The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-18
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THE GUITTEAU TRIAL.

Wy Ofalu6 In tn8 6Qltte0u trial OF
Thursday: | saw Gaitteau very otter
atthe state department. Numera
statements are apt to be exaggerated
when We are recalling Q statement
OF this kind. AecoEding to my rec
ellsction he visited the state depart
meat twenty or twenty-five times. Il
might possibly be not over ten, but
eight or ten visits of that kind are
apt to make an impression of twenty
or twenty-five lLsughter). He wa.
q very persistent applicant for the
consul-generslship at Paris. | never
gave hlna the slightest encourage
ment that he would receive the ap-
peintment. I remember, after
persistent and repeated visits,
III told him there was, in
my judgment, 40 prospect whatever
OF bis receiving the appointment,
and that did not want him to Con-
tinue his visits. l wanted him to
bring them to an end. The witness
here identified number Of letters
from Guitteau, and taken from the
hles of the state department, and
said: observe these letters contain
the signatures | made on them Tor
Identification and this Indicating a
paper )ls a speech enclosed in one of the
letters, which he alleged to have made
during political campaign, and on
which he based his claim tor Office.
Here (indicatiDg) is a letter that
came from the White House, with
the ordinary Executive Mansion
blanks. 1t ia mere endorsement of
Guittesu, Charles, as an applicant for
the Austrian mission that letter
came from the White House in this
envelope. l did not see the body OF
the President after the return here
IL was not a pleasant sight, and I did
not 60 to the ro.unds of the Capitol
70 see it. On the night of July lst |
was engaged with the President un-
I'll near midnight on public business.
On parting ne suggested that I had
better call and see him in the morn
ing before be left, becauRs he thought
these might be some matters to which |
he desired 10 call my attention. |
went to the White House in the
reaching there at 9 o'clock;
not later than three minutes past. / |
was detained come little time ia con-
ference with the President in the |
cabinet room, and in the library g
very few nainutes / then |
started with him Tor the depot, |
he riding in the carriage |
in which I went to the White House. !
arriving at the depot on the B street
side, ladies entra nee. We sat a mo-
nent finishing the subject on which |
We were converting, and the Presi.
dent turned round 10 say good bye.
NO." says ], ~ will escort you"
thought it not proper that the Presi-
lent should 60 entirely unattended.
i will escort you," I said, land be-
'ides, want to see the gentlemen of
he cabinet who are going with you"
With that be aligbted. He got out
irst as matter OF con venience, and
ook my arm as We asoenaed the
tops and turned on the left, the
vas on my leh) to speak to
ONE one. / think 9 police officer,
7ho had TOLD as We had ten or twelve {
minutes remaining. When be turned ,
0 speak to him our srms became ,
isengsged, according to my impress.
ion, and as we walked through the I
aides waiting room We were not arm !;
] arm, but side by side. He had q
OF two-thirds across the room when 7
1ddsnly, without any premonition Z
hstever, there was very loud report
| pistol discharge, followed in q Q
cry brief interval by second shot.
t the instant FIRST heard the re 9
DIT, it occurred. TO me it was some
onble between persons to whom we 9,
ere in DO way related, sor some suoh f
bed ofs violence, and I touched the
resident as though to hurry him on,
/ thought there might be some
anger to his person or my own.
lst as I did that the President T
rev his bands up and said, "My te
ID, what is this7" It seems to have b
ZEN almost between the shots he Ia
ia this: OF course it was an exciting to
I'd horrible scene. lean only give Il
y impression, no. q minute state Iii
ent. Then there rushed past a man; 70
cording TO my recollection he passed "
/ my right. I Immediately followed th
ter the man instinctively, and went,
distance of eight feet. I
member I stopped just outside the
or which led from the ladies' waiting
ON. Then the shout came up, Ia
We have got him." ! found the BIZ
esident bad quite sunk. He was ia
king as / left. When I got nearly pl
OK to him Il was the first or second
rson who got back to him) he was ds
hitting and I think at that moment 81
Is unconscious. OF course, imme- a
ately very large crowd surrounded bs
10 and mattresses were brought, i II
ink, from the sleeping car, and he ca
g removed te The upper room
the depot. Medical aid was at 90
nd as soon as possible and an ex Or
made, and be was re- m,
med to the White House. 70. M
med tony own room and wrote
patch to the public, especially the Co
ropean public, directing it to Min for
er Lowell. at London, In that dis.