Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17

WASHINGTON, July 14-U. S. District At
torney Corkhill furnishes the following for
publication
The interest felt by the public in the de-
tails of the assassination, and the many
stories published, justify me in stating that
the following is correct and accurate state
ment concerning the points to which refer
ence is made: The assassin, Charles Guiteau,
came to Washington City Sunday evening,
March 6, 1881, and stopped at the Ebbitt
House, remaining only one day. He then
secured room in another part of the city
and has boarded and roomed at various
places, full details of which l have Wednes-
day, May Is. 1881, the assassin determined
to murder the President. He had neither
money nor pistol at the time. About the
last of May he went i4.to O'afeass's store.
corner of Fifteenth and f streets, this city,
and examined some pistols, asking for the
largest caliber. He was shown two, similar III
caliber and only different in price. Wednesday
June 8, he purchased the pistol which he
used, for which he paid $40, he having III
the meantime borrowed S15 of a gentleman
in this city, on the plea that he wanted to
pay his board bill. On the same evening,
about o'clock, he took his pistol and went
to the foot of Seventeenth street and prac-
he then returned to his board place, wiped
the pistol dry and wrapped it in his coat,
and waited his opportunity. Sunday morn
ing, June II, he was sitting III Lafayette
Park and saw the President leave for the
Christian Church, on Vermont avenue, and
and he at once returned to his room. OBJ
tanned his pistol, put it In his hip-pocket
! and followed the President to church He
entered the church, but found that he could
not kill him there without danger of killing
some one else. He noticed that the Presi-
dent sat near window. After church he
made an examination of the window, and
found that he could reach it without any
trouble, and that from this point he could
shoot the President through the head
! without killing any one else. The
following Wednesday he went to church,
examined the location and win
dow, and became satisfied that he could
accomplish his purpose, and he determined,
therefore, to make the attempt at the church
the following Sunday. He learned from the
papers that the President would leave the
city Saturday, 18th of June, with Mrs Gar
field, for Long Branch. He therefore de
termined to meet him at the depot He
left his boarding place about 5 o'clock Sat
urday morning. June Is, and went down to
the river at the foot of Seventh street. and
fired five shots to practice his aim and be
certain his pistol was in good order. He
then went to the depot and was in the ladies'
waiting room of the depot with his pistol
ready when the Presidential party entered.
He saw Mrs. Garfield, who looked so weak
and frail he had not the heart to shoot the
President in her presence, and as he knew
he would have another opportunity, he left
the depot. He had previously engaged
carriage to take him to jail. Wednes-
day evening, the President and his
son and, l think, United States Mar
shal Henry, went out for ride. The as
s.ssin took his pistol and followed them,
and watched them for some time in hopes
the carriage would stop, but no opportunity
was given. Friday evening, July l, he was
sitting on seat in the park opposite the
White House, when he saw the President
come out alone. He followed him down the
avenue to Fifteenth street, and then kept on
the opposite side of the street up Fifteenth
until the President entered the residence of
Secretary Blaine He waited at the corner
of Mr.. Mortol't late residence, corner of
Fifteenth and H streets, for some time. and
then, as he was afraid he would attract at
tention, he went into the alley in the rear of
Morton's residence, examined his pistol and
waited. The President and Secretary
Blaine came out together, and he followed
them over to the gate of the White
House, but could get no opportunity
to use his weapon. On the morning of
Saturday, July 2, he breakfasted at the
Riggs House about o'clock He then
walked up into the park and sat there for an
hour. He then took a one-hOrse avenue car
and ro6e to SIKH street, where he got out
and went into the depot and loitered around
L. L. IL, l.
hackman, for 50, to take him to the Jail
went into the water closet and took his pis-
tol out of his hip pocket ard unwrapped
the paper from around it, which he had put
there for the purpose of preventing the
perspiration from his body dampening the
powder, examined his pistol carefully, tried
the trigger and then returned and took Il
seat in the ladies' waiting room, and as soon
as the Presi lent entered advanced behind
him and fired two shots. These facts, l
think, can be relied upon as accurate, and |
give them to the public to contradict GER
tain false rumors in connection with this
most atrocious of atrocious crimes.
How to Make BeefSteak Tender-The
best and most thoroughly certain way to
make your beef tender is to stand in with
the boy who drives the butchers wagon. L
discovered this while living next door to
millionaire who dealt with the meat man
who supplied me. The boy driving the
wagon was eorruptible, like the steaks he
served, and fifteen cents or so would trans
fer the tenderness of the millionaires forty
cents pound porterhouse to my bundle
of eight-cent round. Then l would whet
my appetite listening to the millionaire S
hired girl walloping the other cut with rol-
ling pins, &c, as advised by Mrs. Leslie
By changing butchers as often as the
millionaire did 1 secured tender beef until
my lease expired. Two weeks before
this, however, the millionaire
died with lockjaw, induced the
doctors said, by attempts to chew tough
meat Philadelphia Chronicle Herald
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