The daily gazette., 1881-10-08
GUITEAU's STORY.
The Shooting OF the presta...
Described by the Ahsasst,,


The New York Herald nr;nts tho
story OF anlteau's life as narrated BY
himself. His description Of sbe as
sination OF President Garfield is as
follows: Having heard on Friday
from the papers and also by my in
quiries OF the d0orkeeper at the White
House Friday evening that the Presi-
Dent was going to Long Branch Sat.
uraay morning, resolved to remove
MIN at the depot. Itook my breakfast
at the Riggs House about 8 o'clock
ate well and felt well in body and
mind. went into Lafayette Square
and sat there some little time after
breakfast, waiting for 0 O'Clock to
come, and then went TO the depot
ana 1 got there about 9.10. rode
there from the park in 'bob.tailed'
car l left the car, walked up to
bootblack, got my boots BACKED, and
inquired for man named John Tay-
ior, whom, two weeks before, / had
spoken to about taking mo out toward
tue Congressional Cemetery. They
told me that Taylor's carriage was not
there, and there were three or four
hackmen there who were very anxious
to serve me, and finally l noticed a
colored man, and said to him, What
Will you take me out to the Congress
slonal Cemetery for?' He says, well,
l VIII take you out there for two dol
lars All right, said !, if | want to
use you | will let You know At that
moment these other hackmen were
pressing me to get my business, and
said to them, Keep quiet you are
too fast on this, and / told this colored
man privately that il l wanted his
services l would let him know in a
few minutes. l then went into the
depot and took my private papers,
which intended for he press (inclnd
ing revised edition of my book, Tho
Truth, a Companion of the Blble).
and stepped up to the newsstand, and
asked the young man in charge il
oluld leave those papers with him a
few moments, and he said, Certainly
and he took them and placed them up
against the wall on top of some other
papers. This was about 8. 20, and |
went into the ladies' waiting room and
l looked around. Saw there were
quite a good many people there in the
depot and carri ges outside, but did
not see the Presidents carriage.
WAITING FOR HIS VICTIM.
~ examined my revolver TO see that
It was all right and took off the paper
that had wrapped around it TO keep
the moisture off. 1 waited five or six
minutes longer, sat down on a seat IN
the ladies' room, and very soon the Pres
ident drove up. He was in company
with gentleman who, understand,
was MIR. Blaine, and am satisfied that
he was Mr.. Blaine, although l did not
recognize him, This gentleman looked
very old and he had peculiar kind of
headgear on that did not recognize as
that OF Mr.. Blaine. | am satisfied that
it was Mr.. Blaine, now that my atten-
ton has been Especially called to 1t, be-
cause 1t was the same gentleman that |
saw with the President the night before,
and l know positively that that gentle
man was Mr.. Blaine. The President
and this gentleman drove up in plain
siDgle-seated carriage with one horse;
this gentleman, think, was driving. Ii
was single carriage-a single-seated
top, buggy. The President seemed to be
III very earnest aud private conversation
with this gentleman, who evidently was
Mr.. Blaine, although at the time did
not recognize him as Mr.. Blaine. They
sat In the carriage, should say, some
two minutes; they had not co mpleled
their conversation when they reached
the depot, and during the interview of
Two minutes they finished their CONVEX
sation. During this time they were Gu
gagged in every earnest and private con-
Versation, as | have said. The President
got out on the pavement side and Mr..
Blaine on the other side. They entered
the ladies' room; l stood there watching
the President, and they passed by me.
Before they reached the depot | had
been promehading up and down the
ladies' room between the ticket Office
door and the newsstand door, space
of some ten or twelve feet. l walked
up and down there | should say two or
three times, working myself up, as |
knew the hour was at hand. The Pres
ident and Mr.. Blaine came into the
ladies' room and walked right by me;
they did not notice me, as there were
quite number Of ladies and children In
the room.
HOW THE PRESIDENT.
"There was quite large crowd of
ticket purchasers at the gentlemen's
ticket office in the adjoining room the
depot seemed to be quite full of people.
There was quite crowd and commo
ton around, aud the President was IN
the act of passing from the ladies' room
to the main entrance through the door.
should say he was about four or five
feet from tue door nearest the ticket
Office, in the act of passing through the
door TO get through the depot to the
cars. He was about three or four feet
from the door. stood five or six feet
behind him, right in the middle of the
room, and as he was iU The act of walk
ing away from me pulled out the re-
volver aud fired. He slaughtered up
and threw his head back apd seemed to
be perfectly bewildered. He did not
seem TO know what struck him.
looked at him. He did not drop.
thereupon pulled again. He dropped
his head, seemed to reel, and fell over.
| do not know where the first shot hit.
| aimed at the hollow of his back. l
did not aim for any particular place, but
l knew II got those Two bullets in bis
back be would certainly go. l was in a
diagonal direction from the Presideni,to
the northwest, and supposed both shots
struck"
NEW BLooMFIELp. Miss.