Show TRIAL porter with profound pathos portrays the prisoners PerTer perversity sity slashing tho the sinful scoundrel with stings of sarcasm and ani burying him tinder under the burden of blame by W U tele raph to the ilia 11 IMALD I WASU washington INGTON jan 24 As soon aa As the court opened judge porter waa was about to resume his speech when the prisoner forestalled liim him and called out from the dock I desiro to say that some crank lias has signed my namo name to a letter that appeared in a it paper this morning it was without my au dhority and f repudiate it I also w ant to sa say in rega regard g rd to the couple of cranks crans who I understand have been arrested for li hanging angin around liere here if they undertake to ila hann ra me they will be shot down I want everyone eve to u understand this judge porter who had paused to permit this preliminary announcement began by saying that the prisoner as usual had made the opening speech after afler thanking the court and jury for their consideration yesterday which had made it possible for him to appear before I hem today to day porter said laid this witolo defense has been a abamo and imposture an in in posture which ft kiich was supposed t to have fai gained neda a strength of crede jwo from reiteration tile truth as cred ed by by this defense is that truth ali 11 Is i la uttered with effrontery enforced by pers piers stancy y and by reiteration era tion this is the truth which 11 C assert in opposition to that truth winch ch you are ire to ai n and de dare are in my remarks yesterday I shoved showed you how the prisoner lias lids belied by his acts his prof eion how ho lie had belied by hs bs h s acts I lie character cha act given him by ir s counsel I I showed you that ho lie had bad been eon a liar a swindler a murderer at it heart from the beginning that this man inan la has as grown worse every year of his life me we have all seen and know guiteau bosh and you know it porter judge porter continued to depict the character of the prisoner prison erand and the fallacies of ins his defense when guiteau again and again n interrupted himat him at onetime one time called out attorney gen mcveagh hie have an anything v thing to do with it judge porter half replying to the tile prisoner said anil and tins this christian gentleman would ime inive you kueven even believe that attorney gen had dipped liis his hands in garfielda Gar fields blood Guit guiteau cau oil voi y fine A moment later alluvion allu bion having been made by judge porter to the tile present At general guiteau bout bawled out hes ibos a high toned gentleman and youre a cinc bibber ive e got your record sir mr porter judge porter with deliberation well perhaps t am guiteau with drawling accent well I guess you are mr jud judo o porter continuing judge porter said this Christ christian lin gentleman who prays s ave every ry night and every morning 11 would w havo bave you believe that I am bibber with great effect and impressive dessive earnestness of manner judge e porter emphasized by an anecdote which he lie related the dis distinction ine ion between the spirit of loe love and spirit of woe the tile latter being expressed in the life and character of the prisoner 11 boner the first serious outbreak of the mornin morning occurred when judge porter adverting to the statement of tho the prisoners counsel reiterated theas alic assertion of the prisoner himself that the notes of the stenographer bailey dailey wore were destroyed destroy ed by the prosecution because they would have benefited thed alie defense ferise lie Ile denied the righter of the defense to expect ordema or nato to see tile papers pre ared by the prosecution solely their alir own use furthermore said judge porter there was not contained in bliem anything as asserted by the defense that would have haye improved their standing in this case scoville insisted upon being heard beard and demanded that the court should sto stop I the counsel from making any bull such statement on oil his ills own authority au authority thorit I as to the contents of ofilio tile papers wl which ic badnow had not been in evidence before afore the J jury ur y ju judge go porter insisted that ho be hall a ft right to deny daily tho the statements of the same character made by the other side judge cox thought the tile counsel had no right to make any statement as to the contents of such p papers judge porter with much feeling protested lie had been a practitioner longer than the judge and had never before heard such ruling lie he porter was of course de barred from taking legal exception but lie must protest against the unfairness of a position which w aich would w admit all sorts of statements from the prisoner and yr from orn his counsel and yet would debar abe prosecution from all opportunity of refutation reed eed with considerable excite m mant ent said if I was judge I would put him under arrest such insolence to a court should be punished judge porter resumed his argument t and proceeded to discuss discus athe the question of reasonable doubt asan as an clement element of the defense of insanity referring to the tile decision of judge martin of new jersey which had been reinforced by a decision in ohio lie was again interrupted by see ville who desired to know if a arguments were to bo be heard beard again upon liw law points A shar sharp colloquy between the counsel ensued ensued when judge porter removed the tile objection by handing banding liis his authority to the judge saying it will answer anaw er every pur purpose of mine your honor if you should fel have occasion to rule upon tho the point returning to the crime arid and its commission judge porter said who killed garfield Garu eld guiteau the doctors porter the tile doctors guiteau yes the lord let them do it to confirm my act porter secretary blaine was responsible Guit guiteau cau I say my morally responsible 11 porter mr blaine saved his ills life lire on that night before the in murder u simply by liis his presence with him bin as they walked together lie ile might have bave saved it his is life on that fatal f second of july but foi for the fact that the murderer stole up from behind then blaine is morally responsible for not preventing the crime tile prisoner conf confused emed that mrs Gar garfielda fields presence with her husband on a former occasion had presented prevented him from shooting n he ile was asked whether if mrs ga garfield afield had been leaning upon his arm instead of blaine ti upon that tha t fatal morn mornine inZ he lie would ila have ons shot ht him and he lie answered an xo o then mrs garfield Garfi eldis is responsible for her husbands death tile he fallacies of the tile wretched fallacious defense referring ernut to the oratorical flight ali lit of the c counsel for the defense waa when lie painted the president widow at her daily prayers praying for tile acquittal of the prison e in the tile namo name of justice stice jude judge arl po oter o ter in burning V language lansu nI guage age showed showe d up III the profanity anity and of such assertions at and I d rebuked the assumption of a man who had iid it word with ith sirs mrs garfield in in presuming to credit her with such nion sentiments continuing Conti nuin judge porter said sa i d lio ho else i respond I 10 lo jolin II 11 No noyes desis is he lie responsible iio ile killed garfield john 11 II koes noves froin whom the prisoner stole lna his lectures let lec tares guiteau Guit cau that is is false I rely on oil my own brains for my productions |