The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-20

pher. is not very well calculated to give
a favorable idea of his delicacy or SEN
sitiveness as a lover or husband. lie
next brings us down to 1871. In that
year he turned his thoughts toward
California. He went there and talled.
His domestic relations were not, It may
be imagined, of very pleasant charac.
ter, and a divorce followed at the end or
about four years.
LAW SUIT WITH THE HERALD,
Guiteau again drifted back to New
York and set himself up in the law. lie
was doing we'll, he says, until unfortu-
nately he and one of his cases got into
the Herald's law reports. 1t seems that
he was engaged by some parties as
counsel in the collection of lot OF
claims which are generally set down as
worthless" The one i'll question was
for $3.50. 81 took it," he writes, from
a friend of the firm that owned 1t. This
party was not willing to advance sim
gle cent in defraying expenses and con-
sidered the claim totally worthless.
After a great deal of effort and time
succeeded in collecting a portion OF the
claim and the balance l directed my at
tOrney, South, to prosecute. kept the
first instalment which received
for nv services and disbursements.
L leu NAOAA6 bAAAo ONNaooh
the parties that gave me the claim had
not advanced me a cent on it and con-
sidered it totally worthless at the time
l took it. They insisted when they as
certained that part of the claim had
been paid that ought to pay it to them.
| declined to do it. Therefore they COM
menced proceedings against me in the
Supreme Court before Judge DOnOhue,
at Chambers to compel me to disburse.
resisted the application successfully,
the judge holding that l was right In
my course. The New York Herald's law
reporter pretended to give an account
of the proceedings before Judge DonO-
hue to compel me to pay over the money;
he wrote up his article in a very sharp,
witty style, and headed it among other
things, "a Profitable Collecting Law
yer" l do not remember the details of
the publications; l only remember that
it was very sharp and witty and that 1t
did me a great deal of harm. there
for went to the Herald Office and re-
quested a retractiOn. | saw the law
editor and he put me off. tried to see
the managing editor, with the same ef-
feet, and finally commenced a suit
against the Herald for libel for $780,
600. commenced the action in my own
name against the proprietor. | filed my
Townsend the Herald's attorney, an
swered it. I made an pplication to strike
out certain portions of the answer as IL.
relevant, and asking for other relief. The
motion was heard before Judge Law
renee, in Chambers, who denied my mo-
ton The matter has thus stood in
court from that day to this. The Her
AIDS libel was published in April, 1874.
In December 1874, became very much
reduced in circumstances; / was out of
business and out of money and ont of
friends. / had not been in New York a
sufficient length of time to get thorough
ly established in business. Prior to the
Herald publication was doing we'll. L
had clients and every prospect of sue
cess. had been in New York for some
two OF three years. After the Herald
publication my clients got demOralized,
and the papers talked about it good
deal at the time and it demOralized me,
and, to make it brief, | got all run
down and run out. lived precariOus
existence there during the summer and
winter. / tried to get on to my feet
again in the law business. | got an Of
fee, but could not get enough business
to pay my office rent.
THE ASSASSIN AS A POLITICIAN.
Guiteau next gives his experience as
a pOlitician:-"I was" he says, 'in New
York from July /, 1880, until the 9Th of
March 1881. During this time was
around the headquarters of the Nation
al Committee, on Fifth avenue, and the
State Committee at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. / was in the habit
)f going to those places. During this
time 1 made the personal acquaintance
Of the leading men of the Republican
party. had my speech, entitled Gar
ield against Hancock, printed on Au-
gust s, at the time the Republican Con-
ference was held at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. | gave or sent this speech to all
jhe leading men at that conference.
This was my first introduction to them.
Afterward as / met them l introduced
myself and called their attention to that
speech. They seemed to be highly
pleased with it, and that was the begin
hing of my personal acquaintance with
hem. l sent it to General Arthur and
senator COnkling, and General Logan
md Senator Cameron, and all that kind
If men. Iwanted to take the stump for
General Garfield in August and l wrote
Mr.. Blaine Tin Maine) about it, and call
I'd Governor JewelPs attention to my
wish, but there was great pressure on
Mr.. Blaine from their quarters for
speakers. Not having national repu-
tattOn he did not use me IN Maine. Gov
amor Jewell was very kind to me per-
,Onally. The disability labOred under
was this;-I had ideas, but l did not
nave a national reputation. The State
wanted a man who
would draw a large crowd. SO, as a
matter of fact, only delivered that
speech once, and that was at cOlOred
think, on Twenty-fifth street,
Dne Saturday evening. l was the first
speaker and. delivered portion of it
and gave it to the reporters to print"
After the result was known in NOvem-
Der, Guiteau wrote to General Garfield
as fOllows:-"We have cleaned them out
Just as l expected. Thank God! Very
CHARLES GUITEAU.'
THE AUSTRIAN MISSION.
Immediately after the Indiana cleo
tiOn Guiteau began to think it was time
to look around for something. He
wrote to the President elect, suggesting
that he might be a candidate for the
Austrian mission. Early in March he
went to Washington, he says, for the
purpose of getting an Office. He had
nothing to do in New York except so
licit for some insurance companies.
He says: 81 addressed a letter to Pres
ident Garfield and to Secretary Blaine
some time in March, should say, call
ing their attention to my services dur
ing tine canvass and to my early sug-
0estiOIl to General Garfield at Mentor