The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-25
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PORTER's PUNIsHnEN T.
Under Which Guiteau Groaas
Another Day OF COmvIeting
Talk,

| OP6heu JCuge IOEL6f WAS aOOuC 10 re
sumo his speech, when the prisoner fore
stalled him and called out the dock:
desire to say some crank has signed my
name TO letter that appeared in q paper
this morning 1t was without my au
thority and repudiste it. also want
to say in regard 20 q couple of cranks,
understand have been arrested for hang
ing around here. If they undertake t
harm me, they viii be shot down. ]
want every one TO understand his.
Judge Porter, Who had paused to per-
NIT this preliminary announcement, be-
gan by saying the prisoner, as usual, ha.
made the opening speech. After thank
ing the court And jury for their consider.
alton, yesterday. which had made il
possible for him TO appear be.
fore them to-day, Judge Porter said:
The whole defense has been sham and
imposture, an imposture which was sup
posed to have gained strength of cre-
deHce from reiteration. The truth as
serted by this defense is that truth which
ia uttered with affrontery, enforced By
perslsteney and reduplicated by reitera.
ton. This is the truth which they assert
in opposition TO that truth which you are
to ascertain and declare. La my remarks
yesterday, showed you how the pris
oner has belied, By his acts, his profes-
sion; how he has belied, by his acts. the
character given him By his counsel.
showed you that he had been liar, q
sWindler, murderer at heart from the
beginning; that this man has grown
worse every year Of his life. We have
ell seen and know
Guiteau-That's bosh, and you know
it, Porter.
Judge Porter continued TO depict the
character Of the prisoner and the falls
cies of his defense, when Guiteau again
and again interrupted him, 1T one time
calling out, attorney General Mae
Vesgh wouldn't have anything to dc
with It," Judge Porter, half replying tC
the prisoner, said And this Christian
gentleman would have you even beliey,
that Attorney General MacVeagh ma
dipped his bands in Garfeld's blood.
Guiteau-OA, that's very fine.
A moment later, allusion having been
made by Judge Porter to the present
attorney general, GuiIesu bswled out
He is high-tOned gentleman, and "
are wine bibber. I've got your record
Mr.. Porter"
Judge Porter, with elaboration
"Weli, perhaps I am"
Guitesu with draTling accent: well,
guess you are. Mr.. Judge Porter"
Continuing, Judge Porter said: Thi;
Christian gentleman. who prays every
night and every morning, would have
you believe am wine-bibber. With
great effect and impressive esrnsstness Of
msnner, Judge Porter emphasized by al
apsedote which Le related, the distinction
between the spirits Of love and the spirits
of woe the latter being expressed in the
! life and character of the prisoner. The
| frat serious outbreak Of the morning oc'
cured when Judge Porter, sdVertiDg tc
a statement of the prisoners counsel,
and the reiterated assertions OF the pris-
| oaer himself, that the notes OF Steno'
grapher Bailey were destroyed by the
prosecution because they would have
benefited the defense. He denied the
right of the defense to expect or demand
to see papers prepared by the prosecution
solely for their own use. Furthermore
said Judge Porter, there was not con-
tanned in them anything, as asserted By
! the defense. that would have improved
their standing in this case.
Scoville insisted on being heard, anC
demanded the court should stop counse
from making any such statement on hi!
own authority as TO the contents Of pa
pers which had no. been in evidence be-
fore the jury.
Judge Porter insisted that he had the
the right to deny statements of the same
character by the other side.
Judge Cox thought counsel had ne
| ctQfQp0pnta In Il
contents OF such papers.
Judge Porter, with much feeling. pro,
tested that he had been a pInctiti' neI
longer than the judge, and had never be
fore heard such u ruling. b. Porter
was of course dsbarred from taxing such
exception, but he must protest agnin-
the unfairness Of lhe position, VIII CT
would admit OF all s0r!- Of stet-rneut,
| from the prisoner and from his counsel
and yet would debar tn prosecution
from sll opportunity OF refutation.
Reed, with considerable excitement
said: ''1f I was Judge l would put hin
under arrest. Such insolence 10 TIT
court should be punished"
Judge Porter resumed his argument
and proceeded to discuss the question o
reasonable doubt as an element of De
tense OF insanity. Referring TO tn
decision of Judge Morton, of New
jersey, which had bsen reinforced by {
decision in Ohio, ne was again interruptet
ScoYille who desired to know if argu
ments were to be heard again upon Law
points. a sharp colloquy between coun
sci ensued, when Judge Porter removed
| the objection by haunting his aulhOrit,
to the judge, saying, sit will answe
every purpose Of mine, your honor, /
you should have occasion to rule upo
the point" Returning to the crime an'
Its commission. Judge Porter said: VIII
killed Garfield?
Guiteau-The doctors.
PoCtar-The doctors7
Guitesu-Yes, the Lord let them Go
so as to confirm my set.
Porter-Secretary Blaine was respOn
sible?
Guiteau-I say morally responsible.
FOrter-Mr. Blaine saved his life 0
that night betoro the murder simply o
his presence with him as they walked to
gether. He might have saved his life 0
inst fatal ID Of July but for the fax
that the murderer stole up from behinC
Then Blaine is morally responsible f
not preventing the crime. The prisonC
confessed that Mrs. GsIfeld's presenC
with her husband on former UccssIn
had prevented him from shooting y
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