The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-03
quarters, where he was hufved'y seafooe'
snd thfrss Into cell.
500 q f,a1noses fssxerHoE1 Says

wnaf Cofome1 1nxevsou says
s,o,anri robert inRefsoI told 9 Star re-
,.ns1<r' Il ave minutes after 10 o'clock. that
~ hsa iast lett the President, and had
f,fked with him. He ssid the President
fo,d hin, be felt stroag. The Colonel says
1he President Il wounded 10 two places
Il. The arm aud In tue hack. He says be has
hone that TIE President msy recover, bus
mat at 10 O'Clock he complained OF prick
lng sensation In toe feet, which the pbys'-
clans thought was an indication that the
ball which entered &c the back bad tcucheu
the spinal marrow.
WHAT THE ASSASSIN SAID.
The assassin, when seized by the cheer,
shreyv m his arms and shouted: 81 did 1t.
vice.p President Arthur Is President. am
q StaIwart.'
yHg ARREST.
The assassin made nc special attempt TO
set away. Ststion.Agent kearney called
cut. .Gnard the windows and let no man
escape Kearuey then seized the assassin
medical opxnEos - 60 fhe wouna.
Or. Woodward, OF the Surgeon 'Generars
ossce, SAYS that he did not examioe Ise
Presidents wound, but DIR. Bliss snu VI
BARNES gave him the explanation OF II. Inc
president wss shot from the right as ne
entered the ladies' reception.room Oh the
aep6t with Secretary Blaine. The bail
entered above the third rib, but wnetner
a. has taken tts course toward the spine
has not vet been aseertained. The wounu
was prohed by DIR. Bliss, VINO reports
that Ia Inserting the probe the course Oh
TIE bali did not extend toward the spine'
still II Is not certain 10 did not. ~ was .he
unanimous opinion OF the physicians 'na.
what was needed for the President was not
the probing OF the wound. but rest
More can be told as TO the seriousness Oh
tbe wound after the President has urinated
and had movement OF the bowels. IL WIZ
be some hours yet, maybe day, before u
can be definitely settled whether the wound
Is or Is no. mortal.
Removal Of the President 10 inc "h'ie
House.
Abou. 10 O'Clock the police cleared the
rraIn room OF the depot building, and IN
few moments The wounded President was
borne through the building and placed IN
an ambulance, which was in waiting on the
outside. lie bore the removal with great
foriitude, never utteriDg any complaint OF
eroan. The ambulance was surrounded
by a Gordon OF police, and the horses
were whipped into gallop all the way
TO the White House. An excited crowd
followed The ambulance at a run, but at the
White House the crowd was stopped and
none bat a select few admitted. At the
def0t the pressure for Abundance to the
room In which the President was lying was
so great that the police could not keep back
the crowd. Men persisted that they must
see The President, despite the surgeons or
ders That the room and Railways must not be
SLED up. In this way the upper floor was
filed to such an extent that fresh air could
not be obtained for the wounded President,
and 1t was determined TO remove him im-
nediately to the White House, where he
could be well cared for
Orders 10 Arrest the Hickman.
Colonel CorkhiIl aud Mr.. Cook, learning
from AqnIlla Barton the story about the en-
gagement OF the backman, Taylor, by the
prisoner, sent out word to have him arrested
at once and brought in TO see what he knows
about the prisoner.
Gttteau Glad 40 Escape LyH'hing.
Lieutenant Eckloff states that while at the
notice headquarters this morning the pri-
soner seemed TO fear demonstration on
him by the crowd, aud that he felt relieved
when he was locked up.
what special Officer Scott Says.
John r. Scott, the special police officer at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot, said TO
Star man 81 was standing at the gate. l
heard two shots fired, and saw man rush
through the ladies' room. He started to go
out OF the Sixth.street door, when seized
him. Officer Kearney took hold OF him on
the other side at the same time. He did not
struggle at all. He said to us: Arthur is
President OF the United States now. | am
a stalwart. / have letter here that will
tell YOU all about n. i want you 10 take IL
up 10 General Sherman"
r,eve,opments az Police Headquarters
TBE AssAssIN's PAPERS AND LETTERS.
The assassin left two large packages OF
letters at the news stand IN The depot, which
were sent down to headquarters after the
excitement was over. Colonel Corkhill and
Mr.. w. A. Cook were sent for, and an eX-
animation OF them was at once commenced.
WHAT The HACKMAN ENGAGED BY GITTEAg
SAYS.
A colored hickman named Aqulla Bar.
ION came TO headquarters aud said this man
had engaged binl TO take him to the Gene
terry, asking him II be bad fast pair OF
horses. This engagement was made about
fifteen minutes before the shooting took
place. He was to pay him 81. Barton
states that this man was stranger to him,
having neyer before seen him; also, that he
stated that he had engaged a c0lored hack
man named Taylor last night to be at the
railroad der0t this morning at O'clock to
take him to the cemetery (what cemetery
does not appear), and that Taylor had not
appeared.
WHAT TIE PRISONER SAID on HIS WAY TO JAIL.
Lieutenent Ecklotf, who rode to jail with
Gifteau, states that on the way down he
eonyersed freely about the matter, saying
/, that his on; nn,rcose was TO unite the Re-
publican party. On arriving at the la'i, the
jsilers, finding what the matter was, sald
that they had seen him before, ana WINE
they were discussing where they had seen
him. fbe prisoner said: 81 can tell you
when IL was. was down here last Ssiur-
day and got your permission 10 look over
the jaii, as wanted to see what kind Of q
pIsce had 10 come to-" Then the keepers
remembered him. He was then locked up.
shot Garfield TO Make Arthur Presi-
dent.
The prisoner stated to Detective McEl-
fresh that he contemplated this act six
weeks ago, and had made preparations for
A.. Detective MeElfresh asked him ii he
was an American. He replied. eyes; born
and raieed in this country, and citizen OF
Chicago Mr.. McEIfresh asked what po-
iitIcai party he belonged 10. The reply was,
81 am Stalwart OF the Staiwarts. l have
.kol g lrfield 10 make Arthur President"
T'be pistol Is a white bone handle of English
make, and is about IS calibrc.
TIE RAILROADMEN.
One.of the first persons who ran TO the
assistance OF the President was Mr. Thomas
Server, OF the depot restaurant, and Mr..
Phillips, OF the baggage department, and