death and Kennedy's assasination. Although that letter was sent

death and Kennedy's assasination. Although that letter was sent to the President, Peter Marx became aware of its contents, Douglas said.

The letter incident occurred about the same time as the famous rabbit attack on President Carter, the defendant continued, adding that the Secret Service blamed him for that attack.

According to Douglas, when Marx found out about the letter, he threatened to kill him for revealing secrets.

Richard Obenshein, who represented Douglas in a case in U.S. District Court, was in actuality working for Marx, trying to., protect his secret identity, according to Douglas. He added that Marx also claimed to have killed Obenshein after first accusing Douglas of being responsible.

The week before the shooting, Douglas continued, he was parked in front of Peter Marx's house when Marx suggested he jog down the road. Douglas said he returned to catch Marx working under the dash of his car and acting in a suspicious manner. When he later drove away, the defendant said, “something went off. It hit me in the nose and I almost blacked out...l held my breath and jumped out of the car. 1 don’t know what it was but it was close...If I hadn’t held my breath, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Then the same day as the shooting, he said he caught Marx under his dash again, "taking out what he tried to kill me with before.” According to the defendant, he pulled a gun from his trunk and told Marx he was under citizen’s arrest.

Douglas told the jury that he “could have killed that man anytime I wanted" but that Marx’s death wouldn't have ended the conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. that he wanted to do things legally and bring Peter Marx before a court of law.

According to Douglas. Marx offered him a job in the conspiracy. “Personally, it would have been to my advantage to take the job but it would have been to the disadvantage of everybody else." He claimed that the conspiracy, spearheaded bv