Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-30

"As have been terribly villifed by certain
disreputable newspapers" says Guiteau In the APP
pendix to his book, sand have had diabolical
looking pictures printed in some illustrated news
papers, pretending to represent my profile,
herewith give my personal appearance: Age, 40
am often taken for 80; height feet 5A inches;
weight $40 pounds. Body compact and well built
Head round and plump. Brains, let the public
pass on that Complexion, clear, light and bright.
Eyes the same. Hair, brown; worn short. Face
c!ean, with slight moustache. Manners, those
OF nlgh-tOned, Christian gentleman. Habits,
90 not dissipate in any way. Health excellent.
MY time Is pleasantly spent in reading, writing
am aho,,+ entertaining company. have no anxiety
aDOuC myself Tor this world or the next. The Lord
always takes care OF His man." That is flatter-
Ing sketch OF the personal appearance OF the man.
He was quite as
VAIN OF HIS LOOKS
as OF MS mental powers. When his photograph
was taken in the rotunda of the jail, two days
alter the assassination, he was very particular to
nave good likeness When he fired the SHOT he
wore beard and was dressed In a dark suit with
q SACK coat and black SLOUGH hat During the
trial, when Mr.. Clarke Mills took a cast of his
mead, the prisoner had his beard and moustache
shaved OH. ana since then appeared almost alto
gether without any hirsute ornament unon his
race, save mcustache, which he has kept trimmed
very short His hair he has worn generally closely
cropped, and it has had tendency to bristle up
HIS most conspicuous feature was his eyes, They
had strange indescribable. diaboiical look. Al
lsh In the appearanceof the man.
HOW GUITEAu USED TO LOOK.
according 70 q statement made by Mr.. Scoville
70 a STAR reporter, some years ago Guiteau was
OF very different appearance His hair and
beard were luxuriant ana kept in good order, and
MS ADDRESS was so persuasive and insinuating that
he easily found credit at the best city hotels,
whose experienced clerks are generally apt to de-
tect dead-beat at glance. Rev, RS. Macarthur,
In
says that Guitelu was then gentlemaniy In his
manners. "He was neatly, may say elegantly
dressed and his department, II not specially pre-
possessing, was certainly not noticeably unpre-
possessing" "a
TWO OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Ihere are two photographs OF Guiseau extant,
taken while he was living In Chicago with his
wife. The first represents him as young man of
thirty or whereabouts, with long hair inclined to
curl, and beardles5 face His appearance was
not unprepossessing. fine second, taken three or
four years later, has about the same character
lstlcs, with the addition OF a thin beard covering
the lower part OF his face. In neither OF the
pictures can be found any trace OF that restless.
uneasy expression which was so characteristic of
the man in later years. 81 was good looking
fellow .then,' said Guiteau. 81 have had hard
tfmo einCC.' ----
SKETCHES OF HIS CHARACTER
dulteau's character was not many sided, but the
sCofy Oh Ills lie affords many different manifesto
lions OF a one-sided character. His consuming
egotlsm can be seen through ALL His character
giving, as 1t does, clear illustration of a certain
type OF mind, will always be studied with some
interest. lie WAS not even original In thought,
but had certain originality OF expression and a
POSITIVE egotism that vitaltzed everything he said
morally, perhaps DR.. SpitZka's description of him
as ''monstrostty'' was correct While inteIIectu-
any ne appeared to have a complete conception OF
reIlglous IDEAS, morally he was without a monitor
He appeared to have no moral perceptton of the
obllgatlonS that are binding upon most men
various views OF him have been expressed In
WHAT HIS FATHER THOUGHT OF HIM.
IL is proper, perhaps, to begin with that OF the
1ather OF the assassin, who, in October 1875 wrote
as folloWs regarding his hayward and ill-starred
son.
ITO my mind he is a fit subject for a lunatfc
asylum, and If had the means to keep him would
SEM MIN 10 one for time at least His condition in
myJudgment,has been caused by anunsuottued ,ciz,
the very spirit OF disobedience to authority and
rule toward me- disobedience to God and the spirit
of truth which eliminated in a quarrel with Mr.
Noyes and the o. c., and he never will be anv
Detter unless he shall retrace his steps In every
particular nave thought and still fear he made
fatal mistake, in his wicked and uniustilahIe
fight upon Mr.: N and the O. c. do h,io,c he has
IN an That matter, as well his other acts of DISC
oedlence. been 1nstigated by Satan and Satanic
forces, and warn whomsoever it NAV concern to
one" w WV "''A0o
A PICTURE DRAWN By HIS BROTHER
Letters written by John Wilson Guiteau a bro.
ther OF the assassin, to Mr.. Scoville. In October
last, will aid the reader considerably I'm forming
an estimate OF the character OF the assassin. In
the frSt letter he said: 81 nave believed that
Julius was morally responsible for the assasstna-
ton OF President Garfield, and that he had suff1-
cient mental capacity and will power to have con-
trolied his foolish and wicked purpose If he had so
chosen, and that the crime was the legitimate
ending of his former vicious nfe I have ALWAYS
credited him with enough natural ability and q
sound mind, except as 1t has become perverted nv
excessive egotism, wilfulness, lust and laziness.
Still, II oil the circumstances OF his life
could be got together before the jury and the pub
lie, 1t would be sucn mess of unreasonInp and
senseiess work and effort as to almost force the
conclusion OF his actual insanity" Afterwards
John became conVinceds he says, that his brother
was actually insane. uwou.a not agree to attri-
sJuiIas he said, event to the With both Sis
moral and physical hehlth sadly impaired from
previous excuses and Wrongs and he left because
was required to work az the rest did. He had for
years before been disobedient wilful. egotisticai
gross. ana have no dnubt was on the verge OF in
sanity long before father suspected it. for he be-
neved that insanity was
THE RESULT OF sTE AND sATAN's POWER.
and this idea is unquestionably the teaching OF
the Bible, in both Old and new Testament I.
respectfully submit that the theory OF his in
sdnitys Dclug caused DY MS own repeI1OuS spirit
and gross excuses, makes stronger case than II
based principally upon the presence OF two or
three cases OF insanity In recent years"
Mr. PORTER's GRAPHIC SKETCH
Ex-Judge Porter in his closing address to tho
jury gave word picture Of iGuiteau which was
most graphic. He SAID: Gentlemen, this is the
man Of whom we are TO speak, and ia whose be-
halt his counsel, with such touching pathos. in-
vokes merciful and tender consideration at your
hands. The evidence shows him to have been cum
ming, crafty and remorseless, utterly selfish from
his youth up, low and brutal In his instincts. In
ordinate In his love OF notoriety; eaten up by A
lust for money which has gnawed into his soul
like cancer;a beggar, hypocrte, canter. a
Sw1ndler, lawyer who, with many years OF prac-
Iice in two great cities, never won q cause and
You know why: q man who has left In every state
through which he passed
TRAIT OF KNAvERY.
fraud and imposition; man who has lived at the
expense Of others, and when he succeeded In get
ting possession OF their funds Appropriated them
to his own private use, In breach OF every honor.
able obligation and every professional trust:
man capable OF mimicking the manners and apinp
the bearing OF gentleman : who bought 1t pawn
brokers' shops the CASTOR clothing, for which he
paid only when his credit elsewhere was en-
hausted: and then, with BIS plausfblity OF relic.
ioua cant. his studied skin as an actor, his nm