, 1881-07-03

Sankey Saeas9n meetings for making objectionable es-
fuow Sf aay cid Schemes about
which he expressed himself:" - eSl1e'''s a0o's
~ "He Eot out q book, bound in cloth and
banphlee inn 1nd, form. r and anye me copy, but
50 TT as tho sase was Concerned. 1t purported
70 ;. discuss political subjects"
oe ss wanteS e. 4e
vent e 70 eesare H. out hc could not tit, and
selIGal work among the railway men for the Y.
81. " a., came i'll ut the close of tho Interview
Win Mr. Scott, and corroborated that gentle
mans statement about Guitenp.
A CHEEKY BAD-DEBT COLLECTOR.
Edwin c. Dawson, bookkecper with Woodruff
&Trunkcy, coal merchants In tho Borden Block,
mad an accurate and unpleasant recollection of
Gu'tcau. He detailed the story OF his ucqualnt-
ance With the fellow to a TB1BUSE reporter,
and 1t ran rs follows:
"knoy Guiteau2 Should think did. About
four years ago sold wood and coal on the cor
ner of May and Carroll streets, in this city.
Gulteau came to sec INC q number of times,
clatmlng to be hrst-olass collector of debts.
ne presented card giving tho unmes Of any
nnmber Of good people rs references, and
took SONG stock in him on that account. gave
him about $500 In overdue paper for collection,
and right there mndo my mistake. Guiteau
Ind desk-rnom In an Office in the Ashlund
streets, and although f7 caea aa tneee eoSip1 aay
Guiteau collected about 500 ID money on NY
him be was billed to lecture on tho second Com
ing Of Christ, in Waukcgnn. l dropped dccoy
letter to tho geutle1nan; which brought him to
iarceny as bailee - Ho ' Nus va 1 esanned b before IRE
Justice Morrison and sent TO the County JAIN to
before that august body, gave my Testimony.
and was informed BY the foreman that nothing
,l, more WIS needed, IS although ! had summoned as
witnesses W. Stanley and Cyrus j. Miller,
commission, merchants, whom Guitenu
bud swind!ed in tue same way. They
were were not beard , before tue Grand Jury,
begging letter from Guitcau, requesting me to
come to the jail nnd be would settle up with me.
Went to see states-Attorney Mills about the
matter, and he told me to tMke tho muney If
could get it, but to make no promises Of settle
ment. made up my mind to see Guiteau on
aa % i Gst h o fba 1e
Jury having returned "Do BILL saw him
once afterwards. and. By threatening to lick
him, got Il Sl0 bill from him. But neither my
papers nor the balancc OF my money have
seen to this day. do not know how much be
did beat Stanley out of, bur I d" know that
d n F@ks %s On he ~n
all OF Stanley papers and notes to him. tell
you this Guiteau was pretty cunning rogue.
cards knew him rot. He Is fraud Of the first
wnter, and more knaye than fool"
The files of THE TRIBUNE contain the follow
ing report Of Guiteau's dealings with Mr.. DavI-
sou, in the issue of July 70, lST:
a u1Gu-PRlCED LAWYER IN TROUBLE:
Charles J. Guitcau, a lnwyer Of this city, who
is now in jnil on charge or embezztemeut, filed
petition yesterday In the Superior Court ask
Ing fur n writ uf habeas corpus. He says that
on tho 10th inst. he was arrested at the instance
OF E. G. Dawson on d churgc OF collecting moneys
and failLng TO pay them over. The fucts, ac-
cordlng to bis statement, are as follows: In
April last H. H. Hamer s. Co.. of which firm
Dawson Is Il member, intruSted hIlu for cnilcc-
ton with claim for 81 against Parker Il.
Mason another for $39.0l against W. H. Hutch
inson, another for slu5 against George W. Har-
riS. and IL fourth for $40 against one Brown. He
stated that his price vAried according to tho
amount Of trouble. but Wa5 generally 10 per
cent. He soon found that these were desperate
claims. and told Humer s. Co. that he would
charge 50 per cent On some OF the COLLECTIONS, to
which they in effect replied that That would be
all right He collected the Hutchinson cluim.
retaining IS for foes, and he got 3.50 OF the
Mason cluinl. He also obtained S60 on the Har-
ris claim, of which he kept $40, and this he
thinks. was Il reasonable percentage. His de-
tense Is thut no demand has been made on him
for the moneys he holds in his hnnds over and
above his fees, and be therefore alleges that he
has not been guilty Of embezzlcment, and asks
tO dc discharged.