New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-03

~ THE CANVASS DECLINED by THE RE?UDI-
CAN COMMITTEES oTurH POINTS IN III, HIS
TORY.
Charles j. Gutrau is known to q consider
ahc huiH'r 81 p"r'nns in this ;. IA 1871 he came to
this ely, IL i, sil, and piaciisad law for a time He
possessed little ability ,th f civil or criminal nroc
tee ii" was regarded sharper. taking advantage
eve" q" lis professional brethren AMI misa popriating
moneys collected for clients Tic went to Chicago in
1870.
Guiiean WIS well known to many persons who fire..
qucnted the various Republican Headquarters in
This city during the last campaign He
came 10 this city Mt that time from Chicago.
and registered st the Coleman House. He claimed
To he employed In the State Committee rooms and
secured credit in number places ON the strength Of
ta"l clain lie ,ainly cndcayorcd to get Chairman
Jewell "fthe National Committee, Chairman Arthur, OF
the STATE Committee or President Mancrrc, OF the Re
publican Central Campaign Club, to send him ont ~ a
campaign speaker. He two or three epccchcs o
specimens of what he could do. They wild and dis
J"'n''i ana showed thenan TO he incapable of making
SPEECH 50 he was not employed. IIo was "A frequent
visitor at the yarions hcah,uarcrs and although some
what wild IN his appearance, no regarded him IA
anything but man who hoped to get Office 70 he ia
insane" said gentleman las, night who knows him
well, " there Is good deal OF method in his madness
almost too much for belief"
ln the course Of the cam!aic.n Mr. (;,,crsIccvn 81
printer at t, city who doing mach work for The
fepuhicaa National Commiitcc, was called npon
ny "uit'an with letters of Introduction and
committee rooms He had speech in man,script
which he de irc put In type and represented that the
committee would meet thc expense. Mr. Gillcrsceyc
not hndin IN The letters definite authorization for the
publication hesiiatc! ana examined the spcrch. He
round II u very cNtraVncirf Cup4v General Grant
and his friends. but OUtoau said that il Nas his i, ny
At means to draw I'M friends OF Grant to tho support
- General Garfield. The same speech thoasi NOT
printed 10y Mr.. Gldcr.lceyc. wls it il believed
il'"ici more than once during the campaign.
Nh"' me hnu Tie az Na!ca last, tnf' wrote a
M,'H ~ 90" clV, VINO J., "a prominent member OF
.n', '''""'.n ''ht'l 'ainrriEn tdh, and who
i""N a." n.iile part ~ The camnaign OF
were h. ifg .., l,, ), @ !' ~, ~ ',Hn,
II he l'c'Nel Inc position Ec Yont appoint the min
iary fhe recpicn! cl Tho letcr wa congrain'atn,;
hnrs'i on good t'h when hc received another noun
HWir"n ashnS for the loan oi Sc promising rclay
IL w',a y. m,,y d his argo'nt'ncnt as Consul lnis
nfl rom io1 he loan was solicited was conveniently
" ~H"l' q lnal tnnr
cards drn""ncing tnis man as no ccmtom.' Tor de
II D;rooi, 'nr,,in ftar Young Mems Christian As
toc.'oh, todd iRn - rcporicr last evening iha' lie
lai Sno~n Giiiean far nearl, eight y"ar, lie ,s.s
LcNr member Of lc ts1cr'Ion, bp often mere
70 mai Ia The reae " rss ,og hia signature VITA .is
st. t5cr 20 1873 re M a TER nr i.,s s9, to
library and told Mr Pool ha, he bat been on M cnn r
tha' was struck. but thai WAS afraid for was
was prepared to die. ''' ''''N nc
@w week, before the last election Guitcan
stated t'in be GONG to work Garfield with ali
his honl. lie dl not go TO the Associat on
building until after the election. when he mad
u new suit of clothes and seemed
10 maze plenty Of money He cn sit he going
Chcnso to study law ard he has not been there
when asked rs IT, GuitoLu SANITY Mr. Pool stated that
always wns just gong to do something wonderful. but
never seemed TO do it, lie very quiet but never
seemed to have any purpose in He. Previous to his
coming To New-Iork he had belonged Il
Free Love community, bat mad left that
sect, ana did not belong To amy church. Inquiry at
tiuI"au5 former bOaTiil g-housc III rwcaty
revealed nothing, the present family has lived there
only a. short time, and knew knoining of~ne persons
Who had previously occupied the Eolisc
W hcn tinitcau to this city several from
chicago his WIFE, whom he married there with him.
she IL described cEmahlc woman. Both of them
brought letters from prominent pastor of Baptist
Chhrch IN Chicago, and admitted to membership in
The calvary BAPTIST Churcn in twenty irdst Of which
the Rev Robert y Macarthur IA pastor. short time
Guitrau grossly al, and publicly
expelled from the society IL Is believed by those
VINO knew him that bis professions of religion were
made IN order to advance his ends. He presented To
practice law, but known to have clients
ceI such M lie could pick at the police courts.
man who knew HIM ut that tUIc said last night that
t,ucnu was nothing more than confidence and
money under false prctcnces. After his release
confinement i'll the old jefferson Market Police Court
prison he brought against OF
the daily newspapers for defamation Of char |
actcr by this suit he anticipated making large
fortune Meanwhile he did nothing for his wiics sup
port, and cruelty being added to neglect shc obtained
divorce from him the ground OF abandonment and in
Broohyn where he had lived before going ito Chicago