Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-12
The Pistol Mystery.

MR.. HERZOG QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVE MEL
FRESH.
AS briefly mentioned in THE STAR Yesterday.
Mr.. Joseph Herzog, Of 9th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue, still sticks to his story that Gui-
teau, or man resembling him. was with COM
panion, in his store about five weeks before the
shooting looking for an English ''bull-dogn pis-
toll Thus, it will be seen. there is some discrep-
ancy in his statement and that of Mr. VIM. Cope
land. the well-knOwn journalist, who states that
he and his friend Alfriend were in the store to
buy the pistol. Mr.. Copeland, in his letter to
District Attorney Corkhil suggests that certain
questions should be asked of Mr.. Herzog. and
yesterday Detective McElfresh called and cues
toned Mr.. HerzOg as follows:
Questionable you notice the eyes of the
party you took to be Guiteau-that one Of them
was affected misshaped or crossed? Answer
No, sir; l saw nothing the matter with his
eyes.
Odd he ask for Colt s revolver? A.-No.
nothing Of that kind was mentioned.
Q.-Did he say anything about having had a
Colorado or New Mexico? A-No.. sir.
Q.-Dd he remark that the pistol he was look
Ing at was terrible weapon? Al don't re-
member such words being used.
Odd he say he had Smith Wesson. but
that it was too small? A.-No. sir: no name for
pistol was used except the British Bull Dog
and Eureka
Q.-Didnt you say that you had sold pistol
to party who went to Colorado who afterwards
sent back for another just like it? Al NAV
have mentioned that, for had sold pistol to
Detective NOsS' son, and Mr.. V0sS came after
wards and got another to send him. Mr.. Cope
land may have been in the store and may have
made this remark to him.
GUTTEAU's ALLEGED ACCoMPIIcE.
'Do you remember how the man who was
with Guiteau loOked?" asked ST AR reporter
OF MI herzog to-day. ''His picture is in my
az nrprrb ho or Il haf.,
piled Mr.. HerzOg. 81 think if saw him a long
way down the street would run after him and
catch him. He was tall, and his face was
smoothly shaven, save mOustache. Probably
Mr. Copeland was here. 1 am very sure he was
here from one expression he uses in his letter.
about my saying that man who had bought
pistol and gone west, had sent back for another
one. 1t was very right for Mr.. Copeland to
write the letter. wish the man with Guiteau
would write letter too. He may be innocent,
but think if he is innocent he would come out
and say who he is"
GUTTEAU'S PAwNED PIPE.
What is it about Guiteau pawning pipe
with you?"
Swell, about two weeks prior to the time
when they came in to see the pistol man came
In and said he wanted to sell meerschaum pipe.
He wanted 50 for it. did not notice the man
much, but looked at the pipe He said he was
a lawyer from Chicago, and here on government
business. He said if l would buy the pipe he
would probably come back himself and buy it at
profit. l gave him dollar for it. remem-
Der his saying, 4 am a lawyer from Chicago.
and am here on government business I
think, F" said Mr.. Herzog, holding up photo
graph of Guiteau, " that that is the same man.
Ii could see him l think / could be sure.
could recall the impression made on me by the
man."
Mr. Herzog denies that he gave affirmative
answers to Mr.. McElfresh's questions, and states
positively that the man did not resemble the de-
scription given of Mr.. Copeland, and that the
party who, Mr.. Copeland says was with him. he
knows well, and is certain that that party was
never in the store looking at pistol.
Mr.. McElfresh states that Of the five questions
he asked suggested in Mr.. Copeland's letter. he
answered three affirmatfvely, and he (McE.) was
satisfied that Mr. Copeland is the party Herzog
COLONEL c0RKHnL
sustains Detective McElfresh's view that Herzog
saw Copeland, and is quite certain that Guiteau
was never in the store Guiteau, who Is q man
Of remarkable memory, asserts, most positively,
that he never was in . pawn shop on 9Th street,
and never looked at pistol ct Herzogs.
I've PATENTS were issued to-day to Washing-
tonians, one to Ginesi Casiniyo for letter box,
the other to Frank Young for disinfecting APP
poratus.
The municipal election at Annapolis, Nd,
yesterday, resulted IN victory for tho repubh-
cans. s. Is
a vater-sponf & Nsrshslltown, Iows. yester-
day monin9 6ooded Tie place and pat forty
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