The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-14

The Trial.
WAxIII: GTON, Jan. lO.-When ;ui-
teau came into court, ~ he passed. hi
brother, he whispered to him: 'COm,
over to the dock, want to see you
about something Of great impOrtance'
Taking his seat. the prisoner laiG
down u long 'undle Of papers and
spreading out the manuscript, busies
himself in looking it over.
Judge Porter began his argument
shortly after ID O'clock and ut once fixeG
the attention of everyone in the ROOM
Guiteau pretended to he cngrOssed in hi.
manuscript, but xOOn laid it aside and
listened with wrapt attention. Nothing
like it has been seen or heard during th<
past nine weeks in thu Guiteau trial, a.
Judge Porter reviewed the conduct O1
the prisoner and the conduct on the par,
Of his counsel, of his cause in the cOurt
The crime, in ull it's hideOlls uglines WIS
held up to the detcstatiOn t,f his bearers.
The silence became Oppressive and the
presence Of avenging justice in the near
future was suggested with force Of con-
viction that swept from the court fOOn,
every vestige Of that ievity which ha.,
50 long danced attendance upon every
utterancc Of the prisoner, and like Il
vail. Ol.s..uretl from the conscious
ness of the spectators the hOrrUrs Of the
crime an.l what should be the SOleInnity
Of its judicial atOnenlent.
The prisoner WINGED and nervOllsly
twisted in his place, and for several min
utes was unable to say anything that in
any sense could approach an Interrupt
ti.'n. (;rs.,unlly the prisoner regaineti
his usual assurance, and resumed his
daily habit Of intcrrupting with contss-
ictjol,S and alVnials. For once, how
ever. the i,,sufli.r,,l,!c innlNi.lCnce Of the
prisoner was completely Overawed. Sci-
Tier his noise nor his abuse could in-
tcrrupi or silence the avalanche Of rOil-
'!emnation that swept flN'" the lips Of
the eloquent counsel.
The prisoner is mistaken, your Hon
or" said Judge Porter, ''if he believes
that hy his unscenlly brawling lie can
prevent my voice from l'cing heari ny
the Jury. The ruppt cannot tn' moved
in such good time ~ when he sat with
his counsel and by his "nthursts, now
he is fast tightening the hAngh@n'~
l,O<,-e about his neck"
With = nervous twitcl,ing OF his
Guite,.u mutteretl: well see
about that
The heretofore autlacinlls and wholly
l,,,atm,I,<al nris., ,ncr seemed i'll at ease
an,l at a loss to understand why his
woul.I-ln. sallie, ut wit Or imputtcnce
wholly :ai:ul with tile audience, while
the more severe became the 'len'incia-
tiuns Of the counsel and the more ire
oucnt anl; marked were the deI''t'i'str'-
tions "f approval.
FINALLY. like u wild beast brought t"
lmy, Guitcau yelled out: II stake my
li!t. on the issue and lm willing {" 70
ia Tho yallow> Tomorrow ii ii Is the
.orl's wish. I'm sick Of this 's'sh
judge Porter: wish you would get
y,u,r S:i.,kW aud 20 home"
Judge Porter concluded his mastery
argument at 11:4O by reading the now
,a,,,o,,s letter of President Garfield to
ju,lgc i':,onc, in which he compliments
I.I and thanked him for brushing away
the network Of sophistritss with which
II has Of late ycans been customary %
I.nvclup the plea Of insanity "h'" "t''
~ in EXCUSE for crimes.
Judge Cox, ut ll:+,, teEan the !t;"'.
Iny of his decision, which begins wtn
review OF the subject 81 )o''S"
llictiOn. :, s.,,, -.
Inc court was called to orier lc'E"i.ss
I.s,k te a position in front of the jury anu
' ",s.n..i = his argument with u ''isclai,hsr
~ .mv intention to make u set speech,
inf ~ T ..xnr,.s.el u simple desire to render
10 the Jury what aid !le coom .. ln ti,c.a .;'c.,
NJ and solemn duty. The time
mi now come in this trial wnen ','s
nrv % W were to become the factor: OF
% '.,h.t.ver disorder or levity might
haye characterized the tr1al. - III *he
% .ss Int one sentiment in respect to tne
,onduct of the jury. All conn en%ss. Sa
lSeir t disni6ed deportment and c.ooe
' mi nersistent attention % the evlGeo
.,,S % Re could not say that they nea l
Rived cummendati0n Of al Jn inc
~, % %vond continue 70 dcs ~, y ID
otSrs By their decision Of the ''