Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-01-12
RECOLr CTIONS OF GUITEAU.
What. kysician thinks Of the Logical
Lunatic.
['Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer.

Gath i'll Cincinnati Enquirer.
was talking to distinguished superin-
tendent of lunatics, who has about 400 in
sane people on his hands all the time, and
who has been to Washington xamining
Guiteau privately and watching him papii1..
He said to me-
"Guiteau is the product of an ig olant
household, in which the religions >.gotism
preceded everything. The hon ,ehold was
narrow, OF lated, and more or less sensual
They hau not been anywhere to compare
their superficial theology. Much of the re-
ligious family LIE of the North and North
west breeds just selfish sensationals as Gui-
teau When the Oneida Community was
advertised that family seized upon it it was
wanted to Join. There is no doubt that Gui-
teau was encouraged in his claims for Office
by a number of men from Illinois who knew
him. A home Senator, for instance would
say: Charley, how are you getting along
with that office? | guess you will be all
right, Charley distinguished lawyer would
stop and shake hands with Gniteau on the
street, and say, Charley, are you going to get
your appointment? ! think you ought to
have it, Besides, Guiteau attended one of
Mrs. Garfeld's receptions, and his name is
down on the book Mrs. Garfield talked to
him some considerable time, and it is evident
that she was not aware that he was an insane
man.
HIS BUSINESS ABILITY.
"Whenever Guteau wanted to make any
money he could do it. We have the evidence
of two or three insurance companies that he
was good solicitor and would bring in his
man and get his commission. Then he would
wander off to some Of his hobbies, spend his
money and turn out dead-beat. You see
him now as he has been in Jail with the agi-
tation following the murder, but there is no
record that previously he was not q presen-
ia BILE looking man, reasonably we'll dressed.
Tie persons will not now come forward who
gave him that encouragement about getting
an office. because in the light of subsequent
evidence they feel alarmed. Guiteau, in
short, had encouragement enough to make
him perfectly certain of the Office, consider
ing his sanguine confident temperament and
egotism. When Mr.. Blaine suddenly raised
the veil from his eyes and said he could have
nothing, it aroused his ferocity. He would
have killed Blaine, perhaps had it not oc-
Cured to him that Garfeld's death would
produce greater sensation and change the
Government itself
INDIRECT REVENGE ON BLAINE.
He wrote to Garfield to get rid Of Blaine,
and no attention was paid to his letters.
The idea then deepened that, while he would
prefer to kill Blaine from hate, he had better !
kill Garfield to accomplish great revolu- T
tion. Garield's fall would include Blaine's I
The stalwarts would triumph. Then every /
thing happened to encourage this idea in his |
mind He saw the Senate adjourn, the peo-
pie around the Capital disperse, and finally
the President go away and make his arrange
ments for final departure, to be gone several
weeks. Here he was, dropped from the
ninth heaven of confidence to beggary. He .
reasoned to himself: If can make Arthur
President they will not punish me; l will
get off some way. / will put up plea of
being inspired, which will be taken for in
sanity
1 asked this gentleman if Guiteau ought /
to be hanged. "Unquestionably' said he.