The Evening critic., 1881-08-18
THE WRETCH GurTEAu.
Further OF His Attack ON the Guar
What IL Nnid Mt the Lail.

Further OF His Attack on the Guard
What IL Said mt the Jail.
Gen. Crocler will not leave single thing
undone to bring out all the facts connected
with Guiteau's attack on Jailcr McGill.
The theory put forth by The CRITIC yes.
terday, that the instrument with which
Guiteau attacked McGill had been hidden
away in crevice in the wall of the cell by
former occupant Of Guiteau's quarters, Il
pretty generally credited by the Jail Off.
Gals. But, as Gen. Crocker says, il might
possibly have been concealed under one OF
the stats of Guiteau's cot.
The weapon,
as stated in yesterdays CRITIC, was about
four inches in length. A piece of paper
was tied around one end of It. 1t was very
dull, and did not look as though il had been
recently used. General Croker is of the
opinion that Guiteau's restlessness the
night before the attack was occasioned by
the conviction that the President was dead
Even before the appearance of the add.
tional soldiers ut the Jail, the prisoner man.
ifcsted the
Most Intense Uneasiness,
and when the soldiers arrived he would
come every five or ten minutes to his win.
dow and look out at their movements.
McGill, who is seen but little by Guiteau
the wretch, and he thinking an attack was
to be made upon him resolved to fight II
is McGilPs custom at night to go through
all the corridors of the jail and see that the
prisoners are not engaged in mischief. This
he did early yesterday morning, and finding
Guiteau sitting on the side of his bed, and
thinking something wrong in his move.
ments, spoke sharply to him, and asked him
what he was doing. This aroused the pris
oner, and jumping to his feet he rushed
systematically at the jailer. When ques
toned as to
Why He Attacked the Guard.
Guiteau said he had no business in his
cell at that hour of the morning, and he
only intended to put him out.
The army officers on duty at the Jail and
the jail officials all acknowledge THE CRIT.
los enterprise in first publishing the news
of the attack, and are not slow to give
credit. They are unanimous in saying that
the account was wholly true.
still Writing Letters.
Guiteau is even more fond of writing
now than he was when first put in jail. He
frequently asks the warden for pens and
paper, and whites away the time writing
letters. These letters are all taken in
charge by the warden, and for the most part
treat of the assassination. In nearly every
one of them he says that he believed when
he shot the President he was simply carry
ing out Gods will. The tone of some OF
the letters would indicate that he thought
the President was dead.
Guiteau Well Secured.
At present thirty soldiers arc doing duty
in the Jail, with q picket stationed during
the day on the hillside near by. At night
three pickets guard the outside of the Jail
In view'Of the fact that the most careful
watch was kept over the prisoner previous
to the attack on the guard, it is not deemed
necessary to adopt any other precautionary
measures, such as combining him in dun.
geon or putting him in chains. Guiteau is
seen every minute in the day and night by
some one of his guards, and hence it is I'M
necessary to use any additional means to
secure him.
The Denial OF Facts.
The Republican this morning says:
In regard to the denial of there being
any knife by Warden Crocxer, Mr. McGili
said last night that he could not understand
why any such statement should be made by
the warden. There was a knife in Guiteau's
hand, and his coat was cut. The knife was
picked up and was seen by over dozen
people who could testify to that effect. The
knife was described to be q cheeser," as
stated above. Warden Crocker said last
evening that he was perhaps hasty in making
his first statement; that he had not in
vcstigatcd the matter thoroughly, and that
since the visit of the reporters at noon he
had found out that Guiteau did have a
knife, bu. that he had been unable to account
for the manner in which he obtained
it. The statement that the war
zen made his denial as to the knife being
found without having made an investiga-
ti0n of the case can hardly be maintained,
as after his arrival ut the Jail the warden
passed into the prison, and was gone at least
ten minutes before he returned and made
the statement published in the Republican,
which was stenographic report of his ut
terance. The reasonable theory is that
there had been carelessness on the part of
some of the Jail officials in allowing the
assassin to obtain a knife, and that the first
thought of the warden was to deny tho
knife story, in the hope that the officer who
was attacked had made no personal state
ment. The Major of Police placed himself
In q very ridiculous position by continuing
to deny that there had been any trouble at
the Jail even after he should have been I'm
possession of all the facts.
Current RumOrs I'm Wall Street.
Special Dispatch to The EVENING CRITIC:
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The news from
Saratoga is that nothing will probably be
accomplished in the direction 0fsettling the
trunk line quarrels this week, and the
feeling there was generally bearish on the
market.
Agreat many stocks were sold on Sara
toga orders yesterday.
(,Ou1d and Van1arhilt continua IN vary