The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-02-17
THE ASSASSIN GUITEAu,
Some Accounts of His Life In Jai,.
Cath in a.e Cineinnati Enquirer.

Gath In the Cincinnati Eautirer.
Guiteau's home for the next four month";
viii be In the comfortable jail on the East
ern Branch, where he has been lodged sine,
within an hour or so after he shot the Presi
dent in the back, only excepting his holi
days to come to court and exploit himsel
before the world.
Guiteau at the jail occupies small, white
cell, almost new, very clean, at the rear end
Of long, wide corridor of similar cells
The jail, as l have described to you, consist.
OF double corridors, rising one above the
other, only divided by blank wall to keer
the prisoners at the opposite doors from
communicating. There are four of these
corridors on each side of the large central
arena or open place, from which the iron
stairways ascend in an overhanded way to
each hoor. Out there in the corridor, at the
foot Of all these stairs, are the federal guards
with muskets and bayonets not yet with
drawn.
You go up couple of flights of these
open iron stairs to Guiteau's corridor, and
there by the stairs is a table with one of the
wardens sitting at il from hour to hour, ST.
iently reading, writing or watching. A step
or two from him is the open corridor on one
SIDE, and then on the other is door of wood
lined with iron. When you are admitted
you open this door, and the moment you
have stepped in you see Guiteau in his cell.
There is one window In this cell, nearly
two feet high and foot and half
wide, with iron bars up and down. 1t gives
plenty of light and as you walk into the
cell, which is about ten or twelve feet long,
to the window, and peep out, you see there
is yet another wall beyond the outside space
"a avery thick wall, rising to the height of
seventy to ninety feet, and pierced with long,
cathedral-like windows, through which the
sun falls plenteously, and it is warmed in
the intervening space, and so comes CRATE
fully into the prisoners window.
There he has books, Bible and q bed of
nearly three-quarters size, on an iron frame
and there is chair, few little picture orna-
ments on the wall, and conveniences. He
rises before day, as there is good deal of
clatter in the Jail when they are scrubbing
the big area close by, and sweeping, and
wheeling the bread and breakfast on little
cars up and down. The food is good jail
food, the bread baked on the premises, beef
soup, etc. This man has eaten like pig
from the time he went to Jail but after the
jury found him guilty his appetite fell imme-
diately away. The night he came home
after being found guilty, he could not eat
third of bis bread, and everything stuck in
his throat. As Mr.. Croker says, he is of a
highly sanguine temperament, and every
thing presents itself TO him in the most
hopeful way.
A Waterman has been put in the cell to
see what is going on there since the verdict
has been rendered. This man, of course, is
intended to prevent his committing suicide
or escaping. His escape would appear to be
impossible. The Jail has been built on the
most improved plans. The window is
barred to the cell, and the window of the |
outer wall Is also barred, and its walls are |
nearly ayard thick. The cell door has |
queer patent lock, by which it will not open |
even when unlocked, If an elbow or hinge is |
made in the hasp. Guiteau, however, might |
put on the rig Of one of the soldiers and |
ry to pass out; but there is only one door
Of escape, and having passed this, where
here is always an attendant, he must next
bass similar door, leading into the warden's
ront office. He would have to be pretty
veil disguised to make that escape.