Guiteau
CHARLES JULIUS (gētō' ), an American assassin; born about 1840; became a lawyer in Chicago. In 1880, after the election of James A.
Garfield to the presidency, Guiteau went to Washington presumably to secure the office of United States consul at Marseilles, but did not succeed. Owing to this failure and the fact that the new President was opposed to the "Stal warts," led by Roscoe Conkling, Guiteau became greatly incensed. On July 2, 1881, he shot the President in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington; and on Sept. 19 the President died from the fect of his wound. Letters taken from Guiteau after his arrest showed that he had planned to "remove" the President.
He was indicted for murder on Oct. 7, was found guilty after trial on Jan. 25, 1882; and was hanged in the District of Columbia jail, June 30, following.