Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-07


being in my head for twenty years
that l would be Pretident, l did not
want to get the Herald down on me.
That is all the reason why | did not
press my suit against it. | don't care
now snap of my fingers about be-
ing President l don't care anything
about it. | don't know that | should
take it if l were actually nominated
and elected
The witness related the story of his
personal inviting correspondence with
view to matrimony, and said, L
want to say word in reference to my
divorced wife,
The Court-No, not now.
The prisoner-I do not know any
thing about her, nor have known for
years past, but she had no business to
come here for the prosecution.
Being questioned about the revised
edition of Truth witness answered,
There is no money in that business
in any way, shape or manner, and
never has been. When Col. Corkhill
came to me in July and talked of some
great lot of money. and all that kind of
nonsense, / told him about my clrcum-
STAGES and convinced him | had no
money
Judge Porter now began the cross
examination.
THE DEITY ALONE REsPoNsTBLE.
The prisoner bore the examination
with considerable self-possession, al
though he occasionally::got furried and
excited
Question-You determined to kill
Gen. Garfield, did you nots
Al decline to answer that. That
is very strong way to put it with
some excitement). / consider myself
the agent of Deity in the matter /
had no personsl volition IN the matter.
Q.-2id you say to officer Scott on
leaving the depot after the murder of
the Presidents Gen. Arthur snow Pres
ident?'
Al decline to answer that.
Q.-WLy do you object to answer
that?
Al suppose 1 did say that.
(Then he added, eScitedly); ! want
it distinctly understood did not do
that of my own personal volition,
but on the inspiration of the Deity. /
never would have shot the President
on my own personal account. The
Deity inspired the act and the Deity
would take care of it. The Deity fur
nished the money with which bought
the pistol. | was the agent. The
Deity inspired me to remove the Presi-
dent, and l had to resort to my own
means to accomplish the Deity's will.
Q.-Tbe only inspiration you had
was to use the pistol on the Presiden t?
A.-The inspiration clnsisted in tly.
ing to remove the President for the
good of the American people, aud (im-
PATIENTLY all these details are nothing
to the case. The whole matter was in
the hands of tie Deity, and Impatient.
ly) do not want to discuss it any
further. I appreciate the fact of the
Presidents long sickness as much as
any person in the world, but that is a
very narrow view to take of the mat.
ter.
Odd you contemplate his re.
moval otherwise than by murder?
A-No. sir (petulantly do not
like the word murder / do not rec
ollect the actual facts In that matter
| (excitedly) If had shot the Presi.
dent of the United States on my own
personal account, no punishment would
be too severe nor to quick for me; but
acting as the agent of the Deity, that
puts an entirely different construction
on the act, and that is what | want to
put to the Court and jury and to the
opposing counsel. say that the re-
moval of the President was an act OF
necessity from the situation, and for
the good of the American people.
That is the idea want you to enter
| tain, and not to settle down on the
cold-blooded idea of murder, because |
never had the first conception of MUIR
der in the matter.
Mr. Porter-Were you aware it was
against human law?
The prisoner--I felt the Deity would
take care of me. / meyer entertained
the idea of murder in the whole matter.
| never had any conception of the mat
ter as murder. My mind is pefeotly
blank on that subject, and has been.
The cross-examination will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
A DISPLAY OF sHREwDNESs AND APPRE.