The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-08

To GEN. SHERMAN: have just shot the Pro
lent. shot him several timer, ~ wished him TO
90 easily possible His death political
aecessty. lam lawyer, theologian and politician.
am stalwsrt 81 the stalwarts. 1 WIS with Gen.
irant and the rest Of our men In New York during
he canvass am going to jail Please order out
Very respectfully CHARLES GuiIkAU.
TALK WITH THE ASSASSIN.
The assassin was taken tn Jail BY Lieuts Austin
md Eckiof and Detective McElfresh The'folowng
nversation t,ok place on th'ir way to the jail
hcE.fresh said 81 asked him, where are You
rm?' Il am a native-born American, born In
asked why did you do thiSg and he replied, Il
lid II to save the Republican party what Is your
,oitcs?' said |. He answered, 4 ann Stalw.rt
gay we Gun carry all the Northern states. and
with him In the way can't carry q single
one He then said to me, who your a. 1 re-
piled, "A detective officer OF this department. You
stick to me-, he Said and have NE put in the third
story front at the jail, and Gen. Sherman IN coming
down to take charge. Arthur and all those men are
my friends, and III have you made Chief Of Police.
When you go back TO the depot you will find that
left two bundles OF pal at the shAAd which
will explain all Asked him, rs there anybody
else with you in this matter 2 and he answered,
Tor the Last Fix weeks and would have shot him when
he went away with Mrs. Garfield but looked at her
and she looked % bad that changed my mind On
reaching the Jail the people there did not seem to
know anything about tho assassination, and. when
we took him inside the door, Mr. Russ, the Deputy
Warden, says, This man has been here before l
then asked him, Have you ever been here beforef
He replied, No, sir / said, We'll, the Deputy
Warden seems t. identify YOU He said, Yes,
was down here last Saturday morning and wanted
them to let me look through, and they told me that
couldn't but to come Monday 1 asked, What
your object In looking through7 He said, Il
wanted to what sort Of quarters would have to
occupy then searched him, and, when pulled
of his shoes, he said, Give me my shoes. I will
catch cold on this stone pavement. told him he
couldn't have them, and he said, Give me pair Of
pumps, them"
GUITHAU's VISITS TO THE WHITE HoU II.
Secretary Lincoln said that he knew the assassin
by general reputation in Chicago. He had heard Of
him quite often In connection with Socialistic
ganization In that city, and he believed that
twice he had some temporary connection with the
bar At least he called himself lawyer, and FER
haps had picked up q littls practice. Az
Secretary Lincoln announced in the White House
the of the assassin, all Of the Secretaries Of the
President could call him to mind. Col Crook, espe-
cially has had great deal to do with him, aud gave
this morning, a very elaborate description Of
Guitean and some OF the details Of his many visits
at the White House.
Col Crook said: "Of course you knew that the
White House has become, in latter years, n sort OF
headquarters for all the lunatics III the country.
We are continually being inundated with letters II ON
crazy Poop e, and there il hardly day that some
some lunatic does not call at the White House upon
s,me very important mission who desires special
aud with the President Most OF the peol e
who call are perfectly harmless. Guiieau never, to
my mind, has suggested tina idea of danger. He
has been coming and going out OF here
since the Attn Of March. He came to
morning in April, in my office, and
threw his card down upon my desk and said:
want to see the Persistent He always Claimed that
he largely instrumental In carrying Illinois Tor
Garfield and for that reason he ought to be recog-
nized Wei, after that l went out and told Mr..
Guiteau that he could lot see the President The
President was engaged. One day, however, he did
succeed in getting by Va, End got In with the gem
era crowd, and presented his md to the President
That was some time ago, however. Tho President
treated him he did al that ella of callers, and
got rid of him easily possible wi bout IN king
any promises one way or the other. Since then he
has been coming here every day. He was very
peculiar man-so peculiar that have made sketch
of him. and h re the Colonel opened his hook and
showed lead-pencil sketch that he had made OF
Cru team several weeks ago. The pencil sketch
represents n man with good forehead, Gear star
ing eyes, sharp nose, iull mnstache, hcwing beard
and stubby hair combed right back from the fore
head without parting. Col Crook says he has.
always worn b.ue gray suit, AID black, rty hat.
He had been very inpudent and nsoent to most OF
the people about the White House and has annoyed
them excessively but has approached any
thing like violence disorder to warrant his
arrest He said that he came in one day and called
FOR some stationery and cards, aud gradually began
to of the large snte-rooms OF the White
House private office. He would come up there
in the morning with his papers and read them, and
borrow some stationery and write a lot OF letters
and in fact making himself so ,nrch
ut home that yesterday Co. Crook sugge-ted to him
that he was encrosching upon the privileges OF the
once, and that he could MT give him any more sta
tionery This seemed ~ irrtae Guiteau very much
Guteu at all times sought 10 produce impression
upon the Secretary that he was very powerful poll
tician. One day Gen. Logan came into the White
House, and while there Guiteau ran up to him
and shook hands with hum. Gen. Logan looked at
him a. IL he might have known him and might
not have known him, and passed Then
Guiteaii came to Crook and said: There do you
see, know logan. know all them bg follows
You see how I stand with them. Now do you think
I am man tho administration can afford to over
look 2" The proof of Guteaus lunacy lies In the
letters that he has written. He he longs to the class
OF crazy who feel ii their duty to send each day
daily missve 10 the White House. His letters have
become 80 notorious that they are simply thrown
into the waste basket without being opened. At
w addressed ~ the President. 'atulatng him
on his policy and giving him very elaborate advice.
His sentences well WI itten and the words cor
recty spelled, but there was lack of coherency.
There wss nothing in the way OF sense in the COM
munications from beginning to end. III the letters
were not artfu preparations and were the Ia nest
productions OF Guiteau, any judge would GER
tainly convict him OF insanity uoon their reading
DISPATCH MINI-TER LOWELL.
wAsHINGToS, July 2.
The following was forwarded by cable:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsHISGT ", July 2.
To James Russell Lowell, Minister, etc, London:
The President of United States was shot this
morning 10y an assassin named Charles Guiteau.
The weapon was a large-sized revolver. The Presi-
dent had just reached the Baltimore and Potomac
IT ton at about twenty minutes past Q, intending,
with portion of his Cabinet, to leave the limited
express train for New York. / rode In the carriage
| with him from the Executive Mansion. and was
walking by his side when he shot. The as ASSN
Immediately arrested, ana the President was
conveyed TO private room in the station building,
and surgical aid at once summoned. He haa new
(at twenty minutes past l0) been removed to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion. The surgeons in consultation re-
gard his wounds very serious, though not neces-
ssrly fa]a His vigorous health gives stroug hopes
of his recovery. He has not lost consciousness for
! moment. Inform our Ministers in Europe
| JAMES q. BLAINE, Secretary OF State
MES ACE FROM ON. HAND OK.
The following received from Gen. Hancock:
Gov RsoRs ISLAM, July 2.
| To Gen. w. T. Sherman, Washington
trust that the result of the assautupon the life OF
the President to-day may not have fatal conse
qusnces and that in the terest of the country the
act may be shown TO have been that Of mailman
Thanks for your dispatch and your promise OF fur
tner Information. w. =. HANCocK.
! GRANTS WORD.
The following dispatch received by Secretar,
Lincoln from Gen. Grant:
ELBERoS, N. j., July 2.
To Secretary Lincoln, Washington:
Please dispatch me the condition of the President
News received conflict. hope the most favorable
may be confirmed. Express To the President IN.
deep sympatby and hope that he may speedily re
| coyor. u. s. GRANT.
THE Q-EES's SYMPATHY.
The Secretary Of State received from Sir Edward