Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-07-09
The CoWardiy Assassia fs
One Chas. Jules GuitCau,
a Brain-D isordered Fanatic or
a Soulless Wretch.
Without Hope of Heaven or
Fear of Hell.

AT half-past nine O'Clock on Sat-
urday morning last, when the Presi-
dent was at the Baltimore & Potomac
depot with his friends, waiting to
take the train, he was shot twice by
man within two feet of him. The
Presidents friends rushed to him as
he fell, and Blaine called for Rock
well.
The President was shot twice.
one ball entered from near to one
side, and is believed to have passed
through the kidneys.
The man who shot him wrote his
name on card as Charles Getteau,
attorney-at-law, of Chicago.
Station Agent Carney arrested
the assassin, who said:
81 did it. / am a Stalwart. and
arthur is noW President. Take a
letter I have here to General Sher-
man and he will tell you all about
it,"
The shooting occurred in the
lunch room of the depot, immediate
ly after the President had entered,
walking arm in arm with Secretary
Blaine, ON their way to the Limited
Express train, which was about to
leave. Secretary Blaine, on hearing
the pistol shots, two in number,
rushed in the direction from which
they came with a view of arresting
the would be-assasSin. Before
reaching the man, however, the Sec
rotary returned to the President and
found him Frustrated. Both shots
took effect, the first in the right
arm, and the second just above the
right hip and near the kidney. The
physicians have probed for the balls
unsuccessfully.
The President was conveyed to
the Executive Mansion under u
strong guard of Metropolitan po-
lice.
Two companies of regulars from
the Washington barracks have been
ordered out to preserve quiet.
The shooting occurred in the
presence of some fifty or sixty ladies
The pistol with which the fir
ing was done, is a California weap-
on, with an extremely heavy calibre,
better known as "bulldozer.n
The President has been made as
comfortable as possible in his cham
Der at the White House, and all per-
sons are excluded from the grounds
surrounding the mansion. Immense
crowds surround the grounds.
WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED
The President had alighted from
his carriage and was passing
through the ladies' room to the cars.
When about five feet inside of the
room, the assassin who was within
three feet of him, fired one shot
The President was dazed, and made
no attempt at self protection.
Blaine had turUed toward one door
when the assassin fired the second
shot, and in ten seconds the Presi-
dent fell, and Mrs. White, who at
tends the ladies' waiting room, rush.
ed to him and raised up his head.
Blaine also rushed to the assistance
of the President. The assassin
passed out toward B street, but
Captin Parke, ticket agent,
JUMPED THROUGH a WINDOW,
and caught the assassin, who made
no resistance. Officer Carney, de-
pot policeman, rushed up and took
hold of the assassin and Immediately
after officer Scott also took hold Of
him. Parke let the officers have
him and turned his attention to the
President. Help came and the Pres
ident was taken up stairs. He said
not a word till he was laid down,
when he asked that his shoes be TAX
en- off, saying he felt pain in his feet.
AS soon as his shoes were taken off,
he said to Secretary Window: $50
right now and send for Mrs. Gar
field, saying feel considerable bet