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What follows is the typed text (misspellings and all) from an interesting letter that was sent to Captain Henry received from a friend of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. Marshal Henry was assigned to guard Guiteau and apparently the writer, Frignif Ihinnoe, didn’t think the Captain could be unbiased. We don’t have a photo of Frignif but I found one of Charles Guiteau.
New York January 4th 1882
Marshal Henry Courthouse Washington D.C.
You Illegitimate Bastard, low ignorant Scoundrel Villain.
You are too fresh On Your Stiff wrist.
You are Only a dirty Cowardly crawling vagabond snake
and if I was near you I would very quick put a stop to
your empty prate.
I warn you if ever you put a hand on Guiteau to do him
bodily harm, I will shoot you at sight and as You have no
Soul to lose your miserable gizzard will will get a free pass
on the thrice quice express railroad to hell. Perhaps you
are now on your dignity & a Jumping Jack with Huffs on
and swaggering to your highest pitch of wrath, but all
your venom is no more than a curr barking on a
dunghill.
If you now get a belt on the mouth you would yell & run
like a damnation and the devil would be the Only
Gentleman whom would know where to find you.
Now Marshall Henry bastard Thief, Scoundrel, & blackest
Viallain out of Jail. You Hungry Buzzard. You mean
disgraceful pest of humanity, you Snarling Cowardly Curr
I warn you to desist bulldogging Guiteau, if you act in a
disgraceful manner and do him any bodily harm, I will
by the eternal vigilance shoot you on the spot before you
know where you are.
You hypocritical rascal are you so
blind, so utterly ignorant that you don’t know this man is
on trail for his life before fifty millions of Intelligent
American People, and all the civilized world is interested
on this trial, and expects the American People to be
honorable enough to give this man Guiteau a fair &
impartial trial. You and such cranks, keep off your
unclean hands and don’t disgrace our country and the
intelligence of our people.
Now I have done & if you consider yourself insulted and
want any satisfaction you can be accommodated at any
time and any place!
By an American
Frignif Ihinnoe
Always for right & against
wrong
(Signature)
Frignif Ihinnoe
New York City
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