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GARFIELD ASSASSINATED!
SHOT TWICE WITH 4 PISTOL IN Il
PUBLIC PLACE.
Intense Excitement r Everywhere. Tho Man
Who Did tho Shooting He Is Arrested
and Lodged in Jail. Tho PrGaident's 3
Wounds, His Condition, and tho Chnnces
of HE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Sympa-
thy from Various Quarters.
WE surrender much Of our space
to-day to full account Of the shooting
of the President. It is certainly a
startling and horrible occurrence, and
will cause the deepest regret through
out the country. The conflicts and
differences of political parties, the
issues raised by politicians will be
ignored, and the whole country
North and South alike-will join in
denouncing the malice and cruelty of
the deed. The motive Of the assassin
is yet in doubt. lie claims. Of course,
to have acted for the good Of his coun-
try. All assassins of lis type do that.
Thc.actions Of Guittenu look like those
Of a lunatic. Time, and the invcstiga-
tion that will follow, will prove wheth-
CT this bc so.
WAsIIlNeToN, July 2.---Prceideut
Garfield was shot this morning Mt the
Baltimore & Potomac depot while on
his way to New England. lie received
one ball in the arm and one between
the hip and Kidneys. Five physicians
arc in attendance and have probcd for
the ball in the hip without success.
lie is dangerously wounded, but may
recover.
WAsHrEGTON D.. c., July 2.-The
shooting was done by slender man
ab0Mt.6 feet inches in height. lie
refuses to give Ills name, but it Is said
by persons who profess to know him
that his name is Guittcau, and that he
Is an ex-consul to Marscillcs. The man
was arrested Immediately and carried
to police headquarters, and subscquent-
ly removed to iail. The Shooting oc-
currcd in the ladies' room Of the depot
Immediately after the President had
entered, walking arm in arm with
Secretary Hlaihe, on their way to the
limited express train, %llich was about
ready to leave. Sccretaw blaine Oh
hearing the pistol shots. Two in mum
ber, rushed in the direction from wliioh
they came, with Il view Of nrrestins
the assassin. Before reaching the man
he noticed The President fill, and re-
turned to him. and lifted him up. B0tl
shots took effect. the first in the right
arm and the second jnst about The
right hip and near the kidneys. the
physicians probed for The balls unsuc.
cessfully.
Two companies Of regulars were or.
dered from the barracks and have been
posted around the executive mansion.
Great excitement prevails in Washing.
ton, and the streets are tmongcd with
ANXIOUS lnQuirers, eager to learn the
condition Of the President.
The shooting occurred in the pres.
President has been made as comforta.
ble as possible and all persons have
been excluded from the grounds.
The President is conscious and does
not complain Of great suffering. 1t Is
impossible to say as YET what the resul,
will be, hut the surgeons are of the
oni,ion that the wounds arc not neces.
sarily fatal.
A dispatch was sent to Mrs. Gar.
field, who was ut Long Branch, and
che arrived ut Washington on Satur.
day afternoon.
The man " no did the shooting is
Chas. Guitteau, attorney at law, al
Chicago. lie is foreigner by BIRTH
and has been very ncrsistent appli.
cant tor consulate, which was refus.
ed bv the President. He has haunted
the executive mansion for two or three
weeks and his not getting what he
wanted 1t is believed resulted in TEN
porary alteration Of the mind.
The following dispatch was sent by
Secretary Blaine to James Russell
Lowell, United States Minister to
England:
"The President Of the United States
was shot this morning by an assassin
named Charles Guitteau. the weapon
being large sized revolver. The Prcsi.
dent had Just reached the Baltimore &
o'"'.,pS SSotio's Hl tOONI lNCHLS
ntcs till nine O'Clock, intending, with a
portion of his cabinet. to leave on the
limited express for New York. rode
In the carriage with him from the ex-
ecutivc mansion and was walking BY
his side when he was shot. The assas-
SIN was Immediately arrested, and the
Ircsidcnt was conveyed to q private
room IN the station building and sur
geon was at once summoned. Elc has
now, at twenty minutes past ton, been
removed to the executive mansion.
The surgeons, on consultation, regard
his wounds asvery serious, though not
necessarily fatal. His vigorous hcaltl,
gives strong hopes Of his recovery. He
has not lost consciousness dor a. mo.
lnent. Inform our nhnisterS IN Eu-
rope. JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary Of State"
The following physicians arc in con-
slltatlon at the executive mansion
Drs. Bliss. Ford, Huntingdon. Wood
ward, U. s. A.. Townsend, Lincoln,