Daily Republican., 1881-10-10
GUlYEAU's STORY.
How tho eAssasstDatiOn Was Plan.
ed and his Arrest.

iuithau carefully prepared state
ment OF what led to his crime and o
tho act OF the assassination is herein to
the first time made public. He say
that disappointment in the matter o
the Paris Consulslilp did not influence
him in tho slightest. In fact, lie i,l
confident that ne would bave received
the appointment. He tells of the con
lows "Mr. Conkling resigned on Mon
day, May l6, 1881. On the following
Wed nes,lay | Was in bed. | think ! re
tired about tish, o'clock. felt depres
sol and p.lpirx+'l On account OF 1h'
political situation and | re'irei mucl
ear,itr Than usuaA. | !elt weaiied il
nlnd and bNiy, and | WAS in my be-
about nue O'Clock and | was t. lukini
yer the situation aud the idea ila>hct
through my BRAN thai II the rresiden
was out Of the Nay everything would
10 better Al frs, this Was a nero i'm
preston. IL startled me. but The neA
morning it ca,ue to me with rene"u
fore anu began to read the paper
with my eyes on the possibility that lh'
pr,sidcn; would have to 90, ana ,A'
more read Lhe more | saw Tho Compn
cation of public affairs, the mo t was
impressed with ihe uec esSi'y OF remov
ing him. This thing coAt:' ued fol
about two weeks | nept reading Ih'
papers and kept being impressed, All,
the idea kept Gealins and bearing ant
beariL,, down upon me that the Oul
way 10 unite the TWO factions VI TN
Ecpublican.rarLy al d save ,he Hrpub
lie f.om going into the Lands Of the re
bells and Democrats was 70 qmetiy le
move the President,
Having ut the end Of two weeks made
up his lnlnd to TO The deed lie began t,
plepaie himself. He sent 10 bostol
Tor a. copy Of his book, The Truth,
and revised it. Ne bougb, revolver
aud Ueyan to dog The Pr,a.deht's STEPS
On tho sunday before hi, v!c,m wenI
lo Long iirancn lie saw him at Clu1rl
and r..lne rear shooting him. The
resi- ul that week Ne rolAtrrrd over The
mater, thinking HAT Il sehsation i
would cause.
IN THE SHADOW OI DEATH.
At ,he depo, u, Saturday he engaged
4 man 10 take nm 10 The Icrg:eas lol \
Cemetery. lie saw the rrtsluvnt, Witl
Mrs. tiiliipiu un his arm. she iuOkt,
Jain aid c.ung 10 mis- arm 81 itud. l.,
hat he uld not have the heart to sLou
nl> victim at that time. Mhen Ia,
i'realucnl feturilcu he was at the depot
but ;.s he sass, 81 h.u not leel Ilkt
firing on him" lie watched MIS- VIC
tjiu all that week. Once no tnuughl
hi, opportunity had come when he saw
the Pre-, laeut lidiug. On Friday might
he Was III Lafayette Square, opposite
the Whl'e House. II had not Uecl
t.ere a lnlnu'e," ne say, "oe!ure | saw
the President walk out Ut the White
House. 'how,' thought 10 nJ sci 4
have got a splendid chance at him
he is all alohc; thore ISN'T any ON:
around tim.
He walked along the east side of the
SQUARE al.d down II street. followed
him. lie went to Mr.. Biaiue's house,
ON Fifteenth street. He walked along,
and when he got on Tho sidewalk orpo.
site Mr.. Bia nes lOu -, he looked up,
AS if he did Not know lho place exactly,
and then he saw the correct number
and walked in. | followed u.ln along
and | Was about half way bet" zen II
street and MIR. l;ialne's house, on tie
opposite side OF the street, when he
crtered The house. ] went into the
allry in the rear Of Mr. Morton'S hOl,t
and cot out ley revolver And looked al
it. and wiped j. Vlt and put II back int
INV nc, hct. | went Gvts to the Il stittl
sloop, at WurniIey's ana l waited
there half an Lo,,r, shoGlu say, Tor THE
President to come ouL. He came out,
AIR. Blaine with him, and | waited Al
WUrnley's until they passed by me Oh
the opposite side. They Wa kcd dow L
II street and On the east side Ut Lafay
etto Square ami through the gate near
est the Treasury building and into the
W hite House.
Mr.. Blaine aud the President seemed
to be talking with the greatest ealuest'
ness. Mr. Blaine was on the left side Of
the President ~ they walked down the
street. Blaiue's right arm was looped
in the Presidents left arm and they
were engaged iu the most earnest con
versation; heir heads We're very CLOSE
together. Blaine was striking the al
every few moments and the fresldeh
was drinking it all in; and occasionally y
the President wUul / strike out bis GanG
thereby giving assent W what Mr.
Blaine was saying. They seemed to b.
in 4 very hilarious stats OF nind ahd
delightful fellow ship and i'll perfect ac
cord. This scene miLue slilking I'm
preston Oh me; IT confirmed what l lau
read il the r'ap,rs and what ! had ie''
for a long ine-to wit, that the Pie,i'
dent was entirely under Mr.. Blaine =
influence and that they were in perfect
accord"
NEARING THE END
He knew that the President expected
to leave for Long Blanch on Saturday
morning. lie luaue up his mind o do
the deed then, believing he was ac'lng
undor Divine command. He wen to
the depot and engaged a hackhan 10
take hlm to the Congressional Cemetery
af5er while. Then heGave his private
papers, including "rhr Truth, Com
panion to the bible" to the young man
at the news stand 10 keep for him He
adds: 81 examined my revolver to see
that was all right and rook off the paper
that | had wrapped around it to keep
the moisture off. / waited five or six
minutes longer, sat down on seat in
the ladies' room and very soon tho
President drove up. He was in com
Iany with 4 gentleman who, | under
stand, was Mr.. Blaine, and lam salts
fled that he was Mr.. Blaine, although
did nos recognize him. The Presi:
ient got out on the pavement side and
MIR Isl line on the other side. They
n,ered the ladies room: stood there
watching the President and they passed
by me. j.,
". mere was quite large crowd of
ticket purchas RS at the gentlemen :
icket office in the adjoining room; the
,-pot seemed to BE- qui,e full Of people.
There was quitea crowd and commo-
tion arouni and the President WAS i'll
he acs of pass n from the ladies' room
10 the main entrance hrougE the door.
should say he was about four or five
feet from the door nearest the ticket
,f1,ce in ,he act of passing through the