The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-13

l.. II marriage UGlW6tu d L4au Oh IDDls
birth and 9 commoner's daughter may be {
true marriage, but it is a s'mesalliance," con
sequently tina woman retains her rank al
commoner.
2. A civil suit car be brought against hel
in case she should use the title or crest of {
noble family.
3. Any member Of a noble family whose
title or crest is used by a non has the
authority to bring such suit.
II this apply to . woman Of German birth,
what can an American expect? The yerdic1
quoted above emanates from the highest tTi.
bunal in Germany, and is translated accur.
ately.
GaltEeau.
A Washington dispatch of the I'd says OF
the assassin Guitteau: His card in the
newspaper IS produced to-day, and is a liter
ary curiosity. He bored the newspapers by
trying to get it printed. He failed also as a
lecturer, and then began life as 9 tramp Of
the more respectable order. He was brand
ed by the Hotel Association as a dead beat.
In appearance he is an American of French
extraction, IS to 40 years old, medium hight,
slender build, fair complexion, brown hair,
French-shaped moustache and tinged with
gray, His whole appearance was that of a
dandifed men Of small mental calibre. He
was unusually fond Of notoriety, and would
go almost any length to get his name in the
papers. He was arrested here once for en-
bezzlement. He got the idea in his head that
he was fit for an official position, and has
been trying with all his power TO get a con-
sulate at Marseilles.
Chas. Guitteau, the Would-be assassin, is a
foreigner by birth. He has been a very per-
sistent applicant for a consular position. He
has haunted the Executive mansion several
weeks and his disappointment il not getting
what he wanted has caused temporary aber-
ration Of the mind.
Chas. Guitteau came here in February
with recommendations from various parties
to secure the United States consulship at Mar
settles, France. He went in March to the
%Well-knoWn boarding house Of Mrs. Lock
wood, formerly Mrs. Rhines, Twelfth street,
and tried to secure board. Mrs. Lockwood
did not like his appearance and gave him an
out of the way room in the house in hopes
Of getting rid Of him. He pretended to know
Gen. Logan and others boarding there. Mrs.
Lockwood states that he acted strangely at
times, and about the middle of the month
when she presented her bill he could not pay.
He afterwards left the house and sent Mrs.
Lockwood a note saying he was expecting a
Sc 1000 position and would soon pay his bills.
Mrs. Lockwood showed this note to General
Logan, who said the man was crazy. Three
weeks ago be met Mrs. Rockford at Lock
woods aid requested her not to say anything
about the bill he owed, as it would hurt him
in his efforts for q position. Mrs. Lockwood
says that Guitteau was q great bother to Gen.
Logan, 50 persistent was he in his efforts to
secure that g%entleman's influence il his be-
half. He told some Of the boarders at Mrs.
LockWood's that he expected to be appointed
minister to France, but did not desire it to be
known. Up to the day before yesterday,
when he registered at the Riggs House, he
had been stopping at 800 Fourteenth street,
with no baggage save a paper box.
a Chicago dispatch OF the I'd says: Chas.
Guitteau, the man who tried to assassinate
the President, has been more or less known
in Chicago for the past ten years. He was q
disreputable lawyer, and has generally been
considered insane. He went to New York
in 1876, professed to have been converted,
and delivered several lectures under the aus
pices Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. he next appeared at the head of a
scheme to buy the Chicago Inter- Ocean and
run it, but, as he had neither capital nor
backing, the matter was soon dropped by
him. He left for Washington several months
ago.
Emory Storrs says there is no way Of pun
ishing the assassin, who is surely q %lunatic,
to his personal knowledge. The only thing
possible is to shut him up in the asylum for
the dangerous. He, as well as Gen. Logan,
refuses to be interviewed on the results con-
tingent on the death Of the President. Mel
ther seemed to take a very gloomy view of
the situation.
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