The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-09-01

Pulse up 10 eighty. At o'clock, when wo had ON
| other consultation. we found his pulse 1O2 and
| temperature n!ne-six or two and half below nor
! NAL. While we were Ill consultation he became
very much nauseated and vomited considerably.
| Upon examining the wound We found much dullnoss
and tension OF the right hypogastrc region, rest
| lcsness and pain which indicated internal hem
orrhase We immediately gave him one hypo1er-
| mic injection Of quarter Of a grain of u'orphia.
which relieved him of the pain aud quoted him.
At half past i clock this afternoon. when left
s s was ncenscses p'' H. rs ss"' "et
talking much. but answered SOME of our questions
| TRACING THE BULLET AND ANNOUNCING THE
ASSASSINATION.
At $3.50 o'clock, when tho physicians saw
mako an effort to ascertain tie exact location
of the ball, and to treat tho patient accordingly.
They began by administering stimulants, but
nothing would stay down. However, i Typo.
Ier'nic injection was given and the examina-
ton proceeded with: It was found that the
ball had fractured the eleventh rib and passed
into the liver; bat it could not be traced fur
Their, though 1t is supposed to have lodged In
| the locality Of tho spinal column, the result Of
which would bv homorrhage Of the liver. At
s:45 his pulse was 1885, as near as could be
computed, for it was SO faint it was scarcely
perceptiblo at the wrist. A: tins hour the doc
tors thought that he could not last beyond IL
O'Clock, while some looked for his death mo-
mentarily. and he hai lost consciousness.
At 1885 o'clock tho following bulletin was
issued:
EN- MANSION. 1885 D. m.-Tho reaction from
the shCck OF the injury has been very gradual He
IS suffering some rain, but it is thought best not to
disturb him by making any exploration for the bal
until after the consultation At b h. n H11ss NJ D.
At this time the following physicians wore in
attendance, viz: Drs. Bliss Ford, Huntingdon,
Mot Gward, United States army; Townshend,
Lincoln, Hepburn, Norris, Purvis, Patterson.
surgeon General Barnes and Surgeon General
Wales; As soon as possible after consultation
MIR. Blaine sent cable message to this effect.
announcing the misfortune to Gen. Garfield to
our representatives abroad:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
WASi1IEGTOS, July ., 1881.
James Russell Lowell, Minister, etc, London:
The president of the Unitel States was Shot this
morning by an assassin named Charles Guiteau
Tho weapon was a large sized revolver. The pres
Iient had just reached the Baltimore & Potomac
station at about geo, intend ng with portion Of
his cabinet, to leave on the limited express for New
York. rode in the carriage with him from the
executive mansion, and was walking by his side
when he was shot The assassin was immediately
arrested, and the president was conveyed to pri,
vate room in the station building and surgical aid
at once summoned. He has now, at 1920, ieen
removed to the executive mansion. Tie surgeons
on consultation, regard his wounds very serious,
gives strong hopes If his recovery. He has not
lost consciousness for moment Inform our min
lstersin Europe. JAMES G. BLAINE.
Secretary OF State.
The presidential patient was cared for at the
depot building until lie had some
what recovered from the first shock and was
then removed to the White House, where Mrs.
Garfield vas soon moved from sick bed at
Long Branch and arrived by special train and
went alone into the sick room where sad
scene was enacted, from which tho wife
emerged pallid, but firm and hopeful for the
best Order was soon brought out of chaos in
the sick chamber. The services of volnn-
tary army of physicians were delicately
dispensed with and Dr. Bliss given IN
Charge of the case. He retained Barnes, Rey-
burn and Woodward. They have since acted
Philadelphia and Hamilton of New York, both
eminent surgeons, were subsequently called
into consultation. The result Of their services
is before the public.
THE assassin
The first question asked after the tragedy
was, ''WhO did the desperate deel and why
tlld he 40 1t" 1t was soon ascertaincd that
the assassin was one Charles Guitcau, an
alleged Chicago lawyer and this act was so
wholly unprovoked that it was attributed to
freak Of insanity. This theory was in meas
ure sustained W the fellows act and declara-
t!nns after the assassination while on his way
to tho Jail and during his incarceration there
for a few days. The following taken from his
pocket was accepted as tending to prove HIM
to be llnatc:
.Tuly2, SSl.-To the White House: The prcsi-
dents tragic death wa a sal necessity, but it will
unite the REPUBLICAN, party and save the republic
IIiC Is llulsy urea!n, anu IL matters little When
one goes; a human life is of small value. During
tie war thousands OF brave boys went down with
oat a tear: presnm, the president was a Chris
here. Il viii be verse tor Mrs. Garfield, dear
son'. to part with her husband this way than by
mai ura deA h. lie is Liable to 60 at any time, any
way. had no ill will towards the president. His
death was a political necessity. am stalwart of
the sta'wart;. | was with G. n. Grant and the rest
Of our men in New York ouring the canvass. 1
have some papers for the press. which shall leave
with Byron Antrews and his company, Journalists,
al No. AGO New York avenue. where all the ro-
porterS can SEE them am f23nG g. to ct The Is jail
On his way to Jail the prisoner said that the
presidents ASSASSINATION was premeltated,
ar d that he went to Long Branch for the pur-
pose Of shooting him there AID was deferred
by the enfeebled and saddoned condition Of
Mrs. Garfield, which appealed strongly to
his senso of humanity that he came back
without carrying out his intention. Those by
whom Gliteau has been examined since tho
shooting say that he shows no symptom of in
sanity, and it is understood that tho letter, ''To
the White House, is the only document in the
collection which supports the theory OF insan-
ity. Byron Andrews, who is the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Inter- Ocean, saws
that while It is true q package of papers are III
the hands of the police, accompanied by a
note addressed to himself tAnirews), he | a no
personal acquaintance with Guiteau, and never
heard of his existence until tho assassination.
LETTER GENERAL SHERMAN.
This letter was found on the street shortly
after the arrest. The envelope was unsealed
and addressed: ''Plcase deliver at once to
General Sherman Tor his first assistant in
charge of the departments"
To General Sherman:
Ihave just shot the president. shot him several
times. as wished him 10 go as easily as possible
He death was political necessity am a lawyer,
theologian and politician; am q stalwart of the
stalwarts. / was with Gen Grant and the rest of
our men in New York during the canvass. lam 60
ing to the Jail. Please order out your troops and
IL,
fully, CHARLES GUITEAU.
On receiving the above Gen Sherman gave
it the following endorsement: '~s
HEADouARrERs OF. TIE ARMY, WAsH1SGToN,
D. c. Jaly = ISL 1S;s %This le!teT
ing, United States engineers, commissioner OF the
District of Columbia, and Maj. William 6. Brock.
chief of police. I don't know the writer, never
heard of or saw him to my knowledge, and hereby
return it to the Keeping of the above-named par
ties as testimony in the case:
w: r. SHERMAN, General
THE AssAss1N's ANTECEDENTs
Col Burnside, the dsbursing officer at the
postoffice department., Washington, says he
knew Guiteau when hs was : baby in his
mothers arms
His father, J. W. Guiteau, was an old resident
held many Off ,es Of trust. Some years ago he be-
came deranged on the subject Of Perfection and
lset%red extensively through the North ana VS.!
woman, with whom and the younger children he
joined the Oneida community. He afterward re-
turned to Freeport, where, from 1864 up to last
September, the time Of his death, he served as
cashier of the Second National bank. There were
three children. An older brother, Wilkes Guiteau.
for long time DFactlced law at Davenport, To-.
but is now practicing his profession in Boston,
Mass, where also he is at the head of large insur
ance interests. A younger sister, Flora,
was Yer, very promising GIRL having 4, de-
Gnteau who to-day is in Jail for the murder Of the
President, was odd boy. He appears to have
been the only one Of the children tainted with his
fathers eccentricitiess; Wien the family left the
Oneida community, Charles, then fifteen or sixteen
years old, was left behind. He afterwards went to
Chicago, where he studied law. being cared for
and supplied with money by his father. After
neting his studies Guiteau went to Europe, where
he travelled several years. imbibng sociaistic aud
other eccentric doctrines. A few years ago he re-
turnetto this country and lectured on the second
solvent OF Christ. He published pamphlet on the
subject, in which the egotism of the man plain
" shown. He spoke OF himself as a messenger of
God to announce his coming. His lecture here in
Lincoln hall failure. Julius-we used to call
linn Julius. but see be has dropped that part of
his name-is now about forty or forty-two years
old. From what knew of the how his e1ncation