Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-13

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w., r,ansrtment). To General sherman
II have inst shot the President. L sno'
= a,sI times as I wished him to go as
sssilr as possible. His death was ponu-
c.I necessity. am a lawyer, theoiogian'
md politician. am q Stalwart OF tns
S,slxsrts. I was with General Grant and
The rest of our men in, New York during
the canvass. am going to the jail fiease
order ont your troops and take possession
of the Jail at once. Very resPectiuiiy.
,Sioned, "CHARLEs GuIrEAu."
GENERAL. SHERMAN DISPOSITION OF THE
LETTER.
On receiving the above General Sher-
man gave it the following endorsement
HrApouARrERs OF THE Army, WASH
,xoros JnIy 2. 1881 Il.35 A. - This
letter . was handed me this minute
nv Major William J. TwiniDg, United States
ENGINEERS, Commissioners OF the District oil
Columbia, and Major William 6. Brock,
Chief of Police. l don't know the writer,
meyer heard of or saw him to my knowl-
edge. and hereby return it to the keeping oil
the aboye-named parties, as testimony in the
case. .(Signed)
.W. T. SHERMAN, General"
Who THE ASSASSIN Is.
The FIRST reports from Washington
stated that the assassin is q French
man named Charles Guiteau or Gitto,
and people breatbed easier under the
belief that the un- n-American crime had
been committed by foreigner but,
alas for even that small comfort was
swept away BY succeeding information
that Charles j. Gitto or Gulteau Is an
American born citizen OF considerable
pretension. He is q native Of Illinois,
sged about 4G years. His height Is
about 5 feet inches, has sandy COM
plexion, and weighs about l25 pounds.
Hls expression, as reported from Wash
lngton Jail, sis certainly not .hat OF an
insane man nor yet that of an intelli-
gent man. His face Is unshaven, 'he
beard perhaps being three inches long
and thinly scattered. The eyes are
large and apparently grey. His hair
is cut rather close. He wore a neat
necktle carefully arranged, a round,
dark cuiaway three, ,buttoned coat, but
toned up 10 the neck, pantaloons of
dark pattern the same as the coat, some
what bagged at the knees, and black
slouch hat"
HIS BUSINESS.
Re nas stated that bis business is
that of lawyer, theologian or preach
er, and politician, in all of which pro-
fessions be has done more or less work.
His father gave him an academic edu-
cation. About the first thing he did
after leaving school was to join a colo
nv of Communists. 1t is reported that
he liked their freedom as extended to
him, but when the same freedom was
required of him in return be fed the
community. After that he read law,
and practiced-tbat is, he collected
bills for people that trusted MIN, and
put the money in his pocket, being des-
titute of integrity. Meanwhile he got
religion and became Jealous worker
aud promoter of religion. He joined
the Young Mems Christian Association
and sang, prayed, preached and lectur-
ed, aud wrote extensively on the "Sec-
ond Coming of Christ" He met q
young lady from Philadelphia in Chica-
90, where she was engaged as tele-
graph operator. He was then playing
the part of good man in church, in
Sabbath school, ard in the Association
Just mentioned. She thought that she
had captiva.ed 6rst-rste man-he
would reform semi occasionally; during
the time of his acquaintance with her
be kept up the appearance of good
and when he proposed she accepted him ;
but she soon found out that he was not
paying bis bills, but would shift about
so as to avoid zoo many debts at one
place. He thus dragged her shout
from place to place. Sometimes she
would have to go out aud earn her own
living They we're finally divorced
Mrs. Guiteau was re-nsrried to Theo-
dore Dunsmore in 1873 She lives with
her husband in Leadyille. A dispatch
from Denver, Col, on Saturday reports
her as saying of Guitesu, her former
husband: "He was very cruel 20 me
from the time of our marriage. When
he was a member of Henry " ard Beech
er's church be would lead 10 prayer,
and so soon as the meeting was dis
missed would tell me of some of his
swindllng schemes, that when given a
note to collect for a client he would
turn over one-half of the collection and
report it impossible to collect the re-
maiuder." Her friends urged her to
get divorce, which she did. A de-
cree of divorce was granted on the
Z ground of adultery. She was after
wards clerk IN the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington. Gulteau had
: ambition for business that he had
no capacity for, and such things as
, he had capacity for, and at which be
. might have earned good and honor
: able living he would not engage in. He
was a politician, an Office seeker, a so.
I called Republican, Greeley Republi-
!, can. At Chicago he was with the
Blaine people. He sought to be pu'
on the stump as a speaker in the Gar
, field campaign, but wherever he deliv'
! cred speech it was of such chsrac
I. ter that it did more harm than good
After the election be was one of the
first to put in claim to President Gar
iei for an office Soon after the No
: vemoer election, While the Presiden
), was at Mentor, Ohio, he received from
! the then unknown Charles Guiteau the
L following letter, dated New York city
r and written upon headed paper of th'
Fifth Avenue Hotel:
DEAR GENERAL IL, Charles Guiteau
n hereby make application for the Austrian
@ mission. Being about to marry a wealth,
and accomplished heiress of this city W,
!, !, think that together We might represent thi
u Nation with dignity and grace. On tn,