The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-12
WOMAN CAREFULLY
GUARDED SECRET
Former Wife OF Charles
Guiteau Concealed
Her Identity.
DIED RECENTLY AT OMAHA
She Spent the Last Few Years OF
Her Lie at her Dsughter S
Home.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 1.-THE wife OF
Charles J Cuiteau has just died az
her home in Omaha. where sac had
lived in close retirement Tor number
OF wears. la this city she had been
known as AIrs. anna B. Allen and the
fact thar she vas the vie Of the as
sassin az President james n Garfield
had been kept SO secret that compare
lively few people knew that the quiet
Mrs.. Allen. had dgured IN one Of the
great tragedies OF American history
An duriae her Omaha residence Mrs.
Allen hal persissently refused to talk
of The nightmare period OF ner hle,
ana il was only from word no" @"d
then dropped by her tlat the iLit a1o4s
is known. 49,.
.srhat is past. let IL resi-. WAS the
usual guiet way In which she paitieu
ans attempt en- the "alt ~ uie M
ouisitive to question her concefnins
Guffeau For a number OF years she
made her home with her sJn-ln-llt Y.
ana her daughter, Mr. ana AIRS A. -
Williams of 2S61 Henderson street
where she died last week. The TACT
that she was once the wife of the muir
derer of "A President mes been kept a.
much OF a secret since het deasA as ID
vas during her lifetime, and the name
.Guiteau" does not appear on lhe
grave monument.
Met Guiteau in 1871.
Mrs. Guiteau's maiden name was
Dunn and il was while living at rec
mort IL. that she met the man VINO
was 10 murder a President ana ole on
me ealloWs This was iu 1870 ana
even in those days Guiteau leaned TO-
ward anarchy ana had peculiar IDEAS
of Cover nment
Concerning her courtship ana mar
riage. Mrs. Allen vas always extreme
ly reticeut, ana even with hey daugh-
ter. Mrs. Williams, she never discussed
thcse davs. That they were unhappy
ones. however, is known. But they ala
not last long In less than two years
ffom the wedding day Mrs. Guiteau
applied for ana was granted divorce
on The plea OF cruelty. GulIeau was
subject 10 violent AID terrible nts OF
temper. and when IN one Of these was
little more thai brute.
After her divorce from Gulleau,
Mrs. Guiteau went 10 Boulder, colo,
where she in 1879 married pros
ueetor named Dunmire. While the
Dummies were residing in Boulder
there was one Gay flashed over the tel
egraph wires the message that Presi-
dent Garfield had been shot and that
his assassin was Charles j. Guiteau-
Il can easily believe that is my for
mer husband" Mrs. Dunmire Is re-
ported 10 have said on that occasion.
'He is thoroughly capable Of the
deed"
Testified at Trial
Then came the long trial. during
which prominent auenists for weeks
and weeks struggled 10 prove that The
murderer was sane on insane II sane
the death penalty would be inflicted,
If insane. Guiteau would be sent 20
an asylum. perhaps for few months,
perhaps d few years.
slowly and surely the idea that
Guiteau was insane was gdlnlng
ground as the alienisJs for the defense
gave their testimony. Guiteau's law
yers had begun 10 look upon that point
as firmly established.
Then the government played its big
trump. Mrs. Dunmire was called to
the witness stand. Size told OF the
years she had lived with the muir
derer. told OF his violent temper and
british WAYS; told of his ideas of gov
eminent or lack of government. and
so impressed the jury with her GER
tainIy of the prisoners sanity that q
verdict OF guilty WAS returned.
While Guiteau ina his VEIL awaited
the date Of the execution, his former
wife busted herself with the welfare
OF his soul. She brought him a Bible
and diu what she could 10 bring abou
his repentance.
But before the day OF death arrived
Mrs Dunmire left Washington and re-
tur6ed TO Colorado, where she took az
her residence at Loadville She va.
a resident o. that c.ty when the new.
~ the execution of Guiteau reached
her.
Divorces SIR. Dunmire.
-Four wears after this-ln 1886
Mrs. Dunmire and her husband
agreed 10 disagree" and separated
airs. Dunmire took the Two children
10 Chicago, where she secured a di
vOree. Later in that city she marie,
Enech Allen.
But again there was a separation
and Mrs. Allen moved 10 Omaha. Fiv,
years ago sac secured a divorce from
All Allen, and since thar time ha,
made her nome with her daughtet
Mrs a. ID. Williams.
The last few years of her life Mrs
Alien spent in the company OF her liz
tie grandson. who was very much AT
tached 10 her. She was very quiet an,
reticent rarely going shopping ant
never attending theatres or places O
amusement. The shadow of the gal
lows lay dark across the pathway a
her life. and The memory on the Grim
perpeirated " her first husband wa
with her every moment.