Morris tribune., 1881-07-07


| waited half an hour walking up and down There
| were few people in the room when the shot was
| fired.
THE ASSASSIN.
HIS PRECARIOUS CAREER.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Charles S. Girteau, is
we'll known in Chicago. He came here fifteen
years ago and began the practice of
law. He was always regarded az
moro or less insane. He married,
beautiful young lady, the sister Of leading
attorney named George Scoville After while.
he betrayed evidences Of being a dead
beat, and was virtually forced to.
quit the city. He went TO-
New York, and opened an Office in Broadway.
but led q precarious existence In 1875 he
| returned to Chicago and, protesting to have
been converted, began work as a re-
vivalist. He wrote a pamphlet on
the second coming of Christ, which stamped
him as lunatic He also delivered one or
two lectures here to empty benches. He then
turned his attention to journalism,
and proposed to found great
daily newspaper. He issued
prospectus and made contracts for presses
asd press dispatches but of course the thing
fell through. Nothing is known Of his career
for the past six months. 1t is known that he
become possessed of the idea of assasslnating
the president during Hayes administration
Gitteau is said to be the son of the cashier of
the Second National Bank of Freeport Iii.
A prominent lawyer said Charles j.
Gitteau is known to have been
insane for years. He pretended to practice
law IN this city, and engaged i'll schemes that
showed he was an insane man On being
questioned in relation to the assassin, United
States
AS A sP1RITUALrsT.
1t while ChicapO hat ha
fell in with Geo. G. Jones, Maj. Bundy and other
noted spirtualists. 1t will be remembered that
tain alleged spiritual phenomena by Pike,
Of of9 oa ths and ve b in
hind Jones' was indulging in criminal relations with
his wife. Gitteau was one of this odorous party,
oaes ana was sd IT the masE was
Journal, of Chicago, the same paper which Mai
Bunsy syrtno Of the sane Wso cqus now runs
married young lady who was librarian in the city
library and subsequently she left him. He has
been an outcast from his home, not recognized
fs'ss IN Chicago t0fnf5 he Tas fs
Of theories and ideas, ia short, monomaniac The
Chicago Times devoted column or two to him in
ing houses. He sued the Times for libel, prosecut-
ing his own case, and was ridiculous!y beaten
and hpatsd still further ovg hown up Hs has vi
and has eked out living by his connection with
Spirituasts, long haired men and short haired
women, and has from his boyhood been more fit
person for an asylum tnan to be at large though he
was never considered dangerous, but the contra
ry was an arrant coward. He has been ar
his board bill and get his living and has escaped
prison because Of the belief that he insane Oh
the Wilkes Booth order. His nordinate desire to
achieve notoriety has led him to dwell upon the
present political disturbance until he has, in an
sane moment, committed the deed which has
shocked the civilized world.
HIS PECULIARTTEs
WASHINGTON. July 2.-The assassin is now
in Jail. Many think he is crazy. He has sandy
complexion, and is slight, weighing not more
than 125 pounds. He wears moustache and
light chin whiskers and his sunken cheeks and
eyes far apart from each other give him sui
len, or as an official described, a loony appear
ance. The officer in question gave it as his
opinion that Gitteau is
CHICAGO COMMUNIST,
and stated that he had noticed it to be pc
culiarity of nearly all murderers that their
eyes are set far apart. and Gitteau, he said,
was attired in a suit of blue and
wore drab hat pulled down over his eyes,
giving him the appearance of an ugly char
acter. It may be worthy of note to state that
some two or three weeks ago Gitteau went to
the Jail for the purpose of visiting it, but was
refused ON the ground that it was not visitors
day. He at that time mentioned his name as
Gitteau, saying he came from Chicago. When
brought to Jail to-day, ne was admitted by the
him to enter. and mutual recognition took
place, Gitteau saying, "You are the man who
would not let me go through the Jail some
time ago." The only other remark that he
Gen. Sherman would arrive at the Jail soon.
The two jailers who are now guarding his cell
state they have
SEEN HIM AROUND THE JAZZ.
several times recently, and on one occasion he
appeared to be under the influence of liquor
On one Of his visits, subsequent to the first one
mentioned, these officers say GitteaU succeeded
in reaching the rotunda Of the building, where
he was noticed examining the scaffolds from
which the Hirth murderers were hanged. Quit
teau left town Immediately after this for some
months. One gentleman remarked: 81 re-
member this Guitteau we'll He was here two
or three years ago, and seemed to have no visi-
BILE means of support He preached or lee
tured on religious and social subjects, upon
which he was an enthusiast He started in here
as lawyer, but failed utterly, and then tried
to lift himself into notoriety by lectur-
ing on religion one evening in each
week. His card in the newspapers produced
to-day, is q literary curiosity. He bored the
printed. He failed also as a lecturer, and then
began life as tramp of the more respectable
order. He was branded by the Hotel-Keepers'
association as dead beat In appearance he
is an American of French extraction, thirty
Ave to forty years old, medium height slender
build, fair complexion brown hair, French
shaped moustache, and beard tinged with gray.
His whole appearance was that of dan
dified
MAN OF SMALL MENTAL. CALDER,
He was unusually fond of notoriety and would
go almost any length to get his name in the
paper. He was arrested here once for en-
bezzlement He got the idea in his head that
he was fit for an official position and has been
trying with all Lis power to get the consulate
at Marseilles. About 9 o'clock the assassin
went to a hack stand adjoining the depot and