Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-04

merly lived at his house, and
the latter lady's infant daughter.
The messenger who went down to
Scion, says the farmers had entirely
suspended work and had gathered in
from the crossroads to the roailroad track
awltlng the arrival of Successive bulletins.
More History of the Assassin.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Charles Jules
Guiteau who shot the President, is ma
tive of Illinois, about 40 years of age.
He is the son of l.. w. Guiteau, who for
many years and to the time of his death,
which occurred about three years ago,
resided at Freeport, ills. Twenty-Five
years ago accompanied by his
sons Charles Jules, then about
fifteen years old, left Freeport and joined
the Oneida community in New York
State The father remained with the
community but short time and returned
to Freeport, where he remained several
wears, and the son next turned up in Chi
caco as a lawyer. When a boy and up
to the time Of his arrival in
Chicago he was known as Charles
Jules Guiteau, but changed the
name, dropping Jules soon after
reaching that city. He visited Washing
ton about two years ago, and lectured in
Lincoln Hall on second advent1sm, of
which at that time he'professed to be a
believer. General Lemen, in the city,
who met him then, pronounced him a
lunatic on the subject of religion.
The assassin has been laying about here
for nearly two months, and was several
IL, cd nf q boarding. hnnCn
at 922 Fourteenth street, because he did
not pay his board. He owes fifty dollars
for board, and kept saying he would get
q big foreign mission In few days,
when he would payup. He dressed shabbily
and acted strangely, so the landlady. and
boarders say. Some OF them formed the
opinion that he was crazy. lie made his
appearance at the state department in a
few weeks after Garfield was inaugural
ed, and made application for appointment
as United States Minister TO Austria. AT
forwards he applied for consul-general-
ship at Paris without having with
drawn the other application lie had
no recommendation whatever. He filed
no paper with his application except
COPY of Il speech which he had made in
the Presidential canvass last year. He
said he accompanied Grant and Conkling
on their canvass tour last fall and was
s;alwalt of s,alwarts In his application
he gave his name as Chas. j. Guiteau,
of Freeport, ILL.,, and his age
80 wears. He says Director
of the mint Burchard, knows all his fam
ily. Many think the fellow light-headed
and that he has brooded over his disap-
pointment at not getting a foreign ap-
pointment until he became
wild and crazy. He had
evidently planned the assassination be-
forehand, but does not seem to have
meditated escape. His chief desire
seemed to be to get to General Sherman,
with the idea he could convince Sherman
he had done right.
THE ASSASSIN \ YEAR AGO.
PouGHKEEps1E, N. Y, July 1.-THE
assassin of the President, Charles Gui-
teau, was in this city in July last, and
advertised lecture on the political stu
alton on the evening of July I'd, one
year ago to-day. An admission was
charged, and as people would not pay,
to 80 to political meeting the lecture
was not delivered. He afterwards
wanted to be engaged as speaker by the
Republican committee and leading Re-
publicans then thought his mind I'M
sound and would have nothing to do with
him. He was afterwards announced to
speak at other places in this State.
siee.c', Of the Assassin by Que of the Globe
Sfaf, Who hne,r Him.
Charles j. Guiteau, the assassin of the
President, is a man Of about.40 years of
age, of small stature and slender build.
He was we'll known to the writer during
his residence in Chicago. He appeared
in Chicago about year before the great
fire, and rented an Office in the Honore
block. on Dearborn street, hanging out
his sign as an attorney at law and coun-
sellor His office was luxuriously fitted
up, and he made quite display of wealth.
He claimed to be connected with prom
inent family in France, though he had a
very imperfect knowledge of the French
language, and when questioned regard
ing his family he could give but an unin-
telligible account of their location, estates
or family connections. Some were in
clined to call him an imposter, but as
he appeared to have a good practice,
and was in almost constant attendance
at the courts he was received in soci ty.
He boarded with a woman whom he
called his wife, at the Nevada Hotel, To-
Gated at the corner of Washington and
Franklin streets. The proprietor, Mr..
Thos. Kendrick, waited long and anxious
" for the pay for the board of the pair,
end at the end of three months gave
them notice to quit without their bag
gage. Guiteau departed for the Sherman
House, and by means of bribiDg the porter
at the Nevada Hotel secured his baggage.
At the Sherman House he carried things
with a high hand, and was in a fair way
of beating the proprietor of that hotel
out of few weeks subsistence when his
'swife'' becoming indignant at his con-
duct towards her, brought suit against
him for seduction. This secured his dis
missai from the hotel, and he was COM
PEELED to leave his trunks behind him.
When inventoried they were found to
contain few WORKOUT garments
and a number of BRICKS to give the trunks
the proper weight About the same
time the custodian of the Honore estate
Honore being bankrupt-turnedh him out
of his Office for non-payment of rent. He
secured the carpets and book shelves for
what was DUE When the attempt to
make sale of the library was made, it
was found that the books were nearly all
dummies, )" the revised statutes being
almost the only genuine book upon the
shelves.
For several years Guiteau disappeared
from Chicago. He returned in 1874. He
had in the meantime SCOT religion and
felt called upon to preach the gospel.