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1 Hard Question. “A. startling opisodo occurred Jd the United i Stntea cotirt last Afrndnv, during- tho i trial of Torrenco Mullen for perjury. 1 During the progress of llic trinl Col. Faun- 2 tain, AfieisUittt If. 9. i'roseculing Attorney, ipropounded the following question to Mr. j Mullen, who was himself upon the witness aland: i11 ‘YVeranot you, Torroneo Mullen, now lt;testifying us a witness in this cnfic, indicted, ; tried ond convicted in the criminal court of • Bangnmon county, in llin stulo or Illinois, in I the month'Gf Mnrcli, 1887, for tho crime of i tltcmptlni; to etul tho remain a of the late i President Lincoln, arid did you not serve ft term of imprisonment In the penitentiary of • the state of Illinois, under sentence of said ; court, upon wud conviction ! mTo whioli question Mr. Mullen answered“ ym. ”The sQusnlinn created in the court room hy this question and answer can belter be imagined vbun doserlbud.
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Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, Oct 15, 1887
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