The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-23
TALK WITH GUITEAU.
How tho Assassin Acts and TaIkS-LIC
Wants 10 Lecture.

wants 10 Lecture.
Baltimore American,
A representative Of The Amficm yes
terday met the only gentleman outside the
officials who has ever been admitted to u
conversation with Guiteau. This gentle
man is very close friend Of COL George
b. Corkhill, the District Attorney for the
District Of Columbia, and his admission to
the cell Of the assassin was mainly due to
the friendship existing between them.
When spoken to by The .lmertCdns repre-
sentative last evening he declared that he
did not want to talk, but certain amount
of duplication changed his mind. In re-
ply to the first inquiry, US to what he
thought OF Guiteau, hG preferred to give
his remembrance Of the prisoners petition
foradmission to bNil. It was about in this
FORM United STATES Of America rs Charles
u GuiIGdu.
TO he Judge Of Me Criminal Court Of he
Supreme Bench Cfhe District Of Columbia
The petitioner, Charles ]. Guiteau, re,
specially presents to your court that he Is
now in the custody Of one CroCker, warden
OF tho Jail, illegally; that he Is charged with,
and does admit the shooting Of one james
A. Garfield on the morning Of the I'd day
Of July last, and that he acknowledges that
the said James A. Garfield was and Is Pres.
ident Of the United States; and he also
claims that the shooting OF the sud James
A. Garfield amounts to no moro In law
than tho shooting OF any other citizen Of
the Republic; and your petitioner also
AYERS tliat he is now sick caused by his
illegal detention in Jail, and he has been
informcdby one George =. Corkhill, States
Attorney OF the United States for the Dis,
triCt Of Columbia, that said james A. Cur.
field Is recovering and will recover from
the wound inflicted upon him; and he
therefore petitions your honorable court to
relcase him upon his giving $4,000 bail,
which amount he can give. The OBJ.
feet Of the petitioner in being released is
that he may be enabled to raise funds for
his trial. flo desires to go to Europe and
lecture upon the subject Of politics In the
United States OF America, with which sub
ject he deems himself to be thoroughly con.
versant He then desires to return to the
United States, and In nll tho large cities to
repeat the LECTURE. He believes this will
be beneficial to him, and pledges the hon
orable court that II he is released upon his
own recognizance he will pledge himself tc
appear In person upon the lst day Of Feb
ruary ensuing, before the honorable court
to answer the charge Of shooting the sale
James A. Garfield, President OF the United
States, or any other charge that may b.
preferred against him."
III the subject were not so serious Thu
petition Of Glitcau's would be cOmiCal,
suggested the representative Of the Ameri
can, .,.
my own opinion about Gaiteau," wa
the answer is that he Is Il perfect mono
maniac on the subject Of killing the Presi
dent. When I saw him he, resented TIN
supposition that he is crazy man, ant
declared that insanity would never be hi
defence in court, but still believe him Il
be insane on that one point"
"What does he look like ?"
''Hc has mild blue eye, but his genera
appearance Is rather mean"
"Does he talk freely%
''IIe does, but he Is very evidently dis
uuieted In his mind. lie seems at least L
realize the enormlty Of his crime, and h
feels bad whenever he Is spoken TO con
corning 1t"
DISTINGUISHING 10 know that Guitcaui is de
sirous Of making n lecture tour in Europ
for the purpose Of raising funds with yhicl
to defray The cost Of his trial. It does no
seem to have occurred to him That It woul,
require the whole available force Of til
army mud navy to secure him safe con
duct out Of the country. Guiteau shout,
congratulate himself that he is in no DANCE
of being turned out Of doors at present,