San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-07-14

"In Gods name, man, shouteu,
"what did you shoot the President
fort"
His answer was, 4 am o Stalwart,
and want Arthur for President
He still carried his pistolin his hand;
it was q large California revolver of
largo calibre, with q bone handle. He
appeared perfectly cool, and offered
no resistance, but went quietly to po-
lice headquarters with me-"
THE ACCOUNT OF MRS WHITE, AN EYE
WITNESS.
Mrs. Sarah v. Z. White, the wo-
man in charge Of the waiting-room
at the Baltimore and Potomac depot
was the first person who reached the
President after he was shot. In re-
ply to questions asked her, she said !:
~ saw the whole thing. The man
came in from this door," she said,
pointing to the door to the east, SEN
tering the ladies' room from the main
waiting room, just as the President
entered the middle door from b. st.
When he approached within five feet
of the President he fred, aiming, I
thought at the Presidents heart, and
missed him. The President did not
seem to notice him, but walked right
on past the man. He fired again and
the President fell. He fell right at
the turn of the second row of seats.
I was the first to reach him, and lift
ed up his head. The janitor rushed
in and called the police. l held the
President until some men came and
lifted him up. He did not speak to
me Or to any one until young man,
who I think was his son came. After
he had vomited, I think he said some
thing to him. When he was lifted
upon tho mattress he spoke or
groaned."
did the man who shot him say
anythingf"
"No words at all passed between
them. The man walked deliberately
out of the centre door, where some
body headed him off. He turned and
started back the way he came, and
was seized at the door by the police.
I have seen the man once or twice
before. One time in particular I no
ticed him few days ago. He prom
enaded up and down just as he did
to-day, wiping his face and apparent
ly excited. Thought he was waiting
for some friends, This morning he
waited here half an hour, walking up
and down. There were few peoplp
in the room when the shot was fired.
All the passengers had gone out. I
think there was gentleman standing
near the door"
THE STATEMENT OF E. o. Toss.
Mr.. Everett o. Foss, of Dover, N.
H., who was in the gentlemen's wait
ing room of the Potomac Depot,gives
the following account of the shooting:
"At $50 o'clock two shots in rapid
succession, loud and startling, rang
the depot. just then Sec
retary Blaine rushed out of the Id
dies room, asking for an officer. At
the same instant almost Policeman
Kearney came out of the same door
having in charge the man who fired
the shots, the latter waving letter
which he wished delivered to Gen
eral Sherman. On entering the la
lies room I saw General Garfield
by the lady in charge of
she room. Secretary Blaine was
bending over him, saying: "Oh, my
poor PRESIDENT"
It appears that Guiteau had been
waiting around the depot for half an
hour, and had been noticed by the
ady in charge as having an evil eye,
out with no thought of his being an
He followed the President
.bout half way from the front door
before he fired, and the second shot
followed almost instantaneously the
irst. The President seemed to take
/ step forward as the second shot was
ired and fell. Secretary Blaine soon
.fter the President was removed from
he depot, went to his residence.
Secretary Window remained in the
lepot with some friends, seemingly
,ndeavoring to get some definite idea
bout the assassin and the cause OF
lis wicked attempt on the life OF the |
President. The theories advanced
md the absurd rumors prevalent only
yained in volume by repetition.
Yesterday about Z o'clock Guiteau
,ntered the Remington Arms Com.
,any's place in the Post Building
md asked the clerk il he had an En-
,lish Trenter pistol. The clerk in
ormed him that he had not, but
Lowed him a 32-calibre Colt double
.ction revolver for S25. He remarked
hat he had often paid $50 for such
pistol. He volunteered the infor
nation that he was an ex-consul. As
le left the store without purchasing
Ie remarked that he would return to
lay and buy Colts, as he would
ave use for it
President Garfeld's son was with
i'm at the time he was shetland as his
ather fell he burst into a paroxysm
4 tears Secretaries Blaine, Hunt
nd Lincoln and Postmaster-General
rames were all at the depot at the
Ime- The waitng-room was crowd
a at the time both with Northern
nd Southern passengerS When the
hots were fred Mr.. J. W. Wheeler,