Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-02-01

1 Ie pClso1eT- nat lakes you lie
Porter.
Judge Porter-'That is the insanity
which this man has inherited. The
man is a liar as well as an assassin,
and he was instigated not by the AL.
mighty, but by the DEVIL
The prisoner (alluding to Porter's
habit of lowering his voice at the end
of sentence) )-The point is 80 fine
that cannot hear him over here
You had better do it again, Judge.
| Judge Porter went on to review
the prisoner aud his life of crime, in
which he included adultery.
The prisGner-How many times
have you been guilty of thaty Look
up your record, old man. guess you
are about as bad as Corkhill
Judge Porter went on to refer to
the prisoners life in Washington, and
asked, WAS this temporary mania,
Abrahamic mania, disease of the
brain which resulted in murder for the
benefit Of the Stalwarts of the Repub-
lican party?'
The prisoner-For the benefit Of the
American people A removal, not
murder. They are very well satisfied
with it, TOO.
Mr.. Porter-Gentlemen if l went
no farther, do you believe that this
mans brain was diseased deal with
nothirg else now. Was his brain
diseased and did the disease come
and go according to whether President
| Garfield went out alone, or went out
with his wife, or went out with his
children, or went to the Soldiers
Home, or went to the railroad depotY
Do you believe that the right remedy
for disease of the brain is to make six
weeks preparation for an asssssina-
tion, and that shooting another man
through the spine is q cure for the
spine, is cuse for the disease +? That
is the care as the prisonsr makes 1t
out.
The prisoner-If | were President
of the United States, and had ruined
the Republican party, as Garfield had,
ought to be shot That is my opin-
ion about that; /; and is the opinion of
u great many people, too.
In the course of his further argu.
ment, Judge Porter referred to the
who loved him.
The prisoner-I did not love her.
1t was one-sided affair.
Judge Porter-The woman who
married him.
The prisoner-That was 0 swindle.
Judge Porter-The woman who
slept with him.
The prisoner-Sometimes she did
and sometimes she did not.
Judge Porter-The woman who
borrowed for him and who gave the
earnings of her industry to furnish
him with money which be spent on .
street prostitute.
The prisoner-That is q lie, and
big one.
Judge Porter-The woman whose
divorce was secured by his procure
ment, by all sorts of deceit, mcanness
and ignominy.
The prisoner--I had 70 business to
marry her at all.
Judge Porter--He and his prostitute
were Witnesses to aid him in remov-
ing his wife.
The prisoner-All that happened
ten years ago, and has nothing 70 do
with this case.
Judge Porter went on to argue
against the claim of the prisoners In
sanity, and while he was looking for
an extract in the testimony the prison.
er took advantage of the pause and
said, That gives me time to say am
in receipt of letter from New York,
in which the writer says he has con-
versed with two hundred and fifty in
telligent people about my case, and
that all of them ale of the opinion the
Almighty inspired my act. | have
also letter from prominent lawyer
in Maryland, who says will 60 into
history by the side of Grant and
Washington. That is their opinion in
this natter
Judge Porter, referring to the testi-
mony of Mrs Scoville, paid her COM
pliment as sincere woman, and said
she had never noticed insanity In the
prisoner until the time when he raised
an ak upon her, when he was thirty
five years of age.
The prisoner--That never occurred.
Judge Porter-Your sister swore it
did occur, and she is a woman oftruth;
while you have committed perjury.
The prisoner-That is matter of
opinion.
Judge Porter--She came into court
with unbloodied hands, and she went
ont of it as she entered it, an honest
woman, believing what she asserted.
| lifted no ak against this sister. He
did. There is his own sister, the only
one who has stuck by him faithfully
anu honestly. She tells you honestly
the first time she thought him insane
was when he was thirty-ive years OF
age. She says, 4 had not thought be-
tore that he was not in his right mind
The prisoner-The letters that l get
show the American people are solid
for me. Do not forget that, Porter.
Further reference by Porter to the
incident of the ak brought from the
prisoner this remark: 1T was q very
stupid thing for Scoville to bring in
that ak matter at all He might have
known the use the prosecution 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
Judge Porter went ON to criticiss
the testimony of Reed, of Amerling
and of North He said it would take
thousand Norths to make him believe
Luther w. Guitesn, 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 60 to
the Oneida community take n knife