Smyrna times., 1881-07-06


about him and was very anxious for the
arrival of his wife. She left Long Branch
shortly before 1 o'clock on a special train,
placed at her disposal by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The distance is about 200 miles
and she reached Washington in less than
six hours. From Gray's Ferry to Bay
View, distance of 96 miles the train
travelled in 100 minutes. What journey
that was to one sorrowing, grief-stricken
woman! She was accompanied by a
special agent of the railroad and members
of her own family. From Long Branch to
Philadelphia the distance was made with
but single stop. Mrs. Garfield arrived
at about half-past six. The President was
conversing with Secretary Hunt and
others around his bedside and his quick
ened ear caught the sound of the carriage
wheels below. THAT is she," he said
turning his face with glad smile toward
his watchers, and so it was. Attorney
General MacVeagh assisted Mrs Garfield
to alight and conducted her up stairs to
her husband. She was weeping Her
eyes were red and swollen, but she bore.
herself with much fortitude. "She is a
plucky little woman" said the President
when he was questioned as to the prOprie-
! ty of her being shown to his bedside, and
so she proved herself. She took off her
things as she went up and going to the
bedside spoke cheerfully and hopefully of
his recovery. DIR. Bliss had said: "You
have one chance of recovery" II en-
brace that chance" replied the President.
Mrs. Garfield smiled through her tears
and spoke sweetly of his dearness to her
and the impossibility of her being called
upon to lose him in such way and hour
as this. All through the interview she
showed herself strong and self-reliant, as
if she had effectually schoOled herself to
bear the worst Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Mac
Neagh and all the members of the Cabinet
were present, besides the attending physi-
clans.
THE ASSASSIN.
Charles Guiteau, the man who shot
the President, is a man of no character
whatever When taken to the Jail he had
this letter in his pocket
July 2, 1881.
To THE WHITE House: The Presidents
tragic death was a sad necessity, but it will
unite the Republican party and save the re-
public. Life is fimsy dream and it matters
little when one goes human life is of small
value. During the war thousands of brave
boys went down without a tear. | presume
the President was Christian and that he will
be happier in Paradise than here. 1t will be
no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way than by natural
death. He is liable to go at any time, anyway.
had no ill will toward the President. His
death was political necessity am lawyer
a theolOgian and a politician. | am stalwart
of the stalwarts. / was with General 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 and
his cO-journalists. at 1920 New York avenue
where all the reporters can see them. | an
going to the Jail,
CHARLES GUITEAU.
This showed that the crime was pre-
meditated, and on the way to the iai
: Guiteau said he went to Long Branch tC
kill the President there, but the condition
! of Mrs. Garfield awoke his sympathies
He sent letter to General Sherman
stating that he had shot the President anC
! was going to Jail. Byron Andrews de
clares that he knows nothing about Guiteau
, He is native of Illinois, about forty years
! of age, and has been known in Chicago
! for the past ten years as q shyster lawyer
He was always considered as strange,
to say the least. For several months HI
! has been in Washington and was persist
. ent applicant for a Consulate At on,
time he tried to lecture and was looked
! upon out West as a dead beat. The Ofiic
V We cannot in our brief space give NOR
: than the circumstances of the assassina
, tion, nor is it necessary, as the pages @
:. the dailies contain all the news in advance
\ Column after column are given the peopl
Y snatching up with eager interest all tha
- pertains to the great event which ha
thrown the nation in gloom. On the even
/. ing of the fourth the symptoms grew les
/ favorable and at 1870 cruel dispatch wa
IS received, saying that very unfavorabl
y symptoms had set in and that the Pres
q dent could not live until midnight. Thi
IS sent the people home with aching heart
70 expecting to find the President dead i
i the morning. The morning showed tina
such report was unauthorized and tina
the President was better His conditio
:, is critical III the extreme but not withou
IS hope of ultimate recovery We hav
Is from Mr.. Collins the latest bulletin q
a follows:
AZ WASHINGTON, ID. c., 1890 P. NJ.
y The favorable condition ofthe symptom
~ continue. There has been no recurrenC
"a OF the vomiting. Pulse 10, temperatu
n 1Ol, respiration "a. The President lies 6
L. present in a natural sleep. No furthC
n bulletin will be issued until $50 p.
of unless in case of an unfaVOrable change.
n
lie NoTEs.-A Martial Spirit seems to pr,