The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-20
THE ASsASSIN'S CONFESSION.
4 INDUSTRIOUS PRODUCTION.
The Whole Story of the Murder,
As Told in Jail to a Photographer.
New York Herald.J

New York Herald.l
'After the deadlock broke l saw Mr..
Blaine at the State Department one day,
and he said that he did not think that the
President would remove Mr. Walker. This
was the first intimatlon from either the
President or Mr.. Blaine that they did not
intend to give me the Paris consulship.
was surprised, and | said to Mr.. Blaine: I
am going to see the President and try and
induce him to remove Mr.. Walker and give
me the Paris cousulship' well, if YOU
can, do so,' said Mr. Blaine, alright. This is
the last conversation have had with him.
have not spoken TO him on any subject
since A few days after | saw Mr.. Blaine
| called at the White House to get the Pres
ident's final answer in reference to my get
ting the Paris consulship. ] sent in my
card, and the door-keeper came back in a
moment and said:
".Mr. Guiteau, the President says it will
be impossible for him to see you to-day
| therefore sent him little note and told
him about the Paris consulship. | never
had personal interview with the Presi-
dent on the subject of the Paris eonsulship
except once, and that was when | handed
him my speech aud told him that would
like the Paris consnlship, which was about
the 7th or Sth of March. He was inaugu-
rated on Friday and it was about the middle
of the following week after his Inaugural
ton. The time that was pressing the
Paris eonsulship began about the first week
in March and terminated, should say,
about the last of April. During those weeks
was pressing it and expected to get 1t.
have never had any final answer either from
the President or from Mr.. Blaine in refer
ence to my having the Paris consulship.
1t did not have the slightest influence on
me one way or the other in reference TO my
removing the President
CONCEPTION OF THE ASSASSINATION.
al conceived the idea of removing the
President" Guiteau declares, pending the
answer, and as fat as the Paris consulship
had any influence on my mind at all it
would have deferred me from the act,
because | expected, as matter OF fact, that
| would get the Paris consulship. After
| conceived the idea of removing the Pres
ident | did not go near Mr.. Blaine or near
the President 10 press my application,
About two or three weeks intervened from
the time that | called at the Presidents
when the door-keeper said, 'Mr. Guiteau,
the President says it will be impossible for
MIN 10 SEE you IO-ud}y W IllS IlllS lildI L
conceived the idea OF removing him, during
which time l was waiting patiently for my
answer, which, as a matter of fact, | have
never yet received. had been pressing the
President aud Mr.. Blaine for an answer,
and | thought that it would be better tor
me to keep away from them. They had my
address, and | thought if they concluded
to give me the Paris consulship they would
notify me or | should see an announcement
of the appointment in the paper, and, as |
stated, after | conceived the idea Of remOv-
ing the President I did not go near the
President or Mr.. Blaine. My conception
of the idea of removing the President was
this: Mr.. Conkling resigned on Monday,
May 16, 1881. On the following Wednes-
day was in bed. | think | retired about
s O'clock. | felt perplexed and depressed
on account of the political situation, and
/ retired much earlier than usual, ! felt
weariedin mind and body, and | was in my
bed about o'clock and was thinking over
the political situation, and the idea flashed
through my brain that if the President was
out of the way everything would go better
At first this was mere impression. 1t
startled me- but the next morning il came
with renewed force, and ! began to read the
papers with my eye on the possibility that
the President would have to go, and the
more read the more saw the complication
of public affairs, the more was impressed
with the peQessity of removing him This
thing continued far about two weeks.
kept reading the papers and kept being
impressed, and the idea kept bearing, and
bearing, and bearing down upon me that
the only way to unite the two factions of the
Republican party and save the Republic
from going into the hands of the rebels and
Democrats was to quietly remove the
President