The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-07-20


the Republican party that the
President had divided the party,
and he saw that the party would
never be united again under Presi-
dent Garfield. Hence his inspira-
ton was that it was better to sacri-
fee the President than the party.
Guiteau says the inspiration of as
first came to his mind
after Conkling and Platt resigned;
that he once went to the White
House to shoot the President, but
could not shoot without endanger-
ing others, and deferred it. Yester-
day he referred to his visit to the
White House, when the President
had him forcibly elected, but was
quick to deny that that had any
thing to do with his attempt at as
sassination. His statements, how
ever, in regard to his ejecIment from
the White House were somewhat.
conflicting, enough SO as to warrant
suspicion that his murderous ASSAULT
was more a matter of personals re-
venge for what he regarded as a
great indignity than anything else.
Once he said his determination to
kill the President was formed long
before he was elected. AT another
time he said that it was on Thursday
prior to the resignation of Conlkling
and PIatt that he was put out of the
White House, but seeming to recall
the fact that he had said he made
up his mind to kill the President
just after Conkling and Platt re-
signed, he corrected himself and
said it was long after he had deter
mined to kill the President that he
was elected He was quick enough
to see that it would not do to say
the assassination plot was conceived
after he was kicked out of the White
House. Guiteau said he was not
certain whether it was the first or
second shot that hurt the President.
It is not true that Guiteau is kept
in entire darkness As to the con.
dition of the President he learns
from somebody how the President
gets along. The few persons who
get to see Guiteau, let him know
how the President gets along,
and Guiteau said, yesterday, that
he felt remorse at causing the Presi
dent so much pain, and was sorry
the shot had not proved instantly
fatal, as he thought it was when he
saw the President fall. Guiteau de-
clares that neither Pearl or any
other man had any idea of his pur
pose to shoot the President Guiteau
keeps in apparent good spirits, but
his eyes are blood-shot, showing
that his cheerfulness is assumed
He says he wants the star routes in
vestigation pushed. Numbers of
letters and postal cards, mostly
abusive, come to the Jail to Guiteau.
LETTER FROM TRAIN.
This morning District Attorney
Corkhill received to his care a pos
tai card dated madison Square,
July 8, addressed to the "Citizen
Assassin, y reading as follows
Citizen Assassin Having saved
the party, the Cabinet and the star
routes, smashed stalwartism, killed
Democracy, immortalized Garfield,
Grant, Arthur and Conk-
lingism, collapsed Depew, brought
the planets in tears to the White
House, and obtained a quarter of
million gift for his family, the Presi-
dent should pardon you as his Zion.
You saved Zion. Six months in the
Tombs for quoting three columns of
Bible before the revision to save
Woodruff from Beecher's declaring
an unsound mind. Though harm
less by the highest medical experts.
Cashier money mania HommOndites
and sane and responsible for his acts
by the jury. As no one seems your
friend, will you accept my services
as counsel. Success guaranteed in
advance. GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN.
THE LOCATION OF THE BALL.
washington, July 12.-The ply
sicians in the Presidents case seem
to leave most of the talking to DIR.
Bliss, but they agree with him in
its general aspect, and almost every
particular.
His latest remarks on the special
feature Of the case have been in re-
gard to the location of the ball. He
says "There are now certain indi-
cations which make it probable that
they can remove the ball without
danger" The track of the ball was
rightly stated in the first diagnosis.
"Medical gentlemen who say the
ball did not enter the liver have for
gotten their anatomy.
owe know the ball entered three
inches into the body. We have
felt and developed the course of the
ball so far,
"Where it went we do not def
nitely know, but from the direction
of three inches of the course which
has been ascertained it is certain it
must have entered the liver and
probably passed entirely through
the abdominal cavity, and it is
lodged in the anterior wall of the
abdomen. That is where | think it
is now, in the anterior wall of the
abdomen and not in the abdominal
cavity at all. +"
THE COWARD COMPLAINS.
WASHINGTON, July 12.- Charles
J. Guiteau complains of the restrict
ed accommodation of his cell and
has requested that he be allowed to
take exercise in the rotunda of the
Jail. The District Attorney told
him in that case he woul3 PROBABLY
be annoyed by persons looking at
MIN through the bars. Guiteau
jaid he wasn't afraid to be looked |
1T and he needed more exercise.
Colonel Corkhill then sarcastically
old him his health was very seri
JUS matter to the general public, |
md that he would bring his carriage
loWn occasionally and take him |