The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-07-14

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significant student and rather effemInate In
his ways. He was what boys call a, Miss
4 Nancy, and for that reason probably was not
popular among his school fellows. l never
knew him to fight battle or to strike a.Diow
while he was at school. l remember him as
rather cowardly IN behavior, avoiding all
rough games and inclined to go on by himself:
School-boys, you know, pay very little attent
ton to such boy. MIR. Scovlll, who afterWard
married Gulteaus sister, came 70 fTeeport from
Chicago IN 1904 and established select school
there 1t was here that Mr. ScovlH became
| acquainted with tire Gu1teau family. Inc IA,
thcr was very well knownin tue county ana
was several times elected 10 local onces IN
too' Inl.eau nlosnel ueu aau ~ ., Las
be ,,as axtranoi fnd If har a,,,s ,oed to- oarrv
fresh flowers to her crave for q long time After
| her death He graduated from Mr. Scoyilps
\ school aIo,utt tbee lime ,ii and q abort time
after when M Scovill resumed bis 91,ractSee
| at the,har we both became law students in HIS
| office Guiteau's nrooress was glow He was
yerv coo,nceted and nordinatalv egodtisticaj 81
Imuch SO that many reo,1le cCiIId not tolerate
/ him IT, ali Ue wac uerv sangn;ne mon h;s
future. Int turned his ambition in a Different
ldlrpotJDn
moved for limo 70 f,na;da IN westarn TaSv
York md - WINS renorted tbat he had ioines3
\ Youn9 Gu1teau. in ibe meantime drifted ahout
from Mace 10 Mace and alt6ongh he was never
known to be concerned in any dishonest trans
actions, many ILL reports about him came to his
frlenis. in F'reeport. His father told me two
years ago that he did not know what had be-
lcenle OF julie, as Guiteau used to be called, and
lIperhaps the less that he did hear the better.
The last Il heard of him till Saturday" conclu-i
| ded Mr.. Atkins, was that he had been indict-
| ed at Rock Island, think, for appronriating
/ to his own uses the premiums that he was col
Letting for Chicago lite insurance company
From there he came / imagine, to Washing
| ton, and, so far as I know, the Indictment at
| Rock Island still hangs over him. ''iN
/ WHERE HE RoueHT = 1ffE WEAPON.
| cana;ao.t,a IN 49, 5000 ~
oonsiueiaple IAN nas pe .7i inuulseu ~
snos NC 1iesI u oul'eau ~lsn leeSiu w sne
.lleans ~ winch ne lhanaseu W ges INC money
~ " p ~ the leYoiser VIII WHICH Y snot
the PRESIDENT. 1t was known Tor weeks ne
, n!ul peen wltnout money ana oeatlng Doar9
oins' yet sne lact was ascer'alhea tnat ne .ad
Pulcnaseu new revolver, anu me question
was wnere uiu , ne get the ilfonSy ne uesec
yves nave, however, dlscovered mat the pistoi
was purchased at y Meara's gun STORE On loeh
anu stleets, opposlte the treasury Depars-
llent' ahq 1nat inc money WIN WINCH Z, II was
purchased was borrower By efulteau: Inc man
VINO loaned 1t is said to be reputable ana
worthy cltlzen' ana OUT OF respect lor MS leei
ONLY ONE IN THE CRIME. 4
A renorter stonned Attornev General Mac
Vaa,rh &c ID aa gas,1 ~ Whita un,s, |
net D;aht and %" och ed III, ;f IL .nuIa Tai,ny1
tn be made COMES of the naners taLa, rom
he lntt o. ~ ins dnrnt n n,9 ota,'5 saWo,
vSt y ssid mo Attoraav Gonsrol '" ssh,,t +hnso]
,;,, ho ,,,ad ~. .noS
as mattero o,;at Jo,J,n az tho.e ",,,,tb;rn
yery important in them p, asked the reDorter'
"Nothing whatever" was the reply THE |
newspapers have had about all there is of any |
consequence" General" asked the reporter,
'dpes the withholding of these papers from |
the public indicate that you suspect that there
was conspiracy and that you wish to hunt
it out?" by no MEANS" promptly replied
the Attorney General. "There is nothing of
any importance whatever in these papers
We are all satisfied that there was no conspi- |
racy; that the assassin did not confde bis
purpose to anyone. There is nOdoubt he act
ed alone" A few moments later the reporter
met Col Corkhlll going into the White House,
and asked him when he proposed to let the
papers be published, He said he could not
Tell exactly, but all the newspapers would be
informed, He said that there were, nothing Of
consequence in those that are withheld. Col
one" said the reporter, sit has been suggest
ed thatthese papers tend to prove conspira-
cy, and that they aye held back for that reason.
rs that SO NE, ne replied the papers
are trlviai; Ihere's nothing IN them. Those |
papers E'ilp nave been Withheld at my request, and |
l. l. II teil you my reason lor dolng 80. Inc pup,
McauQn OF 1hem Wouid gratily the egotlsm OF /
tllat brutal assassin, Gulteau, ana 40 NOT
propose to give MIN that much satisfaction. |
NOW, tnat IS my oniymotNe 1or keeping them
secret. Col Oorkniil ssates mat the authorl7
Ties are al convinced he had no concentrates.
TENDER ILLUSTRATIONS.
A dispatch sent from Washington on the /
3rd says: 3iia afi iri 9s9fql7 7fIi
The President has received, the most devot- /
ed attention from the time he was shot, Mrs. /
MACY eagh, Mrs. Blaine, Mrs Hunt Mrs, Lin Il
colin Mrs WindOn, and Iamao haua hapr II, Ii