The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-03-04

PEoMOpNcEp Bx THE AssAssrr
uFoE TIE scAFroLD.
How The People who Were Promi-
nenfat the Trial Prosper Under the
Legacy.

nenfat the Trial Prosper Under the
Legacy.
FOR some weeks past, says a Washing
ton letter in the Chicago Nesos, a paragraph
has been floating about the country set
ting forth the fact that Guiteau's curse
which he pronounced upon the scaffold
has fallen with baneful effect unon a
number Of those who were connected
with his trial and execution. Last even
ing the Ne',s correspondent directed the
attention Of General Crocker, the warden
Of the Jail, to the article, and asked him
how much truth there was in the state
ment. ut is utterly without founda-
ton, and is as fimsy and unsubstantial
a tigment of the imagination as could
well be DEVISED" replied the general.
There were probably fifty persons
more or less directly connected with
Guiteau's imprisonment. Nineteen of
these were the guards and prison attaches
we're Guiteau was confined. Twelve were
members of the jury, and the remainder,
incAding Judge Cox, were officers of
the court, government counsel, and 9th
ersa Three of these gentlemen have died
since the hanging of Guiteau, but when
1t IS remembered that most of these peo-
pie were men of middle age or even
older, 1T IL matter of surprise that 80
few should in the course of nature have
passed away. Policeman Fowler has
been mentioned as one upon whom the
curse has fallen with particular violence.
Fowler was killed few months ago bv
prisoner whom he was attempting to
arrest. AS matter of fact, he had no
more to do with the trial than anv of a
dozen newspaper men who were present
from day to day. He was sometimes de-
tailed for duty at the court room, but
beyond that he had no connection what
ever with the proceedings. DR.. Noble
Young, the Jail physician, who died re-
Gently, is another victim. DIR. Young
died calmly in his bed at the advanced
age of eighty-two years, and the only
wonder is that he lived SO long, as he
had been constant sufferer from kid
ney troubles for the past decade. The
last of these alleged unfortunates is Juror
Pettibone, but as you may remember.
Pettibone was sick during the course of
the trial, and postponement occurred
several times on his account. His death,
which followed few months later, can
hardly be coupled with any curse Guiteau
might have uttered"
''Does it not appear to you, general
interrupted the correspondent, THAT, SO
far from the people who surrounded
Guiteau being cursed, the very opposite
proves to be the case?'
That is the very suggestion l was
going to make. Colonel Corkhill, the
United States district attorney who had
charge of the case, has fallen heir within
the mast eighteen months to fortune
variously estimated at from $40, 600 to
500, 900, and is to-day more prosperous
and wealthy than ever before. His
assistants, Messrs. Davidge and Porter,
are well and happy and enjoy a large
practice in this city and New York.
Sergeant Mason, who attempted to kill
Guiteau by firing into his cell and in fact
Narrowly missing the assassin, is living
in peace and retirement on his farm in |
purchased with the 81, 900 con
.ribution which was raised by voluntary
during his confinement in
he Albany penitentiary, Prior to this |
Mason had drawn salary of SIT a |
month as an under-sergeant in the regu-
ar army, while his wife had helped sup
,ort the family by taking in washing and
other menial services. They |
ire rich to-day beyond their widest
But for Guiteau they
would still be living hand -to-mouth
'xistence. Bill Jones, the avenger, as
he was facetiously called, who, in a
drunken frolic, also attempted Gui-
eau's life, pursues his vocation as a
armer just across the Maryland border.
nd finds great comfort in the
hought that his name viii be linked
With that of the assassin of Garfield
y the historian of future ages. The
leven jurymen who survive Mr.. Petit
one are all leading contented and peace
III lives, and the same may be said of
be prison attaches Perry Carson, the
all, good-looking negro who drove the
rison van from the Jail to the court
ouse, became figure of such import
nee during the trial that his admiring
olored friends of the district sent him
5 delegate to the Republican conven-
on at Chicago. He is now the proprie-
Dr of tiourishing liquor-saloon near
be Pennsylvania avenue railway station,
nd has substantial sum to his credit in ,
ne of the local savings banks. He
eyer probably earned $50 month be-
ore the shooting.
Mrs. Garfield, as you know, is worth
alf million Of dollars. President
.rthur has lived to finish his term as !
hief magistrate. So you see there's I
Othing in Guiteau's curse. The people !
ho fell under his displeasure seem to
ave prospered, while, so far as am
pie to judge, it has injured no one" ,
"What disposition Of Guiteau's body Z
made2n !
neral Crocker, who had been talking !
great glibness, began pulling his
neIvously, and when he replied /
with evident embarrassment. ~
swer that question, he replied.
not2 Is there any mystery 0
with itf" 2
are but two other people in v
10 know the place of Quit +
There are reasons why it G