, 1881-12-03
hy avery at,pstlun to provo TINT l1o WAS actu~
atcsl l,y revenge, md lio fought against this


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THE TRIAL. .....
i'tocEEnivns. a
WASHINGTON, u. q, Dgc. g.-'rho court
having bccn caltutl to order, anu tho prisonnr
brought 1T Nntt ulacott In th0 wttleRs-stalld,.
.!u1gu Porter roso 10 ptlrstle ttte examination,
Int was Interrupted by the prisoner, who
sAitt: ~ desire to say to YOU. Judge, md to
tis honorable court, TINT decline to answer
my norn questions being n repetition of
what wo have already had. II you hnro
anything new, NH rcatty to answer, other
wise not, unless by special direction ct tho
Court"
Tho crnss-exa,nlnatton WINS then continued.
Qncstfotl~-Was 1t ono Of your purposes II,
killing Tho President to create t1otnRr.l for
y9'',r, 6nnks Answar-On8 at The objects
wis to preach tla Gospel, Us vet forth III my
bn0k. -
Judge Porter repeated tho question, md
was answered with n sullcn II l,uve NIL
sweretl 1t" from the prisoner. This question
being repeated unce more, tho prisoner MP
rcnlcd 10 the Court rs TO whether llo had not
already answered.
Tic Court having held TINT thu question
mist be answered nlOro specifically. the pfls-
olter replied III tho affirmative.
Q.-:Yoi
l.EaAnD roun 1ooK AZ GOSPEL?
AIS mn Important explanation Of tho
bible. claim IT, as n collateral gospel. l.
brought down to tito present ttay. In so far
rs there Ia my truth in any bouk,' It CONES
fr0m the D0tty, mid l.ctafm It contains I'LL
important truth.
Q.-Jlave you rcnd good deal about
Napoleon? A.-No
Q.-Wllcn you wrote "'rhe Presidents
nomination was NJ, act Of God; Ills election
WIS all net Of God; his removal .was MI act
Ut Go.l," did you hayo Nupoleon's bulletins
III your mind? u. apparently grattlied}-
Tint Is tho way express ,tlysclf-sl.arp,
pontcd, suntcntious. II YOU want to SEQ. 4
specimen Of that kind Of style, look through
thy book.
THE AssAsrN WELL. rLEAsED.
judge rorter-t think you have remark
abe power Of brain; anu, whatever your
'brothor-in-law may think, I appreciate your
nbitity.
The prisoner thtglily pleaand)-1, thank
yo,t. Judge, for yuur good opinion.
Judge Porter {slgnIilcalltly)-l think that
ts tho opinion Of every Juror.
The prisoner (uxcitedly)-Ita take my chance
before tliEs court and Jury Oil tho fact that
tic Deity Inspired tile act, nm not d foul,
and. the Deity never employed fool to do
his work. He put 1t into my brain ailtl
heart, and left NC to work 1t out in my own
way.
.Q.-Ard YOU dlde A.-Under sanction Of
the Deity. Tile pressure oll inc commenced
about six weeks before tho actual shooting.
I wus'n pr1dostineh man from tho fotnla-
tton of the world to tlo this act, nlid had to
do 1t.
Q.-Yon believe In tho doctrines of pre-
destination. A.-Arost decidedly.
CLAIM l AM 4 MAN OF DESTINY.
You spoke Of Napoleon. 1Iu thought ho
WAS n'ali Of destiny. though io hnd n
different work from me. I anl rs }nucll II
lll'n Of destiny rs tho Savior, or Paul, or
Martin Luther, or any Of those, religious
1lcn.
Q.-And your destiny was to kill Garfield ?
Alt was my destiny to obey tho Divine
will and lot Him tako care OF 1t. put up my
llfo,' alld have not been ll,ng or shot yet.
Q.-Alld you did not expect to be? Al
liad no expectation except to do tho DIVING
will, md lot Him tako care oil lie.
Aa1 SATISFIED WITH THE DErrY's CON.
DUCT OF THIS CASE
up to tho present moment. =.
Q.-WIlon were YOU itrst Inspired? Al
decline to discuss the mnttur with you my
further. II sou want my utoro ideas on that
subject refer You to tho l,apers. / will not
be annoyed In this way any more. The Court,
and the jury, and tho country underestimate,
Now, If you llaye got anything new will
entertain son; otherwise not
Q.-Dut tic Jury is not permitted to read
tho papers. A.-fh6y have heard my state
mont OIL TINT point several times, and that
ought to satEafy any gentleman.
.|udRe Porter wont Oil cross-exnImihfnR the
prisoner Will. tlle object of showing TINT lis
pretended inspiration In regard to the "'rl,eo
crRtte taily," to tho book called "Telti," tq
n, lecture a.. tho , Second Coming pt Christ. !.
llonltowEn FROM TIE IDEAS OF MOVES,
and that portions Of tho book and lecture
were plaglarisins from book calletl "The
Hercan." III connection with the prisoners
lcavlng tho Oneida Community, Judge Porter
put in evidence b letter ot the Prisoner oi
April, 1906, whoro l,o says lle is living III
obedience to MI irresistible conviction tllat,
II. Ile did not do 1t, wo would be upon him
that he must obey the will Of God
that Cod and his conscience
wero driving Him to tho. battle,
aid tllat he dardd not drnw back. a pack.
agu 0f manuscript tied together was shown
tho prlsoner, aud admitted to bo Ills writing,
although he said 1t appeared to DO mntilated,
having ',e!thor head nor tail. The District.
Attorney tAen read tho document from q
printed slip, and the prisoner cautioned SEQ.
ylllo to folIow the reading with tho brlgtnnl,
as l1o was
'"AFRA1p TO TRUST THOSE MEN,"