Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-12
SISTER SCOVILLE'S
Last Howl About the Precious Carcass
of Her Dear Observation-Disclosures.
istie BETTER to Parsen Hicks.
The Remains Of the Assassin Offered to
the " Highest Bidder for Cash
4 Disgraceful Document.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE following is the
full text Of Mrs. ScovilIe'z letter to tie Rev.
DR.. Hicks, brief mention Of which vas made
in these dispatches OF Saturday:
SHERIDAN HOUSE, CHICAGO. July 5. Iss2.
Rev. Dr.. Hicks:
DEAR SRI hear horrible reports as 10
the disposal OF my poor brothers body. l
understood il was to be left quietly where it
was buried until it should be thought safe for
Or TO remove i. TO a suitable place for inter-
ment. The paper which l signed said that
We should have the privilege OF removing
the body whenever We desired TO do so. That
contract has been violated by the removal OF
the body TO the Museum without nv permits
sion. |, for one, care most decidedly az to
everything connected with bis body, mis- life
and his memory. / care nothing for the
doctors quarrel on the autopsy. DR.. Lambs
report Is conclusive evidence OF his insanity,
but aside from that l can, if necessary, call
a witness who saw the autopsy and will tell
the truth, and who says there is not the
shadow of a doubt OF Guiteau's
insanity rs proved by what he saw at the
autopsy. OF course such evidence destroys
the will, the donation of the body, the book,
copyright snd all. / think l understand
why the copyright was wanted, why notes of
his last hours and savings were wanted, why
the stories OF The poisoned pellets and the
poisoned D6uQUSLS were started. some pcO-
pie think the Guiteau business is ended, but
as the shout went up from the crowd, as the
signal announced that Charley Guiteau was
hanging in mid-sir, said the GuiteaE bust
ness has Just begun; the Stalwarts have put
their foot in it. Why? Because many peo-
pie believe that every official, from the Presi-
dent down, knew he was crazy as loon. 1t
would have been cheaper for the Stslwarts
to have taken care of Guiteau. Their pur-
I npHeratapd Ea IN ollav
suspicious of any completely anywhere in
the murder OF Garfield. How have they
succeeded? The course they have taken
has been the very one TO arouse sus-
picion. Now, Mr.. Hicks, 1 appeal
to you TO take such a course as
will protect the President, and through
him the Stslwarts from any suspicion in the
future. l should be very sorry to have the
Republican party wrecked by suspicion.
My poor crazy brother was just crazy enough
10 take hint conveyed TO him by artful
politicians, and TO carry il out successfully;
just crazy enough to impart his secret to one
who would never be suspected of being his
coutdant and who did not himself realize the
whole purport of the revelation, especially
when taken in conjunction with several
letters conveyed secretly by this same person
for the poor crazy man, from his cell 10 his
sister. He took this way of posting her.
Murder will out. This came out after the
poor fellow was in glory. / have some
letters from Charles which / shall very
soon have published. l have a mortgage
OF $500 overdue on my household goods,
and [ am negotiating with a clothing
firm TO buy Charles's hat, etc. for enough
TO meet the interest. Starvation and want
stare me in the face unless [ can realize
something from his effects. The most i'm
portsni part OF his estate are the copyright
of his book and the market value Of his poor
body. Nothing but dire necessity induces
me 10 think of ny brothers body as an ar
tice of traffic, but as it has already been
desecrated, l now offer what remains of his
mutilated body to the highest bidder for
cash. My feelings have already been
shocked and lacersted beyond restoration.
Now l desire to have you surrender TO my
legal representative in Washington my
brothers remains, copyrights and everything
left by him. Yours respectfully,
FRANCES NJ. SCOVILLE.