Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-13
WHAT HIS FATHER SAYS.
The Cause of the Crime

The Cause Of the Crime.
PROMISES TO THE ASSASSIN.
President Garfield had mapped out
tour for the New England States,
on which he expected to enter on
Saturday, the Ind day of July, 1881.
The trip was not made. The hand
of murderer, an assassin, was inter
posed, and the President was shot
down lust as he was about to start
upon the tour from Washington City,
the political city of the nation He
had come down from the White
House to the depot of the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad at 9:17 o'clock
in the forenoon, and three minutes
later, 500 o'clock, he received two
shots from behind him as he was
walking by the side of his Secretary
of State, James G. Blaine, through
the ladies waiting room at the depot.
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION seized upon the peo-
pie present in the depot, most OF
whom were ladies. Secretary Blaine
turned in the direction from whence
the reports of the shots came, and
ran. shouting for help, in the direc.
ton of the murderer that had fired
the shots, and who was then doing
his utmost to get out of the room.
Mrs. White, the lady in charge of the
ladies room, was collected enough
amidst the general CONSERVATION that
prevailed to run to the help of the
President, and as he sank to the
floor lifted his head to her lap and
bathed his face with water. Mem
bers of the Cabinet that intended to
accompany the President had already
taken seats in the cars, but when the
assassination was reported, which was
as if by the speed of the wind, they
all came rushing into the presence OF
the PROSTATE President Doctors
were hastily summoned, and mat
tress WAS secured and the President
put upon it and carried to an upper
room in the building.
WHERE SHOT.
H.-.o,l. oc,o,a,pc pa,-ar Y,rnnose
that their victims shall look upon
their face, nor have a chance OF secu
ring weapon to defend themselves
with; hence they invariably approach
from behind. Booth delivered his
shot from behind into the head OF
Abraham Lincoln, and so the present
assassin, following in the instructive
track or course of assassins, ap
preached President Garfield from be
hind and shot him in the right arm
inhicting a flesh wound by the first
shot, and by the second shot iniict
ing dangerous wound, the ball en-
tering the back on the right side O
the spinal column, above the hip
cracking two ribs in its passage tow
ard the liver, through the lower lob'
of which it perhaps passed and en-
tered the abdominal cavity, where /
was lost to all hopes of recovery b.
probing. The President did not fo
a moment
LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS.
He was collected and conscious Of al
that was going on, and even gave di
rections as to what should be done
He felt deep concern for Mrs. Gar
field, his wife, and before he was re
moved from the depot he dictated tn
following dispatch:
Mas. GARFIELD, Elberon, n. j. TIL
President wishes me to say TO you from hir
int he has teen seriously hurt-how SER
ously he cannot vet say. He is himself
and hopes you will come to him soon. ID
sends his love TO you.
A. T. ROCKWELL.
REMOVED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
| At IO:30A. NJ. the President wa
carried down stairs, out of the depo
on the mattress, and quietly place.
in an ambulance and removed to tn
White House What a change! On
hour and thirteen minutes previou
he had walked into the station hous
a man in perfect health, with tn
prospects of a most successful ad
ministration before him.
The FoRTIrUDE
of the President did not for me
ment forsake him. He requeste
Secretary Blaine to refrain from sheC
ding tears, saying, Il don't want
scene ike this" He inquired as t
the supposed motive of the assassi
in shooting him, and supposed hin
self that the fellow did it for glor.
To his weeping son, James, he spok
words of comfort by assuring hiI
that he should recover. When h
was told by the doctor, "Mr. Pres
dent, you have one chance" he quicl
ly responded, doctor, I'll take tha
chance. But conceal nothing froi
me; remember that / am not afrai
to die. Gods will be done, doctor
1 am ready to go if my time ha
, come"
The President patiently awaite
, the coming of his wife, Mrs Gal
field, from Long Branch, n. j. Sh
arrived at the depot at 6:35 in tn
evening. and was driven with gres
|, speed to the White House. Her hui
band, hearing the approach of th
rapidly running carriage, he saiC
That's my wife" Fears were e!
pressed that she could not bear u
under the sight of her PROSTATE hui
band, which was quickly answered b
the President saying,
"SHE Has FoRTrTUpE"
Mrs. Garfield had the fortitude tha