John A Mason,Charles Guiteau,Mason Craze,1882,cartoon

Title: [He had read of the Mason craze] / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: [1882]
Summary: Cartoon shows a triumphant policeman holding a bloody truncheon, standing astride a fallen man. Caption at bottom of printed cartoon: Policeman [who has just attempted to beat his prisoner's brains out] -- 'Now, Begorra, I'll be afther Gittin' a Honor, an' Fame an' a Subscription Paper!' In September 1881, Sergeant John A. Mason attempted to kill Charles Guiteau who had been arrested for shooting President James A. Garfield. Garfield subsequently died, and Guiteau was executed for his crime. Mason was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to eight years at hard labor. A wave of public indignation, known as the Mason craze, swept the country with the news of Mason's sentence, and more than 50,000 signatures were attached to a petition calling for his pardon.
Notes:
Title from Punch, Apr. 5, 1882, p. 76.
Illus. in: Punch, Apr. 5, 1882, p. 76.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Unprocessed in WOOD/Gillam.300
handwritten on verso: Kelly of N.Y., 1878
Sources: New York times, Mar. 11, 1882, p. 8; Mar. 16, 1882, p. 2; Mar. 26, 1882, p. 8; American national biography online, under Guiteau ljr
Subjects:
Garfield, James A.--(James Abram),--1831-1881--Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius,--1841-1882.
Mason, John A.
Police brutality--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890.
Ink drawings--1880-1890.
Political cartoons--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2004679132/
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