New-York tribune., 1881-12-15
THE FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.

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pastor of the Park street Church IN Boston, Inc cnlon
I used to attend there. He is a very hne man
The witness stated that in 1877 1873 the prisoner
had commended himself to witness as being coworker
Of Moody,a He asked witness II he could lecture III MS
tr.l in renly 10 Ingerson Witness told him no. be-
cause he was not in line OF business He had SPOKEN
with great earnestness but with nothing more tan ear
,estness Of the Importance having ngerso answered.
At the weekly prayer-meetngs held at the cnuch the
,rsoper was constantly taking part Witness never III
todrcod hin, 70 ANYBODY and asked to be in
trodnced fIe was always to mind of witness an Ill
natured man.
Mr. seoyile objected and subsequently stated that he
had objected he thought that the "itheSS was
about 10 state his conclusions
"The apology" observed Mr. Porter eafcaSio"'''
"wes az uncaed for as the objection
Witness then stated that he lost sight OF the prisoner
until the winter OF 1s79s0, when he met INN ana was
told that Ire had opened law once ,..
Odd YOU ever anything to indicate that nc was
an insane man or man OI uhsOu"" ~ "
never; moi the least A..
o-what was your impression OF his character III 'nA'
resnecrl Al should have taken him to oe very
shrewd mani should say very cute man. lnS'eaU oi
shrewd.
The prisoper-What's the diference2
The witness-One is sharper than the other
The District Attorney-Ard smaller.
rhe r,jsopsr-He did not say that You put that in,
Corkhn You have slept well last nlght'
The crosse xaminatiOn elected nothing important inc
fitv tbat he was critical and accusatiye, rather than
kind and consuming ou,,
The Lrisoner-I will help YOU out Doctor geher"nS
took part III whatever the sSect OF dscu9Sl"n "aS'
NY mind was grity-that is tie ni'li> oI my Il'9'
gritty ! make my words sharp and pointed lHere
no sentiment or nonsense about me- II there were
,Vonla NJ. baby get through this world better ldoh
co in tor slaulming do eSerythln straight
On redirect examination the witness stated that the
,,risoner had gv en- him copy OF Truth" He thought
il Was o book indicating careless compo9iuoh anu
thongbuess, ungerihed opinion
II this cont one Of the jurors became indisposed ana
left tn courtroom for few minutes Inc IheINd was
occupied nv prisoner with several snort sPe'nes
"Wble in Boston," ne said a. attended Dr Wlthro"s
church regularly wac round the Christian Association
raoparly and the Christian Union regularly, and as
sociated with hightoned Christian people. say this
for CorkLVs benefit. the ground OF total depraFy
Ialways have associated with hightoned people.
don't know any dead beats or dsrepuaole characters OF
either sex AFTER pause The object OF tls Khd OF N
animation settle this question: kno" was DONG
wrong Nv answer is that don't care whether knew
I was daiu- wrong . not. My free agency was "e-
stroyed aud hadn't any cEoce; and VIII take my
chance with this Court and this jury and The LORD on
that noint The question s not whether was insane
five years ago. but whether was free agent al the
fine I killed the President. That KILLS your theory
That is the question for the Court TO pass upon.
II is not a question of right OF wrong out OF
co,cv I am not here to save my neck from the
That - all have got for When | go before the
inrv Am going 10 talk 70 them that. This is SIMPLY
an Incidental speech TO put II the time ll-augnurI
henext witness was Charles 4 Bryan, city clerk Of
the Equitable Life Insurance Company Of NeW-Iork
He fret saw the prisoner in February losl, when he
called t. inquire what commission would be allowed Iof
obtaiui,c appcatOne insurance. He brought 10 an
application and asked for lean or advance Vhcn ne
did not get He IN the next day and pressed Ills
claim for loan OF advance did not en-
hon. ..1 he viii "a 'U
of his s,ec.h "Garied against Hancock and spoke OF
his familiarity with "Jm" Blaine aud other Leading
men Of the Republican party.
The prisoner-That is false never spoke OF him eH-
cept as MIR Blaine "secretary" Blaine asked
YOU for money three times, and you gave II to
me What is the use H. lying about i CTo the Court Oh
bepe removed a.ter nterrupting the witness When
man CONS here and makes statement which know
90 wbaiiy llse say to LiG THAT'S false If he per
sists, say him, on are IaI anu II IL, Sti ~ ~
ssts say 10 hhn You an Internal wheip' Ihat
as far Us 60 That equal TO the barroom language OF
consIguEg man down LclCW' ne ! ,,it It
yourself facts AMI you viii be allowed 10 tcSs no.
otherwise You gave me 9i1 ana kept u acA OuC -, my
$40 share OF the co,nuissiJn the application that
Ts witness went on to say that the prisoner became
investigated tle proposed risk and advanced hlm -
The prisoner SAID he was prominent appIGLt i"I ,io m
oson OF Consul Paris ana thai he wOuG soon go 70
Washington 70 obtain giS nPgoihIhaIt iad cam Cao ,r G
the ofce "n ne oth 81 r % -, snrnr.ed 70 see
him as he thought he had gone 70 Washington 20 loon
after Ills appointment, but the prisoner said he had not
the money to 80 ~ Washington. The witness then gave
nm $40 Win the understanding that when the matter
was co.sumi1sted he should receive me dileSdee
The prsOper-The commission amounted 10 s9o' Dry
an r se produced two letters written to him by
fhs prisoner from Washington, and saId lhat ne had re
naver sen anything IN the prisoner indicative Of un
sOuncness OF mind, but thought MN pieuy sho"u
% SANITATION the witness said that the com
fnRslou III tAe brought into the once anouh'eu W
The ,risoner he kept $50 for himself and gave
me $40 Pcrhaps he collected commission on on o'HeI'
"a .tt.fr dina ouf uf
Q-IIaye you expressed an opinion as To the gum
OF inhocenee Of the Eris9]1eI ] hs a. 3 as n0'
o-Haye you expressed opinion as TO whether ne
ousht "a b. hung OF notl Aft have expressed an
opinion II, it that lac ought to be hung Iha
doing your share toward hanging him.
The witness-Not at all Tie idea Of coming here was
e oFsoneTEHo came here to do his share Of lying
Henry NJ C'ilyei a the witness and soon o.
ne had taken the stand the prisoner as usual prOeeeed
remember YOU the an that put up hat Hered oD Oi
me- This Is The man who reirSsehed eeSe bIotheis M
Iohne Judge Donohue said that had nght TO retalr
the money aud then The Herald came ouI Win s sen
rn wines stated that Reese Bros. Co. had given
s sS s4n t nP d1er e9e %ness Sad asked
had collected the money Prsonet M,ra
fan Mich Witness had asked for the balance tui'
arnev 10 bring suit for the balance The asked
him whether IL not true that he had hS
potes of Indebtedness and compromised for Sl75 aud
prisoner replied that 1t was not true he SAID that nc
Gas entitled to 80 per cent 81 the h amount OF tne
elaun that he had got his hail. and when he got tue
sther half he would sette with Reese Bros & Co.
Wness produced several of Guiteans letters corrobo
atg mis- statement, and in the further course CT h
eIamnato that be had tod the prisoner that ht
WAS a thiei and scoundreL -, -, -,
The prsoner-Y0u never said that or would have
Snoctrd Won down at the time, though wouldn't do II
now / am not in that business 9. ..s .,.. .
Pending the animation, the Court stated ina
ore of the Jurors (Gatesj complained OF being III
Another of jurors stated that MS was y
fl that be said he could not concentrate MS inlh'
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