Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-12-24

law business then they went to New York
she could not recollect at how ilany places
they lived in New York, but probably they had
| lived at fifteen or twenty places. f"Ptobably
six or seveh" said the prisoner, ''and l paid
my board bill, tool In New York hef
husband followed law and politics he was
engaged in the Greeley campaign and expected
as reward ror his services to be appointed az
minister to Chill. ['I thought | might get the
| Swlss mission" said the prisoner, ~ never
thought of Chili"l Mr. Scoville asked the
witness whether she knew that from what the
| prisoner had told her; and when she replied
| in the affirmative he objected to the admis-
| sion of the testimony. Then the prisoner
| broke out in a protest against the whole ex-
arninshohsahd said 's8ll the question here is
/ ah5tLef my free agf ncy was OF was not
destroyed at the time / fred the shot. Al
! this collateral evidence about my Citcum
stances and about what | did or said or did
not do or say during the last forty years has
no bearing whatever Oh the point; and with
all due respect to the court l do not think
that the court in banc would admit it," The
district attorney asked the witness whether,
in her association with the prisoner, she had
ever noticed any insanity and her reply was,
II never did" Tho district attorney said to
Mr.. Scoville, ''1ou may take the witness. "
''Thaiib you. Mr.. Corkhill." said the prisoner
Gronically] that is the decentest thing you
have done on this trial. l suppose that Porter
insisted on it, as he is supposed to be decent
man, and so is Mr.. Davidge.' Then turning
to Mr.. Scovile he said: ''Cut your cross-ex-
animation Short Scovillc, and let lis get to
something else.'' Mr.. Scoville asked the wit.
ness whether she had stated since the I'd of
July last that she had considered the prisoner
of unsound mind when she lived with him.
her reply was, "No, | never said So"
Then the prisoner opened his floodgates of
abuse on Mr. lScoville, saying to him, "W hat
is the use of going into that Scoville? You
are consummate iackass would rather
have a ten -year-old boy to try this case than
you. You have got no brains no conception.
You cannot see p foot ahead of you. Get off
the case, and l will do the business myself. l
could have OF three or four tirst-class lawyers
to defend the case if you had not elbowed
them out with your consummate egotism and
vanity, You are taking altogether too much
responsibility on yourself. | have got the
heavy work myself to do before the court and
the jury" As the prisoner finished this TRADE,
he bent his head on the table and INDUCED
for some time i'll quiet laugh. After Mr..
Scoville had resumed the cross examination he
made some mistake i'll putting q question to
the witness, and said promptly, Excuse me,
was thinking of something else" 'I should
suppose you We're" said the prisoner, with q
self-satisfied laugh. ''You had better go
home and go to bed. You have never got
straight since the failure OF your lecture the
other night" Mr., Scovile Ito the witness).
Did you state that you regretted having pro-
cured divorce, as you should have remained
with your husband and have taken care of
him on account of the condition of his mind :?
The witness-No, sir never said anything
of the kind. The prisoner with an express
si9n of disgust) You had better sit down,
Scovil!e. Mr.. Scoville then proceeded to in
terrogate the witness in regard to her state
ments to newspaper reporters and others in
Colorado on her way to Washington. Again
the prisoner interrupted, and said, What is
the use of your going into this business. You
are the biggest fool I ever met. TO the
Court. l object to Scoville examining the
witness any further. I object to 1t as o matter
of law and az matter of decency. He has
got lot of letters and other rubbish here,
and expects to ''spread himself in the cross
examination. Mr.. ScovilIe Ito witness)-Did
you say to a reporter. in answer to question,
what you thought would be done with the
prisoner that he ought to be hung The
witness-I did not say anything of the kind.
Tho prisoner broke i'll again with abusive re-
marks directed to Mr.. Scoville on account of
the importance which he attached to letters
written by cranks and idiots all over the
country, and said that Mr.. Beatty, of New
Jersey, who was supposed to have written one
of those letters as Garfield avenger," had
denied it and was Offering reward of $500 for
the discovery of its author. After some fur
ther unimportant testimony Mr.. SCovlle said
81 will not ask this witness any more ques-
tions' The prisoner expressed his approval
of this, and said Il know nothing about this
lady's Christian character except that knew
her to be high-toned Christian lady. | know
her well, and have much repect for her."