The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-29
THE JAIL AND GurrEAu,
Soldiers Guarding .ttc building
More About nc Assassiu.

more ABOUT nc Assassin.
The vicinity of che Jail at this time re-
minds one forc,1Jy of tao exciting days of '62
whenthetr lamp ofsoldiers through the streets
OF Washington was no uncommon thlng'
E'.ory twenty-four hours squad OF soldiers
can be seen vending their way from the
Arsenal to the jail, there to do patient
duty in the protection of the miserable
wretch who attempted the life Of the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. The visit of
Gems. Sherman, Ayres, Mitchell, and other
military men TO the Jail Saturday was for
the purpose Of selecting the
Most Eligible Positions for Posting
and troops to resist any attempt which may
be made by mob. The result was the es-
tablishment of several posts. When "
CRITIC reporter visited the Jail this
morning he found thirty-two soldiers be-
longing to Battery 1, 4th Artillery, under
command of I.ieuts. Grcenough and Gordon
stationed in and about the building. One
sentry was doing duty on the brow of the
hill facing the west front of the Jail. At
night three soldiers guard the outside of
the JAIL and the others are stationed inside.
When asked this morning by THE
CRrTIcs emissary if the present guard
could repcl an Infatuated mob, Licuts.
Grcenough and Gordon both said that while
they did not anticipate an attack, still they
thought they could keep back great many
men with their present force. Besides
said Lieut.. Grcenough, cit would take but
short while to have 800 or 900 men TO our
relief.
Col. COrkhiIi,
at Guitcau's request, made yesterday, that
| he would receive from him some commune
cation ancnt his life in the Jail and the Incl
| AL L. .,ls
Bailey, to see the assassin this morning and
receive from him whatever communication
he might have to make. 1t was supposed
that the District Attorney might give the
result TO the press, and THE CRITIC called
upon him ut noon. Col. Corkhill said that
the interview was of no interest, and he
deemed it Of such an unimportant charac-
ter that he did not think it worth his while
to attend to it in person. As it was trivial
and ofno Importance to the public, he would
not give it pu blication.
The Interview
between Guiteau and Col. COrkhilFs clerk
took place Ia Gen. Cr0ckers private Office.
During the interview Capt. Russ, Gen.
Checkers deputy, had occasion to 90 into
the room. In doing SO the door was left
ajar. and the lynx-cycd reporter crept up
to the door and looked in.
iI- A Peep nj the Assassin.
| There he saw the assassin standing on the
| floor He looked both carewOrn and
anxious. His face was pallid and he APP
peared to be somewhat nervous. AS soon
us Capt. Russ entered the room Guitcan said
in a loud tone:
"Capt. Rush, want to tell you some
thing about my SO called attack on Mr.. Nc
Gill. the guard. That matter has been
fearfully twisted. i did not attack him. /
had ne knife, and no disposition to attack
McGill or any one else. The whole thing
is Il lie from beginning to end. Guiteau
then said: "Comc closer to ne, Captain,
and will show you how and what did
when Mc(iill came into my CELL"
The Captain then advanced q foot or two,
and Guiteau catching him around the waist,
and lifting him from the floor, said, That
was all did. just raised him up and at
tempted to- eject him from my cell, as l
would any other intruder who would enter
my apartments ut such an unusual hour In
the morning. ~
During the delivery of this speech
Guitcau's eye flashed fire and he seemed
about to get into one of his accustomed pas
siOns, but Capt. Russ quickly left the room
and shut the door.
Iuiteau's Mail,
consisting pretty much entirely of letters
and postal cards from tramps, continues to
arrive. 1t is about rs large as usual, from
twelve to fifteen q day. vrfu
| Among the postal cards received this FORE
noon was from Green County, Iowa, with
the following doggercl upon it:
I'VE wish we We're thy right caps strings,
And on thy head were ted,i |
| We'd twist around thy cursed throat
And choke thee TIL thou died" -
MANY OF US.