The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-07

ss; h Tho aTtos rushed in and ca;a the
Mo 70 sas Ii: . seg ono till S1f
he :aid something to him when he was lifted up.
On the mattress He spoke on the ground no
xo1ds at all; The man walked deliberately out Of
de turned and started back, and was seized At tho
door by policeman. I have seen the man once or
twice oefore-one time in particular few year,
day, wlping his face and apparently as though he
was waiting for some friends. This morning he
waited half an hour walking up and down. There
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THE ASSASSIN.
HIS PRECARIoUs CAREER
we'll known in Chicago. He came here fifteen
years ago and began the practice Of
law: He was always regarded as
more or less insane. He married
beautiful young lady, the sister Of leading
attorney named George scoville. After while
he betrayed evidences Of being = dead-
beat, and was virtually forced to
quit tho city. He went to
New York, and opened An Office in Broadway,
but led = precarious existence In 1875 be
returned to Chicago and, protesting to have
been converted, began work as Z re-
vivalist He wrote pamphlet on
tho second coming Of Christ, which stamped
him as lunatic. He also delivered one or
two lectures here to empty benches He then
turned his attention to journalism,
and proposed to found great
daily newspaper. He issued
prospectus and made contracts for presses
aad press dispatches, but Of course the thing
fell through. Nothing is known of his career
for the past six months. It is known that he
become possessed of the idea of disseminating
the president during Hayes administration.
Gitteau is said to be the son of the cashier Of
the Second National Bank Of Freeport. Ill.
prominent lawyer said Charles J.
Gitteau is known to have been
insane for years. He pretended to practice
law in this city, and engaged in schemes that
showed he was an insane man On being
questioned in relation to the assassin, United
States
ASA spRrrUAL1sr.
Ill II - ,, xas on while in Chicago that he
eoted sprtuasts It viii Be- remembere S 0t thst
Jones Jones was murdered in Chicago few years ago
t alleged srrt aa pSsamsna n of
Of jealousy and while the light was turned down be
hind Jones, was ndulging in criminal relations with
his wife. Gitteau was one of this odorous party.
and was present when the murder was committed.
Jones was editor Of the Religio- Philosophical
E R%nds OF chic3eo the some paper which Mai
as spiritual trumpet While IN ciicas" v Gt tns
married young lady who was librarian in the city
been an outcast from his Rome not n recoen9ed
's';:s' ;'.nis 'sssans'a 81;
Chicae Times devoted a Column or two to him in
an expose and told Of his attempt at beating board
ing houses He sued the Times for libel, prosecut-
ing bis So, own case. and was ridiculous!y beaten
Ho hoc wi
brated between Chicago and New York
and has eked out living by his connection with
spiritualists' long haired men and short haired
women, and has from his boyhood been more fit
person for an asylum than to be at large, though he
was never considered dangerous but on the contra
ry was an atrant coward He has been
his board bill and get his living, and has escaped
prison because Of the belief that he insane,
achieve notoriety has led him to dwell upon the
present political disturbance until he has, in an in-
sane moment, committed the deed which has
shocked the civilized world.
HIS PECUL1ARIT1Es.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The assassin is now
complexion. and is slight, weighing not more
than 125 pounds. He wears moustache and
light chin whiskers, and his sunken cheeks aud
eyes far apart from each other give him sui
len, or q an official described, loony appear
ance. The officer in question gave it as his
OpAuhOA sA0S NAstCou 40
CHICAGO COMMUNIST,
and stated that no had noticed it to be pc
culiarity of nearly all murderers that tloir
eyes are set far apart and Gtteau, he said,
proves no exception to the rule When tho
%as Stirred iF'n IN st 'e of 5 s, .n ns
wore . drab hat pulled down over his eyes,
giving him the appearance Of an ugly char
acter. 1t may be worthy of note to state that
some two or three weeks ago Gitteau went to
the tai! for the purpose Of visiting it, but was
refused on the ground that it was not visitors
day. Ho 1t that time mentioned his name as
Gitteau, saying he came from Chicago When
brought to Jail to-day, he was admitted by tho
officer, who had previously refused to allow
him to enter. and mutual recognition took
RTo9 st say Fou Are TIN the Iin whe
time ago" The only other remark that he
made before being placed in his cell was that
Gen Sherman would arrive at the Jail soon.
The two jailers who are now guarding his cell
state they have
SEEN HIN AROUND TIE JAIL
several times recently, and on one occasion he
appeared to be under the influence OF liquor.
On one Of his visits, subsequent to the first one
mentioned, these officers say Gitteau succeeded
in reaching the rotunda of the building, where
he was noticed examining the scadolds from
which the Hirth murderers were hanged Quit
teau left town immediately after this for some
member this Guitteau we'll He was here two
or three years ago, and seemed to have no wis.,
tnred on religious and social subjects, upon
which be WAS An enthusiast He started in here
- lawyer, but failed utterly, and then tried
to lift himself into notoriety by lectur-
ing on religion one evening in each
week. His card in the newspapers produced
to-day, 10 literary curiosity: He bored the
newspapers by trying to get his manuscript
printed. He failed also - lecturer, and then
began life as tramp of the moro respectable
order: He was branded by the Hotel-keepers'