The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-08


very calm and collected, but intensely
pale.
Tug ASSASSIN.
WAsmISGroS. July Charles Gut.
teau, the would he assassin, IL a foreign
er by birth, anil has been n very persis-
tent applicant for consular position.
He has haunted the executive mansion
for several weeks, aud his disappoint-
ment at not getting what h. wanted
has caused temporary alteration OF
mind.
After the shooting and after Scott
and Carney got hold Of the assassin and
were taking him TO police headquarters,
he said voluntarily to thep:. al did It
and will 90 to Jail for Il am a stall
wart and Arthur viii be president. T"
He had letter in his hand and wanted
the officers to take Il &c Gen. Sherman,
saying 'twouid ba all right. The pris-
oner made no resistance, saying he had
contemplated killing the president and
il was for the good of the country.
he also SAID he went TO Long Branch
for the purpose OF shooting him there,
but was deferred by the enfeebled and
saddened condition Of Mrs. Garfield,
which appealed so strongly 70 his sym.
pathies that be could not, When ar.
rested he was going TO q hack he had
engaged and he insisted that 1t was inn
portant for him 10 go and deliver a
message to Gen. Sherman, and when
the officers refused 70 lat him 90 he
begged them to take the letter he had
TO Gen. Sherman, of which the follow
ing is copy:
WHITE HoUsE, July ..
Tho presidents death was q sad
necessity, bnt it will unite tho repub-
lican party and save tho republic.
Life is fiimsy dream, and IL matters
little when one goes. A, human life IL
of small value. During the war thou
sands Of brave boys went down with
cut tear. ! presume the pesident
was q christian and that lac will be hap
pier in paradise than here. II will be
no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul,
TO part with her husband this way than
by natural death. He Is liable to go
at any time.
The following letter was found on
the streets shortly after Guittean's ar
rest in an envelope unsealed and all
dressed. "Pleasc deliver at once To
General Sherman or his first assistant
in charge of the war department :"
General Sherman :--Iha just shot
the president. / shot him several
times, a. / wished him to go as easily
as possible. / am lawyer. theologian
and politician, ard am stalwart Of
the stalwarts. / was with General
Grant and tho rest Of our men in New
York during the canvass. ] am going
to Jail. Yours Respectfully.
CHARLES GUITTEAU.
WASHINGTON, July 2-Chas. Cult
teau came here in February last, with
recommendations from various parties in
Illinois, to secure the United States
corsulship to Marseilles, France. He
went in March 10 the well.known
boarding house Of Mrs. lockwood,
formerly kept by Mrs. Rines, on Twelfth
street, and tried to secure board. Mrs.
Lockwood did not like his appearance,
snd gave him an out-of-the-way room
in the house, in hope Of getting rid of
him. He pretended to know General
Logan and others then boarding there.
Mrs. Lockwood states that he acted
strangely at times, and about the mid
die of the month, when she presented
his bill, he could not pay it. He after
wards left the house and sent Mrs.
Lockwood a note, saying he was ex-
pecting $4,000 position and would
soon pay his bill. Mrs. Lockwood
showed the note to General Logan, who
said the man was crazy. Three weeks
ago he met Mrs. Rickford, of Mrs.
Lockwood's boarding house, and request
ed her not to say anything about the
bill he owed, as it would hurt kim in
his efforts to secure a position. Mrs.
Lockwood says that Guitteau was q
great bother to General Logan, so per-
sistent was he in his own efforts to se-
cure that gen tleman's efforts in his be-
half. 49,
CHICAGO, July 2-Charles Guittean,
the man who attempted to assassinate
the president, has been more or less
known in Chicago for the past ten
years. He was disreputable lawyer,
and has generally been considered half
insane. He went to New York seven
or eight years ago, and upon bis return
in 1876 he professed to have been con-
verted, and delivered several lectures
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. G. A..
He next appeared at the head ct a
scheme to buy the Chicago Inter Ocean,
and run it on the plan of tho New
York Herald, but as he had neither
capital nor backing, the matter was
soon dropped by bin.
CHICAGO, July, 2 4 P. M.--rhere are
many recollections of Charles j. Quit
teau, which is his correct name, who
lived here several years and acquired
an, unenviable reputation. He was at
one time on the point Of marriage with
an estimable young lady on the south
ride, but his character became known
just in time to prevent such calamity
to the lady and her family.