Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
ASSASSIN GUIYEAU.
INDICTMENT OF THE MURDERER OF
JAMES 4. GARFIELD.
Eleven Formal but Wordy and Mystify.
= ing Counrs-But the Charge Clearly
Stated-With & Saving Clause Covering
the Death of his Victim in New Jer-
sew.

Stated-With & Saving Clause Covering
the Death of hrs Victim in New Jer-
sey.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The indictment
| against Guieau for the murder of James A.
| Garfield, late president OF the United States,
was presented to the grand jury at II O'Clock
| this morning. The following is q synopsis
| of the document: First count-We the
grand jury for the District of Columbia,
| United States of America, upon our oath
| present that Charles J. Guiteau, late of the
county and district aforesaid on the second
I day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1881,
| with force and arms, at and in the county and
district aforesaid, in and upon the body of
one James A. Garfield, in the peace of God
and of the United States of America, then
and there being feloniously, willfully and of
his malice of forethought, did make an as
| sault; and that said Charles j. Guiteau, with
| a certain pistol of the value of five
dollars then and there charged with
gunpowder and lead bullet, which said
pistol, he the said Chas. j. Guiteau in his
| right hand then and there had and held, then
and there felonously, wilfully and of his
| malice aforethought, did discharge and shoot
off to, against and upon said Jas. A. Garfield,
| and that said Charles j. Guiteau with the
aforesaid, then and there by force of
the gunpowder aforesaid, by said
Charles J. Guiteau discharged
and shot off as aforesaid then and there felOn-
iously, wilfully and of his malice afore-
thought, did strike, penetrate and wound him
the said James A. Garfield in and upon the
right side of the back of the said James A.
Garfield, giving to him said James A. Gar
field then and there with the leaden bullet
aforesaid, discharged and shot out of the pis-
tol aforesaid, by the said Charles j. Guiteau,
in and upon the right side of the back of him,
said James A. Garfield, one mortal wound of
the depth of six inches, and of the breadth of
one inch, which said mortal wound
he, the said JAS A. Garfield from the said
second day of July, in the year last aforesaid,
until the 18th day of September, in the year
of our Lord, 1851, at and in the county and
district aforesaid, did languish. and anguish
ing did die on the said 10Th day of September,
in the year of our Lord 1881, and in the coun-
ty and district aforesaid the said Jas. A. Gar
field of the mortal wound aforesaid.
The second counts precisely like Ithe first
with the exception of the last .clause which
reads: "Of ich said mortal wound he, the
said Jas. A. Garfield, then and there instantly
died."
In the third count the last clause is varied
as follows: "Of which said mortal wound
he, the said Jas. A. Garfield, from the said I'd
day of July, in the year last aforesaid, until
the 10Th day of September, in the year of our
Lord 1881, as well at, and in the county and
district aforesaid, as at and in the County of
Monmouth and State of New Jersey, did
languish, and languishing did live on until
m 4 - Go, Inv fba Of
our Lord 1881, ut and in said County of Mon
mouth, State of New Jersey, aforesaid, said
Jas. A. Garfield, of the mortal wound afore-
said, died."
The fourth count is identical with the third
except that it omits the last twelve words of
the final clause and substitutes the following,
to-wit: And in the county of Washington and
district of Columbia, SAID Jas. A. Garfield, of
the mortal wound aforesaid, died.
The only variation in the fifth count is
change in the order of mention of place where
The death is said to have occurred, the county
of Washington and district of Columbia being
put first.
The sixth count is like the third except in
recting that the offence charged was COM
mitted in the Baltimore Il Potomac railroad
depot in the city of Washington, which
building stands, and that at the time stood on
ground belonging to and under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States.
The seventh count repeats the recital of the
sixth with regard to the place where the Of
fense was committed, and in all other respects
is like the fourth
The eighth count also repeats the recital of
the sixth with regard to the place where the
assault occurred, and is in all other respects
like the fifth.
The ninth count is varied by the introduc-
ton of the recital that the district in which
the offense charged was committed constitutes
judicial circuit of the United States, and that
the county of Monmouth aud state of New
Jersey, where said James A. Garfield died form
part Of judicial circuit of the United States
other than the judicial circuit Of the United
States consisting of the District of Columbia.
In all other respects this count is
BIKE the third
The tenth count recites thai the istrict in
which the offence was committed cons titutes
judicial district of the United States and
that the State of New Jersey, within the linn
its of which said Jas. A. Garfield died, con-
stitutes judicial district of the United
States, other than the judicial district of the
United States, consisting Of the District of
Columbia. In other respects this count is
like one Immediately preceding.
The eleventh and last count is repetition
of the third with the following addition that
thereafter, to-wit, on the twenty
first day of September in the year of our
Lord 1881, the dead body OF him, the said JAS.
A. Garfield was removed from the said county
of Monmouth. State OF New Jersey and
brought into the county of Washington and
District OF Columbia, within which last
mentioned county the said dead body of him,
the said Jas. A. Garfield, lay and remained from
the 21st day of September, in the year Of our
Lord, 1881, until the 23d day OF September, in
the year of our Lord, 1881.
In each of the eleven counts of the indict-
ment closes with the following formal charge:
And so the grand jurors aforesaid, do say that
the said Chas. J. Guiteau, him the said Jas.
A. Garfield, in the manner and by the
means aforesaid, feloniously, wilIully and of
his malice aforethought did kill and murder
against the form of the statute in such ease
made and provided, and against the peace and
government of the United States of America.