, 1881-08-18
"l)itl tho struggle Inst ionRs" askol tho

quicker than 1t tnkes 10 toll ft,-fnlt bcf0rc
they were partc,l
TtlE rtsrol. WAS DsciiAiieEt,."
"1'llc assault, then, was f,a,le by dut.
tcau:''
Ycs. Ay tito guar,l went into tho colt
tanlteau turned uibi1 Him and cllnclletl
him."
alias uuttcau been Mt nil n,oroso or
silent 9' Inquired tho reporter.
"No, there Inns bcen no manifestation or
appearance Of i1lurDsencss.' Yesterday ho
wns little moro exritctl than ho Inns been
Tor two nr three weeks. In fact, he wns
considerably exei.ctl."
"Do yo,l think ic knew anything about
tic Presidents contlttlUn?''
i" liz liatl No news from thu President Mt
MI, ~ fur rs wo know, lid tiiny llayo iNl-
nglncd TINT tho President was worsc, but Ito
Ilad no actual knowledge Of tho Presidents
condition. y ',''': .''.'.
"Does auitcau say anythiug about tho
nssaultp"
"So. went Into his cell before left tho
1nll Inst night and Ind n conversation Wilt,
h!1n. That was about : o'clock. 1lc was !,
somewhat cxcited, pcrlEaps, but expressed
himself rs feeling very well. l told hn, to
utllct down. get into bc.l and 70 to sleep.
lilo snid 1a felt rs well rs l,e ever did III Ills
A L1rri.: EXCITED.
Ills conduct was llttto lltiusunl."
"l1ow Ii llu now?" Inquired the reporter.
"i1e Is caln, nnti quiet thls tllornng, aud
sRys TINT lio did not Intend to hurt tho
guard"
".llns l,e nude no explanation wl,atcycr?."
mo, lie llns said nothing. think hc was
offended BECAUSE tho gtard entered Ills ee,f
80 abruptly. do not think lle was trying
to lnluro himself or get out Of his coli. Tllere
wns no weapon Of any kind 0r description
| found. 1fo would make no attc1llp: to
escapc,n addea tllo Warden. 1t would hn
jlisl as futile rs an attempt to jump ovor tho
+ moon. 1lp has no means with which to at
| tempt 10 cscnpc."
"11nvo nny more rigorous measures been
taken sincc thls attenpte"
1'Tho guards Iook after hlm constantly,
bnt no more constantly than before, to pro-
yont him from injnrlnE himself"
"rhe only way ilo could injuro himself"
! sa!d Capt. VcrlH,,, who was standing by,
"woul.l be by hanging himself, tearing up
his bed clothlng for halter"
| "Io'lns not torn Ills blanket, or clothing,
or anything" said tho Warden: ''IIe Is corr
stnutly ntluer tic eye Of tho guartts. sup-
pose.
| Ills SEkFuQs GON1lllDS
might have made him u little restless, and
when tho guard went to see him I suppose
t;uiteAu thought 1t M intrusion and clnetctl
Will. him. lilo Imagined the guard Ind no
business there, pertIaps,''
"Tl,on," said the reporter, p" there Is noth-
lng In the sl,oe-shnI,k story?"
"Wllen l,e canc to the jail l,o had q pair
Of shoes like thesc,'' said the Warden, point
| Ing to Ills own. "Thoy were taken from
lin, and we gave him palr OF taI1.ahocs,
which have no shanks."
"Dfd lie any nothing to the guard? Did
| he not swear at him or sonlething?"
a. lie said nothing. Ite never does curse,
n1.l has never been known 10 tse Il profanu
word"
III tho fnce Of this positive tlcn!al, N1cC;ill,
| tho guard who was assaulted. says he went
to GufteRu's cell anu noticed TINT he was ap-
pareltly pnrlng his mills. Alctiill, thinking
Tint lie might hayomatc sonl8 preparations to
hang himself, went In and asked, "What
hnvu you been doing?"
0ulteau replied, Nothing, nothtng.S
Noticing the knife, ho asked what l!c was
doing with 1t.
liz replied, ,hSo 1,clpme God, I haye none,"
1lct;lll then said, "Dfop lit" I'll 4 COM
manlng tdnc, when Guitcau Jumped up a&ld
made. cut, but, fortunately McGlll threw
Ills head back, and
ritz KNlfE cur TIE LAPEL.
Guitcau was: III nlInble, lis a cat. McGill
pulled Ills revolver out, but did not cock It.,
0ultcau then tuas!ed for lis possession, ex-
cluimlng, "Don't shoot mol" McGill ulen
cooked tho pistol, mud he said, "Glyc INC my
/ pistol" aid finally got hold Of It,
but not I'LL It, went Of. Tho pistol
wus not then cocked, and lie Succeeded
In keeping Gultenn from firing II.
Guards Dalton and Jones by this t1mo
appeared, and Ghlteau was secured. Thuy
then searched for the klllte, nnd, seeing
something under his foot picked 1t up. It
wns wliat Is technically known lii jail par-
lance rs n "cheeser," made Of tho steel
shank OF a shoe, five or SIX Inches long,
ground down to Il good edge, with paper alld
twino wrapped around ono end as tinl,dle.
Another ono of the guards statcs positively
that 0utteau Ind knife, aild trlel to cut
Mc0lli. Meantime Guiteau remains in Ills
4 prison cell. 80 far rs Is known, liH Ia iEuu-
rant OF tho condition OF the President. lie
occupies tho cell iii which lIe was first placed.
which is so situated tllat whenever he comes
to tile window: llo IL seen BY ono Or more Of
tho JILL officers md by q soldier stationed
about fifteen feet from It, Whenever the
prisoner goes to tho door hu IL seen
by the officer In cilargs OF tho gate, also by a
soldier stationed nGnr It, uIll by Otller officers
In tho direct ltle OF vision. lie Ia 50 stuated,
lowuyer, tllat lo llay ho out Of sight Ut tiioso
outside that wlug but thu rules OF tho iuii
require frequent Inspection by tho officers,
There ara but short periods Of t!uo when lie
Is not seen BY some Of tho officers. liz IL not
Improving Il. looks. however, and il said by
tho fey people who liavo seen him latcly to