The Russellville Democrat., 1881-10-20
DEATHS SHADOW.
How the AS assia Guiteau Sehcnasd tn
 Murder the President.
From mo Asasssln's Autohiokrapy,

Prom the AsAasssn's AatohsoksApy
 After had made up my mind to re- move Garfield the idea when I should remove him pressed me. and l was somewhat confused on that knew that 1t would not do to go to the White House and attempt it, because there were too many of his employes about, and l looked around for several days to try and get good chance at him, and one Sunday (the Sunday before he went to Long Branch) I went to his church in the morning. IL is small frame build ing and 1 stood there at the door a mo. ment. 1 was little late; the services had progressed about one-third. I no- ticed the President sitting near an open window about three feet from the ground, and thought to myself That would be a geod chance to get him." intend ed to shoot him through the back of the head and let the ball pass through the ceiling, in order that no one else should be injured. And there could no. pt ssi- bly, be better place to remove man than at his devotions. 1 had my revol- yer Tn my possession when l first went to the church. having purchased it about ten days before the Presidents going to Long Branch. This was the Sunday prior to his leaving for Long Branch on Saturday. During that whole week I read the papers carefully. I thought it all over in detail. thought just what tremendous excitement it would create, and l kept thinking about 1t all the week. made up my mind that the next Sunday I would certainly shoot him if he was in church and I got a good chance at him. Thursday of the same week noticed in the paper that he was going to Long Branch, and on the following Saturday he did go to the Branch for Mrs. Garheld's health. I went to the depot all prepared to re- move him. 1 had the revolver with me. 1 had all my papers nicely pre- pared. I spoke to man about a car riage to take me, as told him, over near the Congressional Cemetery. He said that he would take me over for g., and seemed to be very clever fellow and glad to get the job. l got to the depot about o'clock and waited there until the Presidents White House carriage drove up. About twenty-five minutes after 9 the President and his carriage and servants and friends came up. He got out of his carriage. l stood in the ladies' room, about the middle of the room, watching him. Mrs. Garfield got out and they walked through the ladies' room. and the presence of Mrs. Garfield deterred me from firing on him. I was all ready; my mind was all made up; l had all my papers with me; had all the arrangements made to shoot him and to jump into a carriage and drive over to the iail Mrs. Garfield looked so thin. and she clung so tenderly to the Presi- dents arm, that did not have the heart to fire on him. Hepassed right through the ladies' reception room, through the main entrance, and took the cars. waited few moments. l went outside the depot and walked up town toward the Riggs House and Arlington and the park. I think that 1 went to the park and sat there an hour or two thinking about it, and l went to my lunch as usu- al, and after my lunch I went to the li- brary of the Treasury Department and read the papers as usual, and l think stayed there until 3 o'clock on Saturday, and then went out. I do not remember where l went particularly; l think l went to the Riggs, the Arlington or the park. That was after l Jeff the h. brary.