Connecticut western news., 1881-07-13

unknown Charles Guiteau the following letter, dated New York City, and writ ten upon headed paper of the Fifth Avenue Hotel:
 "DEAR GENERAL: I, Charles Guiteau, hereby make application for the Austrian Mission, Being about to marry 8 wealthy and accomplished heiress of this city, we think that together we might represent this nation with dignity and grace. On tine principle of first comes first served, have faith that you will give this application favorable consider ation. CHARLES GUIrEAU." The letter was shown to General Gar field rather as curiosity than as a com munication to be answered, and he sev- eral times referred to it half-humorously as an illustration of unparalleled au- dacity and impudence. Guiteau's wife, who was raised in Philadelphia, obtained a divorce some time ago on the ground of inHdelity and after being twice abandoned. While GuIteau was in New York he used the name of General Jones, the Postmaster, as one of his references.
 The theory that Guiteau was the in- strument of a conspiracy has been abandoned by the Secret Service detec- tives, who are now satisfied that he acted alone, and was led to commit the crime by his depraved desire for notoriety. GEN. SHERMAN ON THE WOUND. "When first saw the President upon the morning of the shooting" said Gen. Sherman on Wednesday, II saw no evil dence in his face or the complexion it wore to indicate that his wound was a fatal one. I have seen @ good many men struck in my day, and my experl- enco has taught me to take the face, or rather the complexion it wears, for my guide in making up my opinion of the chances of life and death. I don't know that I can convey my meaning by de- scribing 1t, but have noticed that when the face wears a certain death like ap- pearauce, as people generally phrase it, that man dies"
 "Then, to your mind, the face of the President when you saw him after the shooting didn't wear that peculiar com- ' plexion ?"
 wasn't in his face so far as I could see. You must remember he is man of re- markedly fine physique, exceptionally robust and possessed of large, we'll knit frame, naturally healthy and strong and muscularly powerful. Besides, his habits through life have been most cor rect, and he has therefore avoided any thing that would impair his health." ''Then his vigor increases your belief in the chances of his recovery ?"
 Certainly it does. Had he been a less muscular or less healthy man, with nervous system somewhat weakened, why then directly after the shooting his face might wear the expression of which I spoke. Will, or the exercise of it, has a great deal to do with these matters. If man has pluck and plenty to live for, and the President has both in ar eminent degree, he don't die so easily and after the first shock of the wound which may be ever so serious and yet not very painful, he makes up his mint to live, and half the battle is won.
 CRAZY MEN IN WASHINGTON.
 A police officer says that Washington is at all times overrun with "cranky" ol semi-crazy men. He adds "We have plenty of the stuff here out of which full tledged assassins could be made, provid ed some one excites or starts their minds in that direction. Just now the m inds are occupied in their efforts to get theil imaginary grievances righted. At the inauguration of MT. Garfield four insane men turned up here who wanted to be inaugnrated, each claiming to have beer elected. Seven were arrested on the day MT. Hay es was inaugurated. An equa number wanted to take General Grants place on the first and nearly dozen or the occasion of the secoud inauguration Don't you remember the excitement the marriage of Nellie Grant created? Well five or six 'cranks,' one of whom paiC $50 for his railway ticket, ranging in age from thirty to sixty years, came on here each claiming to be the groom. Two o1 them were sent to the insane asylum the same day in the same ambulance, anG they fought all the way over as to which was the real groom.
 aUiTEAU's PUNISHMENT.
 Should the hope of the country be realized, and the President survive anc What punishment can be inflicted or Guiteaup No special law exists punish ing an unsuccessful attempt to kill the President. It cannot be dealt with as treason, unless committed in aid or fur | LneranCo or some ulSCurDhnC0 tanCh' mount to war, for the Constitution ex pres>ly limits treason to levying wal against the United States, or adherine to their enemies, giving tlIem aid anG comfort The life of the President, ol of any other officer of the Government is regarded by the existing law only as is that of a private individual; it re- ceives the same protection and no more
 The law applicable is, undoubtedly ection l, 150 of the United States Re vised Statues relating to the District o Columbia, volume which must be dis tinguished from the one ordinarily known as the United States Revised Statutes. Its language is:
 Every person convicted of man slaughter, or of any assault with intent to kill, shall be sentenced to suffer i'm prisonment and labor, for the first offence for period not less that two nol more than e ght ears, and for the second offence for 0 period ot not less than si1 nor more than fifteen years.
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