New-York tribune., 1881-12-02

/ think ] nr1d 10 of rounds, ten cartridges.
Q.-What did you shoot atl Al shot at a sapling.
Q.-Wny dld you want to shoot al saping You had
no Divine command for thati Al wanted (and here
the witness hesiuaed for some timel to fire it two OF
three times. know nothing about weapon Iexpected
to have 20 use H. and famiiiarze myself with the out
ward use OF the Wei pom
Q-Iou did not know how to fire pistol but this was
the work Of the Deity Aappaently in violent passion
and gestiouating vdly)Ihere II no Use OF your wln-
ing in this kind of way You might as well rest: 1o9
are making entirely too much tab about the outward
act OF the Deity say you have 10 20 back ana LOOK a
lyTo remove the President for the good OF the Alner
can reople The outward fact whch you ueSiFe Is II
Q-You practiced repeatedly A-Neyer, repeatedly;
it on different occasions, just To get uscd
TO the outward act of handling IL; knew no more
ABOUT it than baby; when went to buy 1t lookedat
three days and bought 1t the man III the store loaded
1t and i put 1t in my pocket. ara ,orr
nothing about handling weapon; WAS as innocent as
bapy. DO not know that mad any special fear, but
l kept the point away from me pretty well.
Q-When did yOu practice the first time Al thnR
bought the revolver In the middle OF the week. ana
went down seyenteenth-st, Saturday evening about
O'clock The first time fired 1t oil 1t nearly KNOCKED
Odd you hit the sapingl A.-Ihit it the first time
ana not The second time. o,,.,
o-aye You had occasion to speak of it that be went
down that sapng Al no yer used that expression
Q.-when did you try 1t again : Al went down
week two after that ard fired it again. When had
tIshed put the pistol III ny pocket ana Wen, & pach ~
remained a couple OF weeks.
Odd you IL with you the day yOn intended to
Kill President Garfield the 10th OF Junef Alt was
Q-Dld you have the pistol with youl Ayes.
QDuring all this time were you on the lookout 1or
General GarHelds movements Al was looking out
Odd GU 20 to the White Housei Al never was
III that neighDorhood NJ, .,, ,bo
Q-When did he 80 TO Long Branchf A-ADout the
Q-AmJng those scraps which you preserved were
Long Brancni Al think tnat was mentioned.
Q-You sept that for the purpose OF Keeping an eye OH
Q.-Wnen did you begin watching the Presidents
movements A.-About the time ne and Mrs GARFIELD
Q.-Did you 90 T. White House grounds to see
House grounds, Ii did 1t IN the latter part Of
June. | used TO sit in the park opposite the Wmle
House.
THE ASSASSIN WATCHING HIS CHANCE.
Q-For tne purpose Of observing him and watching
your chancel Al wanted execute the Divine Will
and to obvtate all talk will state tnat would
have removed the President any time from the middle
June until shot him il had had an opportunity; at
any time would have executed the Divine wl from the
mi die Of June until the time actually dd shoot nm
Q-l thought yOur mind was clear ron lhe lsv 0i
Junel Alt wasi llt was not actually reauy " 40
the act until the middle OF June.
o~And had not prac,ised with your pstoll A.
9 bdt ood deal to do until the middle Of june went
10 work to revise my book Irutl; knew that there
would be demand FOR that did also several other
matters personal matters as m1iter OF 1act a. any
time after the middle OF June should have shot nun II
had an opportunity during thoSe Two weeks any tIle
Isboud havee xecuJed the Divine WILL 80 that dsposts
a. al tho outward act cEtlIc
responsibility thing is on he Deity IL is HIS act
and lie can of IT. lie mas taken care OF II thus
far and He will continue to take care Of it.
O-Thcn what the necessity that you should be
witness in the caeei ATnc DcitY uses certain men 10
serve Him. lie is using this Honorable Court ana TINS
irry, and these polcemeil ana tnese troops 70 heao
Him, aud protect me. dOnt want nny more tak on
this subject If you 80 on to other subjects will aus
oHWhere were you on the morning OF June 10,
when Won wrote your address to the American people
A.-That prepared at the Arlington. ,,,,
ON this address you say: conceived the ldea OF
kutrfl he 4.
enty.)-Oh that is tue great point you tted 10 mho
me about the 10th May, anu IN about ouT weeks AZ
became fixed necessity to remove him. went 10 |
work after the LIST Of June TO prepare myself IN an
orderly way, to do the act Thats ali there Is Ill THIS
~ fresding from the adiress)-"Not a soul knows Of
my purpose = A.-That Is correct. e., |
0IThen you did purpose 1t for four weeks beioref
O. 1readingJE"I killed the President because he
proved traitor 10 the that made him, ana thereby
impeied the life OF the Repubc"i A.-That was the
idea that was the cause under Divine pressure
Iter later P than that and did In the close OF lei
ter say would leave the responsibility WIN Goa
Odd you hold the American people responsible for
oB1t yoG lett your vindcaton to the American peo
plel Al leave my Justification TO God and the Amer
can people never shot the President on my own ac-
count want the American people to understand mat
O-Dd the Deity tell you what the President nad been
traitor tot A.-Ihat was IN my own JUDGMENT
Q-You say OWING TO his MISCONDUCT ana ms secretary
OF state he could hardly carry ten Northern STATES A
That true. ,,,
on Grant and COnkling ani Arthur, the very men VINO
New York. and put himself under the influence
Q-suppOse he had appointed Mr.. Conking as secre-
tafy staJe, would you have killed hunt A-That Is
suppositiOn don't care to discuss.
Q~Have you any objection to telling the juryl A.
snsrl if tonling had peen secretary OF stale
Q.-How do you think Mr. Blaine would have liked Mt
Conkling being Secretary Of statei Ale would have
/ Q~Wouid ii have prevented the disunon Of the Re
publican party nave had Mr.. COnklng Secretary OF
statel A.--General Garfield never would have been
elected in the world emeGpt iSf GTaI ana o. o m H.
developed here thar the Court and jury viii see the
necessity for the Divine inspiration 80 80,
of Conking had been Secretary OF State, still yon
would have killed Garfield A.-Tnat is proposition
The witness then askcd whether, II he had been
appointed Consul 10 Paris, he would have Killed the
President and reply repeated his answer OF ycser-
day. that he would not have accepted the Paris Con-
sullte after June l.
WOULD HAVE REFUSED AN OFFICE.
OF General Garfield had sent your name to the
Senate YOU would have laid in wal. and murdered
HINT Al would have sent 1t right back after the LIST
of June Ny whole heart, and mind, and inspiration
was in removing him.
o-Do Won think that it would have been grateful
return to President Garfield for appointing you to the
Consulshpf Al would not have accepted the office
Odd you have any malice A. dnterruptingl-I
repudiate you for making that alu-on You know as
wen | do that never had any malice He was my
personal and political 'rend. . ,-..,-,,-
Witness then planned thAt his personal friendship
with President Garfield consisted In speaking with him
once and his political OF belonging 10 the same political
party. He did not consider IL necessary 10 DC ihah
bedfelOW TO he his friend.
O. dramatically and moduating his tone at the close
of The duestion)-And you had no ilwut A uinitat-
ing and mockinglyl-I had no ili-wil against him.
O-And l-will against your sister when you raised
an axe against heri Al never raised an axe against
her. - - 49,. -
o-You had i'll win against your brother wnen you
strnok him Al never struck him.
o%You think that General Garfield was TO blame in
apnointng Mr. Blaine Secretary OF Statef Al mink
most decidedly that II was very unwse thing; say
that it was open insult TO Grant and Conkllng lor
General Garfield TO appoint their worst enemy tnnk
that that caused all the harm with bang on the raj
ling It made IL bitter for Grant and COnklng ana
Arthur that they would not 40 20 the White House.
say that with banging of his fist on the rallng)
10 the American people and to the jury and to the Court
Q-Is this what you said in your note to Mr Blame,
glad personally that the President selected
you for his Premier''3 Al said that.
a at true A "A