The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-08


BE replied, No, sir I said, We'll, the Deputy
Warden seems to identify you He said, Yea
| was down here last Saturday morning and wanted
them to let look through, and they told me that
couldn't, but to come Monday I asked, What
was JOUR object in looking through? he said, Il
wanted to see What sort Of quarters would have 70
oechIy.' then searGhed him; and; Yhen pulled
9f hs Shoes; he said, give HE INF shoes. I viii
pstch cold on this stone pavement told him hs
eouldnt have them, and he said, Give me pair Of
pumps, them" -,
eUIrEAU's VISITS ToaTHE. WHITE HoU. (. z.l,
Secretary Lincoln said tat he knew the assassin
by general reputation lii Chicago. He had heard Of
him quite often in connection with Socialistc Or
ganizaton, in that city, and he believed that
twice he l@Ad some temporary connection with the
par. At least he called himself lawyer, and per-
maps had picked up little practice. AS soon as
Secretary Lincoln announced in the White House
the name of the assassin all of the Secretaries of the
President could call him TO mind; fol. Crook, espes
lay' has Had sreht de3l to co will him. and gave,
this morning. very elaborate description of
Guiteau and some of the details Of his many visits
at the White House.
Col. Crook said: "Of course you knew that the
White House has become, in latter years. sort of
headquarters for all the unaiics iu the country.
We are continually being inundated with letters from
eraEF psob'e and there is hardly day that some
Some anatic does NOS call 1T chs White H6uss UPON
SONS very important mission who desires special
audience with the President: Most of the peol le
who cSll are perfectly harmless Guiteau never to
ti5 htsdi has Suggested tie idsa Of danger. He
s sS been BEEN. o Sa e. - ana Ms s n' Of here
PIE. ore morning in April, in my Office, and
threw his card down upon my desk and said
want to see the President He always claimed that
ne was largely instrumental in carrying Illinois for
Garfield and for that reason he ought to be recog-
nized. Well, after that went out and told Mr..
0uiteau that he could not see the President. The
President was engaged One day, however, he did
succeed in getting by us, and got in with the gen.
eral crowd, and presented his hand to the President
That Was some time ago, however. The President
treated him as he did all that cla.s of callers and
got rid Of him as easily possible without making
any promises one way the other. Since then he
has been coming here every day. He was very
peeuliar nan-so peculiar that have matte skstch
OF him, and here the Colonel opened his hook and
showed lead-pencil sketch that he had made Of
Guiteau several weeks ago. The pencil sketch
represents man with good forehead, clear star
ing eyes, sharp nose, full mustache. flowing beard
and stubby hair combed right back from the fore
head without parting. Col. Crook says he has.
always worn blue gray suit, aud black, dirty hat.
He had been very impudent and insolent to most of
the people about the White House and has ANNOYED
thFtd excessively, but has ngyeT APPROACHED any
thing like violence disorder to warrant his
arrest He said that he came in one day and called
for stationery and cards, and gradually began
to use of the large ante-roOms of the White
House as private Office. He would come up there
in the morning with his papers and read them, and
borrow some stationery and write lot of letters,
and in fact was making himself much
at home that yesterday Col. Crook suggested to him
that he was encrOachng upon the privileges of the
office and that he conld not give him any more sta
tonery. This seemed to irritate Guiteau very much,
Queu at all tihe5 sought to bfodce I'm iinpressloh
upon the Secretary that he very powerful poll
tician. One day Gen. Logan came into the White
House, and while there Guiteau ran up to him
and shook hands with him. Gen. Logan looked at
him as if he might have known him and might
not have known him, and passed on. Then
Guiteau came to Crook and said: "There, do you
see, know Logan. know all them big fellows.
You see how stand with them. Now do you think
I am man the administration can afford to over
loOk?" The proof of Guiteau's lunaCy lies in tbs
letters that he has written He belongs to the class
Of crazy men who feel it their duty to eend each day
daily mtssye to the White House. His letters have
becotie 20 notorious that they are simply thrown
into the waste-basket without being opened. At
the first part of the administration bis l6tfer5
addressed to the President, concentrating him
on his policy and giving him very elaborate advice.
His sentences were well written and the words cor
rectly spelled, but there was a lack of coherency
There wai nothing in the way of sense in the COM
municatims from beginning to end. If the letters
were not lrtful preparations and were the honest
productions Of Guiteau, any judge would Ger
talnly convict him of ins anity upon their reading
DISPATCH TO MINISTER LOWELL.
WAsHIEaToN Gully q
The following was forwarded by cable:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, /
WASHINGTON, July @
To James Russell Lowell, Minister, ETC. London:
The President of TIE United States was shot thi
morning by an assassin named Charles Guiteau.
The weapon was q large-siZed revolver. The Presi-
dent had just reached the Baltimore and Potomac
station at about twenty minutes past 9, intending,
with portion Of his Cabinet to leave the limited
express train for New York. I rode in the carriage
with him from the Executive Mansion, and was
walking by his side when he was shot. Tbs 1asan
was Immediately arrested, and the President was
conveyed to private room in the station building,
and surgical aid at once summoned. He has now
lat twenty minutes past 10y been removed to the Ex
ecutve Mansion. The surgeons in consultation re-
though not
Bsrily falal His vigorous health gives strong hopes
of his recovery He has not lost consciousness for
moment. Inform our Ministers in Europe
JAMES g. BLAINE, Secretary of State,
MES FROM G n. HANCOCK.
The following was received from Gen. Hancock
Gov RNoR's IsLANr, July g.
To Gen. W. I. Sherman, Washington:
trust that the result of the assautupon the life of
the President to-day may not have fatal conFe-
quences, and thatin the Interest of the country the
act may be shown to have been that Of a mailman.
Thanks for your dispatch and your promise Of fur
Their information. W. g. HANcoCK
GRANTS WORD.
The following dispatch was received by Secretary
Lincoln from Gen. Grant:
ELBERoN, N. j., July 2.
To Secretary Lincoln, Washington:
Please dispatch the condition Of the President.
News received conflicts. Ihope the most favorable
may be confirmed. Express to the President my
deep sympathy and hope that he may speedily re-
cover. u. S. GRANT.
THE QUEENS SYMPATHY
The Secretary of State received from Sir Edward
Thornton, the British Minister the following tele-
gram, dated London, July 2, 1918 p. H.:
To Sir Edward Thornton, British Ambassador,
Washington:
her with which she has learned of the attempt
npon the Presidents life, and her warmest hope
for his recovery. Mer Majesty wishes for full and
immediate repo rts as to his condition.
LORD GRANVILLE.
ARTHUR's COINCIDENCE.
The following telegram was received by Secretary
Blaine:
NEW YORK, July z
The Hon. James g. Blainesecretary Of State, Wash
ington:
Your telegram with its depIorable narrative
did not reach me promptly, owing to my alb
sence. am profoundly shocked at the
dreadful news The hopes you express relieve some
what the horror of the first announcement. await
further intelligence with the greatest anxiety Ex-
press to the President and hoFe about him my grief
and sympathy, in which the whole America people
will join. G. A. ARTHUR.
THE FEELING IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, July 3.
Intelligence of the attempt to assaesinate Presi-
dent Garfield received here about O'Clock yes-
erday, creating the most intense excitement among
Americans. All sorts of speculatons were INDUCED
in. Some thought it was done by Socialists part
Of general plan for the assassination of the rulers
Of the various countries, lately announced in the
Socialist programme. Surprising such to
be the case it was the universal
wish that the assassin should lie
permitted to reach the jail alive. 1t also hoped
that the people or the United States would at once
commence of determination against every
socialist in the country who should indorse the
deed. Every American center in London was be-
seged by Americans to get the LATEST news.
The office of the American legation was thronged
by crowds, anxious to get the latest news, and per-
sonal calls were received from hundreds, many of
whom were British officials, asking information and
expressing regret over the event Minister Lowell
not at all communicative, declining curly to
express any opinion to the occurrence, or as to
the effect on the British people in case Garfield
should die kilograms were received By Mr.. Lowell
from several members of the British Cabinet, and
one from the Queen at Windsor, asking for the
latest information, and expressing regret at the at
tempt made upon Mr.. Garfields life.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
James A. Garfield, the twentieth President of the
United States in sion to that Office was born
at Orange, Cuyahoga county, Ohio fifteen miles
from Cleveland Nov 9, 1881. Both his parents were
of New England stock His father was farmer in
moderate circumstances, and died when Jane was
only years old. There were three other children,
and upon the widowed mother deyolyed the rearing
of her little family. James developed stout boy
hood in the rugged outdoor life which filed his
earlier years at farm work and canal-driving, and
he had intended to ship as a seamsn on lake
vessel, when fit of sickness turned his destiny to
another direction. He therefore entered Geauga
Academy, near his mothers home, and, working his
way, able at the age of D years, to enter the
junior class st Williams (Mass) College. from which
he graduated with honor in 1856. He then connect
ed himself with the little college at Hiram, Portage
county. Ohio as Professor and later its President
and incidentally filed the pulpit Of Canpbelite
churches, to which denomination Hiram College was
attached. While college Professor, he married Miss
Lucreta Rudolph, daughter of a neighboring
farmer.
His political career began in 1889 with election