The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-06

passing. cutler is quite an honest ap-
pesring man and evidently deeply i'm
pressed with his story, and says whether
or net the bottom facts are ever reached
he will still be of the opinion that this
man had at least one confederate. Mr.,
Cutler is well known to several highly
respectable people in this city.
Guitteau is under constant surveillance
OF guards, aud the prisoners in the same
corridor are not allowed to communicate
with him. Someone asked Guittesu,
"What did the President GO when the
first shot was fred? Guitteau said, ''I'll
show you," and thowiOg up his right
elbow with his hand hanging down,
shook his hand, remsrking, That's the
way he did, but the next one got him.
When he was struck first he sort OF
turned and looked scared. Guitteau
now takes his imprisonment phil soph-
ically. Having been on his first arrival
somewhat excited he did not lie down to
rest until pretty late last night, but in tn,
latter part Of the night be slept soundly.
Before going he frequently asked the
officers, "What is the news from the
White House?" and they would reply
that the last news they heard from there
was worse or better, as the case might be.
To his he would make no response. ex-
cept when the answer WAS better" he
would put on respondent look, and
when the answer wss worse" he 8p-
peared pleased. He made inquiries of
the same character much more frequently
to-day, and the answers having generally
been to the effect that the President was
improving, he has appeared displessed.
His conduct indicates that be wants the
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prison food this morning and swept up
his call quite as well as any of his fel ow
prisoners. No one has called especially
to see GuitteSu except lady VIII ose name
was not learned, and whose req uest was
peremptorily refu ed.
at noon to-day Chief Brooks, of the
treasury secret service had long inter-
view with the prisoner. Brooks is of the
opinion that Guitteau had no accom-
plices, but that the act was the result of
insanity. Guitteau applied to the keeper
of the street railroad stables On E street,
northwest, about 10 o'clock on Friday
night, to be permitted TO stop in the
stable that night. He had n good felt
hat which he offered t. give the stable
boy to allow him to remain, Stating that
he had no money and had been turned
out Of doors by his boarding house
keepsr. He said he expected to get $500
the next Gay, yesterday. He was re-
fused lodging al the stable and left.
The papars taken from Guitteau
are represented by those who have
knowledge of them to be Of 3
frivolous character, some containing
about the same sentiment, as that in the
letter taken from his person when ar
rested. They have no important signi-
finance. It is, however, District At
torney Corkhill's purpose to keep them
to himself until they will be laid before
tbs grand jury. 1t has not yet been
ascertained where Guitteau got the
pistol. 1T hes been said he had watch
q few days ago, and the theory is
that he traded it for a pistol. 1t is the
opinion Of cabinet ministers and others
high in authority thst the assassination
WAS entirely the act of Guitteau, that he
had 40 sccomplices and let nobody
into the secret of his full pur-
pose Most thorough Investigations
made by the secret service force
and detectives have convinced the au-
thorities that this acto was planned by
Guitteau alone and executed by him
alone. Should the Presidents wound
prove fatal, there is univer-
sal demand that vengeance be speedily
executed upon Guitteau. The ablest
criminal lawyers claim that the insanity
plea is frivolous. They point to the fact
that Guitteau was shrewd enough to
realize that his greatest danger would be
from the indignant populace, that he cal
culated upon this, and willingly suTren-
dered and begged the officers to take him
right TO jail to escape lyDching; that he
went to jail some days ago and exam
ined it 10 see if he would be secure inside
its walls from lynching, and that the note
be was so anxious to get delivered to
General Sherman at once urged the
general to send troops 10 guard the jail
against mob Lawyers who have had
years of experience IN criminal cases say
that insanity does not thus look ahead to
! accurately calculate the greatest danger
and plan TO escape it. No expert wit
! nesses will be found to testify to Quit
tesu's insanity, and it is doubtful If any
lawyer will defend him. The cry is
everywhere, thst should the President
die. the law NUT act with such certain
swiftness as to ter aSsassins in the tu-
ture.
ION his arrival at the ] Ill Gui,teau was
directed to take his ehoes of, it being q
custom thst prisoner should go bare
| looted in hot weather, to which he de-
INJURED, saying eff l go in naked feet
over Che stone floor PL catch my death
of cold" A prisoner remarked: Eyes.
| you bloody assassin, you'll have rope
around your damn neck sooner than
you'll catch cold in your poor feet"
Washington, 5.-Guitteau's brother.in'
law, who is here, said this morning tina
Guiiteau was so egotisticsl tb Of he would
not have confded in anybody. had h
known of persons who were willing t.
join with him; that he imagin ed he wa
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