On this date, June
30, 1882, Charles J. Guiteau was executed by hanging for the assassination of the 20th President of the U.S.A, James
A. Garfield on July 2, 1881.
Guiteau was executed less than a year after the assassination and after
10 months after the President died on September 19, 1881. What a swift and sure
execution! Most important of all, he is guilty beyond any doubt.
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| Charles Guiteau |
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An engraving of
James A. Garfield's assassination, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper. The caption reads "Washington, D.C.—The attack on the
President's life—Scene in the ladies' room of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
depot—The arrest of the assassin / from sketches by our special artist's A. Berghaus
and C. Upham."
President Garfield
is at center right, leaning after being shot. He is supported by Secretary of
State James G. Blaine who wears a light colored top hat. To left, assassin
Charles Guiteau is restrained by members of the crowd, one of whom is about to
strike him with a cane.
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Please go to this previous
blog post to learn more about this assassin.
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