Middletown transcript., 1881-07-08

being heaped upon the act OF the assas
sin. Anticipating that there was
possibility Of this excitement taking
shape in some form, the chief OF police
ordered Guiteau to be taken immedi'
ately to jail, which was done. From
The the moment ef his arrest he displayed
but little excitement, saying upon his
arrival at police headquarters that ne
had nothing to say in regard to the
matter, which he had fully explained in
a number of letters which he handed to
Lieut.. Eckloff. They were tied up in
a package, on the outside of which was
a letter addressed to the public, as
follows:
Gully 2, 1881.
g To the White House.-The Presi-
dents tragic death was sad necessity,
but it will unite the Republican party
and save the Republic. Life is tiimsy
dream, and it matters little when one
goes. A human life is of small value.
During the war thousands of brave
bows went down without tear. lpre-
sumo that the President was a Chris
tian, and that he will be happier IL
Paradise than here. 1t will be no worse
for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way than by nat
ural death he is liable to go at any
time anyway. | had no ill-will toward
the President.
His death was a political necessity.
am a lawyer, a theologian and a pol.
itician. | am Stalwart of the Stal
warts. | was with General Grant and
the rest of our men in New York dur
ING the canvass. | have some papers
for the press, which [ shall leave with
Byron Andrews and his cOjournaliSts,
at 1920 New York avenue, where al
tile reporters can see them. [ am going
to the iail. CHARLES GUITEAU.
LETTER TO GEN. SHERMAN.
The following letter was found OF
the street shortly after Guiteau's ar
rest, envelope unsealed, and addressed,
6 Please deliver at once to General
Sherman, Tor his first assistant in charge
Of the War Department. y
tsTO General Sherman: | have just
shot the President. | shot him several
times. as | wished him to go as easily
as possible. His death was political
necessity. am a lawyer, theologian
and politician. | am StalWart OF the
StalWarts. | was with Gen. Grant and
the rest Of our men in New York dur
ing the canvass. 1 am going to the
iail. Please order out your troops and
take possession of the Jail at once.
Very respectfully,
"CHARLEs GUITEAU.
On receiving the above, Gen. Sher-
man gave the following Endorsement
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 2, 1881,
IL. 80 A. M.-This letter
was handed me this minute by Major
VIM. J. Twining, United States engi-
neer commissioner of the District of
Columbia, and Major Vim. G. Brock,
chief Of police. don't know the wri-
ter. never heard of OF saw him to my
knowledge, and hereby return it to the
keeping of the abOve-named parties as
testimony in the case.
s'W. T. SHERMAN, General. y
Another letter was addressed to By
ron Andrews, the Washington cores
pondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
requesting him to see that the letters in
the package were delivered as addressed.
The letter to the public was taken from
the package, and copied before the
Distric Attorney arrived. Col. Cork
hill took the other letters, and declined
to allowed them to be published, for the
present, at least. The letter to Mr..
Andrews says he does not know him
personally, but has sufficient confidence
in his honor to leave the letters in his
charge. One Of the letters, the largest
probably, is addressed to !" The Ameri-
can Press, - and an outside note on the
envelope says it is for publication.
Guiteau, ON arriving at the Jail, remin-
ded the warden that he had attempted
to inspect the jail several days since,
and the warden telling him that he re-
membered the occurrence, Guiteau said
q | was then on the lookout for the
quarters that would be given me, for |
knew l would come here You told Inc
l could go through the Jail if I called
on Monday, but you see | could not
wait till then, and I am here now. y
Again he said: {" have had this on
my mind for some time, and | knew |
would come here sooner or later. !"
There are several versions given in
regard to what Guiteau said when he
was arrested. Officer Kearney told
THE SUN correspondent, soon after the
arrest was made, that Guiteau said,
" Arthur will be President now. !
did it, and knew what [ was doing. !
am Stalwart, and my letters will eX-
plain the rest. " The pistol is known
as the California or bulldog pattern.
The caliber is forty-four, the ball being
as large as the ordinary musket-ball.
Soon after the arrest Of the assassin a
man who gave his name as I. J. Cul-
ton, and his address, Barbouryille, Knox
county, KY, who happened to be in the
depot waiting to take train North,
called at police headquarters and made
a statement to the effect that he saw
Guiteau and q large tall man in close
conversation in the waiting-room OF
the depot some minutes before the
President arrived that they both ap-
peared excited about something, and
looked anxiously up and down B street
as if expecting some one to come. He
said his first impression was that they
were pickpockets and were about to at
tempt to rob some one. He says he no.
ticed them constantly, and saw when
they both started to the door in which
the President entered, and that as soon
as Guiteau fired, the larger man slipped
! out and walked rapidly towards Seventh