The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-10-19

that. cuto paragraph and line
and word. here a d there, and added
one or two chapters .pus some new iae+s
in it AID greatly improved it. l knew
thatit.weuld probably have great sale
orsaccount of the noeoriety that the. act
of removing the president would give
ne, and I wished the book to go out to
the public in proper shape. That was
one preparation for it. Another prep
aiation was to. think the matter all out
ID detail and TO buy revolver and to
prepare myself for executing tie idea.
Thfs required some two or three weeks,
and gave my entire time and mind in
preparing myself TO execute the concep-
ton of removing the presiden-. never
mentioned the conception to a living
soul. l did most of my thinking in the
| park and on the street, and used to go
to the Arlington and the Riggs house
daily to read the papers.
WATCHING AN OPPORTUNITY.
"After had made up my mind to re-
move him the idea when | should re-
move him pressed me, and l was some
what confused on that. l knew that it
would not do to go to the white house
and attempt it, because there were too
many of his employees about, and l look
ed around for several days to try and get
good chance at him and one Sunday
| 1.-THE Sunday before he went to Long
Branch) I went to his church in the
morning It is small frame building,
and l stood there a moment. l was
| little late the services had progressed
about one-third | noticed the preSi-
dent sitting near an open window about
three feet from the ground, and /
thought to myself, That weuld be q
good chance to get him intended to
shoot him through the back of the cad
and let the ball pass through the ceiling
! in order that no one else should be in
jured. And there could not possibly be
a better place to remove man than at
his devotions. had my revolver in my
possession when I first went to the
church, having purchased it about ten
days before the presidents going to
Long Branch This was the Sunday
prior to his leaving for Long Branch on
| Saturday. During that whole week !
read the papers carefully. l thought
just what people would talk, and
thought what tremendous excitement
| it would create, and kept thinking
about it all the week. made up my
mind that the next Sunday would GER
tainly shoot him if he was in church
and | got a good chance at HIM Thurs.
day of the same week I noticed in the
paper that he was going to Long Branch,
and on the following Saturday be did GO
to the Branch for Mrs. Garfield's health
I went to tic depot all prepared to re-
move him had the revolver with me.
| had all my papers nicely prepared. I
| spoke to a man about carriage to take
me, as I told him, over near the Con
gressional cemetery, He said that he
would take me over for TWO dollars, and
seemed to be very clever fellow and
glad to get the job. l got to the depot
about @ o'clock and waited there until
the presidents white house carriage
drove up. About G:25 the president and
his carriage and servants and friends
came up. He got, out of his carriage
stood in the ladies' room, and the
presence of Mrs. Garfield deferred me
from firing on him. | was ready my
mind was all made up ; [ had ali my pa
pers with me; had all the arrange
ments made to shoot him and to jump
into q carriage and drive over 10 the
Jail. Mrs. Garfield looked so thin, and
she chung so tenderly to the presidents
arm that d d rot have the heart to fire
on him. He passed right through the
ladies' reception room, through the |
main entrance, and took the cars.
waited few moments. 4 Weat out !
side the depot and walked up town to- |
wards the Riggs house and Arlington
and the park. I think that went to
the park and at there an hQnr or bwo
thinking about it, and I went to the |
library Of the treasury department and
read the papers as usual, and I think
stayed there un il 3o'clock on Saturday,
and then went out, lido notremem-
her where went particularly: ! think ]
went to the Riggs, the Arlington or the
park That was af er l left the library
All ASSASSIN IN AMBUSH.
II noticed in the papers" Quiteau
continues, that he would be back the
first of the week I watched the papers
very carefully to see when he would re-
tuER, but lie did not come back that
week; but he aid GENE back on the fol-
owing Monday. The following Monday
was a terrible hot, sultry day. REM m
beI l suffered greatly from the heat, but
thRt prepared myself
again, and went to the depot again on
Monday with my revolver and roy pa
)ers, but did not feel like firing on him
simply went to the depot, sat in the .
aides waiting room. / got there ten
n Gfseep minutes before the train time,
md waited ana thought il all over, and
ildOS- III IlllU IHdt QUIZ tD1 are
N him that day. | did not feel like it.
The train Oame, and he came, and Dir.
lanes, the pOstmastervgeaeYaI. was
here, and Mr.. Hunt, the secretary of c
he navy, and their lady friends. They t
II came through the ladies' room to- r
.ethcr, and the presidents son aud l
hick-set gentleman that came from the a
White house to meet the president were i
here. They went right to the gate and e
OF the president, and they all walked t
ogetbpr to the presidents carriage, and t.
hey all got in anA drove off. stood a
n the entrance Of the ladies' waiting 8
DOM door, and noticed James and t,
Iunt there, With their families, and a
lie president and his friends drove up il
/ his white house carriage, and then W