Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-07-15
MRS. SCOvILLEs DEVOTION.
The Bouquet Which She Constructed for
Assassin.

ltblcI OIllCc COuJtlHS, among OtUc
articles of interest, a lock of Charlie
Guiteau's hair. 1t was sent by th'
assassin to a young lady who hat
written him sympathizing letter
but by some means 1t was never callet
for, and eventually found its way tt
the dead letter office. Gen. Croker
the Warden of the Jail, says Guiteal
received more letters of condolenc,
than people were aware of. Fo
weeks after the assination hi:
mail was very heavy, and would fre
quently exceed hundred letters [;
day. Most of these communication.
were abusive in character, and in
many cases threatening. Occasional
ly crank like Guiteau would writ,
anonymously, commencing him fol
his act.
lis it true that Mrs. Scoville at
tempted to cheat the gallows by pre-
senting her brother with a poisoned
bouquet" was asked.
ut is," replied the General. 9Th,
night preceding the execution Mrs
ScOville called to see him. She wal
told she could not, except in my pres
ence, and that / was at home i'll
She carried in her hand beautiful
bouquet of roses. She asked permis
sion to present them to her brother
which was granted. As she HANDED
the flowers through the grating sh,
said, Notice the center iloweI
especially. 1t is white and emblema
tic of your own purity and loftiness O
purpose She then departed. tool
the notion to drive over to the iai
that night. My responsibility was rapid
ly drawing to an end, and 1 wanted tC
be sure everything was in ship shape
When L was told about the bouquet
sent for it. 1t did not occur to m,
that there was anything wrong about
it. l merely asked for it as matter
of precaution. Upon being told wha
Mrs. ScOville had said about the whit,
flower, l examined 1T more CAREFUL,
and discovered that it was detached
from the others and supported by
long slender stick which haC
evidently been forced into the center
of the bouquet after it was finished
This rather unusual arrangement
aroused my suspicious. While exam
ining 1T more closely, white powdery
substance fell into my hand. / SEN
for one of the chemists of the Smith
sonian Institute, who pronounced i
arsenic, In sufficient quantities to xii
half a dozen men. Mrs. Scoville'.
idea was for Guiteau to chew the bud
for it was really nothing more, and il
this way escape the gallows by com
mitting suicide.
"Why didn't Guiteau do thispn
81 don't think he understood The
significance of his sisters remarks
IL he had it is not probable that h,
would have taken advantage of hel
Spartan kindness. He did not aband
on all hope OF reprieve unit! the
last moment. He was an arrant COW
ard"
WAS there any affection between
him and his familyP"
"Very little. Guteau himself wa.
as cold as fish. l shall never forget
Mrs. Scoville's last interview Will
him. Said she: well, Charlie, | sup.
pose you must die. l trust you are
prcpared?"
" oh, yes grunted the assassin
I'm all right
land you'll go to heaven, Charlie,
dear, and you'll meet our mother
there. You'll be glad to see her,
won't you?'
81 don't know whether will OF
not. replied Guiteau, to whom the
conversation was obviously unpleas.
ant. Il suppose, if she comes around
to see me i shall treat her decentlv,
but 1 don't care anything about her.
l never took much stock IN my rela.
tons, anyhow - Washington Cor.
ChicdQ0 NeiOS.