The prisoner asserted' that his act saved the country from another war.
Porter—There would have boon war now but for you?
Prisoner—I do not pretend that it was imminent, but I do say, emphatically (and he here began to declaim in a dramatic man-in the style of a stump speaker), bitterness in the Republican party ing hourly, and that by two or ars, at least, the nation would have been in the fame of war. In the presence of death all hearts were hushed and di sension ceased. For weeks and weeks the heart and brains of the nation centred on the sick man at the White House. At last (and here the speaker lowered his voice so as to be almost unintelligible) he went the way of all flesh, and the nation was in mourning. This is @ paragraph from the speech 1 wanted to make two weeks ago (he continued, resuming his natural tone and apparently well-satisfied with hi effort). It comes in very pertinent and I'am glad I had a chance to del Counsel asked th of request Sherm: troops tu 0 protect lim for having obeyed the Deity?
Charles H. Reed of Chicago has been employed by Scoville to of the defence relating to th of the Government experts. The cross examination of these witnesses will be left Reed.
SIXTEENTH DAY, 2nd December.
The Court having been called to order, the prisoner was brought in and placed on the witness stand. Portor rose to pursue the cross-examination, but he was interrupted. by the prisoner, who said: "I desire to say to you, Judge, and to this honourable Court, that 1 decline to anewer any more questions being a repetition of what we have already had. If you have anything new Lam ready to answer: otherwise not, unless by special direction of the Court." The cross-examination then continued Q.—Was it one of your purposes in killing the President to have a demand for your book 7 'A.—One of my objects was to preach the Gospel as set forth in my book, Portor repeated the question, and was answered with a allen "1 have answered it," from the prisoner. The qu repeated once more, the prisoner appeal to the Court as to whether he had not held that the qi more specifically, the prisoner replied in the affirmative.
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