Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-07-14
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THE ASSASSIN
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WASHINGTON, July 5.-Gitteau, the
assassin, continues TO maintain the same
stOlid indifference he has since his COM
mitment to Jail. To-day he was shown
copies of the photographs taken Of him,
and seemed exceedingly pleased at the
good likeness Of the several positions
in which he was taken. He remarked
TO one of the guards that he thought
if the engraver did his work properly,
good cast could be taken, and the
American people could see that his
face was not the worst, nor as bad as
many liable to be encountered. He
inquiries anxiously as to the condition
of the President, regrets that he is still
lingering and IN pain, instead of dead
and reiterates that he has no malice
toward him. His cell is No. 2, on the
second gallery of the jail.
Additional military guards were
placed without the Jail to-day, in Che
shape of two more companies of artil-
lery, armed as infantry. At either side
of the door of the cell is posted a Uni,
ted States soldier, who is relieved every
two hours. The prisoner is dressed in
an ordinary white shirt, black panta-
looms of woolen fabric, and goes bare
footed, his shoes having been taken
away from him. There is no real ap-
prehension of any attack being made
on the jail, or summary vengeance
through lynch law being meted out to
the assassin. Still, in the abundance
o. caution, it was thought best to take
every precaution against such an at
tack.
The conspiracy theory of the assass-
ination is about exploded Attorney
General Mac Veagh and District At
torney Corkhill are the only ones who
appear to continue to take any stock in
il, and these are only hanging on to it
because they have gone in so deeply
they do not care to draw out while any
possibility remains Of there being a
clew in it. None Of the detectives
who are at work on the case are work
ing with any other idea than that of
exploding each clew as they are set to
work upon it. In conversation with
one Of them tonight he said, in answer
to a question as to whether he thought
Gitteau had any accomplices: II can't
believe that he had Gitteau appears
to me to be religious and political
monomaniac. He did this thing as
much for the notorlety he expected it
would bring him as for any thing else
and would have been too jealous of the
unenviable fame to give any one else
an mixing Of the deed he was about to
commit
Considerable talk has been indulged
in since the arrest of Gitteau with re.
gard 10 the means by which he man
aged to get the money to purchse the
revolver with which he shot the Presi,
dent. 1t is known that for weeks he
had been without money, and had been
beating his board bills; yet the fact
was ascertalned that he had purchased
new revolver, and the question was,
where had he got the money? This
apparent clew was made the most of
by Attorney. General MacV eagh, who
has been holding to the conspiracy
theory right along; but, like all the
rest it has been exploded. The detect.
ives have discovered that the pistol
was purchased at O'Meara's gun store,
on Fifteenth and f. streets, opposite
the Treasury Department, and that the
money with which it was purchased
was borrowed by Gitteau. The man
who loaned it to him is said to be a
reputable and worthy citizen, and out
Of respect for his feelings the author
tiles are withholding his name. He
was deceived by the smooth tongue of
Gitteau, and now feels so keenly his
unfortunate but unintentlonal connec-
tion with the sad affair that those who
have the facts are keeping them quiet
The fact that Gitteau had talked
good deal of expecting $500 from some
source on the day Of the shooting was
also made much of by those who saw
lit two adopt the idea of accomplices
and plot; but careful investigation
has proved this to have been, merely
one Of Gitteau's lies, dictated by the
desire to appear man of means. Yes
terday the Superintendent of theMoney
Order Department of the Post-of1ice
recalled the fact that Gitteau had been
in that Office on several occasions. The
POSTMASTER concluded to have an in
Vestigation made for the purpose of
ascertaining whether or not Gitteau
had received any money orders The
tiles and records of the Money.order
Office were examined for several months
back, and it was found that Gitteau
had had one money.order cashed in
his proper name. This order was is
sued by the New York City Post office
on the 2Sth day Of last March to |
Charles A. Bryan, and IN favor of
Charles j. Gitteau. The order was for
$25, and it was cashed here in Wash
ington on the 29th Of March, Gitteau
himself drawing the money. As Git
teau was urgently applying for Gov
ernment appointment in the latter part
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