Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-01

ship he would feel In honor bound TO help Mr.
| Blaine.
| THE WAY POLITICIANS 10.
| "Thats the way politicians do" said the pris-
| oner. "You tickle me and I'll tickle you.n
"Did you try TO tickle President Gartield?-
| 81 don't think did, sir"
| He admitted writing to President Garfield on
| the Sth of April, expressing sympathy win him
| on account OF the pressure II Svmpathtye." he
said, with any President that has this enormous
horue Oh oillce-seekers at his throat"
! Mr.. Porter pursued his inquiries about these let
| terS. when the prisoner said, an%r.ly:
~, "onderst ma this, Judge; L want YOU to make
LIST of May and after the lst Of Nay
| Mr. Porter persisted in the same inquiries when
@ ,he prisoner said: You don't want TO twist these
| letters against me that were written at time
when had no conception OF removing the Pr-s-
dent You are trying to do it, but you won't
SENATOR coNKLING
The prisoner said he had met Senator Conkling
| last spring.
. Ibid YOU speak to him on the street,"
lies. sir, decidedly" He Could not tell when or
| daily.
Mr. Porter then. with one of his most solemn
looks began to question the prisoner, who. slap
| plhg the railing, said: Il don't care snap Tor
your ferce LOOKS. You needn't try that business
Win lne. Make your statement in a quiet. genial
sort OF way and III answer you"
-, Inc prisoner said If the Judge wanted to
learn anything about the Paris consulship busi-
| ness he should look into the papers: he did not
| care 10 60 over it any more
| AS TO TEMPTATIoN.
"Do you believe in temptation?" asked Mr.
Porter suddenly,
SIN temptations" inquired the prisoner, hesitat-
| ing.
"YeS"
81 am not prepared to answer that"
"You are not?"
SIT has no relevancy to this ease sir"
he feIt little aggreyel but no fndignat on,
when Mr.. Blaine told him not TO speak TO hun
agaln on the subject OF the Paris consulship; he
thought Mr.. Blaine was q little ashamed of linn
Sell lof the way he spoke
SHARPNESS OF THE PRISONER
| After being questioned about his feeling against
MI. Blaine, the prisoner sud lenIy caught an idea,
ana said: 81 want to say this just here Your idea
is that this occ-seeking business is at the bottom
OF IT, Ii that theory was correct Blaine was the
man for me to shoot, and net the President That
shows how absurd your theory isD
Were you ever inspired W tn the idea that Pres
ideni GARFIELD ought TO be re-eie,ted?n
II never claimed any such inspiration. That
was an Idea OF my own"
THE PRISONER ACCUSED THE COUNSEL OF UNFAIRNEss
In trying 70 twist his letters written prior to the
disruption" of the republican party against him
now ut isn't fair or manly" he said. President
Garfield he said, WAS SO bound up in Mr. Blaine
that he hadn't sense enough to appreciate the
suggestions In his the prfSoner's) letters The
prisoner Delng pressed again on the same subject
repeated two or three times Il don't care 10 dis
cuSS the question any more" de decIaimad .t
length on what appeared TO him as President Car
fields folly.
''Do you think he committed suicide?" asked Mr..
Porter. "
:.PSrtdsd "PSIitieal snici1sa replied the prisoner
mo, Sir,' (emphaticay) "PolItical sus.ide-
death?" -
81 decline to discuss that matter any further
Salu Ine prisoner in peremptory tone.
Inc prisoner said he had not wanted Mr.. Blaine
TSinosed that's what al the papers s4id He (Nr
Bitlne) and he alone was Responsible for all OF
Sentral GariieiC'S troubles.
terday then was al inadvertence.
WANTING TO GET JUDGE PORTER on THE HIP
The prisoner said he had never said So and the
record would show it,
Mr.. Porter proceeded to ask another question,
when the prisoner said: "Wait a moment Judge
Porter, want to faSten you On this Iwant TO see
81 want to fasten something on YOU: want TO
show you that am as good man as you. think
the puDlc VIII think So and this honorable court
and this jury"
Guiteau then asked the reporter for the record.
MT ScoVlie. rising, said he perceived there was
mlSapprehenSon between the counsel and the
prisoner as TO the meaning Of the word 'remoyaln
mr.. Porter having admitted it, the prisoner said
ne mad never had any idea OF removing Mr. Blaine
in any sense.
THE PRISONER MoRALIzEs.
The prisoner, speaking of certain utterancas in
his papers, said he believed it made little differ
ence when man died, if he was prepared. "You
are liable to die in five minutes" he said to Mr.
Porter, ''and so is any man in this court room.n
MT Porter applying this view to the late Presi-
aent, the prisoner said: 81 have no doubt SIR the
th presldent Is great deal happier at this minute
Mr.. Porter asked II be thought the Giver Of Life
would inspire the murder OF such a good n4nen
II will tell YOU what I think then sid tha
prisoner. 81 think his Christian character had
nothing to do with his political record. want you
to put that down. believe he was good Cnris-
uan man, but his political record was very poor.n
PROTECTED BY THE DEITY.
Speaking Of his own proyidential escapes. the
prisoner repeated he thought he was protected by
the Deity; the policemen and this court were only
the instruments of the Deity.
''Do you think the policemen were inSpired?n
"No, sir Not to do their duty"
care you inspired to do the ordinary things OF
s'It's only on extraordinary occasions. sirn
He did not think the Deity Was with him, espe-
cfally when he was practicing law. He thought
pamphlet pedar. He considered Gen. Arthur his
friend, when he the priSoner) said the act of re-
moving President Garfield would make him Prest-
dent. AS Gen. Arthur was stalwart, he felt a
closer relationship with him than Mr.. Garfield.
He said he talked with Gen. Arthur frequently in
''You said nothing to him about the murder?n
- mo, SIR neither to him, nor to Gen. Grant, nor
s'Of course not; we need not your statements for
that" said Judge Porter.
Guiteau again complained that Mr.. Porter was
attempting TO pervert the meaning of his letters,
and said: 81 decline to talk With man of that
character"
GUITEAU CALLS JUDGE PORTER MEAN MAN.
"lou are very mean man and very dis
honest one, he said, 'tO use my letters that way
know something OF you I'm New York. have
seen you shake your bony finger at the jury and
the court You can't have any effect on me in
that way"
Speaking of the feeling against him, the prisoner
said: " The Deity seems to be on my SIDE though
everyone else is against me. There is great deal
better feeling In respect to me now than formerly.
There has been wonderful tOning down In the
feeling, especially in these cranky newspapers. 1
want to say this to the jury, because they don't
see the'papers nowadays"
GUITEAU on THE NEWSPAPERS.
Mr. Porter wanted to know what he meant by
'cranky'' in this connection.
"What, these newspapers want" said the priS-
oner, sis a change OF heart They want CONVEX
sion before they viii get this horrible thirst
for blood. Ii was shot or hanged they wouldn't
be Satisfied
The prisoner declaimed at some leugth, like
stump orator, saying he shot the President as a
soldier In the war shot down a rebel.
ssDid you ever shoot rebel?" asked Mr.. Porter.
ssNo sir. was not engaged in shooting during
the war"
ssWhere were your"
0I WAS I'm fhe Oneida CommunftY.n