National Republican., 1881-10-29
WENT TO SEE ourrEAu.
What Jeenhs Pipes, of PIpcsvIIIer, saw
While ON n Wat Hero.


Our old friend Steve Masset deems
Pipes, OF Pipesville) gives the New York CONNER
oidi Advertiser his views of Guiteau and things
in Washington: Right here wish TO call atten-
ton to the fact ofthe great superiority of the
manners and customs" of this country, aud OF
the individual polteness and courtesy of the
officials in office, compared with the snobbish
funkeyism, presumption, and even rudeness of
those in high Office in European countries.
COLONEL CoRKH1LL
received me in the kindest manner. He has
most winning voice, and, added to very agree
able presence, there is a genial way with him
that at once delights you. On the back of his card
ho wrote the following words;
To General JONI Il. CRocKER, Warden OF Jail:
Please allow Mr. Stephen Massett TO see Guiteau
under your orders. GEORGE b. CoRKHIJL,
United States Attorney, District Of Columbia.
The probability Is that If I'd made this request
in England or France should have been con-
Quoted through q dozen rooms with lveried
flunkey at each door kept waiting for several
days or weeks, and then be received in an austere
and chilling manner that would have made me
feel more like convict" than q visitor"
SAW GUIrEAU
lying on n cot with a blanket over him, and to
the question of the jailor to how he felt and IL
the malaria" was any better he replied: "0h, yes
Ismilingl; 1 feel better to-day The fover has
oubnihNuf bhihhs a WOub tub lOI u uhy VI sV'
As forbidden to speak in relation to his case,
Captain Coleman chatted with him, to give mo
good opportunity to look at him. And hero II must
say he is not SO awfully forbidding.lookin as his
pictures make him appear. His hair is cropped
close, his beard allowed to grow, and is ofa light
brown color; his eyes small, deep SET grayish hue,
with very bad and sinister expression: lips thin
and compressed voice and manner quiet and
subdued, excepting when n lady, who came in
lust after did, Miss S. A, Sewel, the American
prison philanthropist and evangelist" offered him
paper, the Christian Herald, and the juilor said 1t
was against the rules of the prison for him TO re-
ceive even any papers unless from the hands of
his counsel. Guiteau, then having LETT his bed
nd standing With the pSPSr in HI, his hand which dd
| In fierce and angry tone: "Yes, ! consl er II
great outrage that ] was refused having even a
| newspaper In the limited time permitted to re-
main could only catch one or two of this charita-
bic and phllanthropic lndys remarks, one of which
l mus, confess, however well meantand intended,
"well, sir, l suppose you put your trust in
God2"
blandly), that's my comfortl" And waving his
| hand quite gracefully, with another smile the
| lady Withdrew, saying " Goodbye, I'm happy to
have met you"
lie Is NO MORE INSANE
| than am. lie speaks in quiet, subdued, and
collected manner. He asked me II lived in the
city, said S9n o NeT Tps o 5oPpfnng
| sided there in 'T0?" "Oh, ycsl" Guitenu replied,
"hc is now in Utah." Aud so think the idea Of
putting in plea of insanity farccal and ridicu-
| lous. / could not help saying to Miss Scwell,
when we reached the outer ofllce-although,
| doubtless, she meant 1t in u Christian spirit and
| kindly: al think, Madame, that's the first and
last time since that dastardly, cruel, and damna-
| BILE act that anybody has ever said to him, I'm
happy to have met you i" But She insisting that
| her mission was one of Christian love and clarity,
and that by these gentle and persuasive words she
could, If she were permitted to use her power, get
at the secret causes of the wrech's atrocity. We
and TO call upon President Arthur. While hang
ing is decidedly too good and easy death for this
doubie-dycd, cowardly, miserable, sne0king thing,
| Gulteau a piece of the rope with which he viii
| be hanged Is now In my possession, which shall
| present to Bunnell's Museum" in your city for
scribe to the public. Later called on the Presl-
dent.
| was speaking to Judge Miller of the Supreme
Court when, my card having been sent upstairs,
THE "PREsIDEHT OF THE UNITED STATES"
walked into the parlor aud extending his hand to
me said; 81 am very happy to sec YOU Mr.. Mas.
sett" reminding me of our former meeting years
ago. and speaking of mutual friends in California
| and New York. and asking of my trip TO South
Africa. General Chester A. Arthur is n decidedly
handsome man, ofmost imposing appearance and
manners quite charming and courtly, over six feet
In height, broad -shouldered and spendidy built,
with finely shaped head and dark and express
sive eyes lie would be marked man in any
community, while his short and admirable speech
W the
YORKTOWN CELEBRATION
on Thursday shows that he has the gift of clio.
left His Excellency talking with Justice Miller,
delighted with this impromptu interview and
charmcd-as every one else seems to be-with our
new Chief Magistrate.