Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-19
A VISIT no GUITEAU.
How he Looks aud what. He Does
-"Arthur or Nobody. and God
Above AII.ss

Washington Cor. Cinctnnats Times Star. f2tls
Your representative visited the iail to-day
end with others was admitted to see Guiteau.
Guiteau was in small eell-his bedroom,
be calls +. His guard, the death watch, was
paciaF ne corridor Ia front Of the cell. The
stone floor nrridor has been covered with
carpa', and The cell frightened with some
Il 1gtrs which were placed on q chair near
the door. Guiteau was not much inclined
to talk. but was annoyed that the visitors
were brought to his bedroom instead OF the
| reception room or ''offiee,u as he calls the
O her~cell AS the visitors were accompAn-
led BY " arden Crocker, he turned to him
with ; show Of impatience, and said, "You
Shouts n have brought these gentlemen to
ne In Ia cell.'' Turning again TO the viss-
tors, he said, 81 am feeling much better
taaa du'gg my trial. | was quite weak
then, hgS sia In very good health now.n
H. " a. dressed with scrupulous neatness,
dark pa0ts aud vest. He wore q broad
san inr collar, standing up in front, dark
lie ats Waite handkerchief thrown care
iessly 4nnut his neck, which he said he k Aps
aroun hi neck to pro &c. him from mals.
ria.
I'VE have considerable malaria here, you
know, aud must protect myself from It. %
I'll we yea had any malaria troubless"
Not recently" he replied. 81 had some
soon after | came here, but none this spring.
Nv health has been very good OF late"
He Al p ;ars now to much better advant-
aga han on the trial, and is In much better
candii IN physically. His fsce is full, and
the wild, vicious look is not percepiible.
His smoothly shaven face and cropped
nous ache are an improvement upon the
busy heard which he then wore. The a 1w-
ers 10 lis cell, he supposed, were sent In by
par;iS Outside, and he looked at them With
q touch of pride.
Warden Crocker explained, however,
ihatFh y were given him by the jail EN-.
ployes.
Ne let him think.'' he said, ''that they
are sent bin from the outside, but the fact
is they are not, nor is anything OF any
sort sent him since he has been here. Me-
bf dg, not even his sister, has sent him any
thing
Guiteau during the visit called several
lines TO his guard, who stood In the corri-
dor, to bring In some photographs aud
autographs bu as the guard did not COM
ply he fiaalg returned to his seat at the
rear OF the cell.
Id view of the near approach of the exc
cufion Warden Crocker is daily besieged by
applications for admission to witness the
han ging.
V ry few, however, outside the members
of the p 3ss and the attaches of the court
Will DC PCAuAtLbCO WAbhtlls L dttACo OuL5tUb ia
Washington have written here recently
offering all the way from S. TO 500 for
ticket.
Warden Crocker has selected for the exe-
cution the same man who oiliciated here
several times. Guiteau signed another pa
per yesterday, at the instance OF his coun-
sci. This signing of documents is about all
the writing he does now, his time being
wholly occupied In reading the Bible and
lying on his cot pondering.
Guiteau did not wish to see a minister
Yesterday He told the warden that there
was no use for Reed to try habeas corpus:
that It was "Arthur or nobody, and God
above all" Heis getting as much dIsgusted
with Reed as he was with Scoville, and It is
not expected that his hope Will hold out
much longer.