Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-07-09

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bed I can go to sleep and sleep all
night. Tell her." he exclaimed
with sudden energy, "that | will
sleep all night, ii she. will only do
what | ask Eer.n Mfs. James con-
veyed the message to Mrs. Garfield.
who said to her at once: $50 back
and tell him that | am undressing. =
She returned with the answer, and
the President turned over on his
side and dropped into quiet sleep
almost instantly
TALK WITH THE ASSASSIN
| GUITEAU.
| George Scoyille, a Chicago lawyer,
and brother.in- law Of Guiteau, has
been in Washington on business.
He gives Guiteau q bad character,
and did not want to see him or have
anything to do with him; but at the
request of Colonel Corkhill, the Dis
trict Attorney, he went to the jail
from which the prisoner has not been
removed--with the attorney, and
| had an interview with the assassin.
They had long talk together. Gui-
teau told his ibrother-in-law that
this matter of killing the President
chad come to him in his bed six
weeks ago as a revelation from God
that it was his duty to kill the Pres
ident and cement the Republican
party" The District Attorney has
ascertained that the prisoner told
him the truth with regard to the
persons from whom he borrowed
money and all other matters. Refer
ring again to the matter of killing
the President, he told his brother
that he began to think.of it from the
next morning after he had thought
over it in bed He says he then
tried to get at the pulse of the Amer
lean people on that subject. He cut
number of slips from the news
papers, and these, together with a
statement of his own regarding the
split in the Republican ranks, he
sent to Acknowledgement Mac Weigh.
He complains bitterly that all this
has been withheld from the people Of
the country. He said that he was
satisfied that il the American people
got hold Of his reasons for killing the
President. and understood them
thoroughly, his actions would be APP
| plauded in less than thirty days. j..
NJ. Scoville then asked him If he did
not apprehend serious results to
| himself from his mad act. He ans
wered that he had not given mo-
ment'S thought to himself in that
connection; that he did not attempt
to kill the President from any malice
or ill-blood towards him, but for the
good of the party, and because the
salvation of the, country was at
stake; just for the same reason he
would have shot a rebel during the
late war. Scoville said to him,
"Guiteau, the people of the country
do not 80 regard your action. Sup
pose you are put on trial and con-
victed OF murder; how then 2"
"Oh,n answered he, ethe Stalwarts
will look after me. and take care Of
me. / am one Of them.o Guiteau
said he asked the hackman to drive
MIN to the cemetery because he
wanted to go to the jail, but did not
want to say so while he could be
overheard. He said he had never
owned. or carried a pistol until he
bought this one, and had fired it but
once before shooting at the Presi-
dent. He said he would have fired
more shots at the President, but
thought he had killed him. Mr..
Scoville says he was never known
to be violent but once, when he rails
ed an axe to strike his sister, SEQ
ville's wife, three years ago. We
CONSULTED then about putting him
in the asylum, said Scoville, but gave
up the idea, as this was the only in
stance of the kind ever known.
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT.
Bulletins announcing the changes
in the condition Of the President
have been issued at various times
during the day, since he was shot.
We append the latest:
EXECUTIVE MANSION !
July 8, 11P.M NJ.
Since our telegram of yesterday
the case has continued to progress
favorably. The President was quite
comfortable during the day, and
needed NO morphia until bedtime
last night. His mind was perfectly
clear, but he obeyed our injunction
to refrain from conversation. The
afternoon exacerbation of symptoms,
heretofore observed daily, did not
occur. On the contrary, a slight
diminution of the pulse took place.
BY $50 p. M. it was 106, tempera-
ture 1909, respiration "a. During
the afternoon he had several small,
solid, natural excavations from the
bowels, the first since the accident.
They occurred without pain or dis
comfort, and contained no trace of
blood. During the early evening
from to10P. M.--he was troubled
occasionally by acid quotations,