The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-02

lind it in record; l insist now upon
your finding 1t in record. 1 want to
fasten something on you. I am as good
man as you are"
l Porter: 81 know you think so.''
Prisoner (angrilyl: "Yes, and the
public will think SO too.n
| Porter: "Was your motive for de-
mandiRg Blsine's resignation because
be had sand to you on the Saturday
preceding never to speak to him again
on the Paris consulship-"
The prisoner texcitedly): 81 told you
that bad nothing 10 do with the Paris
consulate, want to ram that into you
and put it down deep laughter am
talking now about national politics and
not about miserable office and if you
would try to get your brains to take
that in it would be better. am not
q disappointed Office seeker"
In the course Of further cross-exami-
nation the prisoner said in relation to
the time OF the murder, the Deity
seemed to be on my side, and everyone
against me, but there is great deal
better feeling towards me than there
was three or four weeks ago. Some
Of these bitter ''cranks" of papers have
been toning down wonderfully for the
last three or four weeks. What they
want is change Of heart; they want
conversion; they want new ideas about
the presidents removal. Nothing but
a change of heart will satisfy their dia-
bolical thirst for blood. Not likely the
Deity will crafty them in their thirst
for blood. They begin to see it too
and they will see 1t more and more.n
The prisoner having expressed the be-
lief that the Deity protected him from
the day he shot the president to this
day.
Porter said: 1t depends more on
whether the jury believes you.
Prisoner: That Is exactly what the
jury is here to pass upon. whethar the
Deity and did the act, or whether
did 1t on my personal account, and
will tell further. expect there will be
an act Of God to protect me, If 1t is nee
essary, from any kind Of violence either
of hanging or shooting.
Prisoner asserted that his acts saved
the country from another war.
Porter: There would have been war
now, but for you?
A. do not pretend that war was
immediate, but do say emphatically
land here be began to declaim in a
dramatic manner and In style of
stump speaker) that the bitterness in /
the republican party was deepening hour
by hour, and that by two or three years
at least the nation would have been In
a fame Of war. In the presence Of
death all hearts were hushed, dissen-
sion ceased. For weeks and weeks,
heart and brains OF the nation were
centered on the sick man at the white
house. At last land here the speaker
lowered his voice SO as to be almost un-
intelligible) he went the way OF all
flesh and the nation was in mourning.
That is paragraph from the speech I
wanted to make two weeks ago. He
continued resuming. his natural tone
and apparently well satisfied with his
effort, il comes in very pertinent here:
and am glad I had a chance to de-
liver it.
The counsel asked the prisoner the
necessitry of requesting Gen. Sherman
to sent troops to the jail to protect him
for having obeyed the Deityp
A. would have been shot and
hung hundred times il it had not
been for the troops at the jail.
Q. Is there any harm in thatp
A. That is matter for the law to
pass upon. will not have any more
conversation with you on this sacred
subject; you are making light of a seri-
GUS matter, and will not talk about it.
Going back to the letters, Porter read
that in which the prisoner stated that
Garfeld's nomination, election and ire
moval'' were the acts of God, and then
asked: Who nominated himp
A. The Chicago convention.
@. Was that inspiredp
The prisoner hesitated, and seemed
about to dodge the question. when Por-
ter stopped him with his impatient,
Now, now, now.
A. Now, now, now, (mockingly)
thought Grant or Blaine would be nom-
mated, and when Garfield was nomin-
ated on the seth ballot, it was the act
of God. The facts surrounding his
election would sustain the same posi-
tion.
The prisoner here complained Of be-
ing fatigued. saying he was not used to
speaking five hours at time, and the
court adjourned.
In Memoriam.
Washington, Dec. LA marble tab
let has been placed in the ladies' wait
ing room, Baltimore and Potomac
depot, to mark the spot where Presi-
dent Garfield was shot. The tablet is