Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

uons. An affecting account. is given his
meeting with Mrs. Garfield, on which occa-
sion he was affected to tears and exhibited
the most unmistakable anguish Mh
1-ui4 EX-SENATOR CoNKLING.
| AT New York, late the evening of the
| Sd, when ex-senator Conkling had partially
| recovered from the awful news, he left his
room 70 and paced thogghtfpliy along the halls
of the nth Avenue Hotel. " l hardly know
what 10 say he remarked to a party OF
\ gentlemen who met him. q I was prepared
i foraimost anything rather than this. WhenI
saw that dispatch ID General Arthur's hands
to-day was almost stunned. | felt as if
could scarcely hold my breath. God grant
Z. 1t be DOT true. l cannot yet bring myself
| TO beilepe 1t is as bad was first reported.
1t Is, Il true, the most terrible scourge that
has afflicted this country since the murder
Of Lincoln. And all have to say further,
Y gentle men, is turning 10 go to his room and
throwing up his hands) may Heaven help
our ccdntry!" r3fA f4A a4#
i tan sit THE ASSASSIN. m faa s
1 Charles J. Guiteau is his name. He
born at Freepolt, ILL.,, and is of French de-
scent He is about thirty five or forty year.
OF age. He hailed from Chicago, where he
was, purpore to be, practicing lawyers f
When first captured in the depot the pris-- ase
oner made no resistance, saying that he had
contemplated the killing. of the President, e
and it was for the good of the country.
About nine O'Clock he had gone to the
hack stand adjoining the depot 10 engagea a ssstlf
! hack from Barton, colored hackman. He
said he wanted to go TO Glenwood Cemetery 4
\ in short time, and wanted the hackman to
II QIlN6 very last WHeH ne sQOulu Seb III lnt
hack. He agreed to pay two dollars for the
4 hack condition that the hackman would
drive fast. When stopped, the assassin was auE
going TO the hack he had engaged, and he
! insisted that it was important for him to go
and deliver message to General Sherman. " A
/ When the officers refused to let him 60 he
begged them to take a letter he had to Gem
era sherman, Of which the folowingis r
copy:
4 ssTo the White House;
"The President tragic death was a sad ne
! ceesity, but it will unite the Republican party
to save the Republic, Life is tiimsy dream
and it matters little when one goes, human IA
life is Of small Importance. During the war
thousands Of brave boys went. down without r...
q tear. | p esume the President was a Chris
.ian and that %sIe he w 1 ne happier in Par
1or Mrs: Garfield, dear soui, TO part win rIH-
death da luz ,' He is liable to go, 20 at any time
anyway; bad NJ ilI-wil toward The Iresi, 2
am staiwart Of the Stalwarts; / WIS with 3t
New OH sfnpf dnpn a Tie 'Hs Canvass re Have m
papers tor the press which shall Leave with
New York avenue, where all reporters can
see them am now going to the ,ai
| The following lett er wars found on the
! street shortly after Guiteau's arrest. The
envelope was unsealed and addressed:
\ s'Please deliver at once to General Sherman
4 or his first assistant in charge of the War
Department."
ITO General Sherman: a-
| several times as wished him to go easily
as possible His death was political >neeos.
/ am Stalwart of the Stalwarts l was with =
General Grant and the rest Of men in New
y ork dur the canvass am going to jail.
I ease order out troops and take possession Of
the jail at once. Very respectfully,
! The Chicago dailies contain. detailed ac-
counts Of the doings of Guiteau while in
that city, all Of which go TO show that he
was very erratic and peculiar. He was
thought bV to be a religious fanatic.
and in his writings usually styled himself
"a lawyer, theologian and politician. He
was pronounced crazy by many OF those who
had dealings with him in Chicago, New
York Washington and other cities. Frank !
Gilbert, of the Chicago Evening Joqrual,
says he knew Guiteau and believed him in
sane several years ago. Speaking some time .t
ago of Guteau's pretensons in Washing
ington, General Logan said the man was :
crazy. The NatiOnaL ReD7tblicdn, OF Washing
ton says he had for months been persistent
applicant at the State Department for an ap-
ponment as Consul and had recently sent
secretary Blaine several denunciatory let
tiers, bitterly complaining Of the Administers
toms neglect in not favorably recognizing
his application, and that paper thinks the
most natural explanation of the motive OF MfHH
his act is that he had been so long out Of
employment and had persistenty tried
to secure appointment without success, that
he had become so bankrupt in pocket, in ig,
tuence and in character that he fancied ths -
President to be his especial enemy and the
cause Of all his sorrows and trouble.
from the police station. after his arrest,
Guiteau talked freely, and said what he had a.tH
done was for. the good OF The Republican
parry and the country. He had nothing
against President Garfield, but wanted Ar
thur to he President. :
Detective McEfresh, one of the officers
who conveyed the prisoner TO the Jail, says:
81 asked him: Is there anybody else with
in this matter" and he answered Not a
11v1n, soul. / contemplated this thing for
the last sixweeks, and would have snot MN
when he went with MIS-. Gafnelu. DuJ
| looked at her, and she looked SO bad that
changed my mind
The description Of heprsoner, as shown
on the books at police headquarters In.
Washington, is as follows; :" Charles 6ui- ..
teau, arrested at 900 a. M, July 2,1SS1,
for shooting President Garfield. Aged tnir- al
ty-six, white, born in the United States and
by profession a lawyer. Weight 13D pounds; .a
has dark brown, Thin whiskers and sallow
complexion; dressed in dark suit, with a
black slouch hat s88 d. asR ass4l fkEsl.
Speaking of the prisoner the Chicago
Times says: - h eN fytMe 4.lsf.it
s'He is about forty years of age, has a
strongly unmarked f ench accent and IS na-
in Chicago about ten years ago and married
Miss Scoville. He failed to make living in
boarding hnuse beat. BY ma y he is
believed to have been insane for year. He
threatened to shoot Miss Sweet for refusing
HIM clerkship in the pension sg ncy. He
PAD ns ay fear ae n Sea9o %
and lly made ,ongracs for dispa ches. M M
Advertising himself ~ q lawyer and theolo
gian he delivered lectures and wroie news
mon hs he pestered with his entions
ihrea ened wi b arrest. Duting the past. two iis
hs ne has haunted the hxecuf We Man
sion and demaheedan appointment as Consul
IL c9n be truly said thal h, represents nothing al
in Chicago save unpaid bills" Ra.#4AA4NA
The Ursuine nuns who recently
left Quebec for Chicoutimi, en- route TO
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