The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-07

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III; temperature, %; respiration, 20.
All symptoms are favorable.
WAsuISoToN, July 2.-Andrew Clark,
Collector, Atlanta, Ga. While tho presi-
dent and Secretary Blaine wero passing
through the Sixth Street depot this morn
Ing take o train, man named Charles
Cutie shot the president with 40
callibre pistol in the arm and the right
aide, the latter ball lodging in the body.
The attending physicians will probe for
the ball, with view of abstracting It, at
o O'Clock. r favorable reaction has oc.
CURED, and the president Is now resting
easy ut the executive mansion. The
! wound, although dangerous, Is not be-
I lieyed to be fatal Ny opinion Is that It
will not be. The presidents strong phy-
steal constitution ia greatly IN his favor.
Guitteau has frequented tho State De-
partment and White House seeking @
Great synpathy is felt for the president
and gratitude that the murderer failed of
his purpose. z strong feeling prevailed
favoring the immediate execution Of
Guitteau. who, however, was Gent to Jail.
GREEN Is. RAUM, Commissioner.
| DR.. Townsend, health officer OF the dis
trict, In q conversation this afternoon,
said: ~ found the president, whom ar.
rived at tho Baltimore and Potomac de-
F.! pot, about hvc minutes after tho shooting
occurred, in vomiting and fainting con :.
dition. L had his head lowered, which
nag beon elevated ny attendants, and ad.
mlnistered aromatic cDirlts of ammonia
| and brandy 70 royivo him. This had the
| desired effect, and the president, regain
Ing consciousness, was asked where he
iolt most pain. He replied in tho right
leg and foot. He then examined the
caused slight hcmorrhago. / then do.
clded 10 have him moved up stairs from
| the crowd. Shortly after getting him
| there, Drs. Smith and PurVis arrived,
| and, upon consultation with them, IL was
! decided to remove him 10 tho white
panied the president In the ambulance to
| the white house, where another examina-
| ton and stimulants again administered.
| An Intellectual attempt was made to trace
| the course OF the wound, and at IL 30 the
president was suffering much pain o
administered" DR.. Townsend left tho
president shortly afterward somewhat re-
viyed. The doctor said, at 2 D. M, that
iie could not give an intelligent opinion
| as yet, but pronounces the wound as
dangerous, but not necessarily fatal.
EVIDENCES OF PLOT.
There Is theory which has many I'D
\ herents that the attempted assassination
| was not the work of lunat!c. but the re-
suit or plot much deeper and darker
than has been suspected. II is cited In
support OF this theory that Gnitteau ar
| ranged beforehand with hackman to be
In readiness to drivo him swiftly In the
direction or Congressional cenetcry as
| soon as he made his appearance on re-
turning from the depot. In tho mean.
tinle he had left n bundle of papers In tho
hands or ooy with the Intention, IL Is
maintained, of creating belief In his in
| sanity in D.c event Of his captr2e. Quit
Qn,. ~ hi 10 fail
4 idents assassination was premeditnted,
and that ho went TO Long Branch for the
purpose of shooting him there, and yas
deferred by the enfeebled and sadAened
| condition OF Mrs. Garfield, which ap-
pealod 80 strongly to his sense of human
| jty that he came back without carr wing
| out his Intentions.
Those by whom Guitteau has been ex-
( amfned since the shooting say that ho
| ahows no symptoms OF insanity, and 1t is
understood that the lettor which has al
| ready been telegraphed addressed, "ro
I'm the collection which supports tho
| theory OF insanity II Is reported that
Guittoau had an accomplice, whose de-
| scription is In the hands Of the police,
and further developments are anyiously
| looked for.
REGARDING THE ASSASSIN.
The district jail, q largo brown stone
| otTuctuIep oiluateu NJ the EASTERN eXtrofn-
ity of the city, was visited by an aaso-
| ciated, press reporter shortly after IL
| O'Clock for the purpose of obtaining an
interview with Charles Guitteau, the as-
sassin Of President Garfield. The officers
refused admittance TO tho building,
acting under instructions from At
torney-General MaoVengh, which were
that no one be allowed to see the pris-
oner. Information had reached them
that movement 70 mob the jail was con-
templated. A largo guard cf regular
troops and metropolitan police was mo-
mentarily expected to repel any attack
| which might be made.
Charles Guitteau ls about 80 years OF
age, and Is supposed to be of French de-
scent. He Is about 5 feet inches in
height, sandy complexion and Is slight
weighing no moro than 125 pounds.
he wears monstanhe and light chin
whiskers, and shrunken cheeks and eyes
fnr epart, which gives him sullen or, as
the officials described 1t, o gloomy" ap-
pearance:: The officer in question gave it
as his opinion that Guitteau Ia q Chicago
communist, and stated that he has hIiec no.
tioed IL to bo @ peculiarlty Of Yearly all
inurderors that their Eyes -ire set for
apart. "Guitteau," he said, "proves no
exception to the ruio.'' 1t is stated that
two to three weeks ago Guitteau wont to
was refused admittauca on the ground
that 1t was not 'visitors' day. He at
that time mentioned his name M Cult
teau, and said that he came from Chicago.
When brought to jail to-day he was nd.
mitted by the officer who had preyiously
refused to admit him. Mutual recognf-
ton took place, Guitteau saying:.
"You are the man that would not let
me 20 through the Jail some time ago"
The only remark he made before being
placed In jail, was that General Sherman
would arrive ut the jail soon. The officer
was In charge of the old city jail ut the
time OF the assassination CO President
ELincoln.
LETTER FROM THE ASSASSIN.
Tho following letter was takon nom
tit prisoners pocket at police head.
July 2. 1881. Tho White Honre.-.The
presidente tragic death was sad necos.
sity, but 1t " i'll unite the Republican
party and save the Republic Life Is {
fiimsy dream, and 1t matters little when
one goes. a human life is OF small value,
During the war thousands of brave boys
went down without g tear. / presume
that the president was q Christian, and
that he wiz bo happier in paradise than
here, It VIII DO no worse for Mrs. Gar
Geld, deSr soul, to part with her husband
this way than by q natural death. Ho is
Liable 10 go at any time, any way. Ihni
no III will toward the preaidene, His
death was political necessity. am @
lawyer, @ theologian, and G. politician
am stalwaFt OF the stalwarts. wa
with General Grant and The rnst OF oui
men In New York during the canvass
have some papers for tho press, which ]
snnit leave win Byron andrews ana hii
coJoDrnallsts, I4S0 New York Avenue
ell \, rsr-r@ rA..sr- A.