The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-02
ice would be defeated. The prisoners friends

were not confident The best they could hop
e was that the jury would proleng their alb
sence. IF they are out an hour" said one 0
the most conspicuous of the prisoner S friends
Z 1--WE shall look for disagreement" There
was great anxiety to learn what was going OF
in the jury-room. No one could find out. Ii
the Marshals room Guiteau lost his air of bra
vado. will they acquit me ?" he inquired o.
Capt. Tall. "Will they disagree ?" he asked o.
another of his guards. The guards could not
tell. They only kept their eyes upon him tc
see that he did not escape or do himself any
mischief
The scene presented in the courtroom hall
an hour later was one long to be remembered
by all who saw it. Darkness had settled down
over the dismal apartment There were no
gas-fxtures in the room and only two oil
lamps, one for the Judge and one for the steno-
grapher of the court. A crowd of 400 persons
was huddled together in an indistinguishable
mass. Candles were procured, and three or
four were lighted at long distances apart across
the desk. A few were furnished for the re-
porters' tables, one glimmered family IN the
audience, and two were set upon the rail of
the dock They did not light the room, but
they sent weird shadows Pickering fantastical-
ly against the grim walls. The place was chill
ly, and the tired spectators shvered with cold
and with excitement. There was no need to
shout "silence," when Judge Cox took his
seat at the. moment appointed for assemb-
ling The quiet of the grave prevailed, broken
only by the noise made by the prisoner and
his guards as they came in. Guiteau, pale,
shivering, full of fear, dropped into his chair
at the end of the dock. His manaces were
not removed Sitting bolt upright, he stared
wstfully across toward the seats reserved for
the urymen If he was anxious, he had not
long to wait
| Just 80 minutes after the time when the
jury had left their places to 60 to their con-
sulting room there was a stir at the door be
| side the Judges bench. SILENCE" shouted
Marshal Henry. The jury filed into their
places. Guteau strained his eyes, as if to read
in their faces the decision they had reached.
The light was so DIM that he could not haVe
known beforehand the dread conclusion they
were about to announce The jury took their
seats, everybody in the courtroom stood up
and all who could see Guiteau fastened their
eyes upon his pale face as he tremblingly
shrank back into a corner of the dock. His
eyes were on the jury now. The names OF
the jurymen were called, the haired crier
telling them off, until the u men were count
ed as present.
Gentlemen of the jury" asked the Clerk,
"have you agreed upon verdict"
A rafting of seats among the spectators al
the back Of the room broke the death-like still
ness. "Silence," shouted the Marshals.
"What say you, gentlemen of the jury, is
the prisoner at the bar guilty Or not guilty" -
The sedate foreman, rising in his place, re-
sponded in low voice, but clearly enough to
be heard all over the room:
GUILTY AS INDICTED"
There was momentary rumbling Of APP
plause, which was promptly checked as Mr..
ScovilIe and Col Corkhill both demanded that
the jury be polled The names of the jury
men were called, and each responded Guilty
in firm, clear tone of voice. The prisoners
disposition to buster had not entirely deserted
him Rallying from his depression, he de-
clared that his blood would he upon the jury
and that the verdict was an outrage upon the
American people. Mr.. Scoyllle made some in
quiries for the purpose of ascertaning what
privileges the defense could claim in the way
of securing an arrest of Judgment and the OPP
portunity of making motion for new trial
These were answered, and the Judge address
ed few complimentary words to the jurors
and discharged them from further duty at the
court
Outside the Court house two lines of men,
women, and children stood in the drilling
ram to see Guiteau as he passed from the
building to the prison van. The wagon had
driven up and backed with its open door
against the curb. Officers held back the crowd
on each side. A dozen policemen, escorting
Guiteau, came out through the arched passage
beneath the Court house. He was hurried
quickly down the walk to the yam, no one ut
tering syllable as he passed. As the door OF
the van was banged behind him yell arose,
yell of satisfaction that was kept up while the
van ratified away toward the Jail, and which
must have rung in the murderer's ears for
some time as he passed along on his gloomy
journey.
Although the Jury were out about 30 min
utes they did not consume that time in reach
ing verdict As soon as they retired ballot
was taken, and all the ballots except one con-
tanned the word guilty The twelfth ballot
was blank, and this was cast by Mr.. Heinlein
who desired information on one point TO en-
able him to vote intelligently. The informa
ton he sought was whether Guiteau had said
that in killing the President he would gain
notoriety and thus increase the sale of his
book. When he had been satisfied on that
point second ballot was taken, all the jurors
voting guilty Mr.. Bright, one OF the jul
rors, said after the trial, there had never been
moment since the evidence was complete
when the Jurors were not ready to render a
yercct. lie did not believe that the argu
ments of counsel made any impression, one
way or the other, upon the jurors. He had
not heard the report that it had been dis
covered that one of the Jurors favored acqut
tai or verdict OF insanity. The jury was
most completely isolated, and Mr.. Bright said
that while he had felt the deprivation OF as
sociates, he could not speak too highly of the
| faithful manner in which the balitfs had per
formed their disagreeable duty. The jury, he
said, had been absolutely ignorant OF the drift
of public opinion during the trial. They had
not been at all impressed with belief that
Guiteau was insane, the unanimous opinion
being that his insanity was slammed.
Hot Blood in the Senate.
On the 18th. the following scene was enact
ed in the U S. Senate:
There was personal controversy between
ingalls,, of Kansas, and Beck, of Kentucky, in
the Senate to-day, which will not be ended for
many days. Just before the close Of the
morning, ingalls, arose, and, with his usual
aggressive air, drew the attention of the Sena-
tor from Kentucky to a certain passage IN his
speech of Wednesday in reference to the Ar
rears of Pensions act, which was denounced
as conceived in sin and brought forth in IN
iouity, fraud upon the people and standing
monument to the ignorance, selflshness and
cowardlce of the American Congress- He
, stated that he had voted for the measure and
had introduced such BILL and that he should