The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-04
POLITICS IN HE'LL.
This is What the Spirit of Guiteau is Now
Telling the st. Louis Spirtualists.

ST. LOUIS, july 80. -FOf some DAYS the
spirtualists of this city have been holding
interviews with the spirit of Guiteau. a
reporter called on the medium last night,
and was granted an interview with the as
sassin. In a few weeks the spirit hopes
TO be able to communicate with the PEG
pie on this earth more directly. As the
medium took up her slate to call his spirit
several strange spirits came 10 her and
expressed desire to enter into converse
ton; she inquired for the spirit of Charles
Jules Guiteau. From their talk it was
readily learned that he was not a popular
spirit among them. One, the spirit of a
well known lawyer, lately passed away,
asserted that Guiteau had found out he
was not Gods man after all. 1t seemed
to be the prevailing opinion among them
that he had failed to progress, as he had
boated he would, on his arrival After a
few efforts the attention of Guiteau's spirit
was arrested. He saluted the reporter
Familiarity and expressed his gratitude for
the truthful reproduction of his last inter
view. when you We're here before, said
he, Il had not become accustomed To my
place. which was darkness, and | could
only converse through the aid of spirits
who were much better than myself. [ am
now. happy to say that [ have progressed
one degree. My home now is discomfort
ment 1t is very little better than dark
ness, but am now able to sec brighter
lands in which | soon expect to roam. My
change gives me an opportunity to give
more accurate description of darkness, or
what is known to people on earth as hell
There is no such place as hell, but darkness
answers the place of such torment as muir
derers deserve, and only a short time since
this darkness was my home. There are l.o
walls and no floor. simply darkness, which
seemed everlasting death; there my soul
was suspended and every minute dragged
so sluggisllly along, that in it had time
to contemplate all my sins one by one.
The next minute brought the same feverish
reflections and with them came the awful
recurrence of my national crime. / would
have preferred 10000 deaths to the indies
cribable anguish of mind and body. The
groans which broke the painful silence
seemed to be magniied a thousand times
as they racked my feverish soul. | begged
and pleaded for forgiveness, and my friends
who were enjoying happy homes helping
me; now am one step higher, AID before
long I hope to be happy"
After he had finished his description of
darkness, the reporter inquired what dispo
sition had been made of his body.
They have removed my body but | care
nothing for that; the doctors have chopped
it up. / feel sorry on account of my sister.
They are making an examination of my
head and brains. If they would send
doctor to examine every mans brain they
would find out that they haven't any more
sense than Charles Jules Guiteau. / had |
a wife on earth but she was no good She |
treated me shamefully. As for religion, |
take the Bible and throw it away. Use |
your own sense. Be straightforward and |
don't bother yourself about any church. | /
was reviyalist but was working for |
money I know | was devil, and if had |
to live my life over again you would see a |
great man. / have no desire to come back |
to earth again. / am glad was hung. but |
sorry on account of my sister. Tell her | |
loved her but | was so irritable that |
l could not help treating her badly. When
progress I will take an interest in poll
tics. They have congress here. 1t is a
beautiful place and when / am elected my
happiness will be complete.
Here the interview was interrupted by
number of spiritualists, who came in to sit
Tor naturalization, and the reporter left.
after wishing Guiteau success.
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