Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-07-09

even Wnen the DOCTOR informed him that
he perhaps had not many hours to live.
He said then, Goods will be done /
am content" But from the moment he
learned that he might not live his
thoughts turned more anxiously to the
arrival of his wife.
WHAT SECRETARY LINCOLN SAID.
Robert Lincoln, painfully reminded
of the death of his father in the same
position, said in the Cabinet coun-
Gil chamber, while sitting beneath the
statue of his father, which looked down
upon him, to colleague in the Cabinet,
and some friends: cit is curious fact
that the President has lately talked
great deal about my father. At din
ner the other day, to which number of
us were invited, his conversation was
full of story telling. He narrated,
among other things, his experience at
the time of the assassination in New
York, and said he strolled out of his
room and almost unconsciously attend
ed the meeting which was called in Wall
street, and made that remarkable speech
which had such an effect in quoting the
mob"
ANTICIPATING MUCH PLEASURE.
Secretary Kirkwood, in q converse
ton, referred to the remarkable good
spirits of the President Friday. the day
before the assassination. "I never saw
him so light-hearted as yesterday after
noon. We had long Cabinet session,
and the President was the life of the
meeting. He interspersed the proceed
ings with anecdotes and jokes. He es-
peciaIly referred to the convalescence of
Mrs. Garfield and the anticipated pleas
ures of his visit to his old Alma Mater,
the meeting with his old school.mates,
and his trip to New England"
THE CRIME LONG CONTEMPLATED.
When Guiteau was asked by an officer
if there was anybody connected with
him in committing the crime, he said
"Not living soul. / have contem-
plated the thing for the last six weeks,
and would have shot him when he went
away with Mrs. Garfield, but looked at
her, and she looked so bad that I
changed my mind"
The detective then asked Guiteau,
"Have you ever been in this jail be-
fore?" He replied, "No, SIR"
"Well, the Deputy Warden seems to
identify you"
eyes, 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"
What was your object in looking
through 2"
81 wanted to see what sort of quar-
ters would have to occupy"
Among the papers of the assassin was
the following letter to Gen. Sherman:
To Gen. Sherman:
I have just shot the President.
shot him several times as wished him
to go as easily as possible. His death
was political necessity. I am law
yer, theologian, and politician. am
a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. was with
Gen. Grant and the rest of our men in
New York during the canvass. 1 am
going to Jail. Please order out your
troops and take possession of the jail at
once. Very respectfully,
CHARLES GUITEAU.
The following address was upon the
letter please deliver at once to Gen.
Sherman or his first assistant i'll charge
of the War Department.
THE ASSASSIN.
Charles Guiteau, the assassin, is well
known in Washington, Chicago and
other places. He is of french descent
and claims to be lawyer. He has done
a little work about the lower courts of
Chicago, and was known as "shyster.
He was of urwholesome appearance,
and was regarded as of weak mental ca
pacity and partially insane. His man.
ner was a queer combination of OBJ
sequiousness, humility and querulous
self-assertion. He was disiiked, and
nobody seemed to want him around.
III was constantly trying to get himself
before the public in one form or an
other. He was insanely anxious to get
into print without apparent object. He
was expert only in one line of business,
and that was beating boarding-houses,
never paying board bill if it could
possibly be avoided He was employed
last fall by the Republican Committee
as a speaker but failed in that He has
lectured also on Second Adventism, in
which doctrine he was believer.
He was several years with the Oneida
Community. Since the inauguration
of the President he has been a persist
Clb O1ilce-SSeker ABOUT NdSLluSCOH, dutl
hanger on about the White House. He
has many times been driven away from
the latter place. He deserted his wife
in Troy, N. Y, leaving her there pen
nlless.
THE AsSAssINs LETTER.
The following letter was taken from
the prisoners pocket at Police Head
quarters:
"JULY 2, 1881.
"TO the White House:
''The Presidents tragic death was a
sad necessity, but it will unite the Re-
publican party and save the republic.
Life is a fimsy dream, and it mat
tiers little when one goes. A hui
man life is of small value. Dur
ing the war thousands of brave
boys went down without a tear.
az presume the President was Chris
tian, and that he will be happier in
Paradise than here. It will be no worse
for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way than nv