Ellsworth American., 1882-02-16
Guiteau Gossip.


Boston Herald
The popular repro5a,iou Of Guiteau's
crime j. stAI manifested IN different WAYS.
The common mode If expressing the feeling
against the assassin = TO send a rope sug-
gesuYt.Y uoosei. hese ropes began 10
come br express and maj. before the trial
and are stall coming ia. They have been
sent 10 The d.s,r.ct-a:torney. TO Mr.. Scoy.lle.
o. the warden Of the jail. and to the assas-
sin himself 4 little room al the jail Is
strewn with rope. received from various
parts Of the country Some Of them are
ropes such = are generally used IN execu-
lions. with conventional haHgmans nooses
-kIliully made. Many other little remind
ers of the fate that awaits him come IN the
mail Of the assassin. but the warden. a. a
rule keeps them from his ewes. Cheap.
comic valentines. representing the gallows
with dangling victim, are also sent 10 the
assassin. In every nook in the district-at-
torHey's Office can be found some testimonial
Of popular feeling respecting the assassin.
MANY Of the thlg. received have been de-
stroyed In one corner Of Mr. Corkhllls
private Office is a little heap Of ropes. A
bundle Of switches was sent TO Gulteau from
Florida 4 citizen Of Oseeola, Ia, in or
der to testify 70 his feelings in a unique way,
invested $3.50 in pair Of white kids and a
fine white satin tie, the tips Of which he dyed
blood red lie sent with these q request
that they be worn by Guiteau on the scaf-
fold. the red marks to typify the innocent
blood Of his victim. They now form part of
tie dlStrict-attorney's museum. From Ohio
came little wooden box opened on one
side. II contains a miniature sCahold, on
which paper image Of man was hanging,
while a score Of paper women were pulling
On the rope. These we're, according to the
inscription on the box, 1.-The women OF
Ohio" Among other curiosities saved by
the dlstrict-attorney IS a miniature seafOld
and coffin. very neatly constructed. and a
gallows tree with an etigy six or seven
inches long suspended upon it. There is
also little coffin, the open lid Of which ex
poses a deaths head. The coffin is iRscrib-
ed "Strangulatus Pro Diabolo, 1882" All
sorts of pictures, cartoons and letter. have
been received and destroyed. During the
early part Of the trial great many gags Of
various patterns, the common form being
corn cob with strings tied al each end, were
received, with the request that they be ap-
piled to the prisoner. Some Of these have
been preserved. In the same connection
nav be mentioned various pots OF glue and
mucilage, sent with a suggestion that Gui-
teau's mouth be glued up. Many patent
medicine men, doubtless with an eve to an
advertisement, sent the district-attorney
samples of their wares, proposing that he
dose himself with the mixtures, so that bis
health should not fail him until he had con-
rie,ed Guitsau The district-attorney had
also received large amount of confederate
money to be turned over to the prisoner.
One imposing testimonial letter, signed
ssCitizen," contained one copper penny, to
be given 10 Mr.. Seoviile to aid in the de-
fence. A letter, received from New Wat
erford, CT, yesterday, from a rope-msksr,
proposed to make for the assassin q red,
white and blue rope out Of silk, or any
other material the district-sttorney might
select. One of the most ghastly euriosities
in the museum is a black cap, sent by an
unknown friend Of justice. paper printed