The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-09

! was dlS1Ked, and NOBODY seemed to want him
around He was constantly trying to get him.
! self before the public in one form OF
another. He was insanely anxious to get
| into print without apparent object He was
| expert only in one line of business,
and that was beating boarding houses. He
came to Chicago ten or twelve years ago, and
| did a little shyster law work around the
| Justices courts. Those with whom he came in
| contact speedily rated him for what he was
worth and their estimate of him may be summed
up in the expression that he was cracked. That
| there was screw loose in his mental ma
chinery seemed to admit of no question He
was voted a nuisance and was tolerated only
because he was believed to be harmless. He
was visionary and erratic. There was GER
| tain earnestness in his manner which might
deceive one on first making his acquaintance.
| but he invariably showed his eccentricity
| in the course of a few minutes conversation,
When he first came to this city he was quite
young, and his eccentric course was attributed
to the freshness of youth, which would wear Off
with age The disease, however, was deeper:
but before that fact was discovered he had
married Miss Scovile, a sister of George
Scoville, a lawyer, now in business in Randolph
street He preyed on boarding houses for two
or three years without getting himself into
serious trouble until 1874 or 1875, when he was
run out of town.
Bringing up in New York he remained there
| year or two, living off of coniding landlords
and pretending to practice law Among the
persons victimized was the proprietor Of the
st. Nicholas hotel, who allowed Guiteau to run
up big bill. His exploits as a hotel and board
ing-house beat finally got into the papers The
New York Herald wrote him up extensively
This seemed to be the chance that Guiteau had
long sought Previous to that day he had not
appeared in the public prints, but when the
Herald denounced him at length he proposed
to sue Mr.. Bennett for libel, and did institute
proceedings against him, which were compro-
missed in some form or another
He afterward returned to Chicago and re-
sumed his career of dead-beating. He was
exposed by the Times two or three times but
continued on his course. He threatened suit,
and visited the Times Office several times. His
visits grew tiresome, and one day he was given
the privilege of going downstairs in double
quick time or being thrown over the railing.
He preferred to go down the easiest way, and
did not bother the Office again for months.
MRS. GARFIELD's RETURN FROM LONG BRANCH.
Secretary Lincoln, who, with his wife and
little girl, remained in constant attendance at
the White House from the time the President
arrived, seemed to feel the blow more deeply,
perhaps, than any one except Mr.. Blaine
When Mrs. Garfield alighted from her carriage
from Long Branch at about P. NJ, weeping
and followed by her daughter, Mr.. Blaine
broke completely down and wept for several
minutes.
Mrs. Garfield was escorted by her son James
up the stairs, the boy, a lad of fifteen, holding
her tightly by the waist and constantly whis-
pering words of comfort in her ear. Upon en-
tering the apartment over which the shadow OF
death was beginning to hover, all present
silently retired, and the wounded President and
his wife were left alone. This was precisely at
$50 They remained together for fifteen min
utes. At the end of that time the doctors were
again admitted to the ROOM
TELEGRAMs OF SYMPATHY.
kilograms from all parts of the country and
Europe kept pouring in at the White House all
the afternoon. More than 70, 900 kilograms
were sent during the twenty-four hours follow
ing the shooting inqulrlng as to the Presidents
condition, and expressing the most anxious
5olicitude concerning the result of his
wound. The following di spatch was sent by
Queen Victoria to Sir Edward Thornton, the
British minister at Washington: "The Queen
desires that you will at once express the horror
with which she has learned of the attempt upon
the Presidents life, and her earnest hope fo1
his recovery. Her Majesty wishes for full and
immediate reports as to his condition." Dis
patches were also received from Generals Grant
and Hancock, and thousands of other promi.
nent men from all parts of the country. From
Paris came the following dispatch, signed
by Messls. Evarts, Thurman Howe and Horton
"Our c0untrymen receive successive accounts
of the Presidents condition with profound sor-
row and deepest sympathy with public and pri
yate affection. We receive expressions o
coincidence and of horror at crime from repre-
sentatiyes of other nations We still cherist
hopes of favorable Issue, and desire to express
cur heartfelt sympathy in the grief that sur
rounds the President" The rulers of all the
European countries sent dispatches expressing
the deepest sympathy for the President and tht
people of the United States.
At Washington, as generally throughout The
country, public sorrow for the sufferings of the
President prevented any formal demonstration
in honor Of the Fourth of July. The secretary
| of state furnished the following, with reques
that it be given the widest possible circulation
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, July Al P. NJ.
To the Press:
On behalf of the President and Mrs. Garfield
/ desire to make public acknowledgment o
the very numerous messages OF coincidence
and affection which have been received since
Saturday morning. From almost every State
in the Union, from the South as bountifully
as from the North, and from countries beyond
the sea, have come messages of anxious
inquiry and tender words Of SYM
pathy in such numbers that it has been found
impossible to answer them in detail. |, there
fore, ask the newspapers to express for the
President and Mrs. Garfield the deep gratitude
which they feel for the devotion of their fellow
countrymen and friends abroad, in this houl
Of heavy affection.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.