Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-27
THE PRESIDENTS BRorBER-rN-rAw AND yo,YScrp


Dent has been away, and had the care of the
| Presidents two younger sons. aged nine anG
! eleven years. In obedience to a telegram Thurs
day night from Mrs. Garfield the sons are left al
| Mentor. They were informed Thursday evening
OF the Presidents almost hopeless condition an6
were greatly distressed, but did not murmur or
being told they could not go to him.
| THE PRESIDENTS ALLEGED SUPERSTITION AS tt
SATURDAY.
1t was mentioned in the third edition of THE
STAR last night, as matter of interest at this
time, that the President has sort of a supersti
| tion that if he dies it will be on Saturday He
has spoken of this conviction, it is said, several
| times.
hood had superstitiOus vein in his composition.
1t is stated that when quite young man he en-
tertained the belief that he would not live be-
yOnd thrty-three years-the age at which his
father died. Another story is that shortly after
the breaking out of the war. and while his
| friends were trying to secure for him the col
ency of the 42d Ohio regiment, he was rendered
the command of the 18th. Turning to a friend
when the intelligence reached him, he said with
a sad smile. 'Seven times six is fOrty-tWo old
fellow. i had set my heart on that regiment: I
shall surely die in my forty-secOnd year" 1t is
unnecessary to add that he did not die.
Curious Story from Philadelphia.
special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun this
morning from Philadelphia, Pa, says Col Cork
hill. q. S. District attorney for the District of
Columbia. who has been taking a vacation at
Cape May, left to-day for Washington. havin g
received dispatches that the President cannot
possibly live. Col. Corkhill says he is fully
aware OF the existence of a secret organization
in Washington city whose purpose is, in the
event of President Garfield's death. to break
the Jail and put an immediate end to the life
OF the assassin Guiteau. Their desire is to
hang Guiteau by a slow process. and in the
meantime each member of the organization is
to be allowed to put bullet in Guteau's body,
taking care not to strike him in any vital
point until the last possible moment The
colonel says he has good reasons for the be-
lief that the guards of the JAIL who are all
of them ex-Union soldiers, know of this secret
organization and are in sympathy with it. He
says that it has been with the utmost difficulty
that the warden of the Jail has prevented these
guards long ere this from finding some excuse
to kill Guiteau. This explains the encounter
between guard and Guiteau, which took place
in the latter's cell recently. Guiteau knows
the guards want to kill him. and for that reason
he has suffered great mental anguish since the
first relapse of the President. He is so nervous
that ne gets little or no sleep. The colonel says
that while he believes that no torture too great
law is Obeyed which protects Guiteau and Sc
cures for him fair trial before jury of his
countrymen. He says it would never do to 90
10 the world that in the capital of the nation the
officers of the law were unable to enforce it's
mandates, and were at the mercy of mob
All that will be necessary to secure the iail from
the interference of a mob will be a battery of
artillery. There are now three batteries of
United States artillery stationed at the arsenal
in Washington, and about $50 marines at the
hayward.
COL. CORKHILL DENIES
Col. COrkhil who returned to Washington
from Cape May this morning. states that in the
interview telegraphed from Philadelphia, he
never made any assertion that there was an or
gained band of which the guards were men,
bers, who contemplated shooting Guiteau at
the first opportunity. nor anything like it: that
what he did say. was what has already been
stated in THE STAR. that there were organ
lZatiOns in the country formed since the assassi-
nation who did not intend that Guiteau should
escape punishment.
Guiteau in Jail.
APPRENTICESHIP OF MOB LAW-HE WANTS TO
HAVE MGILL ARREsTED-THE MILITARY
GUARD.
The assassin Guiteau as stated in THE STAR
of yesterday, has recently become fearful that
some outsider meditated an attack upon him:
but how he received this impression is unknown
unless from observing that the number of SOL
liers had been increased. Usually he inquiries
Of the guards as they come on duty for the latest
news from the President. and receives the ster-
eotyped answer Improving at the last ac-
counts" to which he replies, 81 am glad to
hear it." He is still engaged in writing.
SOME OF HIS EFFUsIONs
are directed to outside parties in reference to |
bail. while others purport to give an |
account of the alleged version that inspired him |
to shoot the President and his reasons for the
shooting. such as have been published over and |
over again.
Since the episode with the guard McGill. a few |
days ago, he has been quite bitter towards the |
guard. few nights after the occurrence seeing
Mr.. McGill in the rOtunda, he demanded to know |
why he was not locked up, claiming that McGi |
was as guilty as he was, only MEG. failed
to shoot. Subsequently he addressed a |
letter to an official outside whom he regards
as stalwart friend requesting him to 90 to |
Judge Wylie and make a charge of assault with |
intent to kill against McGill, Con information |
and belief) 1t is needless to say that this letter
has not been sent to the party it is addressed to-
THE MILITARY GUARD
Thus far the military guard at the Jail has not |
been increased, but it is understood that the |
marines at the barracks on Sth street east are |
under orders, and in case of an uprising they |
lew ulOuicuCS the artillery at
the jail 1t is thought that Guteau fears an |
attack on the Jail, and that rather than fall in
the hands Of mob he would have no hesitancy
in putting an end to his existence
PUBLIC FEELING.
The feeling in the community as the Presi- |
dents condition gets worse is becoming intensely
bitter. The government doubtless intends that |
the prisoner shall be kept safe and that he shall
be given fair trial.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Gen. Sherman said last night that full prepa- |
rations had been made to meet any possible |
emergency, but declined to say what the ar |!
engagements were; that the Secretary of State. |
the Secretary of War and himself had consulted |
and perfected the plans; that the majesty of the
law would be held; that the Jail was the proper |
place for prisoners as provided by the statutes |
and that there was no need for unnecessary
public excitement.
POSTAL CARDS FOR GUITEAU
Many postal cards continue to arrive in this |
city by mail addressed to Guiteau, the assassin |
Among these are the foll0wing
One from Greene Iowa, dated August 90. is |
as follows
'We wish We were thy night-cap strings;
Around thy neck we'd glide
And in an ecstacy of bliss
We'd choke thee till thee died"