Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-07-21
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maica, but at home she and France still ad.
here to the clumsy copper for small change.
GUITEAU IN HIS CELL.
KEPT IN IGNORANCE OF THE PRESIDENTS
CoNDITIoN-HIs DAILY LIFE.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-"Tbis is hell p
said Guiteau, peevishly, to-day, as he paced
up and down his 6ve.by-eight cell. Yester-
day he asked guard TO tell him whether
the President was dead or not, and if alive
still, what were the chances of his recovery.
No reply was made to him. He then de-.
clared that he would not tell anything more to
any official who should visit him until he
should be allowed to see the papers. There
is general commendation of the course pur.
sued in regard to Guiteau. What he would
like would be that newspaper reporters should
have access to him, that his opinions and do
ings should be spread abroad and that he eshould
be allowed to feed his love of notoriety by
gloating over the papers daily. Instead Of this
no information is allowed to reach him and
no one is allowed to visit him, save the law
officers of the government and district. This
seclusion is the worst punishment that could
be inflicted upon him. and he chafes under
it. A company ofartillery is stationed inside
the Jail wall, and soldier is constantly on
guard in the corrider in front Of Guiteaus
cell. One of the deputy wardens is also there
constantly, but they are forbidden to speak
to him. They are placed so that they could
see and instantly frustrate any attempt at
suicide or escape There is no possibility of
his breaking out or of mob breaking in to
him. The outer wall Of the prison is three
feet thick. Within that is corridor eigh-
teen feet wide. Then comes another three
feet Of masonry, and inside this are the cells.
NO FEELING OF REGRET.
Gen. j. S. Crocker, the warden Of the Jail,
said to a correspondent to-day: "Since he
has been here he has never manifested any
sign Of regret or remorse' on account Of his
act. He takes pride in the notoriety he
thinks he has gained, and would like to talk
about it constantly if he was allowed to do
so. He was very inquisitive at first in re-
gard to events outside, but no one was allowed
to talk to him or give him any information,
and he has stopped asking questions because
he finds it is no use."
"How does he pass his timer"
"Time? He lounges on the bed good
deal of his time; sometimes he walks up and
down his cell for exercise and be reads about
half his time. After he found that he could
not get hold of any newspapers he asked for
some reading matter. l mentioned several
books that we had here, but he did not care
for them, and said he would rather have
Bible. He was given one and said he would
read it through by sections. l suppose he
meant that he would start at Genesis and 60
straight through, as that is the way he seems
to be doing. He said to me that he had
been close student of the Bible, and had
once written a book called The Truth, which
he intended to be used as companion vol
ume to the New Testament. He said that
he had published the work, but nearly the
whole edition had been destroyed by fire in
the printing house. He had rewritten and
enlarged it, but had not been able to publish
it again"
"Did he say anything about his religious
opinions p
He said that be was Christian, but that
he had some peculiar views Of his own. He
thinks that the second coming Of Christ took
place at the destruction of Jerusalem. He
also holds that people at the present day get
inspirations from God just as in the days of
the prophets" Gen. Crocker said that there
was nothing irrational n Guiteau's manner
or behavior. He displays retentive memo
ry. He has never shown any signs of fear over
the consequences to himself of his act Gen.
Crocker once asked him if be wanted counsel,
and he replied: "No; not at this stage of the
proceeding gs" Although he receives no infor.
nation, he surmises that the President is still
alivefrom the fact that he is not arraigned.