Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-30
grotesque phases of the case than Mr.,


: OF him, there was a general laugh, IN
which the Secretary Joined,
THERE WAS ONE MARKED SCENE
: in the delivery Of the address, In tho
passage where the District Attorney
+ showed that he had threatened ruin TO
the President tho prisoner, who was
apparently careless listener, dropped
) bis paper, broke out and said, with
q considerable nonohalance political
! ruin, your honor-not personal ruin
! that's what | meant"
Here Judge Porter arose and said,
with great gravity: "The administra.
, tion Of justice, your honor, and espe.
!, cially OF criminal justice, should never
be obstructed by the olamor or disor.
der or contumacy of the prisoner"
81 think remarked Judge Cox,
"that it is in the power Of the court to
have the prisoner removed, and pro.
coed with the trial without him
81 will not offend again, your honor"
interrupted the prisoner. ~ feel
deep interest in this case"
81 should think, under the circum.
stances, you would" remarked the
court dryly.
Guiteau then subsided.
DURING THE AFFECTING CLOSE
Of Mr.. Corkhilrs address, Mrs. Scoville
bowed her head and wept. Several
other ladies in the court room were in
tears, and some reports affirmed that
the jury was affected. Mr.. Corkhill
finished at ten minutes past l / o'clock,
and his address was roundly applauded
by the spectators.
Mr.. Robinson announced that the
defence would reserve their opening.
SECRETARY BLAINE ON THE wITNEss
STAND.
Secretary Blaine may take the
stand, said Col. Corkhill The Secre.
tary then stepped into the box and
was sworn.
"What is your name and business ?"
asked The District Attorney, who con.
Quoted the examination.
"My name is James &. Blaine, and
am at present Secretary Of State"
"Wero you acquainted with James
A. Garfield r.
81 was acquainted with him from
1868 to the hour of his death"
"Will you please state whether you
ever saw the prisoner before 2'
81 saw him very frequently in the
months Of March, April and May last"
"Were you with President Garfield
at the time he was shot"
81 was by his side"
The District Attorney here asked
the witness to state what then occur.
red.
ain narrative form Z" inquired the
Secretary.
ayes, sir"
81 wish to take the directions of the
counsel for the Government" said the
Secretary, hesitating, "as to what point
of the narrative | should begin"
The District Attorney suggested
that he should begin with the facts i'm
mcdiately preceding the shooting.
THE sECRETARY's GRAPHIC STORY OF THE
ASSASSINATION.
"On the night of July lst," began
the Secretary, 81 was engaged until
near midnight with the President on
public business. On parting he said
that | had better come again in the
morDing,as he expected to leave the city
that morning. On the morning of tho
I'd | went to the White House accord.
ing to his request | was detained
some little time in consultation with
him in the Cabinetroom, and then we
started for the depot. He rode in the
carriage in which came to the White
House it was the State department
carriage; it was followed by President
Garfield's carriage with the children;
we rode down the avenue with no par
ticular incident. When we arrived at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot-at
the b street side-wc sat o moment to
continue the conversation we had been
engaged in at the White House. Then
he turned to gay good bye to me, and
/ said mo- | would escort him TO the
car, for did not think it proper that
the President should go ounattended, and
besides, wanted to see and talk with
the members OF the Cabinet who were
about to go. Stepping from the car
riage be took my arm, as be assembled
the steps Of the depot, He was on my
left. He stopped to speak to some one
-Ithink q police officer the same who
had Just before that had told us that
we had ten or twelve minutes before
the train would leave. As he turned
to speak our arms became disengaged.
As we entered the waiting room we
were not arm in arm, but side by side.
We had got half way across tho room
when suddenly there was a very loud
discharge of pistol, followed instantly
by a second report. At first | thought
It was some one who had become en-.
gagged in an affray, and did not think
any decd of violence had been at
tempted against the President |
touched him to hurry hun on away
from danger As did that the Pres
ident threw his arms up and said, any
God what's this 2' According to my
impression this exclamation was made
between the shots There was then
rush by me of a man. | think it was
on my right that he passed, ] followed
after him instinctively and followed,
think, a distance Of eight feet, when
shou. came up 1--WE have caught
him we have caught him" l turned
then, and the President had sunk quite
down. When ! got there he was vom-
iting profusely. There was, Of course,
Immediately very large crowd around
/ him. Mattresses we're brought and
he was taken to an upper room. Med
ical aid was Immediately at band, and
he was then taken to the White
House. This was fifty minutes or an
hour after he was shot, | think. | TO.
turned to my own home and wrote a
dispatch for the public--the European
public especially, though gave it out
to the public here-in which | stated
"At this hour. 1890" larrived at my
house about the time the President
was taken TO the White House"
"Thoso are in brief" said the Secre.
tary, "the circumstances connected
with my observation. When the Pres.
dent was lying in the upper room at
the depot there was gathering around
Of the Cabinet officers. There had yet
been no report made as 10 who had
fred the shot, but gave my iniorma.
tion that the man / saw was Charles