New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-12

FOR years II appears lndU lie nitI nfth i'''7
life of a petty swindlcr as shyster" lawyer re-
ligious era k" suspected sneak thlei' poaruinB
house swindlcr and general dead-beat." In MS
character as shvster" he collected money Tor
clients and, failing to make returns, was twice III
carccrated in Jail As reli gious crank ne ran uP
bills for printing incOhcTent tracts on the sooo"
coming of Christ, and then cheated the pI'i'''',
As political lecturer he also cheated PRINTERS "''
hall owners. As lOungcr about the S'alo Ii'u'0
in Boston he WAS suspected of purloinlng
articles of wearing apparel, ana was c@-
cudcd from the building. lie was branded ny
the Chicago 1Otelkecpers' AsSoclatol rs
dcad-bcat. Being of a s'ittles' character ne pe-
came q nuisance aul was finally forbidden his house
by Mr. Scovillc, his relative. Harold Summers
reputable lawyer of Milwaukee, where G"!ean
once had a law office. says that he was known
throughout the city as vicious, wild character
Remoyirr 10 Ncw-Yorl he was soon. on account oi
his gross immortality, excluded from church when
he had ioned by letter under professions o' pI'F'
| Martin Been. prominent Chicago lawyer KNOWS
| Guiteau thoroughly. After det1lh1g hhn'D'r VI
disreputable Transactions in which GnIteau ha'
| been engaged General Been in an interview III me
Inter- Otern of Jnly /, said:
ia. was evidently peculiar. and was disposed 70 of-
trilute his shortcOmngs 10 his extreme poverty H"
ana and have been for some lime conNln'rH lhd MS r
dIrction was toward the bad lie mad tl'i assurance
that he would not hesitate 10 20 ~ the Nhr i"oSr ",'
in urrsou. without having previously hld an MlI'tt
dantcd for have no doubt that he Thought pc was
fitted for Consul and demanded 81 tue fIC'"'I an
apuolnnent When refused II would he just Ike nm To
sfd any revenge. even murder He "as bad i'iI'".
This description of the character of the assassin
WAS corroboratcd by Judge J. Il. BraIweH, OF
Chicago. who among other things said:
He was ner' man Il he could no, nave ing l1
beat Of the first yet lie was man oI c"h-"era''
| natural ability.
Nobody appears 10 have been able to remember
that he ever did good deed During the last ffeNi-
dental campaign Guitcau appears to have eNls 'u
ON prsfences that he was in the emp oy Of Rcpubl-
can political committees. aud woaid surely receive
q cool apnointmcnt If General Garfield should he
! elected 1, soon ~ the result of the election was
known he began his ollicr-hrgrIuC campaign SaId
General Grant in au Interview published III lliE
! TRIBUNE July ,:
met him in the Fifth AveHue Hotel al the close o' the
last Presidential campaign lie wanted me 10 si-n a
paper accommodating llm as proper e. '2h u" aiPnt
"a Minister To Austria. IL was th" act Of a
cowarily assassin who hai been d,aiPl."1," :" @ 1
told my servant not to allow him to enter my p1r!or
lie subsequently forced himself In one dayhut refused
! to talk with him and dismissed hiin speedily
This rebuff made no impression upon Gul'ran
who As soon as the new President was Waugurilod,
| made his way to Washington and laid siege to the
| White House and the state Department. aud doggrd
! and buttonhucd influential Republicans III season
and out Of season An attache Of the White House,
! in an interview published ia IHE IEiBUNE July /.
| 1881. SAID:
remembered tho man very well as soon as heard
| his nc lie came here nu March p when there was
rrca crowd OF people waiting 10 see lH' rr.-ilr"I
rtt che door for moment {" take SOME ''o- I" Ihi
President and when Turned 10 leave The room i"HHd
that Gultrtu h1d ei Ict iI. ll'uitii ,3 'v' ,m ~
ne was al he Chicago Convention mat hc haI n"G'
. ca" Hd . in1t r,,n in tnat room as any senator
member Of Congress. told him that made no di.E
I hmm d. -.f tlI .fFf D.
sdr ana 'i', @ u an l g,t-f 5fii,iv ''f liu ont
sde Within fifteen minutes he pushed past wr AMI en-
tered the room again, and asIm wa- compelled to pat
H.ter this Guiteau continued to haunt the eXccu
tive Offices at the White House, until 1t was found
necessary 10 refuse to a. oV hin to eutcr them. lie
was also frequent visitor at the state Department.
! and the Chief Clerk OF that Department sad soon
after the President was shot, according to state
! rucut published at the time;
Guiteau after ming applications for tho austrian
Trcciy" ch.r comc'ly,d violent spite against the
| President and the Secretary oi state
Assistant Secretary Of State Hit said
Gu.trau never had foreign appointment Int b." has
| been persistent aimo't daily applicant under ms
Admiui,tra ION lie either app ,i'u lh per , "I "I"
letters to the President OF 10 secretary h''"' every
day.
Guitcau obtained lodgings in the honsc where
! Senator Logan boarded and So pcs'crcd that gen
tleinan with opportunities 20 secure him Govern
ment appointment, that he threatened to seek other
auar,crs unless his p'rs"eutor wls compelled to
leave. Gulteau's unboundcd c'nceit and assurance
were well exhibited in his interviews with Colonel
r. G. Ingcrsol account OF which was published
! in THE TRIBUNE Of july 3;
..What think you the motive Tor hscrimc| asked
! iIis mo.iyel on! the man was soured and e.nht
tered against On" whole rlL Il- liis was failure
There nothing n thc pat or the PIr.'nt H- @ nH
augry OF nope iur the future Tie WIS ic"dt l." '' au
hr made up hls Iuind with tine maiI-ull oi h"nd 10
dri4 some one down with hln ana %, ,ll anu "I"'o
| Is plunged into tac depths oi prof'undes' eriri"
Guitcau wrote many letter, 10 SECRETARY Blan"
as well ~ to the President and lac appears 70 have
become inspired with hatred for Mr Blaine long
time before he committed his crime, proiabl, abou
tLc same time that he conceived the idea Of killing
the President. which, rs he himself said vas about
SIX weeks before he fire tie fatal shot Ina Wash
| ington dspatch to TIE GmEUNE, published July /,
occurs the following PASSAGE:
SECRETARY Blaine hs not searched the ncs ~ The state
DeHarmcnt or hs private nc or inc hunDf 81 r','r7
boih personally and officially, bat ho rCucHDrIS lis
tuciy having received these lcttcr- aud they
most threatening character They were, however, rd
cucd the illusions OF fanatic One OF them was read
III cabinet meeting The President also received letter
from utcau which does not seem 10 have been preserved
and in which he very srye1fy denounced The Secrctay
Of state, and charged Mr. Blaine WITH responsibility Tor
most OF his mistortunes.
During all the weary weeks, from early III March
until the last of June, GuItcau led prccariou, cx-
stcnce in Washington. Turned away from one
boarding house after another because of inability TO
pay h,s bills he found refuge for short space each
on assurances that il" Was soon 70 receive q Govern
Iucut appointment, hut never staying long in any
place, for the reason chat he appeared 70 have no
funds. Said Washington dispatch published in
| TIE TRIBUNE Of July 3:
In 10 the day before yesterday. when he rcgstrrcG
thr Riggs House, tirlu Aad been aging for he last
six wrcls with no baggage except paper box, ai No
g2l Fuurtccutu--t. Although poorly clad ana prHuIcss
Gueau. ate" succeeding IN borrowing suall sum Of
money expended u tuc purchase OF The weapon with
which he shot the President, instead ~ using u 10
for securing and repairing OF suit of clothes which
lie lett with tailor for That purpDEc early 10 jane. THO