The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-01
Extracts 1ae0nnn tEae Testimony OF
Secretary blaine I'm the Guai@
TEAM Case

saw Gulteau very soon after at the
State Department. Numerical statements
are apt to be exaggerated when we are re-
calling statements Of this kind. Accord
| ing TO my recollection he visited the State
Department twenty or twenty-five times
Tt might possibly be not over ten; but
eight or ten visits Of that kind are apt to
make the impression Of twenty or twenty
five. (Laughter.)
He was a very persistent applicant for
the Consul-Generalship at Paris. [ never
gave the slightest encouragement that he
70 ssIzEeceiVe the appointmen renaenl-
Der, after persistent and repeated visits, /
told him there was in my judgment no
prospect whatever Of his receiving the ap-
pointment, and thatI did not want him to
continue his visits. [ wanted to bring
them to an end. told him there was no
prospect Of his receiving it The witness
here identified a number of letters from
Guiteau, taken from the files Of the De-
partment, and said ssI observe these let
ters contain the signatures made on them
for identification, and this Gndicating tho
paper is a speech enclosed in one Of the
letters which he alleged to have made dur
ing the political campaign, and on which
he based his claim for office. Here (indi-
cating) is the letter that came from the
White House, with the ordinary Executive
Mansion hTa,,|xe Tfs1,a ,r,aro aYdnron.y,.,,4 4
Of ssGuiteau, Charles, = applicant for the
Austrian Mission.' That letter came
from the White House in this envelope. ? y
THE President had got in, OF
course, first at the White House, and that
had brought him on the side next to the
pavement at the depot, and as the carriage
was small coupe, he got out first. AS 4
matter ct convenience he took my arm as
we aseended the steps and turned on the
left (he was Oh my left army to speak TO
some one, think i police officer, who had
told us we hal ten or twelve minutes re-
naming. When he turned 20 speak 70
him Our arms became disengaged, accord
ing TO my Impression, and as We walked
through the ladies Waiting-roon we were
not arm IN arm but side BY side. He had
got two thirds across the room when sud-
denly, without any premonition whatever,
there was very loud report Of 4 pistol dis
charge, followed III a very brief interval by
n second report. At the instant / first
heard the shot, it occurred TO me il was
some trouble between persons TO whom We
were in no way related, or some such deed
Of violence, and ICouched the President is
though to hurry him on, as thought
there might be some danger to his person
or my own. just as Ibid that the Presi-
dent threw up his hands and said: fsMy
God, what is tIlis?o Tt seems it was. al
most between the shots he said this. OIL
course it was an exciting and horrible
scene. can only give my impressions,
not q minute statement. Then there
rushed past q man. According to NV re-
collection he passed on my right. / i'm
mediately followed afser the man instinct-
iyely, and Went / suppose q distance Of
eight feet. Z stopped just outside the door
which led from the ladies Waiting-room TO
the main room. Then a shout came up,
I'VE 9 have got him., / found the Presi-
dent had quite sunk. He was sinking as
left. When { got nearly back to him, I
was the first or second person who got
back 70 liml he was vomiting. and think
at that moment was unconscious.