The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05

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Guiteau had no capital and no U6cking, his
scheme collapsed, aud he returned to his former
practice of dead-beating. His reputation has
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| usual haunts and has not been seen IN, Chicago
since Gdiieah Is described by lawyers here as
having been, while here, what is known a. the
| shyster, whatever practices he had being IN the
lower criminal coarlA He was regarded as Of
| weak mind, and al one time was fanatic on
| Temperance, and delivered lecture 1t the First
| Methodist church on that subject Failing 10
pay the Tribune fos Its advertisement Of the lee
ture. that paper wrote him mp a. . fraud, and
was sued BY him for libel, the suit never coming
to issue. He wrote d pamphlet on the second
coming OF Christ, which was published by Jan.
| son & McClurg a. . curiosity. Very little Is
definitely known of the man, and that little is
pnfavorabe in every way. ff,..
Ouuilcc Uuitcdu u HDOut ~ years Ot ABc, anu
| supposed to be of French descent He Is about
five feet Eve inches in height, sandy complexion
| and is slight, weighing not more than 1876 pounds
| He wears moustsche and light chin whiskers,
and has stinken checks, and eyes far apart, which
give him sulleD, or as an Official described Il,
lOony appearance. The officer in question gave
| it as his opinion that Guiteau is Chicago Com
| munist and stated that he has noticed 1t to be
the peculiarly Of nearly all urderers that their
| eyes set far apart. Guiteau, he said, proves
no exception to the rule. II is stated that two or
three weeks ago Guiteau went to Jail for the pur-
pose OF visiting it, but was refused admittance
on the ground that 1t was not visitors day. He
| at that time mentioned his name as Guiteau,
and said that he came from Chicago. When
brought to the jail to-day he was admitted by
the officer who had previously refused 10 admit
him. A mutual recognition took place, Guiteau
saying, you are the man who would not let me
| go through the Jail some time ago" The only
other remark he made before being placed in
| Jail, was that General Sherman would arrive at
the jail soon. This officer was in charge of the
old city jail at the time OF the assassination of
President Lincoln.
| The following letter was taken from the pris-
oners pocket, at police headquarters:
July 2, 1881
| To tie White House:
The Presidents tragic death was a sad neces-
sity but it will unite the Republican party and
save the republic. Life is fimsy dream and it
| matters 1ttIe Wneu one goes. n human lie ID
of small value During the war thousands of
| brave boys went down without tear. pre-
sumo the President was Christian, and that he
will be happier in Paradise than here II will be
no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way than by natural
death He is liable to 90 at any time any way.
had no ill-will toward the President; his death
was political necessity. / am a lawyer, the
ologian and politician; am stalwart of the
stalwarts l was with General Grant and the
rest of our men in New York during the can
vass. have some papers for the press which
shall leave with Byron Andrews and his CO.
journalists, at 1870 New York Avenue, where
all the reporters can see them. / am going to
the jail CHARLES GUITEAU
| The papers referred TO have not yet been given
out for publication. Byron Andrews, who is
Washington correspondent of the Inter Ocean,
says that while package OF papers is in the
| hands of the police accompanied by q note ad-
dressed TO himself (Andrews), he has no personal
acquaintance with Guiteau, and never heard of
his existence until this morning From what he
has gathered from the police, Andrews believes
| that Guiteaus home is in FreepOrt, Ill.
| The following letter was found ON the street
| shortly after Guieau's arrest The envelope
was unsealed, and addressed to General Sherman
or his first assistant in charge of the War De
| partment:
| To General Sherman: A.
| have Just shot the President shot him
several times, as | wished him to 20 as easily as
| possible. His death was political necessity.
l am a lawyer, theologan and politician, and
| am a stalwVrt of the sialwarts l was with
Gen. Grant and the rest of our men in New
York during the canvass. am going to the Jail.
Please order out your troops and take possession
Of the jail al once Very respectfully,
| CHARLES GUTTKAU.
On receiving the above General Sherman
| gave il the following endorsement
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 2 1881.
11:35 A. M-This letter was handed
me this minute by Major William j. Twining,
United States Engineer, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, and Major VIM. G. Brock,
Chief of Police. ] don't know the writer never
heard of or saw him TO my knowledge, and
hereby return il 10 the keeping of the above
named parties, rs testimony IN the case.
w. t. SHERMAN General.
WASHINGTON, July 2-There is a theory,
which has many adherents, that the attempted
assassination was not the work of lunatc but
the result of plot much deeper and darker
than has been suspected. 1t is cited in support
Of this theory that Guitsau arranged beforehand
| with hickman TO be In readiness to drive him
swiftly in the direction OF the Congressional
Cemetery as soon rs he made his appearance on
returning from the depot. In the meantime he
had left bundle OF papers in the hands of . boy
with view, it is maintained, TO creating belief
/ III his luSouity, III luC cVc1t u MS CAptuI
Guiteau said on his way to Jail that the Presi-
dents assassination was pfemeditated, and that
he went 10 Long Branch for the purpose or
shooting him there and was deferred by the en-
| feebled and saddened condition of Mrs. Garfield,
which appealed so strongly to his sense Of hu-
manity that he came back without carrying out
his intention. Those by whom Guiteau has been
examined since the shooting say that he shows
no symptoms OF insanity, and 1t is understood
that the letter, which has already been tele-
| graphed, addressed to the White House, h the
only document in the collection which supports
the theory of insanity. 1t is reported that
Guitcau had an accomplish, whose description
is in the hands Of the police, and further devel-
opments are anxiOslsly looked for q. .H
CHICAGO, July 2.-The Board Of Trade having
| adjourned'Oyer until Tuesday, the news has no
effect on business. AS soon as it became known
| that the would be assassin was Chicago man,
inquiries at once began as to his antecedents and
business. There are many rec0llecti0ns of
Charles A. Guiteau. Hs card in the newspA.
| pers is produced to-day and is literary curiOs-
| ity. He bored the newspapers by trying to
have his manuscript printed He failed also as
lecturer, and then began life as tramp of the
more respectable order. He was branded by the
| Hotel Keepers Association as q dead-beat His
last appearance was that Of q dandified man of
small mental calibre He was universally fund
OF notoriety, and would 60 almost any length TO
! get his name in the papers. He was arrested
here once for embezzlement, He got an idea in
his head that he wss fit for an official position,
and has been trying with all of his power to get
the cOnsulship TO DIarseilles Another chaIac-
i toFiQf 4,4H ev,1