The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-25
Judge Porter continues to De-
nounce the Murderer.
Guiteau gets in His Usual
Amount of Talk.
Other important Happenings
of the day.
PORTER STILL TALKING.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-As usual, Gui-
teau opened the proceedings in court by
announcing: my sister has been doing
some silly talk in Chicago, she means well
but she is no lawyer"
Judge Porter Immediately resumed the
argument admonished By falling snow and
the severity of the weather from which he
had suffered, and from which doubtless the
jury had also suffered. He felt it necessa-
ry to vary somewhat from his original in
tentions and trust to the intelligence
and honor of the jury to supply his defects.
He would not, therefore, linger over any
necessary that this case should bs brought
to conclusion as soon as possible He
would simply touch upon few salient
points of the evidence. tJohn W. Gui-
team, said Judge Porter. Il believe to be
an honorable man, he came here ready to
contribute his means, his evidence and his
services to save brothers life, and an
honored fathers name, and yet truth
comes from his lips that must impress upon
every one of you the conviction that on
the second of July this prisoner was sane
as you or /, or any Judge upon this bench. .
The picture drawn by Judge Porter was
anything but lovely one, and provoked
the prisoner to most abusive retorts.
eYou are liar, and you know it,, and /
tell youso toyour face, too, Judge Porter, .
he called out
e'This man, said Judge Porter, who says
ne never deceived any one.' 'That's a
fact" piped the prisoner, put that in
frequently
This man who says he never deceived
anyone says in one of his hand-bills,
Lecture BY Hon. Charles Guitean. He
never deceived anyone. Where did he get
this title of Honorable?"
That's the way my letters come ad-
dressed sir"
''By the little giant of the west, ;" contin-
ued Judge Porter.
Judge Porter ''The Lord murdered
Garfield
Guiteau-"Yes, and he'll murder yo1
before long"
Porter-"'The Lord defrauded printer
and boarding houses, and every night ane
morning the Christian prisoner thanks th'
Lord for his work"
Guiteau continued, desperately shout
ing: you're liar, and you know it. fet
haven't brains enough to talk; saint from
heaven couldn't stand the abuse of tina
man, Porter, and won't stand it; he's
liar, and call him SO"
Porter said he was simply reading from
the sworn statement of Guiteau's brother
Guiteau-"He's no brother OF mine.
want that understood. Ny sister sympa
thizes with me-"
The first interruption from counsel came
when Reed strenuously objected to Porters
quoting from English authority.
Judge Cox said there was no cause fol
objections, though 'twasn't Objectionable
Guiteau's remark about Jews called from
Porter the remark that he had yet to know
the man who need be ashamed to sprin.
from the same race as our Savior.
Clamor and din, made by Guiteau, rein
forced from Counsel Scoville, resembled I
small babel
Scoville finally objected to Porter's con
struction of evidence, and prisoner insist
ed Porter should be arrested for insolence
The bailiffs trying to quiet the ASSASSIN
only drew from him the most vicious dem
onstrations, and nearly obliged the officer
to administer wholesome disciplines
Porter then reviewed DIR. Spitka's tes
timony, and was called a miserable, dirty
lying whelp, at intervals, by the prisoner