The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-16

dress had been read, Mr.. Porter rose, and, ad.
dressing the Jury slowly and In n solemn tone,
said
az wish to call attention to the fact that this
inspiration originated on the 10th day OF
July"
The prlsoner---"t It did not do anything Of the
kind. 1t originated on the 10th M May or
Mr.. scoville protested Indignantly against
this appeal 70 the Jury, and insisted that It
| should be withdrawn.
| Mr. Porter-"I withdraw no utterance that
| have made In this case"
The prisoner Qnsolently)-"I Ia OF no con.
sequence whether you do or not, Mr. Big
Mr.. Porter-"I say that the time of when the
| inspiration first appeared was the day after
this prisoner found that Conkling and Grant
and all these mon loathed and abhorred his
| act"
| The prlsoner-"T That Is absolutely false
The Court TO Mr.. Porter)-The remark was
| a little premature"
Mr.. Scoville--" Decidedly 'previous.
| The prisoner-"It only shows the mans stu.
| pidity. The first utterance about inspiration
| WAS on the 18th OF june"
| Tho District Attorney again reading the
/ sentence)-" Whether he lives or dies, I have
| got tho inspiration worked out OF me-"
Tho prisoner--"Do you not know what that
| means, Corkhill? 1t means that lid my duty
and the Lord had discharged mo from all
| future responsibility In the matter"
Tho District Attorney continuing TO rcad)--
sand should he recover and meet him on the
street should never attempt to remove him
| again"
alive to-day. Why? Because have got the
inspiration worked out OF me- He might have
| recovered, but the Lord did not want him to
recover rho American people wanted him to
| recover, but tho Lord did not. The Lord is
omnipotent." Then turning toward the Dis.
| trict Attorney he said "rhe mills OF tho gods
| grind slowly, but they grind sure, and they
Will grind you to atoms yet would not give
much for you"
| ITO the witness)-"Did you ever see In the
prisoner anything to indicate that he was n
man OF unsound mind?"
The witness--'I never did,
me District Attorney proceeded to read some
letters OF the prisoner which were Identified by
| the witness. In the first, which was written,
the prisoner stated, "McGill shot at him." com.
planning that his cell was not sufficiently safe.
He states that he does not know what his Stall.
wart friends would do to General Croker II
anything should happen to him.
There were several letters addressed In
March to Mr.. Pearl In New York for the pur-
pose OF borrowing 500, and In ono OF them he
promises Mr.. Pearl that he shall be his private
secretary when he gets the Austrian mission.
The next letter road was one addressed on
July 10 to the District Attorney, asking that
certain jail privileges be allowed him. on
July IL the prisoner wrote to the editor OF the
New York Herald relative to publishing the
story OF his life, which read like romance,
and to the firm OF Harper Brothers relative to
publishing his book.
The prisoner" Bailey, the supposed Herdld
they would not take 1t because George william
Curtis had n good deal to do with politics, and
did not want TO take the book. That shows he
was lying all the time.
Tho last letter read was one addressed to the
Librarian of Congress relative to obtaining
copyright.
Mr.. scovlllo excepted the reception of all
these letters.
The cross.examlnation was then proceeded
with.
Mr.. Scoville questioned the witness closely
To tho of hia COMING In waahtnOtnu
and he finally stated that he came here on In
definite Information that the Attorney-Gen
eral and Secretary Kirkwood desired to see
him.
The prisoner-"You told me you came to
settle up an old Treasury claim. That is tho
kind OF man you are. Why didn't you tell me
that? What did you sneak into my cell for?
You're nice specimen of humanity. You
have proved yourself low, dirty scoundrel
You are trying to hang me II you can You
must have high opinion OF yourself nice
record you will have in Chicago, Reynolds,
when you get back Not one word. Reynolds
has said wish to withdraw, but do not like
the mean, dirty way In which they got the In
formation. 1t Is mean, contemplate way"
"Did you represent yourself as friendly to
him 2"
81 don't know; made no misrepresenta.
lions at all"
''who requested you to go to Jail to see him ?"
"Tho, Acknowledgement and Secretary Kirk
wood
"For what purpose did you want to see
him ?"
at was a matter of curiosity, to u certain OK
tent wanted to see If he was any different
from what had known him."
The prisoner (sneeringly)-''To see what you
could see. You were on the look, wern't you
General?'
SHOW much pay did you get for that ser.
vice 2"
"No remuneration at ALL except my ex-
penses."
The prisoner-"You've not sent in your bill
yet"
The prisoner then attempted to question the
witness, but was stopped by Mr.. scoville,
| whom he criticised for wasting the time of the
court by asking foolish questions.
"What amount did you receiver"
"Eighty-three dollars"
got $50 day for lying. That's more than
Corkhill gets for the same thing. You will get
your. pay In the next world. That's whore
"Did you shake hands with the prisoner
when you went to see himp'
81 suppose did
"Did YOU express yourself glad TO see hm?"
81 suppose did?"
"Did YOU express solictude as to his condi-
tion?"
~ did. I don't remember whether it was
(signlncantlyJ ''You didn't write that
DOWN.?
.No, only wrote down what he said"
"You were admitted as n gentleman who
would not betray confdenceH"
~ suppose So"
The prisoner-"He gave me his personal
honor that those conversations should never
be mentioned again; and he has como and
blown the whole thing out"
"Did you ever act as n spy beforep'
81 never did; nor since, nor mt that time
"Have you not told persons in Chicago that
you considered Guiteau insane?"
"No, sir; whom wanted to get rid OF n per-
son may have answered lightly by saying
| that he was queer person. have expressed
a positive opinion TO no one
AT this point the prisoner got very indignant
with Mr.. Scoville for his slowness In eXamtn-
| Ing the witness, and broke in with, "Ask him
| II my aunt's my uncle. You talk and talk here
and you don't amount TO n snap. You ought
| to take some lessons from mo and make your
questions sharp and pointed. You're worse
| than Corkhill, and he's bad enough. It's
about O'Clock, Your Honor, about time TO go
| home. ITO the witness)-General you can go
home as far as am concerned. ScoYille Will
fool away two hours more before he gets
through He fl making an ass of himself and
Won't prove anything by this loose zigzag kind
OF talk. He has no brain for this business"
The hour of 3 o'clock having arrived tho
witness was discharged till this morning, and
| the, court adjourned.
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