Daily Republican., 1881-10-10
GUITEAU In DlCTED.
A True BILL for Murder Found
The Grand Jury TaAeS Up the
Case and Acts Upon II in u short

Time.
WASHINGTON, O,t. s.
| The indictment against Charles j.
Guiteau, fOl the murder Of James A.
Garfield, late President of the Unit d
States, was presented to the grand jury
this morning. The indictment emhra-
ces eleven counts and is drawn with
great minuteness. The first conn,
which is fair sample of the others,
reads as follows:
The grand Jurors of the United States
of America in and for the county and
district aforesaid upon their oath pre-
sent that Charles j. Gui'eau, late Of
the county and district aforesaid, on
the End day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty one, with force and arms, at and
in the county and district aforesaid, did
upon the body ofone James A. Garfield,
he, the said James A. Garfield, in the
peace of God and of the United States
of America, tken and there being felon-
il usly, willIully and Of his malice afore-
thought, did make an assault; and that
be said Charles j. Gniteau, a certain
pistol of TIE value of five dollars, then
and there charged ith gunpowder and
one leadcn bullet which said pistol he,
The said CHARLES j. Gulteau, in his right
hand, then and there had and held then
and there feloniousiy, willfully Of malice
aforc,hought, did discharge and shoot
OIL TO, against and upon the sal James
A. Garfield; and that the SAID Charles
J. Guiteau, with the leaden bullet
ainre said, out OF the pistol afures aid,
{, hen and there, by force OF the gun.
powder aforesaid, by The said Charles
i, Guitcau, discharged and shot Of AZ
aforesaid, then and there, teloIipu ly,
Hilfully and of his malice aforethoupht
did strike, penetrate and wound him,
the said Jan eS A. Garfield in and
upon he night side of the back Of HIN,
he said James A. Garfield, giving to
him, the said James A. Garfield, then
and there, with The leaden bullet
aforesaid, as at, r. said discharged and
said Charle- j. Gliteau, in and upon
he ,lg hit side of the back of him, the
said James a. Garfield, ono mortal
wound OF the depth OF six inches, and
Of he readth OF onl inch; Of hich
said mortal wound he, the said JAMES
A Gar field, trcm the said second day
of July, in the year last aforesaid. nLtl
tile nineteenth day Of September, in
the year of our L"rd one thousand
eight hundred and els hty -one, at and
III tn. county and district aforesaid, did
anguish, and, languishing, did live;
on which said nineteerth dav of Sep
t..,, hAr ,t,t hn .f |
thousand eight hundreu and eighty
one, at aud in the county and district
aforesaid, the said James A. Garfield
Of the mortal Wonnd aforesaid died,
The other counts stare the same facts.
Each repeats the charge that Gut@au
in the manner and by TIE means d,scrlb-
ed, froniously, wil,tully and OF his
malice atoreihought did kill and mur
der, against the form Of the statue in
such case made and provided aud a.
sairs. the peace aud government of the
United s aies The varialio s a'e re-
gardirg the time and place of death
and the courts Jurisdiction, and are
dawn so as to cover t7eiy possible
loop-hole through which the prisoner
might escape. For ius tanc-, the only
variation in the fifth count is = Charg-
in the order Of mention Of the places
which death is said to have occurred,
the county Of Washington, and Dis
tric, Of Columbia being put first,
The sixth count reciteS that the Of
fence charged was committed at the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad deI OF,
in the city of Washington, which build.
ing stands and at The time stood on the
ground belonging to and under the ex-
elusive jurisdiction of the United
States. Tue ninth count is varied by
the introduction of the recital that the
district in winch the otfonse charged
was committed constitutes a judicial
circuit of the Unit. d States, and thar
he county of Monmouth and State Of
New Jersey where the said James A.
Ga, field died, form part ola Judicial
circuit of the United States consisting
Of the District Of Columbia. In all
other respects this count is like the
third.
At l245 the grand jury entered the
Criminal Court room aud presented the
indictment against Guiteau, indorsed
"a true bill" and signed by Caleb
Churchnan, foreman.