The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07


time ago." The only other remark he
made before being placed in his cell was
that Gen. Sherman would arrive st the
jailsoon. The two jailors who arc row
guarding his cell state they have seen
him around the Jail several times recent
he appeared to be under the influence of
liquor, On one of his visits subsequent
to his arrest these officers say that Git
team succeeded in reaching the rotunda
of the building where he was noticed
examining the scaffoid from which mur-
dercrs wero hanged. Pursuant TO his
orders from the attorney general
the officer in charge of the Jail declined
to give any further information, nor
would he state in what cell the prisoner
was confined. This officer was an at
tendant at the old city Jail at the time
of the assination of President Lincoln.
Chas. Gitteau, the assassin of the Pres
ident, is a Canadian Frenchman by
birth, and halls from Chicago. He came
here in the month of February with rec
concentrations from various parties in
Illinois to secure the United States con-
sulship to Marseilles, France. He went
in March to the we'll known boarding
house of Mrs. Lockwood, formerly Mrs.
Rines, $40 Twelfth street, and tried to Sc
cure board. Mrs Lockwood did not
like his appearance, and gave him an
out of the way room in hopes of getting
rid of him. He pretended TO know Gen.
Logan and others then boarding there.
Mrs. Lockwood states that he acted
strangely at times, and about the middle
of the month when she presented the
bill he could not pay. He afterwards
left the house, and sent Mrs. Lockwood
a note, saying he was expecting $1,000
position, and would soon pay his BILL
Mrs. Lock wood showed this note to
Gen. Logan who said the man was
crazy. Three weeks ago he met Mrs.
Rickford, of Mrs. Lockwood's boarding
house, ON the street and requested her
not TO say anything about the bill he
owed, as it would hut him in his eli
forts to secure the position. Mrs. Lock.
wood says that GiIteau was great
bore TO Gen. Logan, so persistent was he
in his efforts in his behalf. Since ieav-.
ing Mrs. LockwoOd's house he has been
stopping at various places, but never
any great length oftime at any one place,
for the reason that he appeared to have
no funds. He told one of the boarders
at Mrs. LOckwOOd's that he expected TO
be appointed minister to France. but
did not desire it to he known Up to
day before yesterday, when he registered
at the Riggs house. Gltteau had been
stopping for the last six weeks, with no
baggage but paper box, at O9O Four
teenth street.
DEEP DARK PLOT.
There is theory which has many adj
herents, and that is the attempted assas
situation was not the work of lunalic,
but the result of a plot much deeper and
darker than has BEEN suspected. 1t is
cited in support of this theory that Git
teau had arranged beforehand with
hackman To he iii readiness Ia drive ham
swiftly in the direciion of the cUngrt.s-
sional cemetery, as he made his appear
ance on returning from the depot. In
the meantime he had put u bundle of
papers in the hands of Z boy with view,
1t is maintained, TO creating n belief in
his insanity in the event OF hIs capture.
Gitteau said on his Way To the Jail that
the Presidents assassination was PIE
meditated, and he went 10 Long
Branch for the purpose nf shooting
him there, and was deferred by the en-
feebled and saddened condition of Mrs.
Garfield, which appealed so strongly 10
his sense of humanity that he came
back without carrying out his intention.
Those by whom Gitteau has been exam
ined since the shooting, say that he
shows no symptoms Of insanity, and il
is understood that the letter. which has
already been telegraphcd, addressed to
The White House" is the only docu
ment in the collection which supports
the theeEy % insanity. 1t is reported
that Gitteau had an accomplice, whose
description is in the hands of the police,
and further developments are anxiously
looked for.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll says he knew
the assassin well, and had always regard
ed him as q quiet, sober and sane man,
and he has no special profession, but
has been an Officeholder and Office seek
er. Col. Ingersoll is of the opinion that
his insanity is feigned. The assassin's
resolution to murder President Garfield
was evidently inteRded, by the close
watch he has kept upon the movements
of his excellency for the past few days.
Mr.. Brooke Darrell of the treasury de-
partment Immediately recognized him as
identical with man whom he had seen
hanging about the neighborhoOd of the
White House for some time past, and
policeman at the depot offices, Pat Kear
ney, who arrested Gitteau, says he has
noticed him suspiciously lurking about
Sixth street for three days past
INCIDENTS AT THE DEPOT.
When the shooting took place doctors
were summoned by telephone and tele-
graph, and DR.. Bliss speedily appeared
upon the scene. There soon followed
him score of the most prominent ply
sicians in the city. DIR. Bliss at first SAID:
at is q safe wound" After he had
watched the President for q few minutes,
he said, with great thOughtfulness: at
is not necessarily a mortal wound.
Soon after that, Col. Robert G. Ingersoll
was admitted to the room. The Presi-
dent stretched out his hand, and in q
voice not strong, said:
al am glad you have come"
Col. Ingersoll said: "Are you in
pain?'' 70 ~
The President answered: "I feel a
prickly sensation in my feet"
One of the physicians said that the
prickly sensation was not a good SYM
tom. 4
a gentleman who was an eyewitness
Of the attempted assassination gives the
following account:
al was coming down Peansyivania
avenue when I saw q carriage coming
up the avenue, the horses running so
fast that ] thought they were running
away. Just as the carriage arrived In
front Of me man put his hand out and
said faster, faster, faster, damn i'll After
hearing this thought there was some
thing wrong and ran after the carriage.
When it reached the depot the man
jumped out and entered the ladies'
room; he had not been there more than
three minutes when the President arriy-
ed, stepped out Of has carriage and enter
ed the ladies' room. The President, az
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