New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-03
makes the following state

ahead of the Presidential party and moved about
and acted quite restlessly. My attention was at
tracted by his movements but did not watch the
assassin particularly until heard him ask hack
man at the Sxth-st depot if he could drive him off
in hurry if required. thought that was peculiar
thing, but before could follow it up closer saw
the Presidents party driving down Sxth-st. to the
depot and had to 60 and look after them. They
drove to the Bst. entrance. Secretary Blaine was
with the President, and the two entered the depot
together. The President walked up to me and asked
| how much time he had before the train left 1t was
| twenty minutes after nine, saw by looking at my
watch and told the President he had ten min
utes
just rs he thanked me heard pistol shot I saw
the man that had been watching previously stand
ing about ten feet away in the shadow of the main
entrance to the waiting room levcling his pistol
across his He fired second shot before could
speak to him. and darted between myself and the
President and Secretary Blaine into the street. The
President reeled and fell just in front of me- AS he
fell he said something that could not exactly un-
derstand, and Secretary Blaine, with a terrified
look, pushed toward him, exclaiming: "My God !
he has been murdered! What is the meaning of
this" did not stop longer. but ran out after the
assassin and arrested him just as he started across
| B-st toward Sixth-st.
"'In Gods namc man. shouted, what did you
| shoot the President forT
| " His answer was, / am Stalwart, and want Ar
thur for President
He still carried his pistol in his hand; it was
| loru Cn1i of
n bone handle. He appeared perfectly COOL and
offered no resistance, but went quietly to Police
| Headquarters with me-"
| THE ACCOUNT OF MRS. WHITE, AN EYEWITNESS.
Mrs. Sarah " +. White, the woman in charge of
the wating-room at the Baltimore and Potomac
depot was the person who hlst reached the
: President after he was shot. In reply
to questions asked her, she said: 81
saw the whole thing. Tho man came
in from this door," she said pointing TO the door at
the east, entering the ladies' room from tho main
waiting-room, just the President entered the
middle door from B-st. When he approached within
five feet OF the President he fired, aiming, thought.
at the Presidents heart, and missed him. The
President did not seem to notice him, but
walked right on past the man. He
fired again and the President fell. He fell right at
the turn of the second of seats was the first
to reach him. and lifted up his head The janltor
rushed in and called the police. held the President
until some men camo and lifted him up He did not
speak to me or to any until young man. who |
| think was his son, came. After he had vomitcd
think he said something to him. When ho was
| lifted upon the mattress he spoke or gToancd'
| " Did the man who shot him say anythngf"
'No words at all passed between them The
man walked deliberately ont of the centre door.
where somebody headed him off He turned and
started back the way he canc and was seized at
the door by the police. | have seen the man once
or twice before. One time in particular noticed
him y few days ago. He pronenaded up and
down just as he did to-day, wiping his face and
| apparently excited thought he was waiting for
some friends. This morning he waited here half an
hour, wa king up aud down. There were few poo-
pie in the when the shot was fired All tbe
passengers had gone ont. think there was a gen
tlcman standing the door,"
THE STATEMENT OF T.. o. Foss
Mr.. Everett o. Foss, of Dover, n H. who was in
the gente'nen's waiting room Of the Potomac Depot
gives the following account OF the shooting:
"At $3.50 o'clock two shots in rapid succession.
load and startling, rang through the dopot J,s,
then Secretary Blaine rushed out Of the lodics,
waiting-roon, asking for officer. At the same
instant almost Policeman Kearney came ont of the
same door, having in charge the nan who fired the
shots, the latter waving letter which he wished
delivered to General Sherman. On entering the
ladies' room General Garfield supported by
| the lady iii charge of the room. Secretary Blaine
was bending him, saying: ooh. NV poor
| Presidcntw
! III appears that Gniteau had been waiting around
the depot for half hour, and had been noticed by
the lady in charge as having an evil eye but with
no thought of his being an assassin. lie followed
| the President about half way from the front doc,
before lie fired and the second shot followed almost
instantancously the first. The President seemed TO
take step forward the second shot was fred and
fcil Secretary Blaine soon after the President was
removed from the depot went to his residence. See
| retary Window remained in the depot with so,,o
friends, seemingly endcavoring to get some definite
idea about the assassin and the cause of his wicked
attempt on the life Of the President The theories
advanced and the absurd rumors prevalent onlv
gained in volume by repetition.
Yesterday about o'clock Guiteau cntered ,bo
Remington Arms sCompany's place in the Post Build
ing and asked the clerk if he had an ENGLISH
Trentcr pistol The clerk informed him he had p,t
but showed him 32-calbre Colt double-actiop re-