Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-25

openings except the door aud rev apci.
lures for ventilation near the roof. small
and grated. The ronte taken by the van
leads down D street, past the Baltimore
Il Ohio depot, thep to the North and East
Of the capitol to East Ca itol Street. Drl-
yer Leonard and officer Edelin, were on
the front seat, and Perry Carson, the gl-
gantc bailiff. at his usual post, stan0,ng
OH the right step of the vehicle. and u ul-
teau. alone within, stood holding on TO the
small bars of an aperture above Che ufl-
vers seat, and looking out as the van was
driven swiftly along, Just North OF the
Baltimore & Ohio depot small-s'zed STOUT
man, with dark clothes. supposed ny the
police to be william Jones, resident OF
Washington county, rode up on a small
sorrel horse and tried to look into the van,
but officer EdeliD told him there was moth
ing to be seen there. and he rode OF. Inc
van passed to the North of the Caplto!
and moved swiftly along the East front OF
the ca pitol grounds in the direction of the
Old Capitol prison. On this street the
same horseman rode quickly to the rear,
and glance through the rear bars showed
him where Guiteau stood. The van wheel
ed into East Capitol street, bringing him
on he left, nearly opposite where Gultean
stood. There was flash and the sharp
report of :. pistol, and the next moment
Guiteau fell to the bottom of the Van cry
ing. s'I'm shct!'' and his assallant galloped
away, officer Edelin, shooting at him as ne
fled. AT er the shot he bent his head to
his horses neck to avoid the other shots
and dashed down the street.
PURSUIT OF THE AvENGER.
At the first shock the driver of the van
leapsd from his seat to arrest the mao, but
he was five yards away already. The van
was turned, and. as its horses are very
fast. it was driven at full speed after the
man, Guiteau inside, only scratched by the
ball, sitting down in one corner thinking,
as he says, that the horses had run away.
| The chase proceeded this way along the
two sides of the Capitol grounds, then ont
| North Capitol street one block, then East
GU G street, then North on First street
| East several squares, almost to K street,
! but as the man was evidently gaining on
the van and it was possible that Their
| might be danger in the sparsely-settled re-
| gion of "Swampoodle,' the race OF horst
| was given over. The vehicle was driven
at the fastest speed Of the fine horses to the
| lail, and the chase was at once renewed by
| telephone.
| Meanwhile the door was opened an
Guiteau found sitting in one corner.
required assurances tiat he WAS safe t.
| indu g him to come out. He told the ;'fii-
side, but that they had better send to nj j..
Brock and gard he van hereafter wit
| additional policemen. He demanded tina
double guard be detailed to accompan
| him to the court On Monday The ball
one of No. 50 callbree. was found in the
bottnm OF the van. 1t was indented Oh
one side. It had passed through the sid
of the van and its sheet-iron lining. graz
ed Guteau7s arm cutting his coat sleeve.
but had not cut his shirt nor undershirl
The rubbing of the passing ball through
these coverings had brought the blood up
to the surface under the skin. TIE Jail
doctor ordered an ice poultice. but III ii
short time the result of the shot ceased to
give Guiteau any trouble. His relatives
VISITED the Jail after the occurrence, but
on hearing that he was unframed though!
it best not to see him. In the mean time
pursuit had not been intermitted.
Subs quently the police. acting upon in
formation received, arrested VIM Jones.
vonng farmer res ding on the Bates farm
as the perpetrator of the shooting. H.
was placed in the room occupied by the
officers and kept under surveillance con
stantTy. The prisoner is rather heavy
built, wears light. struggling muStache,
and has dark hair. He We're a suit of gray
stuff, heavy boots, striped calico shirt
and on the table near him was light fel,
hat. which the officer said was worn by the
prisoner when arrested. He was asked il
he had anything to say in relation to his
: arrest, to which he retlied: ''All l CAL
! say is that did not do tile sho ting" TIE
, officer who Was riding on the FROM seat OIL
the van when the shooting occurred, wa
sent to the station yesterday to identity
the prisoner, if possible. Upon entering
the room in which Jones was sitting, thu
officer took good look at him, and said
THAT is not the man. The one that die
the shooting had black mustache, anC
was heavier than this man y He was care
fully Intercepted. but persisted in his
original statement that the wrong mar
bad been arrested. Subsequently Deputy
Marshal Perry II. Carson called at the sta
tion house, and upon seeing the prisOne
identified him as a man who had followed
the van from the City Hall, but could MOI
say that he was the one who did the shoot
ing. Carson says that the man kept be
hind the van ten or fifteen feet, and seemed
intent upon get ing view Of the inside
He kept his distance till the CapitO
! grounds were reached and then Stacked VI
, to get a bett-r sight.
GUITEAU AFTER THE SHOOTING.
The crowd about the court house, Mon
| day, was three times greater than on Sat
urday. The opening of the court was de
layed some minutes I'D consequence. Gui
| teau arrived in the van ate O'Clock, having
An escort of three mounted policemen il
addition to the two officers on the van
He was at once taken to bis room where
he breakfasted and read the morning pa
pers. He seemed to have recovered en-
tirely from his scare. He attributed mis- es
cape on Saturday to the interpOsitiOn o.
the Deity and desired his hearers to un
derstand that he was not afraid to die il
the Deity desired it, but he did not want
to be shot down like dog before he ha6
time to fully indicate his conduct in &
court of justice.
Mr.. ROBINSON WITHDRAws FROM THF
CASE.
Immediately upon the opening of the
court Mr.. Robinson arose and addressed
the court. He recitsd at some length the
circumstances Of his connection with the
case and criticised in severe terms the dis
courtesy he had received from Mr.. SEQ
vile. He was here interrupted by Gui
teau who broke Ia with Your honor,
want Robinson tn stay in" Continuing
Mr.. Robinson requested the cOurG to grant
his discharge from the case, and positively
stated that he could not with proper self
respect remain in association with Mr.
Seville. Guiteau, who had been closely
following Mi. Robinson all through the
latter lortion of his speech broke in again,
and with considerable warmth said
THAT s an abe speech ard l agree with
the most of it; if lie had only made it last
Monday there never would have been any
disturbance between us.'' Mr.. Scoville
here tried to quiet Gu teau, when he re-
torted upon him, keep quiet yourself. Pm
talking now; l sympathize with him in
this matter" Mr.. Scoville made a bri,
statement deploring the disagreement -
After which Judge Cox relieved Mr.. Rob-
lbs from further connection with the
defence.
| THE FATAL BULLET EXHIBITED.
The District AT orney then called Drs
Woodward and Lamb, who testified to the