc bury, an
answered: "'rhey made M impression upo
be. WI knew he WAS moi telling thctr0th 30
mom than When lic said hc had received
check for sS,0lor 2 h
In conclusion, Mr. Long!cy said ',Guitean
, prophecies hayc not come out true. lie sa
that the Deity would clear him, II to do
would necosslta,e tie taking away Of d jur
man. We all lived, md we didn't clear hin
. he wished for Il, have M doubt, irit nn
: Of Us died, although one or two Of Us VIC
quite sick at tlniesn Mr. I.onglcy also "A
that the Jury weteVery tired, after their u
! weeks Of sccluslon without books, papers
, company, aud for his part be didn't wa
|, another such trial. Interviews have been ~
8 with otlrr Jurors and they tell similar siorI,