River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-21
Guiteau's Papers.

District Attorney COrKnlll says no &C
ton will be taken regarding Guiteau's
case till the result of the presidents
wound is finally determined. Refer
ring to the papers taken from Guiteau,
Col Corkhill is reported in the Star of
this evening to have said These pa
pers are not so very important. The
only important thing | have is full,
detailed history of the crime from its
inception to its elimination, which |
believe is correct. That in due time
will be given to the public. He is an
egotistlcal, presuming, dishonest man,
attempting TO borrow money from peo-
pie, claiming acquaintance with per-
sons whom he only knew by the fact
of his going to them and speaking to
them speaking of persons as his
friends whom be had no acquaintance
with at all; attempting to obtain money
by representing himself as a man OF
great political inf uence, both here and
in New York To mention the names
of these citizens in connection with this
man at this time is improper and I'M
Just. While everybody who has known
any thing about this man at all has
been perfectly willing to detail to me
his entire relations with Guiteau, still,
there is scarcely one of them but has
requested that his name be kept from
the public
"The statement to which | refer is a
detailed statement of the crime, why
it was done, when it was done, and just
how it was done, given to me by the
prisoner himself after | had told him
certain facts that had obtained. | then
got from him what l believe is correct
statement. He was SO solicitous about
its being correct that he even sent a
messenger to me to return to the jail
as he wanted to say TO me something
which had escaped his memory. He
was afraid | would learn it somewhere
else and then think he had concealed
something from me. There is neces-
sarily, and very properly, a great
anxiety on the part of everybody to
learn the minutest detail in connection
with the commission of this crime ; |
am met on the street; people come to
my residence day and night; have not
a minutes leisure in my office. | have
said but very little, but | think it pro-
per to say that there are no startling
revelations that will be developed, from
present indications that the assassina-
ton was cold-blooded, meditated at
tempt at murder by man that knew
what he was doing and the conse-
ouences of his act. [ have no ques-
ton that the man is rational and
sane"
A MEMBER OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
New YORK, July 12.-Guiteau joined
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in 1867,
and his name is No. 2,422 upon the
rolls of the church. He remained in
the church until 1869, when his con-
nection was discontinued. He took
letter with him WI en- he went away,
and it is thought that it was the one
upon which he was admitted to the
Calvary Baptist church in this city, of
which the Rev. Mr.. Macarthur is pas
tor. Some of the attendants of Ply
mouth church recalled him to mind
when they saw his picture, and say
that he was in the habit of speaking az
Friday evening meetings. His talk was
rational, and nothing is remembered
about il that pointed to insanity. Gui-
teau was admitted to the church by
letter.
GUITEAU ) PHOTOGRAPHS.
The photograph dealers find that
there is no appreciable dem and for the
pictures of Guiteau. Said one of them
to-day: This circumstance is due, in
the first place, suppose, to the horror
that every American feels of Guiteau
and his crime. There was nothing in
either upon which even the most inn
aginative womau-and women are the
best customers for photographs-could
hang thread of romance. In the sec
ond place, Guiteau, judging from the
photographs that have reached us, is
very ugly. The case was entirely diff
ferent with the slayer of President Lin
coin. There was great demand for
Boo his photographs, and to-day you
will find them preserved in ladys al
buns all over the country. Our infor-
nation is that there is no demand in
other cities for photographs of Guiteau.
There is large call for the photograph
of President Garfield"