Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-12-14

over the country talked That was
the way the Washington Republican
and Gorham and that kind of people
talked
| Mr.. Porter-Did you say Blaine was
wicked man?
Prisoner-Yes, because he was using
President Garfield, who was q good
man and kind man, but weak poll.
ticisn. Garfield just sold himself, body
and soul, to Blaine. That was what
General Grant himself said in his let.
ter denouncing Garfield for selling him
self out to Blaine
Mr.. Porter-Did you say yesterday
you did not desire the removal of Sec
retary Blaine
The prisoner-I did not, and you
cannot find it in the record [ insist
now upon you finding it in the record.
| want to fasten something on to you.
/ am as good man as you are.
Mr.. Porter-I know you think So
The prisoner (angrily)-Yes. and
the public will think so, too.
Mr.. Porter-Was your motive for
demanding Blaine's resignation because
he had said to you on the Saturday
preceding never to speak to him again
on the Paris Consulship?
The prisoner (excitedly)--I told you
that had nothing to do with the Paris
Consulate. | want to ram that into
you and put it down deep Laugh
ter. / am talking now about nation
al politics, and not about a miserable
Office, and if you would try to get your
brains to take that in it would be bet
ter. l am not disappointed office
seeker.
ANOTHER RANTING SPELL.
In the course of further cross-exami-
nation the prisoner said in relation to
the term murder The Deity seemed
to be on my side, and every one else
against me. But there is great deal
better feeling towards me now than
there was some three or four weeks
ago. Some of their bitter crauk papers
have been toning down wonderfully
for the last three or four weeks. What
they want is change of heart. They
want conversion; they want new ideas
about the Presidents removal. Moth
ing but change of heart will satisfy
their diabolical thirst for blood. 1t is
not likely the Deity will crafty them
in their thirst for blood. They begin
to see it and they will see it more and
more
The prisoner having expressed the
belief that the Deity protected him
from the day he shot the President to
this day, Mr. Porter said, 1T depends
more on whether the jury believe you.'
The prisoner-Exactly what the jury
is here to pass upon. Whether the
Deity and i did the act, or whether |
did it on my personal account. And
l tell you further, expect there will
be an act of God to protect me, if it is
necessary, from any kind of violence,
either hanging or shooting
The prisoner asserted his act saved
the country from another war.
Mr.. Porter-There would have been
war now but for you?
HE ASSUMES THE PATHETIC
Al do not pretend the war was
immediate, but l do say emphatically
land here he began to Geclaim IN
dramatic manner aod in the style of a
stump speaker) that the bitterness in
the Republican party was deepening
hour by hour, and that by two or
three years at least the nation would
have been in fame of war. In the
presence of death all hearts were hush
ed, dissension ceased. For weeks and
weeks the heart and brains of the ma
ticn centered on the sick man at the
White House. At last (and here the
speaker lowered his voice 80 as to be
almost unintelligible), he went the
| way of all flesh and the nation was in
mourning That is paragraph from
a speech | intended to make two weeks
ago. be said, resuming his natural
tone, and apparently well satisfied with
his effort. 1T comes in very pertinent
here, and l am glad / had chance to
deliver it.
PERPLExING QUESTIONS.
Counsel asked the prisoner the me-
cessity of requesting General Sherman
to send troops to the Jail to protect
him from having obeyed the Deity.
Al would have been shot and
hung hundred times if it had not
been for the troops at the Jail.
Q.-Any harm in that
A.-That is matter for the law to
pass upon. Qmpatiently) / will not
haye any more conversation with you
on this sacred subject. You are max
ing light of serious matter, and l
will not talk about it.
Going back to the letters, Porter
read that in which the prisoner stated
Garfeld's nomination, election and re-
movaP were acts of God, and then ask
ed Who nominated him p :
A.-Thc Chicago convention. -
Q.-Was that inspired?
The prisoner hesitated and seemed
about to dodge the question, when Mr..
Porter stopped him with an impatient
now now, now
| A.-(mockingly-Now, now, now.
/ thought Grant or Blaine would be
nominated, and when Garfield was
nominated on the thirty-sixth ballot it
was the act of God. The facts sur.
rounding his election would sustain
the position that it was the act of God
and the facts surrounding his removal
would sustain the same position.
The prisoner complained of being
fatigued, saying he was not used tc
speaking five hours at time, and the
court adjourned.
GUITEAU's CRoss-ExAMINATIoN CoNTIN
UED.
WASHINGTON, Friday, December g.
Immediately upon opening the Grimm
al Court Guiteau was placed in the
witness box. He glanced at the paperl
moment, and then said Il desire