The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-03
'E,xtra.
HORRIBLE NEWS.
An Attempt to Assassinate President
Garfield.
He is Shot Twice by an Assassin
At the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Depot in Washington.
a ss.Iwar,'. Desperate Deed.

a Desperate Deed.
Washington, July 2. s a. m.-Presi-
dent Garfield wa shot twice at the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot in
washington this morning. No par
ticulan.
LATER.
Gen. Garfield is dying.
$50 n. m.-President Garfield was
shot before leaving on the limited ex-
press this morning.
President Garfield was shot this
morning at the Baltimore and Potomac
depot. Col. Corbin has just passed In
the presidents carriage with a pbysi-
clan on the way to the Baltimore and
Potomac depot.
10 a. m.-Dr. Bliss reports that the
wounds are not necessarily fatal.
10 amt is reported that President
Garfield lie dead, but the excitement is
SO intense that it is impossible to find
out anything definite at present. The
man who shot him has been arrested.
Full particulars will be sent shortly.
10 a.m.-President Garfield Is now
lying in q private room in the officers
quarters of the Bait. & Potomac depot
DIR. Bliss, Surgeon Gen. Barnes and DR..
Purvis, lcol'd.,) are in attendance.
The shooting was done by a slender
nan about FIVE feet seven inches In
height. He refuses to give his name,
but it Is said by persons who profess to
know him, that his name is Dooty. The
prisoner was arrested Immediately after
the firing by officers in the depot: he
was first taken to tho police headquar-
tiers, anc subsequently remanded to the
district Jail The shooting occurred in
the ladies' o Of the depot imme-
diately after the President had entered,
walking arm in arm with Secretary
Blaine, on their way to the limited ex-
press train. which was about ready to
leave. Secretary Blaine, On hearing
the pistol shots, two in number, rushed
in the direction from which they came
with q view Of arresting the would-be
assassin. Before reaching the man,
however, the secretary returned to the
President and found him Frustrated.
Both shots took effect; the first In the
right arm and the second just above
the right hip and near the kidney. The
The physicians have probed for the balls
unnecessarily.
The president is now being conveyed
to the executive mansion under a strong
escort Of Metropolitan police. Two
companies Of regulars from the Wash
ington barracks have been ordered out
to preserve quiet. Great excitement
prevails, and the streets are thronged
with anxious inquirers eager to learn
the condition Of the president. The
shooting occurred in the presence of
fifty or sixty ladies. There is a rumor
now that the shooting was done by the
ex-consul to Marseilles, Charles Quit
teau, who was removed from Office.
The pistol with which the firing was
done Is a California weapon with an
extremely heavy calibre, better known
as o "Bull Dozer."~
0.30 q. m.-The president has been
made as comfortable. rs possible in his
chamber at the white house, and all
persons are excluded from the grounds
surrounding the mansion. Immense
crowds surround the grounds. The
physicians are now holding a c~onsulta-
ton.
IL a.m.-The President has been re-
moved to the white house, his pulse is
strong and he is conscious. One wound
is in the shoulder and the other in the
back, and the ball has lodged in the
abdomen, and is not yet extracted, and
is not necessarily fatal. The assassin
was Chas. Guitteau.
Hos m.-President Garfield is
conscious and does not complain Of
great suffering. He has Just dictated
q telegram to his wife. 1t is impossi-
BILE to say as yet what the result will
be, but the surgeons are OF the opinion
that the wounds are not necessarily
fatal.
A TELEGRAM TO Mrs. GARFIELD.
The following telegram has been
sent: Mrs. Garfield, Elbereen, Long
Branch. The president wishes me to
say to you from him, that he has been
seriously hurt. How seriously he can-
not yet say. He is himself in hope.
WIN you come TO him soonp He sends
his loveto you.
s1sfga N-.-I a. +. ROCKWELL.
THE LATEST.
Washington. July 2, 1910 a. m,-The