Connecticut western news., 1882-07-05
THE CRIME.


 At 9:2Ua. m., Saturday. July 2d, 1881, James A. Gal field, President of tn. United States. was assassinated in tn. Baltimore aud Potomac depot at Wasf = inRton. The President was about leay- ing Washington to spend the 4th Long Branch. He was about enterin, the waiting room of the depof when he was shot by Charles J Guifeau. At the time of the shootin. President Garfield was surrounded b, most of the members of his Cabinet vho proposed to make the trip witt him.
 After the shooting the President wa taken at once to the White House an6 the best medical attendance summoned At the time, and up to the 7th of July it was not supposed that the injuries r. ceiyed hy the President were fatal, am at that time the physicians were hope ful of his sreedy recovery. .. During July there were several re lapses. accompanied by rigor and chills but 1t was not until August 23i ths the attendent physicians admitted tha the case was serious one. The Presi dent vas gradually failing all this time Early in September, at the Presi dents earnest request, it was decided to remove hira from the heat of Wash ington tn Long Branch, and on the 6tl Of the month the removal was made the sict man hearing mp under tLe or deal remarkably we'll. On the 9th tbs Presidents condition was declared en cnuraoing by the physicians, and oi the 14th it was asserted that still fur ther improvement was noticed in the case. On the 18th the President wa declared verse and on the 17th grave approximations were felt for his recovery O. the 18Th of September the Presi dent WAS attacked by chill. At 1t o'clock ?. m he began to s1nk rapidly, nnd at 1885 he breathed his last.
 The last scene in the mournful trag eiy tnok place whep the Presidents re mains were deposited in the tomb Cleveland, Ohio. The Cabinet officers. members of the Supreme Court, tn, leading army officers, members of Con gress and distinguished citizens were present, and the ceremonies were most impressive and interesting,
 THE ASSASSIN.
 Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of the President. was born ID Freeport, H., il 1841. While preparing for college ht became infatuated with the ideas of tn, Oneida Community and joined that in stitution, remaining but short time He then commenced the study of lap with bis hrother-in- law, George Scovill, Of Chicago. He never appeared to hav' any strong ideas of honesty, and wal always noted as a man who lived by hi wits. He was interested in politics ant attempted to deliver speeches in thu Garfield campaign, but received littl encouragement. He had also peoulia religious ideas and expressed them or the rostrum and in number of book he wrote. He did not attempt to den, his crime, and letter found in hi pocket when he was arrested set fortl that $ the Presidents tragic death wa sad necessity, but it will unite tn the Re"ublican party and save the Re public"
 He declared that the first idea of tn, assassination came to him as 8 revela tion from God, six weeks before tn crime was committed. He declaret that he became convinced that it wa Gods will that he should kill the Presi dent.
 Guiteau's prison life was peculiar one
 
 time. Many threatening letters wer received by him. and twice his life wa attempted, once by non- com missione, officer of his guard, who is now suffer ing long imprisonment for the crime and once by an intoxicated citizen c Washington
 The assassin was evidently waitin for some days, for an opportunity t shoot the President. He learned ths MT. and Mrs. Garfield were to leav Washington on June 18th, for Lon Branch and he was prepared to con init the crime then. He left his board ing house and went down to the rive where he fired five shots by way ( practice. He then went to the depo but says Mrs. Garfield looked so wea and frail that he did not have the hear to shoot the President then.
 THE TRIAL.
 The Grand Jury of the District ( Columbia having found an indictmer against Guiteau his trial commence before the District Supreme Court o Monday. Nov. IA. The prisoner ha prepared lengthy address to be req before the court, but as this reading WE not allowed the address was pubIishe ID Il6 papers. NIT. ScOVllle, hi brother -in-law, and Mir. Robinson al peared for the prisoner, but on Mor day, the 21st, the latter withdrew leay ing the case in the hands of Mir. Sct vile. The government had in its test timony by this time and rested il case.
 The counsel for the defense strove show insanity on the part of the pri oner. Guiteau fought against this { strongly that scene in court was da1ly occurrence. In the latter part December Mir. Reed, of Chicago, ass ciated himself with MT. Scoville. large number of medica! experts wei placed on the stand to testify to the il sanity of the prisoner.
 At the closing of the case Gu1tes again asked for permission to addre the jury, and was allowed to do so, b remarks beIng the same that he hs given to the press some days before.
 Mir. Reed and Mir. Scovifle ma. earnest appeals for the prisoner on u grounds that he was not responsih for his acta. They argued that Guitel