The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-03

cure Ior tne ulseaSel That Is th
case as the prisoner makes it out"
The Prisoner-'If 1 were presideu
OF the United States and had RUNE
the Republican party, as Garfield had
ought to be shot. That is my opinion
about that, and is the opinion of
great many people, too"
In the course Of his further arpu
nent Porter referred to the prisoner,
divorced wife as woman who hat
loved him.
The Prisoner-"I did not love her.
was one-sided affair"
; Mr.. Porter-''The woman who mar
ried him"
The PrisOner-"That was swindle
Mr.. P0rter-"The woman who slept
with him"
The Prisoner-"Sometimes she did
and sometimes she did not"
Mr.. POrter-"The woman who bor-
rowed for him and who gave the earn
ings of her industry to furnish him with
money which he spent on street pro-
stitutes-"
The Prisoner-"That is lie and a
big One."
Mr.. Porter-"The woman whose div
orce was secured by his procurement.
by all sort Of deceit, meanness and
ignominy-"
The Prisoner-"I had no business to
marry her at ALL"
Mr.. Porter-"He and his prostitute
were witnesses to aid him in removing
his wife,"
The PrisOner-"All that happened
ten years ago and has nothing to do
with this case"
Mr.. Porter went on to argue against
the claim of the prisoners insanity and
while he was looking for an extract in
the testimony, the prisoner took ad-
vantage of the pause and said:
"This gives me time to say that am
in receipt of letter from New York
in which the writer says that he has
conversed with $50 intelligent people
about my case and that all Of them are
OF the opinion that the Almighty in
spired my act. l have also a letter
from a prominent lawyer in Maryland
who says l will 60 into history by the
side of Grant and Washington. That
is their opinion on this matter"
Mr.. Porter, referring to the testi-
mony OF Mrs. Scoville, paid her compli-
ment as sincere woman and said she
had never noticed insanity in the prison.
er until the time when be raised an
ak upon her when he was IS years of
age"
The Prisoner" That never occur
red"
M. Porter-"Yo our sister swore it did
occur, and she is a woman of truth,
while you have committed perjury"
The PrisOner-"That is matter of
opinion"
Mr.. Porter-"She came into court
and with unblOOdied hands and she
went out Of it as she entered it-an
honest woman, believing what she as
serted"
Prisoner-"I lifted no ak against my
sister,"
Mr.. Porter-"He did. There is his
own sister, the only one who has stuck
by him faithfully and honestly. She
tells you honestly the first time she
thought him insane was when he was
IS years of age. She says: II had no
thought before that he was not in his
right mind"
The Prisoner--"The letters that got
show that the American people are
solid for me. Do not forget that, Por-
ter"
Further reference by Porter to the
incident of the ak brought from the
prisoner this remark:
ut was very stupid thing for SEQ
vile to bring in that ak matter at all
He might have known the use the pr q
ecutiOn would have made out Of it.
That is about as smart as the Scoville
family are. The whole thing is bosh
from beginning to end"
Porter went on to criticise the testi-
mony Of Reed, Of Amerling and of
North. He said it would take thou
sands of Norths to make him believe
Luther w. Guiteau, that calm, quiet,
religious man, ever said to the old faith
er and old mother who had an only son
that did not want them to 90 to tho
Oneida Community; "Take knife and
slay him as Abraham did Isaac"
At this stage Of Porter's argument
court adjourned.