Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-07-09
Garfield Shot.

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pre-, idcnt passed tranquil night am
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President Garfield was shot twice at tn,
Baltimore and Potomac depot. The as
sassin was caught. The doctors pro
nounce the wounds not necessaril,
fatal.
The latest advices say the extent o
the wounds cannot be ascertained unit
the urine passes, as the kidney may b,
involved Two unsuccessful effort;
| have been made to extract the bullets
which are Of a very large size, calibll
No. 3S The assassin jailed is supposed
10 be an insane Frencilman named
Guitteau.
The shooting occurred in the ladies
room OF the depot, Immediately after
the president had entered, walking arm
III arm with Secretary Blaine on the
way to the limited express train about
ready to leave. Secretary Blaine, OF,
hearing the pistol shots, two in number
rushed in the direction from which they
came with the view of arreSting the
! wOuld-bc assassin. Before reaching the
man hoA he returned to the presi
dent, and found him Frustrated. Both
shots took effect, the first in the right
hip, and the second just above the right
hip, and near the kidney. Physicians
have prob@d for the ball unsucccssfully
After the president was shot. his
friends rushed TO him as he fell, and
Blaine called for Rockwell Station
Agent Curucy arrested the assassin, who
said: Il did it; | am a stalwart, and
Arthur is now president. Take letter
| have here to General sherman, and he
will tell YOU ali about it, Great ex.
element prevails.
When Scott and Carney got hold Of
the assassin, and we're taking him to
the police headquarters, he said volun-
tarily: Il did it and will 90 10 Jail for
it. am a stalWurt and Arthur will be
PRESIDENT He had letter in his hand
and wanted the officers to take it to
General Sherman, saying it would be
all right. The prisoner made no resist
ance, saying he had contemplated kill
ing the president, and it was for the
GOOD Of the country.
About > o'clock the assassin went to a
hack stand adjoining the depot, and en-
gagged hack from Burton, the colorcd
h"ckman, he said he wanted to go TO
Glenwood cemetery in short time, and
wanted the hack to drive fast When
! ne should get in the hack he agreed to
pay ~ for the hack on condition that
the hackman would drive fast. When
stopped the assassin was going to the
hack he had engaged, and he insisted
that it WAS important for him TO go and
deliver message to Gen. Sherman.
When the refused 10 let him 90, he
begged them TO fake the letter he had
to Sherman.
The following is a copy of the letter
of the assassin to Gen. Sherman:
July =, 1881.
To the White Ilouse;-rhe presidents :
tragic death was sad necessity, bat il
will unite the republicans and save the
rcputiic. Life j. & ti;nlsy dream, and it
matters little when one goes. A human
life is of small value. During the war
thousands Of brave BOYS went down
without tear. ] presume the president
was a Christian and that he will be hap
pier in paradise than here. 1t will be
no worse for Mrs Garfield, dear sou to
part with her husband this way than by
natural death. He is liable to 90 ut any
time any way had no il-wll toward
the president; his death was political
necessity. am Il LAWYER, Il theologian
and politician. am in the interest OF
the staIwarts. was with Grant and the
rest Of our men in New York during the
canvass. | have some papers for the
press which | shall leave with Byron
Andrews, Inter-Ocean correspondent,
and his co-journalists, at 1920, New York
Avenue, where all the reporters can sec
them. am going to Jail.
| CHARLES GUITTEAU.
The papers referred to in Guitteau's
letter to Sherman have not yet beer
given 0ut for publication. Andrews
who is the Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, says while
it is true that package of papers are il
the hands Of the police, accompanied b!
n note addressed to bim (Andrews), h'
has no personal acquaintance will
Guitteau and never heard of his exist
ence until this morning.
The following letter was found on tin
street shortly after Guitteau's arrest
The envelope was unsealed and ad
dressed please deliver at once to Gen
eral, or his first assistant in charge q
War Department: :"
General Sherman.
II have Just shot the president