National Republican., 1881-12-07
"oATH - ON ,GurTEAu.
How the Assassin WAS Encouraged in His
Hunt for .OMce.

/ was talking last night to distin-
guished superintendent OF lunatics who has about
fourteen hundred insane people on his hands all
tue time and who has been TO Washington exam
lining Guiieau privately aud watching him pub-
licly He said to me: "Gulteau is a product of an
ignorant household. in which the religious cgot-
ism preceded everything The household was
narrow, opinionated, and more or less sensual.
They had not been anywhere TO compare their
superficial theology and philosophy with that
Of the world Too much of the religious
family life of the North and Northwest
breeds just such selfish sensatlonais Gui.
teau. When the Oneida Community was iad-
vertised that family seized upon 1t 1T was brill
liant thing, and the father and the son wanted To
Join. Guiteau," added the Doctor, ",has had the
syphilis, and has admitted II to u.s.. He has also
abused himself. Yet these are not features OF In
sanity. There Is no doubt that Guiteau wns ell
couraged in his claims for Office byn number df
men from Illinois who knew him. .Ahomc SEN
ator, for instance, would say:
CHARLEY, now ARE YOU GETTING ALONG
with that office? Iguess you will be all right
Charley. A distinguished lawyer would stop aud
shake hands with Guiteau on the street and say:
think you ought 10 have Il Beside, Gultean at.
tended one of Mrs. Garield's receptions, nnl his
name Is down on the % 6ook Mrs. Garfield talked
that shelves not aware that he was an insane
man. Whenever Guiteau wanted to make any
money he could doit We have the evidence 0f
two or three insurance companies that he
good solicitor and wonld bring In his man and get
his commission. Then he would wander Oft to
some of his hobbies spend his money, nnd turn
out dead -beat. You sec him now as he has been
| I'm jail with the agitation following the murder;
but there is no record hutpreviously he was nota
llpresentable -lo0lingma
nEzisoSABLY WILL DRESSED.
The persons will not now come forward who gave
him that encouragement about getting M office.
because In the light of subsequent evidence they
| feel alarmed. (iuieau In short, had encourage
mcnt enough to make him perfectly certain OF
the Office considering his sangune, confident
| temperament and cgotism. When Mr.. Blaine sud-
denly raised tue veil from his eyes and said ho
| could have nothing II aroused his ierocty IIe
would have killed Blaine, perhaps, had II not
| Cured TO him that 0afllads death would produce
| a greater sensation and change the Government
| itself
| HE WROTE TO GARFIELD
to get rid of Blaine, aud no attention was paid To
his letters. The idea then dc opened that, while
| he would prefer 70 kill Blaine from hate lie had
better Kill Garfield TO accomplish great reyolu-
ton. Garfields fall would include Baine's. Tho
Slalwarts would triumph. Then everything hap
| saw the Seuate adjourn, the people around tho
| Capitol dispense, and finally the President 20
away and make his arrangements for final de-
| parture 10 be gone several weeks. Here lie was,
dropped from the ninth heaven OF confidence to
| begary. He reasoned to himself: II can mako
Arthur Presidentthey will not punish me. viii
get on In some way. lwill put up plea of being
Inspired, which will be taken for Insanity"
asked this gentleman IL Gulteau ought TO bo
| hanged "Unquestonably," said he,-Guih, IN
| Cincinnati EllqtfTrr