The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-07

special to the Herald.
ST.. Louis, July 2.-President Garfield was
no. at tho Baltimore 81 Potomac Depot this
morning Reported dead but not confirmed.
Assassin arrested.
LATER.
ST. Louis, July 2-The latest Washington
news received says MA! the president was shot
at 9:28 a. m. AS he was entering the Baltimore
e. Potomac depot to tsko u train t # Long
Branch. Others the party had taken seats
in the train,. ard tho president and
Secretary Blaine entered, srm-in arm. AS
thew reached the ladies' waiting-room.
man who stood Oh the right OF the pre'idsnt
raised his arm and deliberately fired two
shots from revolver, exclsiming us be did
an. "Now wa will have Arthur for presl-
dentp' The fret shot struck the president in
the right arm. The president and Secretary
Blame we're too much bewlldered to realize
the truth Blaine shouted, "Where Is
Colonel r ckwell?"
Alter tbs first shot the assassin immediate.
" fred again, when the shot took effect in
the presidents side and he sank to the Il 'or.
Colonel Rockwell and several police officers
came ct once to bis assistance and he was
carried to the uperinteDdents room
on the a or above the president. he
did not say word when he was trst shot.
Meanwhile the assassin W seized by those
standing near. and would have been torn TO
pieces but for the police He was taken
across Perasy lvana avenue to the police
station and it was there discovered that his
name was Alorz, Guitteau an attorney at
law from Chicago. Drs. Bliss and
the time, and went ~ once to the presidents
side. Drs. Lincoln and Thompson were
sent for at once. A hurried consultation
WIS held. Az 1920 a M, an ambulance WAS
called. and the wounded execuAve was lifted
in. Colonel Rock we'll and two police oils
GERS also took seats therein, and the vehicie
started for the white house. The new
spread like wild f'e, and Pennsyl.
yania avenue was crowded almost
as much as when the presid ut rode to the
white house in state ON March b.
A squad of mounted police forced pas
sage through the crowd, and Off ,ers on foot
guarded the entrance to tho white. house
grounds The president WAS carried at once
to bis chamber and laid upon the bed.
General Barnes was also in attendance by
this time, and cursory examination showed
that the second shot had lodged in the groin,
Just over the kidney, and will in all proba.
bility prove fatal, but the physicians still
have said there was hope. All
the members of the cabinet IL
Washington are about the president,
but he is unconscious and has not spoken
a word. The city is in state of greatest ex
citement and gloom seems to pervade every
heart. When the president reached
the white-house bis pulse WAS
SO and he appeared TO be aim St. uncon-
scious. His pulse at Ills a. m had reached
80 and the patient had rallied After one
attempt to extract the ball the doctors
determined TO probe no more
at present. He ia now able to converse and
talk cheerfully. lie first complained of PAIN
in the hip, and it was thought that the
spinal column was injured. The pain and
nausea have increased, as have also the
SYMPTOMS which at the time threatened I'M
mediste dissolution. Absolute rest and quiet
are essential, and will be assured. Surgeon
General Barnes says his life cannot hold out
longer than two hours. Drs. Bliss and
Adams say there ia hope of recovery. Until
the exact location of the ball is determined
. il is impossible to predict the inevitable re-
suit. Mrs Bisine is now with the president
DR. Bliss has charge Of the case.
The correct name of the Bsssesin is
OlhrleS 0ulltehu. ne Ouitou
States consul at Marseilles. He had been
around the white house and Departments for
several Laws, acting IN strange manner
and the 4ttsches thought him crazy
He was noticed in the white
house grounds at dusk last evening. This
lnolning he eDgagrd carriage q. a stable
and SAID he wanted quick team. he
wanted to stop at the depot only a moment
and then go over TO Arlington. Later &C.
counts say he tried to escape after he fired
the shots and said nothing until he vas cap
tured, theu said, Il have shot President
Garfield. AMI Arthur is now president"
Inibe psisoner's pocket wa. found the fol-
lowing letter: the presidebps tragic death
was sad necessi y, but will unite the re-
pubicsn party and save the republic. Lite
Is as a flimsy dream, and 1t matters little
when one gees. A humsn life Ia of small
value. During the war thousands of brave
boys went down without tear. L presume
che president WAS christian, and that he will
be happier ia paradise than here. IL
will be no worse for Mrs Garfield, poor soul.
20 part with her husband this way thsn by =
nstural desth. tie ID lisble TO go at any
time shy way. have no i'll viii toward the
president. His desih w4s = poll icsl nee
tity. Ian q lawyer, q theologisn AID poiih'
clan. / am stslwsrt Of the
stal warts. was with Grant
aud the rest of our men in New York dur
ing the csDvass / have some papers for
the pres. which shall leave with Byron
Andrews and bis co-journslisis at 1420 New
York avenue, where al the reporters can
see them. am going 10 the iail
Signed. CHARLES GUITTEAU.
TIE latest advicss ssy that The president
Is sinking aud death may occur 1T any no