The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-09
THE NEWS.
THE WORDS OF DOOM.

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THE WORDS OF DOOM
scenes in Coart when the Sentence was
Pronounced on Guitean.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-When Gulteau
had finished his harangue the court,
speaking slowly and solemnly, said:
'You have been convicted of 2 crime
so terrible in its circumstances that 1t
has drawn upon you the horror of the
whole world and the eXecrations of your
couGtrymen. The excitement produced
by such an olfense made it no easy task
To secure for you a fair and impartial
trial, but you have had the power of the
United States treasury and OF the gov
eminent at your service 10 protect your
person from violence and to procure evil
dence from all parts of the country. You
have had as fair and as impartial a jury
as ever assembled in a court of justice.
You have been defended by counsel
with zeal and devotion which merit
the highest encomiums, and / have GER
tainly done my best to secure fair pre-
sentation Of your defense. Notwith
standing all this, you have been found
guilty. 1t would have been a comfort to
many people if the verdict of the jury
had established the fact that your acl
was that of an irresponsible man. II
would have left the satisfying belief that
the crime of political assassination was
something entirely foreign to the insli
buttons and civilization of our country
but the result has denied that comfort,
and the country will accept as q fact
that the crime can be committed, and
the court must deal with it by imposing
the highest penalty known to a crimi
nal court, TO serve as warning to 9TH
ers.
"Your case has boen so extraordinary
that people might well at times doubt
your sanity, but one cannot but believe
that when the crime was committed you
thoroughly understood the nature and
consequences"
81 was acting as Gods man." cried
the prisoner; nothing but good came
from the act"
"And that you had moral sense" con
tinued the court, land conscience
enough to recognize the moral lniquity
of such act"
That's matter of opinion" inter.
rupted Guiteau.
"Your own testimony" resumed
Judge Cox, shows that you recoiled
with horror with the idea. You say
that you prayed against it. You
thought that it might be prevented
This shows that yo1r conscience warned
you against it, but by the wretched
sophistry of your own mind you worked
yourself up against this plain protest Of
your conscience.
"wHAT MOTIVE
could have induced you to do this aci
1 ,taof Ha q Yv,atfar of aonianffra PrOb
ably men will think there was some Pc
ltical fanaticism or that morbid desire
for exaltation was the original inspIra
| ton of the act. Your own testimony
seems to contradict some of the theorie:
| of your counsel. They have maintained
and thought honestly that you wert
drawn against your will by some divine
| impulse to this act, but your testimony
showed that you deliberately resolved
| to do it and that your deliberate mis-
guided will was the impulse. This MAJ
seem insanity to some persons, but thu
law looks upon it as a wilful crime.
you Will have opportunity of havin!
any errors l may have committed durin
the course ofyour trial passed upon il
the court in banc, but meanwhile it
necessary for me to pronounce the ser
tence of the law, and it is that you
| IdhCh AOuC0 " TIC OOLlL1OA .ldt1 VI III
district from which you came, and ther
to be kept in confinement; and that o.
Friday, the 30th day of June, 1882, 20
be taken to place prepared for execU
ton within the wall of the yard of sal
Jail, and there, between the hours of
meridian and 2 past meridivn, you be
HANGED BY THE NECK UNTIL YOU AR
DEAD,
and may the Lord have mercy on you
soul"
"And may the Lord have mercy o
YOURS" shouted Guiteau, "and He ha
better have mercy on your soul, Nj
Judge, and this jury and every man el
gagged in my prosecuGHn. l am NJ
afraid to die"
As Guiteau was evidently about I
branch out in another TRADE of abus
and blasphemy, the guards tried to fore
him into his seat. He struck at Tull
, again with his fist, and there was anotl
er scene of wild confusion.
81 won't sit down till am ready"
bawled. "I know where stand on tn
business. 1 am Gods man, and Go
Almighty will curse you all" The ba
lifts tried to tug HIM into his chair, bl
he turned upon them like wild bea
at bay. He was finally seated, but eoul
not be kept quiet. Nothing but good
he exclaimed, "came from Gen. Ga
fields removal. Everybody is hapI
here except a few cranks"
Mr.. Scoville took exceptions 10 IL
judgment and sentence of the couI
The assassin broke out again: Il woul
rather thousand times be in my pos
ton than in the position of those devi
who are bounding me to death. sha
have a quick flight to glory, and | a
not afraid to go, but that man Corkhi
is afraid. There will be no let-up {
Corkhill and the other sCoundrels. Tit
will have permanent job down belo1
but shall go to glory. Whenever Il
; Lord wants me to go will go. / sha
probably be here a good many years ye
, and go to the white house before 60
glory [laughterl, and don't you forget
We DEVILS" snarlIng and shaking his Fl
: at the prosecuting counsel; "the Loi
r will pull me through, see if he dom
a with the help of two or three of the be
lawyers in America, and all the mt
? and the devils in hell cannot harm me
j. After apparently taking himself OF
the prisoner turned to his brother al
without the slightest trace of excit
ment, conversed for some minutes b
+ fore he was taken from the court rool
7 AT THE JAIL.
Guiteau was quiet and COMPOSE
e when he reached the Jail, after the a
, iournment of the court. He remarkt
that the weather was bad, but that Il
extreme care the government was ia
: ing of him kept his feet dry on storm
days like this Ito reporter)
He declared he was not surprised
the action of the court. 81 did not e
I pect Judge Cox would grant me ne
tril," he said. 81 did not think, thong
he would sentence me right off.
thought he would postpone it for thir
days"
bdnc"
eyes, have no doubt but that the
) will hold this court has no jurisdictiC
, and that this case cannot be tried here
"Then do you expect to be tried
New Jersey?"
"Oh! no, I can't be tried in Ne
jersey, it would be unconstitutional
twice jeapordise my life. Corkhi
tried to put the case off on the Ne
Jersey people and when they wouldn
have it they went ahead here. That
where we got them. We did not rails
the question of jurisdiction until late
the case, because we wanted to shut o
the New Jersey people. If they a
tempt to try Inc we will take the case
the supreme court and they will let m
60"
"What do you think will be the cour;
of proceedings?'
"The case will go up 10 the court
: banc and be argued in May, snppos
and be decided by the first of June.'''
SMALL PoX sCABS.
While opening the prisoners ana
this afternoon the deputy warden can
= across letter from Marietta, Ill, whiC
contained the following message: "He
send you some smallpox. It is wor
| than the sentence of Judge Cox. RI
D yourself with the scab and it will sure
stop your CAB" In the center OF Il
sheet was pasted something that look
like little black wafer. The letter W