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Garfield's assassin is a "moral idiot"...



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July 09, 1881

LEAVENWORTH DAILY STANDARD, Kansas, July 9, 1881

* Charles J. Guiteau
* President James Garfield assassination


The top of the front page has: "The Assassin" which begins: "Guiteau is provoked because his victim has not died and is anxious for all possible notoriety..." which is concerning the President James Garfield assassination. A subhead includes: "A Moral Idiot, and Should Be Killed".

Much other news of the day, four pages never bound nor trimmed, large folio size.

Category: The Old West