The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-24
A Rad SHOT.
4 Third Cnsucccssfnl Attclnpt Upon
the Life ~ the Assassin Of Prcsi-
dent lsarfieDd.

4 Third Unsuccessful Attcmpt Upon
the Life or the Assassin Of Prcsi-
dent l;arficId.
Another attempt upon the life Of the assas-
sin Guitean was made shortly after the adj
jearnnicnt Of court on the sixth day OF the
trial.
The prisoner was being conveyed back to Jail
in the prison van. Perry H. Carson, guards
man, stood upon the rear steps of the van.
The driver, James Leonard, was accompanied
by officer Edelin,, Of the mounted police force
but upon this occasion Edelin, was not mount
cd, and rat upon the box by the side Of the
driver.
Al the van turned into East Capitol street.
heading for the Jail, man mounted upon
wiry sorrel gclding dashed up to the side OF
the vehicle. The rider deliberately looked in
through tho narrow barrel yentiator upon
the sidc Of the wagon until he saw Gnit.au
erouching down upon the right hand Of The van:
"Oh, there you are Won son OF A." shouted
the rider, as he wheeled on and discharged one
shot from a revolver through the side Of the
van at Gnteau A shrek OF abject terror was
heard inside. Guitean yelling - Oh, nv God |.
my God am shot HELP! Murder ~ Then
he fell hi tit Of fright upon the floor Of
the wagon. The would-bc assassin Of the
OCCASION dashed away without rsking =
second shot. As he pnt spurs to his horse
until lie passed them. Ee bent low over
his horses neck and spurred with fiery energy
toward the north. The officers were 10 over.
whelnled with surprise at the suddcnness and
nncxpectedness OF the attack that they hardly
realized what was done until the bold rider was
OFF and away. Officer Edelin, fired one shot
after him, but il did not delay him at all,
as it went very wide Of its mark
The officers at first paid no attention
to Guiteau, who kept shrieking with terror.
for help. The officers stupidity imagined that
they could pursue the fleet rider with their
heavy van. 1t was wheeled about, and the
horses attached to it were dashed to a gallop,
while Edelin, sat with cooked revolver in his
hand locking for shot at the flying man. The
van reached the high incline overlooking the
railroad tracks only IN time to see
the sorrcl gelding bolt straight acros,
the tracks toward the open country
Some hours Of afterward drunken, half-w it
ted fellow named Bill Jones was arrested in til.
vicinity Of the Soldiers Home, but lie proyet
to I've the wrong man, after lying III jail twenty
four hours. The real shooter escaped. Til,
easy manner in which he succeeded in making
himself scarce, and the general conduct OF tn,
police officers, leads to the belief that there i
a conspiracy in Washington to make way with
the assassin, and that the men who have beef
detailed to guard the wretch are at least dis
posed to wink at, II not aid the conspiratcrs ii
their Plans When the officers saw that fnrthcl
pursuit was impossible, they opened til,
van aud looked for Gniteau. lie wa
in pitiable plight. Already lie ha,
suffered hundred deaths from abject terror
His face was livid and bathed in cold sweat
His teeth were chattering as il in some dead,
chill. His wound was bleeding quite freely.
staining his murderous right hand bright red
His terror had also produced spontaneous
movement Of the bowels, SO that, ali combined
he presented disgusting appearance.
On examination it was found that the bal
had lust graZed Guiteaus left wrist, inflictin-
mere scratch. The ball struck the oppost,
side Of the van and fell upon the floor, where
il was found on reaching the JAIL
1t was not untV Cntean was inside ol
tho Jail that the sssaesin recovered his
composure in a measure. He was taken
to his cell. where the slight wunnd
was dressed, ana change Of clothing provided
for him. After all was done Gnlt,au said ~
want after this to have a strong body guard.
desire to prevent a recurrence Of this attack.
Then he subsidized into a gloomy lii, as If the
fact was beginning to pierce tho dense shell oi
his vanity that he did not have q friend upon
the GARTH and that death was reaching gu, III
hand for him from every quarter.