The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-04
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER.
The News of the Tragedy Broken "a
Her.


Mr. ]. S. Brown says that the Presidents
mother, who is at Scion, o., will not be sent
for unless absolutely necessary. The younger
children, Irwin and Abram, are with her
and will not come unless she does.
A dispatch from Cleveland says that the
news was yesterday broken TO Mrs. Gar
field by her daughter, Mrs. Larrabce.
Mother" said she, eve hear that James
is hurt"
"How? By the cars?' was the immediate
question.
"No. He has been shot by an assassin,
but we hope not fatally"
Mrs. Garfield buried her face in her
hands, then, looking up, said slowly: "Thc
Lord help me-" Then moment later 81
think the Lord will carry him through"
Mrs. Garfield is very calm and bears the
blow much better than expected
The following dispatch had previously
been received, but was withheld from Mrs.
Garfield:
Mrs Eliza Garfield
Don't be alarmed by sensational rumors.
The doctors think the wound is not fatal.
Don't think of coming until you hear fur
thcr.
HARRY A. GARFIELD.
Loving Words From Mother 10 Son.
Mrs. Garfield sent the following dispatch
to her grandson Harry;
Harry H. Garfield, Erecutire Mansion, Wash
ington, u. c.:
The news was broken to me this morn
ing, and shocked me very much. Since re-
ceiving your telegram feel much more
c,I fr,1l In,,, tl,nt ham. ha 10 pl,a
full, and am glad'of it. Tell him to keep in
good spirits aud accept the love and sym
pathy of mother, sisters, and friends
ELIZA GARFIELD.
Mrs. GarHeId's FOrcbOdings.
The dispatch from Cleveland also says
Mr.. Garfields mother has been Frustrated
for some days in consequence of the death
of her brothcr-in-law, Thomas A. Garfield,
and of Mrs. Arnold, the Presidents cousin.
Yesterday Mrs. Garfield said to Mrs. Lar
rabee, 81 expert something is going to hap
pen to James family" Mrs. Larrabce said,
"Mother, don't worry l think the trouble
in James family is over" The mother re-
piled, "No, l fear something is
going to happen to James" She afterward
reiterated her presentment to Mrs. Trow-
bridge adding, Accidents never come
singly, and feel that something is going to
happen to James" There have been four
deaths in the Garfield family within as
many months-ThOmas Garfield, the Presi-
dents uncle his cousin, Mrs. Cornclia Arm
old his favOrite niece, Mrs. Hattie Palmer
who formerly lived at his house, and the
last named lady's infant daughter.
A Grave Inquiry.
To the Editor of The Erening Critic:
/ saw very sad sight on Pennsylvania
avenue yesterday afternoon, enc that ex-
cited comment of a very unpleasant dcscrip-
ton. 1t was presented i'll the persons of
A. M. Gibson, the malignant detective, and
Billy Cook, the tricky lawyer, driving up
Pennsylvania avenue in the formers snowy
turnout, and entering the Executive Man.
sion together. The impudencc of this man
Gibson certainly passes all understanding.
This man has been at least twelve
years cxerting all his malignant energies
to blackcn and destroy the characters
of public men. No assassin ever
worked with more fcndish energy to affect
his purpose. Especially did he single out
the dying President and his Secretary of
State, and he pursued them with malig-
nifty directed to destroying character and
life alike. That such II desperate and dis.
reputable character should ,have been per-
mitted to enter the Executive Mansion Mt
this sad and critical moment, when the man
he has been twelve years OBTAINING, is the
best proof that we have fallen on strange
times. 1t is not alone his unblush-
ing impudcncc that finds him there.
In speaking of the Gibson type of men, a
famous writer said: VERY many of these
dangerous men are assassins by nature, and
in the pursuit of their object entirely over
look principle and aim only to destroy the
character and even the life of better and
Drawer men than themselves.
When took up the National Republican
this morning read with feelings of sorrow
that I'm the Cabinet room where the prom
nent callers have been waiting, only Sec
retaries Blaine and Window, United States
Treasurer Gilfillan and Col. w. A. Cook re-
manned"
Again, read that about o'clock "Will-
lam A. Cook came down stairs and Joined
Chief Brooks and Mr.. Gibson on the pOr-
ticO, and all three went to the Treasury
Department"
Again, / read at $50 p. M, essrs.
Cook, Gibson and Brooks have returned
from the Treasury. Messrs. Cook and Glib
son went at once up stairs"
Gibson evidently has job on hand. and
would like to sell his services to the Gov
eminent Indeed, he claims to have cxc.u-
sivc poss sssion of facts G. duplicating GER
tain Stalwarts in conspiracy to kill the
President, and that the villain Guiteau was
only their paid tool. 1t will be difficult to
make sensible men believe anything Of the
kind. Those who know Gibson best and
the tune to which he blcd poor, confding,
old Sammy Tidcn with one of his conspiracy
jobs, will easily understand that Gibson's
diseased imagination is capable Of manufac-
turing conspiracy to order and at short
notice.
Now, Mr.. Editor, want you, if you can,
to tell me the exact moral difference be-
tween a man who deliberately sits down,
and year after year, for at least fifteen years,
makes it his profession to destroy the charac-
tiers of public men, and II halfcazy mis-
creant who in his frenzy and despair shoots
at the life of the Nation? have had
lifelong horror of assassins, but have not
been able to draw the line of graduation be-
tween Gibson and Guitcau.
AN INQUIRER.
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