Show A SHO I1 AT GUITlEAU Wblcb hag no Effect except to 4Jreiie aSicIriy Sensatiou Washington Sergeant Mason who shot at Guitteau is still imprisoned im-prisoned There is some doubt as to jurisdiction It is not believed be-lieved he was drunk or wild from drink Although no plot for the killing of Guitteau is discovered among the guards it is known they are deeply hostile towards him Officers Of-ficers believe Guitteau lied and was not at the window but reclining when fired at Guitteau exhibited the agony of fear some time after the shooting He has been removed to another cell No official notice of Sergeant Masons offense has vet been reported re-ported to the war department It is stated there that Mason will be i promptly surrendered if a demand is made for him by the civil authorities authori-ties Thus all difficulty will be I evaded if such demand is not made Mason will be tried by court martial mar-tial Army officers generally express ex-press a feeling of mortification at this attempt on Guitteaus life as reflecting on the discipline and good name of the service Guitteau has told ten different stories about his position when Sergeant Ser-geant Mason fired into his cell last night At first and when under excitement ex-citement he says he was lying on his bed when the shot was fired Subsequently he said he was standing stand-ing at the window but it is believed that his first statement is true and hat ho concocted the second with the idea that it could give him more notoriety toriety if he made it appear that he had a very narrow escape This is not the first time that Guitteau has given reason since he was imprisoned impris-oned to believe that he does not always al-ways tell the truth His account of the shooting as near as given to Warden Crocker was as follows It was a close call and walking to the window he pointed to a hole in the outer glass and said You see that well I saw a wagon when they came out It was raining then and I was looking at the soldiers getting out of them I had my arms in this position putting one arm over the other near the elbow and resting them on the first bar of the cell my chin was resting on them when I saw the flash right from that corner indicating I the south corner of the west window I win-dow and near this was the ball crashing and passing over here pointing over his shoulders See here the ball came in right here pointing to the shot on the wall It was a powerful shot for after it glanced it went right through my coat which was hanging on this nail See what it did to this picture pulling pull-ing out one of the photographs taken of him in which the left breast is completely torn out I had some other things a toothpick etc which it did not touch 1 want to keep the picture as a memento Gen Crocker said There was good aim at the heart of the picture Tea but I Mould rather have it there than at mine I do not know who did it A guard remarked It looks like it was an accident Guitteau made no reply but evidently did not take any stock in the suggestion Sergeant MtiSjn is said by the officers of the odtterj to be the best shot in the company He says he had observed hat every evening when the guard I mvea Guit eau took the same joiti n at the cell under the win 1dW i For v eeks Mason noticed in and Le made up his mind that i millet shot any evening just after he ruird rived would hit Guit eau From one view he could see TUitteau through a window opening in a line wish Guitteaus cell win low but he could not fire a direct hot from that position He had to look round the yard and get position tt another place in order to command com-mand a range of Guitteaus cell window Mason did not stop at his usual place of observation to see if Guitteau was at the window but as he had never failed to be there when the guard arrived Mason took it for granted that the prisoner was at the window lIe hurried on to where he could get range of the window and fired without attending to aim hrstto mahe it certain that Guitteau was in range |