The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-20
NEARING THE END.

"Having heard on Friday from the pa
pers, and also by my inquiries of the
dOOrkeeper at the White House, Friday
evening, that the President was going
to Long Branch Saturday morning, re-
solved to remove him at the depot. l
took my breakfast at the Riggs House
about eight o'clock. ate we'll and felt
we'll in body and mind. | went into La
fayette square and sat there some little
time after breakfast, waiting for nine
o'clock to come, and then l went to the
depot and 1 got there about ten minutes
after nine. | rode there from the park
in a 'bOb-tailed' car. l left the ear,
walked up to a boOtblack, got my boots
blacked, and inquired for man named
John Taylor, whom, two weeks be-
fore | had spoken to about taking me
out toward the Congressional Gene
terry. They told me that Tay-
lOr's carriage was not there, and there
were three or four hackmen who were
very anxious to serve me, and finally
noticed cOlOred man, and | said to him
What will you take me out to the Con-
gTessiOnal Cemetery fOrp He says,
We'll, will take you out there for $2.'
All right said /, If / want to use you |
will let you know At that moment
these other hackmen were pressing me
to get my business, and / said to them,
Keep quiet; you are too fast on this,
and / told this colOred man privately
that if wanted his services would let
him know in q few minutes l then
went into the depot and took my private
papers which intended for the press
Gncluding revised edition of my book,
"The Truth, a Companion to the Bible,'')
and stepped up to the news stand and
asked the young man in charge if
could leave those papers with him few
! moments, and he said, Certainly" and
he took them and placed them up against
the wall on top Of some other papers
This was about twenty minutes after
nine, and went into the ladies' waiting
room and l looked around, saw there
were quite good many people there in
the depot and carriages outside, but
| did not see the Presidents carriage.
| examined my revolver to see that it was
| all right, and took off the paper that
had wrapped around it to keep the mO1s
ture off. L waited five or six minutes
longery sat down on seat in the ladies
room, and very soon the President drove
up. He was in company with gentle
man who, l understand was Mr.. Blaine
Blaine, although l did not recOg
nize him. This gentleman looked yer!
old, and he had a peculiar kind of head
gear on, that / did not recognize as tina
of Mr.. Blaine. am satisfied that 1t wai
Mr.. Blaine, now that my attention hai
been specially. called to it, because it wa
the same gentleman l saw with tht
President the night before, and know
positively that that gentleman was Mr.
Blaine. The President and this gentle
man drove up in plain single seateC
carriage with one horse; this gentleman
1 think, was driving. 1t was singl,
carriage-a single seated top buggy
The President seemed to be in very earn
est and private conversation with thi
gentleman, who evidently was Mr.
Blaine, although at the time | did no
recognize him as Mr.. Blaine. They sa
in the carriage | should say some tw
minutes; they had not completed thei
conversation when they reached tn
depot, and during the interview of tw
minutes they finished their conversation
During this time they were engaged il
! very earnest and private conversation, a
/ have said. The President got out Ol
the pavement side and Mr.. Blaine on TIL
other side. They entered the ladie:
room; stood there watching the Presi
dent and they passed by me. BefOr
they reached the depot l had bee
prOmenading up and down the ladies
room between the ticket Office door an
the newsstand door, a space of some tel
! or twelve feet. / walked up and dow
| fhara I ahnuld aav fvU0s or thrQa timQ