The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-03

been conveyed 20 the jail, tearing,
appears, that should the fact be mad
known that he was there, the buildinl
would be attacked by mob. Infor
nation had reached them that sucl
q movement was contemplated =
large guard. composed of regulars fron
the barracks and the metropolitan po
lice force, are momentarily expected Y
arrive at the jail. to be in readiness Y
repel any attack.
The statement that the assassin n
Gitteau was verified by the ofiicer IL
charge Of the Jail
The prisoner arrived and was placed
in a cell about 1880 O'Clock, just one
hour after the shooting occurred.
ONLY IL HOURS.
washington, July 2, 2:40 p. m.-Dr.
Beckwith. an old physician Of the presi.
dent. says that President Garfield has
but few chances of recovery. and that
he may not live IL hours. The general
impression at the executive mansion ID
that the president is sinking.
INTERVIEWING coNKLING AND HAL.
STEAD.
New York, July "A reporter call
ed at the Fifth Avenue hotel this
morning about an hour after the recep.
tion of the dispatch, and sent his card
to the rooms Of Vice President Arthur
and ex-senator Conkling. Word was
Immediately returned that the subject
Of the presidents assassination was toe
serious u subject to be talked Of for one
moment, and neither would see him
under any circumstances. The report
er saw Conkling in the hallway near
his room q few minutes after, and
when asked his opinion of the shooting
he begged to be excused. a= rf
"The news has found me 30 unpre-
pared and overwhelmed with personal
cares that it almost stunned me. May
God grant 1t may not be true. 1t is
the most terrible incident in our his
tory since the death of Lincoln. II 1t
is true may heaven help our country. -
Conkling turned away and went to his
room.
Murat Halstead, who is at present
stopping at the Brevoort house, said
this morning when the news was given
him he was horror stricken. He looked
at the reporter for moment and cried
out that 1t could not be true. On re-
ceising assurance that the report had
been substantiated by an oficial dis
patch, Halstead turned pale, and said
with tears in his eyes, that he must
have time to think of it. my Godi
how can such things occur in a free
country? We have. no nihilists here
seeking to overturn the government.
We have had peace for many years,
and are in the midst of it. cannot
understand it. 1 can only pray heaven
that it is not true
HIS CHICAGO RECORD.
Chicago, July 2.-Guitteau, Presi-
dent Garfield's assassin, Lived here
two or three years ago, and seemed to
have no visible means Of support. He
preached or lectured on religious and
social subjects, upon which he was an
enthusiast. He started in hero as q
lawyer, but failed utterly, and then
tried to lift himself into notoriety by
lecturing on religion one evening in
each church. His card in the newspa-
pers is produced, and is a-literary curl
osity. He bored the newspapers by
trying to get his manuscript printed.
He failed also as a lecturer, and then
begun life As a tramp of the more re-
spectacle order. He was branded by
tho Hotel Keepers association a. q
dead beat. In appearance he is an
American, of French extraction, Az
years old. of medium hight, slender
build, fair complexion, brown hair.
French shaped moustache, and tinged
with gray. His whole appearance was
that Of q dandified man Of small mental
calibre. He was unusually fond Of
notoriety, and would 60 almost any
length to get his name in the paper.
He was arrested here once for embez-
Element. He got the idea in his head
that he was at for official position, and
has been trying with all his power to
get a consulate at Marseilles.
THE ARREST OF THE woULD-BE MUIR.
DERER.
Washington, July 2.-When Scott
and Carney got hold Of the assassin
and were taking him to police head
quarters, he said, voluntarily, to them
81 did it and will 60 to jail for it; I am
q stalwart, and Arthur will be presi
dent" He had letter in his hand
and wanted the officers to take it te
Gen. Sherman. saying it would be al
right. The prisoner made no resist
ance, saying that he had contemple ted
the killing Of the president, and it wa,
for the good of the country.
| About 0 O'Clock the assassin went II
a hack stand adjoining the depot ant
engaged hack from Barton, q coloret
hackman, and said he wanted to 60 II
Glenwood cemetery in short time, ant
wanted the hackman to drive very fas
when he should get in the hack. H,
agreed to pay two dollars for the hacl
on condition that the hackman shoult
drive very fast. When stopped tn
ASSASSIN was going toward the hack b.
had engaged. He insisted that it wa
important for him to 20 and deliver tn