, 1881-11-20

. he fred and the smoke lifted, that he had hit
the man, for the sorrel horse turned. The man
: reeed ia q sort OF semf-circ1a in his sad
die, exactly as man who had 'been
wounded BY bullet, and Officer Edelin, ex-
pectcd to see him fall frum the saddle to the
street. Instead of TINT. however, the 1nan
seemed by great effort to rally and fall over
upon tho horsc's neck. The mau's horse, to-
gether with those which we're drawing the
van, seemed frightened BY the double dis
charge, both of which happened within the
space OF three or four seconds. Tho man made
no further attempt to shoot into the van. but
let his horse go his own way.
HE WENT At DREAK-SEcK SPEED
down First street towards the Baltimore s. Ohio
Depot. Officer Edelin, said to the colored driver,
who was frightened to death, "Wnip up your
horses and let's follow him. He has nothing but
q sorrel plug, and I think VIC can catch him"
The driver thereupon wheeled his horses around,
slougnng the van so that it almost upset. Then
began chase Of the most exciting character
down First street, The officer did not even stop
to see whether Guiteau was injured. He heard,
an instant after the first report,
A HEAVY THUD,
n Of body FILLING heavily upon the door, and
he thought thHt Guiteau was probably shot and
killed. Then they went down First street, the
officer standing Us we'll as he could III his plnce,
his revolver drawn, and braced upon his left
arm. the assassin, square or more ahead, urging
his horse, and his body bent forward upon his
horses neck. AT no time during this exciting
chase WAS the policeman able to so thoroughly
brace himself or to SO nearly keep within range
rs to dare to risk shot, They went
On at q brcak-neck speed until they came to
the corner OF tho Baltimore l. Ohio Railroad,
at massachusetts avenue Here the horsemen
had every advantage. If the wheels Of the
heavy van should get caught in between the
trucks they would be likely to be wreuched oH
at the speed at which they were going. Just
about ut this pluce the officer saw a man rush
out into the street and make motion to the
man upon horseback. The avenger seemed to
see the signal. He raised his hand, and. officer
Edein thinks, dropped his pistol into the street.
THIS MAN,
who was evidently waiting for him, picked the
pistol up and disappeared 1t was necessary, on
account Of the trucks, to slacken the pace at
which the van was being driven, and at this
time, the hoTseman was seen to turn down h
Street, towards the city. The otficiuIs saw that
further pursuit was useless, ind told the driver
to turn uround. and drive as rapidly rs possible
to the JUL. Having found that the assassin had
escaped hiu, the officer looked into the little
holes, and there saw Guiteau In the seat in tho
corner Of the van
IN AFFECT TERROR.
The officer said, ''Are you ht1rt?' Guiteau
sad that he did not know whether he was or
not, but he asked tho officer to drive at once to
police headquarters and insist upon having an
escort of mounted policemen to take him to the
Jail. Guiteau at first supposed thnt the driver
had been shot, and that the horses had taken
fright anu were running away. The shot un-
quc5uonaby t1oored- him. 1t did not cut tho
arm. It must hive passed, however, from the
direction, within an Inch or two of his breast.
Tho bullet had penetrated the thick wood panels
OF the van, aud also the iron lining inside, and 1t
was subsequently, found On the aoor Of the van.
It wus bullet Of a 3S-callbre Colts revolver
Gusteuu was SO greatly frightened. that. upon
his arrival ut the JUL, it was discovered TINT he
had not been able TO control The functions Of
nature. He WIS taken into this Warden's Office
and there the wound was dressed 1t was found
that the flesh had not been cut, but there was a
very severe abrasion caused BY tho passage of
the bullet over The arm lie seemed delighted
to think he had got back to JUL, and said that he
must have more protection lie also said: ~ Thu
Lord has ayuin pratected me; He will defend
me from RIl bullets