The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-08

being to provide against any possible
contingency. The session would be
called to elect president of the Senate
pro tenn, sud the election of q speaker Of
the House of Representatives would be
likely to be considered.
Philadelphia, Cdr. Agnsw, this
morning, said: l think the Presidents
chances Of recovery have undergone very
great improvement since yesterday. |
never thought he must necessarily die
from the wound. The subsidence Of ab-
| domiual tenderness cannot be everest
| mated as a favorable sign. Peritonites
! is most 10 be feared, and every hour in
| creases the chances of his escaping it. If
he gets over to night without the appear
ance of Inflammation he ought to recover.
To-day is the critical period.
San Francisco, 6-The taxpayers con-
venton, this evening adopted resou-
dents asssilsnt as a myth, sttributing his
dorsing the acts Of the President, and
extending sympsthies to him and his
family.
The greenbsck central club also, to-
night, denounced the assassination.
GUlTTEAU.
St. Louis, GA cousin of Guittesu
says he always had fine ch ances and in
fuences. The family name is unclouded
with insanity. Guitteau was always q
peculiar and unpleasant subject to the
rest Of the family; he was an expensive
luxury to the family. Charies, the
father, never favored free love. He fav-
ored even hanging, if the President dies.
He had no sympathy with the atrocious
criminal.
Philadelphia, 6.-Guitteau once passed
himself of as g minister here and
jumped his board bill, promising TO re-
nit, which, it is unnecessary to say, he
never did. He gave as references men
who did not know him.
Executive Mansion, Since the at
tempted assassination of the President,
Mir. Judd, one Of the latter's secretaries,
has called to mind the fact that last fall,
soon after the October elections, while
the President was st Mentor, he received
from then unknown Chas. Guitteau the
following letter, dated New York City,
and written upon letterhead paper Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel:
Dear GeneraL-I, Charles Guitteau,
| hereby make application for the Austrian
mission, being about to marry a wealthy
and accomplished heiress of this city.
We think that, together, we might repre-
sent this nation with dignity and grace.
On the principle of first come first served,
l have faith that you will give this ap-
plication favorable consideration.
(Signed) CHAs. GUITTEAU.
The letter was shown to Gen. Garfield
rather as curiosity than as a communi-
cation to be considered. and he several
times afterwards referred to it half
humorously as an illustration of unparal-
lelled audacity and impotence.
| It is stated that Guittesu's S25 money
order was wages from the Equitable Life
Of New York. All clues to sccomplices
have proven futile.
1t was reputable and worthy citizsn
who loaned Guitteau money to buy the
pistol with. His name is withheld out Of
respect to him. Re knew nothing ofthe
ssssssin's purpose. Guittesu's story
that be expected $500 about the time Of
| the shooting. is disproved.
Attorney General MacVeagh says he
will not give to the press Guitteau's
papers till the Presidents condition is
settled and the cabinet can get to
business They are not very important,
and the press knew about everything
they contain. The keeping of them does
not argue suspicion Of confederate.
MacVesgh scouts that idea. Assistant
District Attorney Corkhill also said it
was not time yet to give out Guittesu's
papers, but emphatically sat down on
the confederate theory. He had not
single confederate. His only reason for
holding them, he says, is that their pub
LEGATION would crafty the egotism OF that
damn brute assassin, Guitteau. There is
nothing important in them. The re-
porter inferred that the man Gnitteau at
| tempted a justification of his act, and
rather exulted over it, and lsuds himself
as hero.
Washington, 7.-Guittesu says: This
thing had been On my mind and could
not sleep. Now that it is over, my only
wish is that be may not recover and make
the set fruitless. Ny mind would be
perfectly at rest if be died. do not fear
any consequences.
The prisoner is apparently cool and IN,
concerned The officials of the jail
indications Of insanity. Guittesu ssidI
to-day, that after buying the pistol he
went down on the river front to try and
| p1dSLlSO eO Sh0S hC NOOl0 OO 10 " 49,
q deadly shot He fred twice, but the
pistol made such a loud report and
kicked so lard that be was afraid of it
and did not fire again. He would have
fred a third shot, but he believed the
President dead, as he turned very pale
and fell heavily.
Assistant District Attorney Cook does
not believe the insaGity story. Colonel
Anger, city postmaster, believes Guitteau
has been receiving money orders from
New York in his own or an assumed
name.
81. G. Dunbar, secretary of the peace
society, who knew Guittesu in 1879, Gays
in letter that he considered him dis
honest, worthless, unreliable, but not
insane or bordering thereon.
The storehouses of the whole country
are open to the President, and fine wines
and liquors of extravsgaut age, received
daily and labelled for the use of the
President, come from sll over the country
One temperance man sent wine placed in
the cellar thirty years ago. and which
never has been touched. Patent medl-
cines, asking for trial, are sent. Sug'
gestions by telegraph, innumerable, are
sent to the doctors and the mails are
now being overwhelmed by quantities
of advising letters to physicians. Scrap.
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