The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-08

ag5iBsa tie association. Toward the
co OF 1870 no married young lady in this city
and moved with her TO New York, where they lived
unhspply for few months. and she fnsy got q
dive &c from him ca account OF his cruelty and i'll
treatment. He remained in New York until the lat
ter psrt Of 1874 During his residence tlsre he got
into difficulty account of his cheating the hotels
ont Of their board bills, was imprisoned ia Ludlow
street jail, Aad re.eaRed only by the exerions Of
hi bCoter-in-ls1. In 1878 he back in the CITY,
othcing at No. 176 Fifth avenue, and living for
time at the Clifton House. fsi.ing to psy his bill
at this hotel, as he had failed TO psy Sc at
many others, he was summary elected. The
following yesr be was at No. 147 LaSalle street.
ana was making effort 20 live at tie Gauit House.
t vas Put out of there for his peculiarities. Dur
ing this yeSf be went to New York and again re-
sumed the practic6 g tbs law there. Owing to bis
irregularities when intrustAd with the collection
OF debts-tor he col ected bis share Grst and
then let his client do the rest OF the collecting
for bins et-he was written up extensively by
the New York Herald, his practices being COM
rneHted On In very unfavorsble terms After
this SStsse Be,sued the pspsr for 100000 and IN
October OF That year returned TO Chicago. II
January, 1877, he broke out with his religious
mania. He had conceived the idea that tie second
coming OF Christ occurred attic time Of the destrHc
ton Of Jerusalem, and that we wers not living IN
der the new dspensston. He tried to enforce these
doctrines through lectures delivered In the city, and
through pamphlets and books which he printed. In
July o. thai year be arrested on charge Of en-
isment-failing 70 turn over money which he
had he5h employed to collect, and was sent to the
county jail, but was released on the 2Sth
Of July, the grand jury falling to
find an indictment agsinst him After
that he again delivered his lectures at various points
throughout the country and in September, 1877.
%ss ever in Detroit, Mich Here he tried TO steal
away sithout paying his board-bi, was arrested IN
the interior Of The State and, while being taken back
TO Detroit in the cars, jumped from the train and
escaped 1t was at fret thought that he had been
killed. but this, unfortunately. turned out to be an
error. In 1879 he back in the city, oficing at
No. % Randolph street, and employed as an in
surance agent.
His di honesty, however drove him orit Of the
business, and he spent his time from that period til
the time of the murder in wandering around the
country, seeking TO deliver his Gestures, turning UP
occasionally at his brother-in-laws house for the
purp0se Of getting some clean clothes and decent
meal. Duribg Gre national campaign last year he
suddenly appeared in New York, at the headqnar-
ters of the National and State Committees. He had
meddled in politics to some little extent
hera, and on this occasion transferred MS
activity to a broader sphere. lie produced
. printed speech which he said he had de
lysFeA At various points, and tried to get
money aud position from the committee. Afser
President Gsrfeld's Inauguration, he wandered 70
Washington in quest Of a COnsulship, his claim be-
ing the political services he had rendered during the
campaign He also bore with him petition signed
by two people Of this city, who had put their
to the document simply in order to get rid Of
him. and without being of the Eascally feat
ures IN the mans character. He hung around there
all through the spring months, but returned to this
city in May, stayed few days, and then, on the LIST
Of June, left again for Washington.
PUBLIC FEELING.
The daily press of the large cities print innumer
able interviews with prominent men in all parts Of
the United States touching the great crime that has
SO strtled the country. All classes, in all sections
North, South, East and West-are unanimous
in expressions q horror and indignation at
5aa1 % Dc all
upon as that OF crazy advefItuFer, an irresponsible
vagabond. The news of the assassination created
tho widest excitement all over the land,
and the people everywhere were so stunned
and shocked by the intelligence that FOR
the time being business wholly suspended, and
nothing was thought Of talked of but the one alb
sorbng theme. No occurrence in the history Of the
country except the shooting of President Lincoln,
has caused such a universal feeling OF horror and
indignation
THE PRESIDENTS TROUBLE.
WASHINGTON, July S.
This only thing that seemed to trouble the Presi-
dent was why the man should have shot him. he
was told that he vas a crazy man who had expected
10 get an Office and had failed He replied that
there was lots Of people to whom he had
not been abe to give an office when they
asked it, and he did not zee why the man should
have killed him on that account. He had never DC
lieyed that he had personal enemy or at least one
that would wish TO take his life. The President mas
seemed ever since the shooting to have no othet
trouble on his mind All through the day he kept
up his courage, never losing hope OF his ultimate
Is oU1TrAu INSANE?
wAsHINeToN, July g.
The general opnjOn toward this assassin, Guitedus
among those who have known him is that be ia noS
insane. Secretary Blaine recognized the man as
soon as lie saw him after the shots were fired.
Chief Clerk Brown Fays that he knows the mar
well having met him at the Department several times
He scouts the idea Of his insanity. "Guiteau," MI
Brown says after filing his applications for the Aus
trian mission and the Consul Generalshlp at Pans
and failing to receive either conceived a violent
gpite against the President and the Secretary Of
State He regarded the latter the prime cause OF
his failure to receive foreign appointment, and
some of fine circumstances attending the sno'hng
justify the belief that one ball was intended Tor Bee
tary Blaine
Whether the man was insane or not, there can be
no doaht that the crime was cooly planned and de-
liberately GGecnted. Guiteau over two weeks age
visited the District sail to make an eXamina-
ton of it. and was denied admittance by
the Warden. He saw shat 1t was
safe enough to defend him from tue
hands Of an infatuated mob. Immediately after the
shooting ne expressed great anxiety to be taken 20
Jail to escape TIC fury Of the crowds The letter be
sent to Gen. Sherman, requested that officer TO
send troops to the jan, evidently for no other pur-
pose than &c Sefend hip
proninr1 t lawyer g the csty said to-day; " In
sanity does ut contemplate tie rfsk aud cool plan
to avoid it. Insanity is not capable q such accu-
rate calculation of danger-for the danger OF being
mODDcQ 1Or HhCO III ACT Is ulo tjHOl phV
and of 80 systematically planning TO eEcapo
it. Mo- aiE. That man ig az cane as you or ], and
he is legally esponsible for his act tel you the
law should be swift i'll this Should the Presi-
dent die, Guiteau shou'd be indicted tomorrow,
tried Oh Tuesday, and executed Wednesday,
A detachment of two companies Of troops was
cent to the jail last night guard. AboHt half 'o1
them were placed in the building and The refna ndcs
we're encamI sd on the outside. There we're no fna-
Ifestations Of violence made, and but few people
visited the mil Orders to withdraw the troops WeIE
accordingly issued Today. When Guiteau
was taketi TO his cell yesterday some enc
asked what the President did when he fired his first
shot. Guiteau replied, al will chow you,' aud
throwing up his right elbow with his hand hanging
downward shook his head remarklBG; g That's tho
way he did, but the next shot got Ifim. When
he was first struck he sort of turned AID
looked scared" Guiteau went TO beo
rather late last night Int slept sound'y, and haf
eaten his meals regularly and with good appetite Ht
has frequently asked for news from the WEite
House. and seems depressed when good news is le-
ceived and Gated in spirits when the reports md
cate probability Of the Presidents dying.