The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-15

When being conveyed to the District Jan
from the police station, after ms 1rrest,
Gniteau talked freely, and said WAL ne nad
done WAS for the good Of the Eepuoiican
pariv and the country. He had nothing
against President Garfield, but wanted AZ.
thur to be President. .,~...
whe conveyed the prisoner to the jail. says:
81 asked him: = IL there anybody else WIN
xou in this matter:' and he answered Not
living soul. contemplated this thing LOT
the last six weeks, and would have shot MN
when he went away with Mrs. Garfield; ous
looked at her, and she looEe0so oso I'M
changed my mind
The description of the prisoner, as shown
on the, books at poles headquarters IN
washington, is as follows; "Charles Gui.
teau, arrested at 500 a. M, July =. 1881,
for shooting President Carrie d.. Aged thir.
ty-six, white, born in the United 81 ates ana
by profession q lawyer. Weight I'D pounds;
has dark brown. thin whiekers and sailOW
compilations; dressed in dark SUIT, Win
black SLOUGH hat.
Speaking Of the prisoner the Chicago
Times says:
.He is about forty years Of sge, hes
strong,y-marked Fsench accent, and Is q IA
tive Of Freeport, H. He made his appearance
i'm Chicago about ten yeirs ago and married
Miss ScoyilIe. He failed to make living in
| the practice of law. aud soon became n0tOri-
believed to have been insane for years. He
| threatened to shoot Miss sweet 1or refusing
HIM cIerkship in the pension az ncy. he
never paid his office rent. he talked OF
| founding q grea. daily newspaper In Chicago,
| and ac:u lily made .Ontra:'s for dtspa cnes.
| Advertising himself as . lawyer and theoo
gian he delivered lectures and wroIe neMS-
| mon hs he pestered with his ar, entions .
young lady on 'he North Side and Fad to %
ihrea ened with arrest. During tho past two
| m n BIS he has haunted the Execut We Man
| sion and demandedan appointment as Con SUI
| Ii can be truly said that b. represents notning
in Chicago save unpaid bills!
| WASHINGTON, July (.
/ On his arrival at the jail Guiteau was di.
recred to take his shoes of, IL being the Gus.
tom that prisoners should go IN Dare-.e S
during hot weather, to which he demurred,
saving. "If go in my naked feet over the
stone floor I'll catch my death OF cold.
| urisOner remarked: ''Yes, you bloody as
sa.sin, you'll have a rope around YOU,
cursed neck sooner than you'll catch colo
in your bare feetv' Gniteau scowied q!
him. but made no reply. He was conducted
TO cell in the south wing near the gate. but
Twill be removed to another one shortly. he
is under the constant surveillance OF guards,
and prisoners in the same corridor are mol
allowed TO communicate with MIN
Some one asked Guiteau what dld
the President do Wa aeia. me ,h hS
you,o and throwing up his right elbow with
his hand hanging down shook his hand, re.
marking: .sThat's the way thar he did. Bll
the next one got him. When he was struck
first he sort Of turned and looked scared
Guiteau now takes his imprisonment pniio
somewhat excited. He did not lie down u
!. rest until pretty late last night. but IN IN
latter part OF the night he slept s0undiy
Before going he frequently asked the ON
! GERS: .sWhat is the news from the Wnit
} House?" and they would reply that the las
news they heard from there was worse O.
better, rs the case might be. 10 this o.
| would make no response, except when tn
I answer was s. better'' he would put on
respondent look, and when the answer wa
"worse," appeared pleased.
5 He made inquiries of the same characte
much more frequently to-day. and the an
swer having generally been to the eHect Una
peared dispIeased. His conduct indicate
c that he wants the President to die. He too
I the usual prison food this morning an
S swept up his cell quite as we'll as any OF tn
5 prisoners. No one has called especially
' see GuiIeau, except lady whose name wa
4 not learned, and whose request was pei
emptori,y refused. At noon to-day Cnl'
| Brooks, of the Treasury Secret-Service, ha
S a long interview with the prisoner. MI
i Brooks is of the opinion that Gulteau had Il
It accomplices, and That the act Was the resu
II of Insanity. Guireau applied TO the keep'
|. of the street railroad stables on 4 sure
II northwest, about Ten O'Clock FRIDAY hlsu
II to be permitted to stop in the able I'M
:, night. He had q good felt nat, which |
d offered to give to the slable-b boy to alio
. him to remain, stating he had no money al
that he had been turned out OF doors by
clearinghouse keeper. He said he eXpec
ed to get 800 next day yesterday: 1
IS was refused lodgings at the stable ana lel
= The papers taken from Guiteau are repr
r senteu by those who have knowledge
e them to be of frivolous chaIacte
:, cont aiming about the same sentiment
s. that i'm the letter taken from
d person when arrested. They ha
t, no important significance. 1t Is, howeVe
district Attorney Cork hills purpose to Ike
le them TO himself until they will be laid
a fore The Grand Jury. 1t has not yet be
lie ascertained where Guiteau got his pst
~ but il has been said he had watch q II
to DAYS ago, and the theory Is that he trad
ne for the pistol.
le 1t is the opinion OF Cabinet Ministers .
i'd others high in authority that the assassin
as ton was entirely the act OF 0uiteSu; that
ne had no accompices, and let nobody into
20 secret of his fell purpose. The most tht
n. oush inyesti cation made by the Secrets
he vice force and detectives have convlnC
n The authorities of this The act was planu
. by Gulteau alone, and executed by b
alone. Should the Presidents won
prove fatal, there IS universal dema
that vengeance be speedily executed up
=, Guiteau. The ablest criminal Lawyers ella
I'M the insanity plea to be frivolous. II
An point 10 the fact that Guiteau was shire
ar enough to realize that his greatest DAM
ut would be from an indignant popula
is' that he calculated upon this, and wiliD
a .e surrendered and begged the officers 10 t,
i'm | him right to Jail, to escape lynchinY; Z
raj he went to the Jail some DAYS ago and
ne amined it, to see if he would be secure
ST. side It's walls from lynching, and that he ,
| SO anxious to gel delivered to General Sh
IL man at once that he urged the General
"a send troops to guard The Jail against
me- mob. Lawyers who have had years OF
itb | pcrience IN criminal cases say that insaI
40 does not thus look ahead, accurately cal
an late the greatest danger and plan to csc
;. it, No expert witnesses will be foun(
testify to Guileau's insanity, and it is dol
The ful if any lawyer will defend him. The
he is everywhere that, should the Presit
"a: die, the law must act with such certain sw
ian ness As To deter as>aS.iis in iutlUe.
ar Secretary Blaine thinks Guiteau crs
He says he called frequently at the s.
Department and insisted upon having
m eign mission or a Consulate, and that Quit
ny evidently reg ,rdeQ himself a. q man OF '