The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22

had entered. A cab. which he had hired
previously, was waiting for him, but just
at that moment a stalwart policeman
came along and grabbed the murderer.
Inc latter was promptly escorted to po-
nee headquarters close by, and was
locked up before mob could gather. He
was extremely cool, refused to say any
thing as to the motive of his act, and &C.
cused the district attorney, Col CorkhilI
or designing to hand him over to the peo-
pie Tor slaughter. Presently however. a.
van arrived with half 81 dozen mounted
policemen, and the miScreant was walked
through the crowd and driven away to
GAIL If the mob had had a leader he
would have been lynched undoubtedly.
AS 1T was, the jail had to be guarded
afterward by a battalion of artillery and
another battalion of marines to prevent
violence.
Gulteau had a trial that was notably
fa1r under the circumstances, and was
hanged by due process of law June 30,
1857. His brain is now preserved in the
Army Medical Museum at Washington in
glass jar. Experts who examined 1t
round that 1t was diseased, but it would
Dc another matter to assume that the
assassin Was so far demented as to be
not responsible for his actions That he
might have become insane later is not
unlikely, but the chief trouble that ar
f1icted him mentally seemed to be a
morbid desire for notoriety Like the
man who fired the Ephesian dome Gui-
teau wished to attract the admiring at
tention of the world, and this was the
quickest way to do it,
DR.. Robert Reyburn, one of Mr.. Car
fields physicians, says: ''On my arrival
at the depot I FASTENED up stairs, and
saw President Garfield lying on mat
ress, which had been placed on the floor
of room in the second story I asked
him: Mr.. President, are you bauIy hurt 2"
He answered: I am afraid I am He
was deathly pale, almost puseless, and
apparently dying from internal hemor-
rhage. He urgently begged to be re-
moved to the White house. think I
can see now the sea of human faces that
completely filled the space in and around
the depot as we carried him downstairs
and out to the ambulance, in which he
was slowly driven to the executive man
Sion
"A telegram was sent to Mrs. Garfield,
but it was feared that the president
would die before she arrived Once in
my hearing he asked the secretary of
state, Why should he have wished to
shoot me-? It was explained that proba-
bly, the assassin had been disappointed In
seeking some office Later on there was
an unexpected Improvement in Garield's
condition, and he asked what his chances
OF recovery were. [ replied: Mr.. Presi-
dent, in my opinion you have a chance
for recovery
He placed his hand on my arm, and,
turning his face more fully toward me,
said, with cheerful smile, Well, doc
tor, We'll take the chance -
At the time of the murder of Mr.. Gar
field, the old playhouse known as Ford's
theater, where Mr.. Lincoln was assassi-
mated, was occupied by the Army Medical
museum. The body of Guiteau after the
hanging, was first buried at the district
Jail. and then was dug UP again, being
wanted by the government physicians
1t was brought to the Ford's theater
building in wagon, as secretly as pos
sible, but a local newspaper man got
wind of it, looked up the person who had
driven the cart, and, pretending that he
did not believe the story, made a bet
with him that it was not true.
The man, whose vanity was piq1ed,
took the reporter into the cellar of the
theater at night, carrying a lantern.
After walking among piles of lumber
and boxes, the small light seeming to in
tensify the gloom, the guide suddenly
stopped, and with deep-sepulchral voice
said:
..sYou are now near all that remains
mortal of Charles Guiteau" .a
Where is it?" was asked.
do you recognize those shoes? Amt
this his coat? Do you see his coffin?'
Eyes. they look like them was the
answer, ''but it is Charles I want to see."
Whereupon the body was shown and