Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-25
TELEGRAPHIC.
CONTINUATION OF GUITEAU's
TRIAL.
Guiteau Says if Any One Harms
Him they will be Shot Down.
THE PRISONER MAKES THE
OPENING SPEECH.
PORTER DEPICTS THE CHARACTER OF
THE PRISONER.
Cuiteau Accuses Porter Of Be-
ing a Wine Bibber.
A TILT BETWEEN JUDGE COX
AND PORTER.
A Bill for the Suppression Of Po-
lygamy.
Cuiteau Accuses Porter Of Be
ing a Wine Bibber.
A TILT BETWEEN JUDGE COZ
AND PORTER.
A Bill for the Suppression Of Po'
lygamy.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL. |

WASHINGTON, Jan. z4.-AS soOu as tue
Court opened Mr.. Porter was about to re-
sumo his speech, when Guiteau forestalled
him and called out from the dock: 81 de-
sire to say that some crank has signed my
name to the letter that appeared in a paper
this morning. 1t was without my author
ity, and ] repudiate it. I also want to say
in regard to a couple of cranks. who, 1
understand, have been arrested for hang
ing around here, that if they undertake to
harm me they will be shot down. l want
every one to understand this"
Mr.. Porter, who had paused to permit
this preliminary announcement, began by
saying that the prisoner, as usual, had made
the opening speech. after thanking the
Court and jury for their consideration yes
terday, which had made it possible for him
to appear before them to-day, Porter said:
ssThis whole defense has been a shame and
imposture, an imposture which was sup
posed to have gained some strength Of cre-
dence from reiteration. The truth, asserted
| by this defense, is that truth which is ut
tered with effrontery, enforced by persis-
tency and reduplicated by reiteration.
This is the truth which you are to ascer-
tain and declare. In my remarks yester-
day / showed you how the prisoner has be-
lied by his acts and his profession. I
showed you that he had been a swindler,
liar and a murderer at heart from the be-
! ginning; that this man has grown worse
every year Of his life. We have all seen
and know"
Guiteau-That's bosh, and you know it,
Porter.
Mr.. Porter continued to depict the char
acter Of the prisoner mt the fallacies of
his defense, when Guiteau again and again
interrupted him, at one time calling ont:
attorney General MacVeigh wouldn't
have anything to do with it,"
Porter, half replying to the prisoner,
said: And this Christian gentleman
would have you even believe that Attorney
General MacVeigh had dipped his hands
in Garfield's blood.
G~uiteau--Oh, that's very fine.
A moment later, illusions having been
made to the present Attorney General,
Guiteau bawled out: "He's q heightened
gentleman, and you're a wine bibber. I've
got you're record, Mr.. Porter"
Porter, with elaboration, swell, per-
haps ! am"
Guiteau, with a drawing accent, "well,
I guess you are, Mr.. Judge Porter"
Continuing, Mr.. Porter said: 'This
Christian gentleman, who prays every
night and every morning, would have you
believe I am q wine bibber." With great
effect and impressive earnestness OF man.
ner Porter emphasized by an anecdote the
distinction between the spirit Of love and
the spirit Of woe, the latter being expressed
in the life and character Of the prisoner.
The first serious outbreak Of the morn
Ing occurred when Mr.. Porter, adyerting
to the statement Of the prisoners counsel,
reiterated the assertions OF the prisoner
himself, that the notes Of stenographer
Bailey were destroyed by the prosecution,
because they would have benefited the de-
tense. He denied the right Of the defense
to expect or demand the papers prepared
by the prosecution solely for their own
use. Furthermore, said Porter: There
was not contained in them anything, as
asserted by the defense, that would have
improved their standing in this case"
Scoville insisted upon being heard, and
demanded that the Court should stop
counsel from making any such statements
on his W authority, as to the contents Of
the papers which had not been In the evil
dence before the jury.
l VI VOL llslrbcQ tIdb nc uhQ y ElRQt TO
deny statements Of the same character
made by the other side.
Judge Cox thought counsel had no right
to make any statement as to the contents
Of such papers.
Mr.. Porter, with much feeling, protested
that he had been a practitioner longer than
the Judge, and had never before heard Of
such q ruling. He Porter was Of course
debarred from taking a legal exception,
but he must protest against the unfairness
OF o position which would admit all sorts
OF statements from the prisoner and from
his counsel, and yet would debar the pros
ecution from all opportunity Of r~efutation.
Reed, with considerable excitement, said:
"H / were the Judge I would put him
under arrest. Such insolence to the Court
should be punished"
Porter resumed his argument, and pro-
ceeded to discuss the question Of reason
able doubt as an element Of defense OF
insanity, referring to the decision Of
Judge Martin Of New Jersey, which had
been reinforced by q decision in Ohio. He
was again interrupted by Scoville, who
desired to know if arguments were to be
heard again upon law points. A sharp
Porter removed the objection by handing
his objection to the Judge, saying: 'This
will answer every objection Of mine, your
Honor, If you should have occasion to
rule upon the point"
A Desperate Negro woman.
LITTLE Rock Ark, Jan. pa bloody
tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon In q
negro drinking den. resulting in the death
Of John Hill, aged al. at the hands Of
Mollie Leggin. The woman entered the
saloon and asked for the proprietor. Hill
made some remark at which she took Of
Tense, and started at him with q knife. He
ran around the billiard table three or four
times, and finding that he could not avoid
her, he snatehed a billiard cue and struck
her on the head. Recovering from the Of
fects Of the blow, she rushed upon him
with the knife and before he could release
himself from her grasp she plunged the
knife into his heart, and he fell dead at
her feet.
A Lick 1t PoIygamy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--The Senate Ju-
dietary Committee have agreed on q bill
for the suppression Of polygamy. Its
main features are based on Edmunds' bill,
doing away with the present req direment
for proofs OF polygamous marriage, by
providing that the fact Of living in big
amous relations shall be sufficient evi.
dence for conviction, and that in q prose-
cution for bigamy any person drawn as q
juryman may be challenged on the ground
that he practices or believes in polygamy
as q religious tenet, and certain new pro-
visions were introduced by Senator Logan,
debarring all polygamists from the priv
ileges of voting, service on juries or hold
ing Office.