The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-17
WANTS TO MARRY ARTHUR.
A Connecticut Crank Who Has Matrim oni
Designs on the President.

A Connecticut Crank Who Has Matrim oniaI
Designs the President.
Eyes, I've come to Washington to marry
the President"
And, pray. madame" said the Washing
ton Post reporter "how will marrying the
President save Guiteau from the halterg
II shall marry the President" she repeat
ed, land we will live together at the White
House. will pray with him. Together
we will seek the Lord in 81 uplication. NY
husband (the Presidency will become in
spired Just as am. Then he will pardon
Guiteau.'
"Are you already marriedT'
"Yes. Once | was widow, but now am
married. My husbands name is John Gay
lord. Strike the first part of the name of
and you have lord left. If 1 cling 70 the
Lord must forsake the gay, but if cleave
to the gay must leave the Lord. That's
what tell 'em up our way"
Where do you liver
81 live at Gaylordsville, Conn. left my
home yesterday morning. / came straight
on through to New York, where L stopped
over night, as I'm not very rugged
and needed rest. To-day | arrived
here. l brought a banner of holiness
with me. | wanted to call on the
President. and announced my intention
this evening as soon as stepped off the cars,
but an officer brought me ever here and told
me to wait, and one OF the LieutenantS
would take me up and introduce me to-mOr-
row morning" And then Mrs. Gaylord
showed the reporter her banner. 1t was
made of foolscap paper. One side was COW
cred with gilt stars and scriptural quota
tiOns the latter being patched out of block
letters, cut out and pasted on the foolscap
one by one.
The woman who was, it is painfully evil
dent, religious crank of a mild character,
was sitting in the Lieutenants room at
police headquarters. She had reached the
city about o'clock, and bad been taken in
charge upon her arrival at the Balti-
more and Potomac Depot by Officer
Kearney. She was elderly in appear.
ance and very neatly dressed. A
difficulty of hearing, causing her to put
her hands up 10 her ear when aocost
ed, was more than compensated by an intel
ligent countenance, and a bright restless
eye. She was a curious mixture of the sane
and insane. Upon commonplace matters
she conversed tluently and coherently, but
as soon as religion would be mentioned she
branched off into the most unintelligible
nonsense, claiming that her husband was q
near relative of one OF the twelve apostles
because his name is John, as I've often
told our people up where come from" as
she kept repeating
''Does your husband know you have come
on to Washington to marry the PRESIDENT?
asked the reporter, wondering if it was Gus
tomary for Connecticut husbands to submit
to this sort of widSwerhood without q
murmur.
"Me and my old man have come to an
understanding on this point We've fused
and fused together for a good while. He's
Baptist and I'm Methodist. So when we
have protracted meeting in our town be
clings to Paul and L sit down by Peter.
Yes" shecontinued, The knew was max
ing my banner He knew it wasn't no use
TO interfere with me. Ny names Gaylord, y
she suddenly broke In after moments 81
lence, "the first part is Gay and the last part
is" but before she could finish the re-
porter softly slipped out of the room; and
when he looked in moment afterward, she
was sitting in a chair, her elbows resting on
her knees her head sunk on her bosom, and
her eyes half closed as if in deep thought,
while the gloom seemed to envelOp her in a
half sort of mystery.
Viewed in this latter light she did not
look much like a woman who could brighten
up the White House to any appreciable de-
gree. 1t was found upon inquiry at the de-
pot that she had afforded the passengers
considerable amusement by pacing up and
down the aisle, and expounding the Scrip
lures in her own peculiar way.