The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-10-19

young man eighteen or twenty years
old, whom presume was the presi
dents son, gotintn the carriage. The
young man sat with his back to the .
driver aAd the president and his gentle
man friend (whoever he was) sat on
the back seat. They drove out the .
entrance nearest the treasury building I
and passed right along the east side of
lafayette square towards the Airing
ton They drove down the Arlington
ahd out on VERMONT avenue. 1 walked
out of the park pretty rapidly, and l
saw them from The corner of the park. |
I went out on the street on the east
side of the square and looked and saw
they were going down Vermont avenue.
I hung around the park about half an
hour or so and they did not return, and
it was very warm, and concluded to
let the matter drop for that light, so
that, after sitting in the park for some
time, / went, as usual to my home, and
went to bed. l went to the Riggs
house and took room in the afternoon
in the preceding talk happened, am
quite certain, on Thursday night it
was either on Wednesday or on Thurs
day, am not positive which, but my
impression is that it happened on Thurs
day night. On Friday night, after /
got my dinner at the Riggs house,
went up to my room and l took out my
revolver and put it in my hip pocket,
and 1 had my papers with me, and l
thought possible might get chance
at him Friday night. l went into
Lafay cite square and sat there, oppo-
site the white house
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
II had not been there a minute be-
fore l saw the president walk out of the
white house. Now I thought to my
SELF I have got splendid chance at
| him; he is all alone; there isn't any one
around him He walked along the cast
side of the square and down Ii street.
I followed him; He went to Mr.. Blaine's
house, on Fifteenth street. He walk
ed along and when he got on the side
walk opposite Mr.. Blaine's house he
looked up, as if he did not knoW the
place exactly; and then he saw the cor
rect number and walked in. l followed
him along, and | was about half way
between Fl street and Mr.. Blaine's
house, on the opposite side of Of the
street, when he entered the house
went into the alley in the rear of Mr..
Morton's house and got out my revolt
Yer and looked at it and wiped it off
and put it back into my pocket. 1 went
over to the H street stoop, at Wormely's
and l waited there half an hour, I
shou Id soy, for the president to come
out. He came ont and 1fr. Blaine with
him and waited al Wormley's until
they passed by me on the opposite side.
They walked down II square and
through the gate nearest the treasury
building and into the white i opse Mr.
Blaine and the president seemed to be
talking with the greatest earnestness,
Mr.. Blaine was on the left side of the
president as they walked along the !
street. Blaine,s right arm was looped |
in the presidents left arm, and they |
were engaged in the most earnest con-
versationi their heads Rlre gerry close |
together. Blaine was striking the air |
every few moments, and the president |
was drinking it all in; and occasionally
the president would strike out his hand
hereby giving Fssant tq what Mr..
Blaine was saying They seemed 10 be
in very hilorious state of mind and
delightful fellowship and in perfect ac
cord, The scene made 2 striking l4lz
preston on me; it confirmed what had
read in the papers, and what | had felt
for long time-to wit that the presi-
dent was entirely under Mr.. Blaine's
influence. and that they were in perfect
accord. may have remained in the
park perhaps half or three-QuarteTs of
an hOnr, and then went down to my
room at the Riggs house. 1 took a
towel bath In pay room and went to bed
and went to sleep woke qp about
o'clock Saturday morning and felt Wslli
in body and mind. My mind was per-
fectly clear in regard to removing the
president l had not the slightest doubt ,
about ias &gly e Tie Lord and to the
American people in trying 10 remOye {
the president, and 1 want to say here.
IS cmphatically as words can make it, {
that from the moment when fully de {
2idcd 10 remove The president, ! have s
never had the slightest shadow on nay I
mind; my purpose has been just as clear f
md just as determined as anything r
could be. | believed that / was acting I
lnder 2 special divine authority to lie c
move him, and this diving rFesspre was +
Ipon me from the time when fully re- n
solved TO remove him until actually +.
hot him. TWAS only ny nerving my n
elf to the utmost that | did it at all, a
nd never had the slightest do4ht as :,
o the divine inspiration Of the act, and =,
hat it was for the best interests of he =
American people. a,
NEARING THE END. h
Having heard on Friday from :hr pa Sc
'ers, and also by my inquiries Of the o.
oorke' per at the white house Friday l.
yaning, that the president was going e.
0 Long Branch Saturday morning, W
esolved to remove him at the depot. as
took my breakfast at the Riggs house o.
bout O'Clock. ate well and felt well Il
l body and mind. went in.o Lafay- h
tie square and sat there some little 81
me after breakfast waiting for 8 O'clock h'
come, and then went to the depot, 1
nd | got there about ten minutes after al
rode there from the park in bob dc
.iled' car, | left the car, walked up to al
bootblaok, got my boots hlaeked, and or
Iquired for man named John Taylor, m
HON, two weeks before, had spoken III