The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-07-07

the Northern State, ana with him in the way v,
He then said tc McEififsh, sYou stick to me- and
have put IN the third story front at the jail ana
| General sherman is coming down to take charge
Arthur and all those other men are my friends and
| III have yuu made Chief of Police. When you gt
hack to the depot, you will find that left bundles
papers at the news-s.and which will explain all.
| MeElfrish asked him, -Is there body else Will
YOU in this matter- and he answered.. mot living
soul l contemplated this thing for the last al,
| weeks and would have shot him when he went away
with Mr. Garfield. but looked at her, and she look
| ed 30 had that changed nv mind
On reaching the Jail. Mr.. Russ. the Deputy warlea
| said: This man has been here before He said:
aYes / was down here last Saturday morning, and
wanted them tn let me look through. and they told
me that couldn't hut to come Monday
He was asked, What was your object IN looking
4 wanted to see what sort of quarters would
have 10 occupy
The physicians made an unavalling effort to discoy
er the hall at the depot
II was evident that nothing could he done in the
presence of such a crowd. and that the slim chance
for saving the Presidents life depended upon placing
him where he could have absolute quiet police
ambulance sent for and IL was backed up TO the
street entrance Of the depot The President was
| Cronn, Of the fire department, Ofheer Cornell and
| the other gentlemen The doors were thrown open
and the crowd parted. while the woundesi man was
gently laid npon mattresses in the bottom of the
vehicle. The President WAS very pale and weak. but
conscious. He opened his eyes and gently waved
his hand toward the crowd. Strong men sobbed and
cried ut the pitifnl sight.
| squad OF twelve mounted policemen surrounded
the ambulance. Colonel Corbn took n seat by the
side Of the driver, Conel Rockwell inside, and
three four attendants clung TO the steps in the
rear. The vehicle driven slowly over the BEL
| gian pavement, to Pennsylvania avenue As soon as
the smooth payinent was reached the horses were
put at a sallop. and the eavaeade dashed up towards
| the White House at full speed. Preceding the am
| bulanee to the White House by few moments were
| several ply ysicans in their carriages
| The avenue crowded with people. who stood
upon the sidewalk watching. with fearful eyes the
mournful procession, it bore the almost lifcess
body Of the President to the White House. The east
| gates. south of the Treasury building. thrown
OPEN the ambulance passed within, and the gates
| uiediately at all the entrances to the grounds and
| the public excluded. As the ambulance was
| driven up the south entrance 10 the Executive
| Mansion the President was lifted ont. lie loakcd
| out and saw Private secretaries Brown and Crock
looking down from one of the windows lie smiled
| and saluted them with his uniniured arm.
| THE SCENE THE WHITE HOUSE
Was beyond description. The ponderous iron gates
of the grounds closed. and three stalwart mem
hers Of the Capitol police force placed guard at
each with orders to admit none hut members of the
Cabinet and relatives of the family. Scores of Con-
| gressmen and Senators were either turned away
compelled to cool their heels at the gate until their
cards could be carried the house and order for
| admittanee sent back. Newspaper correspondents
were furnished with passes, and every facility given
for obtaining full and correct accounts of the affair
The streets outside of the White House grounds
packed with n mute, fearful crowd, many of whom
were clinging TO the iron pailing staring at the
White House with faces full of sympathy and eyes
full of tears As some newspaper man or messenger
| came down through the gates, he seizei by the
| eager crowd and piled with questions TO the
dition of the President and il the work of but
moment for the men who could talk to get thousand
| listeners There many ladies in the crowd, and
the sympathy with the President made plainly
| manifest by the handkerclIiefs which sought brnl-
ming eyes, and the dry .,ulping sobs with which
strong cleared their throats defore venturng TO
| ask u question. As the departments closed the
crowd was swelled to enormous proportions by the
clerks, and from the squad of marines which patrol
led the White House yard a detail of scntries
made to clear the sidewalks for carriages and pedes
TRANS. Within the White House the in
deed n sad one. Towards noon the strict rule which
| had been observed towards callers relaxed. and
many Congressman and intimate friends were admit
ted and given passes go and come they pleased,
and the corridor stairs and offices were filed with
anxious tbrong of distinguished In the Cabi-
net and the Presidents private office sat the
members of the Cabinet, who had gathered the first
Of the assassination, and who have remained in
Attendance all day and good portion of the night
In the Presidents private office Secretary Blaine sat
with n sad face but cool, collected and ready to d
rect any necessary movement. As he moved arOund
eOnyersed with his brother Cabinet officers, await
cd with anxiety each twenty minute bulletin which
the corps of physicians sent out, the power and
strength of the man became apparent, and instinct
lvely, every person turned To nun lor advlee am.
that fell from his lips, showed that the proud heart
felt if brother lay at deaths door, and was
wrImg with anguish therefor Up and down the
room, chewing cigar paced Robert Lincoln, Secre-
tary Of War; anon pausing to relieve the over bur-
dened Secretaries by meeting some anxious query,
again relapsing into thought, and gazing down upon
the placid Patomic with misty eyes as his memory
went back some sixteen years to the time when one
nearer than this came into the White House the vic
tim of nm asslssins pistol bullet cold in death. In
deep window seat attempting to read sat Secretary
Kirkwood his plain practical face flushed with sup
pressed grief and his thin gray hair tumbed in his
efforts to appear calm. Wayne MacVeagh sat at the
table writing his calm, stoical leineanor covering
anxiety and sorrow. SECRETARY Window sat eonyers-
ing with General Sherman, and Secretary Hunt |
walked from one room to another, restless and ner
vous asking questions AMI rendering suggestions |
with eiurt TO appear calm and collected. But the
great, tender, wOmany heart of General james |
seemed to have load greater than it could bear |
To him delegated much of the work of answer |
ing kilograms and inquiries, and already the IA |
vOrite of correspondents among the Cabinet otii-
GERS he was called upon almost constantly by them
for information.
To every person he gave the brightest side of the
ease and it seemed impossible to him to think that
the President should die. When some correspondent
of the crowd around him would speak of the unfavor
able reports, the Postmaster General would turn 10
him, grasp him by the han and in earnest tone |
say, 0h, don't that let look at il in the best
light" and his handsome face would flush and his |
ewes suffuse sNith Private Secretary Brown,
whose relations with the President have been of the
most intimate and aifectionate character, ell
gagged with visitors answering interminable ques
tons, furnishing PASSES, replying to tclegrams, and
watching the Presidents condition. All work in the
Executive offices was suspended, and the clerks and
secretaries wandered through the sat |
solennly ut their desks. At noon kilograms of n-
quiry and sympathy began to pour in and all the /
afternoon the White Hnuse wircs quite busy,
with three operators at the keys. Among the trlc-
grams received from General Grant, express
ing s sympathy and asking for further particulars.
Nothing heard from General Arthur during the |
day. and although Secretary Blaine telesraphed him
four times, reply received. Much bitter com
ment upon this action intused in. Finally Gen
eral James sent TO New York the following dispatch:
WASHINGTON. July =.
The Secretary of State has tele.raphed viccPrcsi-
dent Arthur fur times to-day. The gravity of the
situation requires that slonId communicate with
reach him. T. l.. JAMES T. VI. q.
The following reply at came to hand, at
p. NJ:
T. L. James:
have nothing officially regarding the Presidents
condition. / have relied upon newspaper accounts.
] hope to receive more favorable tidnss Please
swer at once. Please express my deepest sympathy
to Mrs. Garfield. e. A. ARTHUR.
This at once explained the mystery of the Vice
Presidents silence, the first report which went ont
was of such charac led to the belief that the
Presidents wounds were not nj all serious.
Among the many kilograms that came. a num-
ber that addressed to the President personally
and late in the afternoon, while his head was vet
clear. of these taken to him. lie said to
the operator who brought them, "Are You getting
many dispatchesF r. ''Ies, sir. great many express
ing sympathy for you- s'You must not forget your
grammar, said the President; you should say sym
pathy with me-. Among the callers at the White
House were large numbers of prominent men who
happened to he present in the city. Justice Harlan
of the Supreme Court, spent much time the White
House. Senator Jones' of Florida was there a good
portion of the day. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia,
Congressman kiefer, of Ohio. Representative Robe.
son, Senator Plumb, Congressman John X. Rice, of
Fremont, and a, hundred Others were among those
who gained admittance.
W. W. Coreoran, the venerable philanthropist,
hy two friends, up to the Executive
Mansion to xpress his sympathy, and the Govern
ment officials presented themselves in large numbers
all anxious t. express sympathy with their chief.