Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-08

occasions-'Mr. Guiteau, the President
SAYS that 1t will be impossi6le ior nun
to see you to-day l understood o.
the Presidents statement that he could
not see me to-day-and that was the
statement that he sent me through DIS
doorkeeper several times-because he
was irving gracefully to get rid OIL
Walker. the present Consul. In one OF
my notes TO the President l asked MIN
directly, Can have the Paris consul
ship? and the reply, as usual, came
back, Mr.. Guiteau, the President is very
busy and cannot see you to day.
"These interviews occurred several
days apart-some times q week apart;
thew ali occurred during the time that
was pressing my application for the
Paris consulship. The case was pend.
ing at the time shot the President, and
as l have before stated, confidently
expected favorable answer when they
had got rid of Mr.. Walker. under
stood by the Presidents statement that
he could not see me, that he was trying
in some way to get rid OF Walker grace
fully, and that as a matter OF TACT ne
intended that l should have it. My
getting or not getting the Paris consul
ship had nothing whatever to do with
NV shootisR-$he President; snot MN
purely as q political necessity, under
Divine pressure; and it was only by
nerying myself to the utmost that shot
him anyway. II he should recover and
| should meet him again | would not
shoot him; and now l leave the result
with the Almighty. In case the Presl-
dent had said that could not have the
Paris consulship / intended to go to
New York or Chicago and open q law
Office and let politics 90. -
ALsgal View Of the Assassination. Z
"I shot the President without any
malice or murderous intent. | deny any
legal liability in the case. In order to
constitute the crime OF murder two ele.
ments must coexist. First, an actual
homicide; second, mAlice-mslicel In law
or malice in fact. The law. presumes
malice from the fact from the homicide;
the degree OF malice depends upon the
condition OF the mans mind at the time
of the homicide. II two men quarrel
and one shoots the other in heat or pas
sion the law says that Is manslaugh-
ter. The remoteness OF the
shooting from the amount OF its com.
mon conception fsstens the degree OF
the malice. The further you go from
the conception to the shooting the greater
the malice, because the law says that in
shooting man a few hours or few
days after the conception the mind has
a chance to cool and, therefore, the act
Is deliberate. Malice in fact depends
upon the circumstances attending the
homicide. Malice in law is liquidated
in this case by the facts and circumstan-
ces, as set forth in these pages, attend
ing the removal OF the President. l had
none by the best OF feelings, personally.
toward the President; l always thought
of him and spoke of him as General
Garfield.
al never had the slightest idea
of removing Mr.. Blaine or any
member of the administration. My
only object was 10 remove Mr.. Garfield
in his official capacity as President OF
the United States to unite the Republi-
can party and save the Republic from
going into the control OF the rebels and
Democrats. This was the sole idea that
induced me to remove the President
appreciate all the religion and sentiment
and honor connected with the removal;
no one can surpass me in this, but put
away all sentiment and did my duty to
God and to the American people"
Interview with Mr.. Conkling.
The fourth chapter IN Guiteau's auto
biography contains little that is of inter
est. He gives his impressions OF men
in public life whom he casually met;
whom he bored for office or money. Ii
is q record Of intense egotism. His
speech, Garfield against Hancock"
he used everywhere as his
letter OF introduction. TIA public man
failed to recognize him out came the
speech. He tells how he was snubbed
by Mr.. Conkling, whom he styles my
Lord Roscoe" and who nearly always
seemed to him to be on bis "high
horse" Mr.. Jewell was always sffable
and appeared to like him. Mr.. Blaine
he met two or three times at the State
Department. He describes one inter-
view in the first week OF March. II
gave Mr.. Blaine my speech headed
Garfield against Hancock, and be i'm
mediately recognized me and brighten
ed up and was very clever to me. met
him in the elevator one day about
that time-probsbly about a week
later-and be was very cordial and he
said he remembered me, and seemed to
be very glad to see me. Nv standing
with Mr.. Blaine ran along in this free
and familiar way until he told me one
day that the President would remove
Nr. Walker. Since that have not seen
him." Mr.. Conkline he saw one day in
the Vice Presidents room at the Capt.
tol. The ex-senator was in converse
ton with a gentleman. 81 sat within
few feet OF him." says Guiteau, "on the
sofa. eyed him and he eyed me and
when he got through with his friend |
stepped up to him and said good morn
ing, senator and he said good
morning. said, 4 hope
to get an appointment, Senator, and ]
hope when the matter comes up you
will remember me- and he simply said,
perfectly and l bowed and he bowed
and we parted"
Looking For VIE.
In bringing his autobiography to an
end he says:
And now / speak of two matters
strictly personal. First-I am looking
for q vile, and see no objection to men
tioning it here. l want an elegant
CHRISTIAN lady Of wealth, under thirty,
belonging TO 3 frst-clsss family. Any
such lady can address me in the utmost
confidence. My mother died when l
was only seven, and l have always felt
it q great privation to have no mother.
II nv mother had lived never should
have got into the Oneida Community,
and my life, no doubt, would have been
happier every way. Nearly three years
after left the Community was unior-
tunately married. At last | made up
nv n:.lI ;hs xould sever the bonds,
aud / VAS divorced in 1874. am fond
OF female society, and | Judge the ladies
are of me, and should be delighted to
find my mate F