Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-14
WASHINGTON.
Sherman After the Custodian of
the Treasury.
GuIteau ArraiRned In Court this
Morning.


WASHINGTON, October Ex-senator
Sherman is credited with having said
that at the earliest opportunity he will
offer a resolution in the Senate with a
view of bringing out for publication a
preliminary report sf the special COM
mittee, which recently made partial
investigation of the Office of the Gus
todiau Of the Treasury Department.
The report in question is known to be
confined exclusively to the affairs of
the Custodian's Office and no other
officers Of the Department are referred
to as being in any manner identified
with the transactions. "That Bureau,
gentlemen, who have read the report,
are authority for the statement Of the
main feature. The document is that
Pierson who was acting in the capa-
city as Custodian was not 50 author
lied by law"
The Senate resolution offered yes
terday by Lamar relative to the inter
oceanic canal was adopted, as was also
the resolution offered by Senator
Edmunds, directing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire whether the
proceedings for the extradition of
Vincenzo Rebello we're proper and in
accordance with the law. The reso-
luton offered by Senator Sherman,
calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for the report of j. T..
Meline, was laid over one day. The
Senate then went into an executive
session.
NoMINATIONs.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day /:
Captain John G. Walker, of Iowa,
Chief of the Bureau Of Navigation of
the Navy Department VIM. G. Raum,
Of Mississippi, United States Marshal
for the Southern District of Missis-
sippi; Charles N. Webb, Register of
the Land Office at Deadwood, Da-
kota.
Guiteau was arraigned in the Grim
inal Court this morning.
The day for the beginning of the
trial of Guiteau has been set for No
vember 7th, and the question of juris-
diction is to be argued and determined
prior to October Both.
There was very large crowd this
morning in the Criminal Court room,
attracted partly by the impression
that the arraignment Of Guiteau would
take place and partly by the announce
ment that argument in the Star Route
cases would be opened by Robert G..
Ingersoll. The latter said he was un-
willing to go on unless the whole mat
ter could be finished in a day or two
Cook for the government SAID it was not
ready owing to the absence of the
counsel. Finally the case was al
lowed to remain open for two weeks.
The time for opening the argument
was to be fixed after that time. Af-
ter the withdrawal of the counsel in
the Star Route case, when it became
known in the court room that the
arrangement Of Guiteau was actu.
ally going to take place,
most of the spectators remained,
and very intense feeling of curiosity
and interest was manifested. There
was no unusual display of the police
force in or about the court room,
although there were large number of
detectives present not in uniform.
At 11:l5 Scoville, counsel for
the prisoner, entered and took
seat at the lawyers table,
and Immediately afterward the door
of the witness room opened and gave
entrance to Marshal Henry and two
Deputy Marshals, having between
them and hustling along the bowed
and covering figure of a man, for
whom they made way to a seat
which was reserved for him beside his
counsel. Then one of the guards
unlocked bis handouts, giving the
prisoner use Of his hands. Guiteau
looked broken in health, and uncared
for in person. His dark clothes we're
dusty and shabby, and his whole per-
son presented a miserably neglected
appearance. After the excitement
attending his entrance had subsidized,
District Attorney Corkhill rose, and
addressing the Judge, said:
The grand jury of the District of
Columbia has indicted Charles j..
Guiteau for the murder of Jas. A..
Garfield. The prisoner is in court and
| ask that he be arraigned and re-
quired to plead to the indictment.
THE prisoner was ordered to stand
up, and in a languid manner he
obeyed.
The Clerk-"Is your name Charles
j. Guiteau?"
The prisoner assented bya nod.
The clerk then proceeded to read
the indictment, the prisoner standing
up with his head most OF the time
inclined toithe right shoulder, his eyes
half closed or wholly 50, his hands