Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-07

ytu lake me cut 10 he Coreri ssiorel Gene
tely icr?' Hc says, We'll, will take you out
there Tor 81. AL right. said l. if want to
usa S'u vii !et y5u know.
II Then went Into The depot and took my
p!7ate papers which Intended fer The press,
l1c?udluR revised edi;icn at ny Buck 'lhs
rtuth. CJmpsbi9o 10 tho Bible, ard step.
plcg up 10 Ike GcWi 6;a5d asked tie young
u1su 10 chirre it | could leave those papers
Hlh lin for few momen;s, AID Ee ead
Certainly AID he took them and placed TIE N
UP agaiust tho wall CO top OF soma other pa
pets. This Ess about twenty minutes after
ulne aud went into Tho ladies' waiting room
aud lotkCd lraucd; saw tEero wcIe quito o
good many people ttero in the depot and car
rlage5 cu;s!da, cot did Get $50 the President 8
. rllage. l.Xlnlaed my revolver TO $40 that
|! was eli light and took IF the paper TINT |
htd wrapped srcuCd 1t. 10 keep tho moisture
OF. Whl:ed five rr six mioutes lotg r. sat
down 10 seat 10 the lsdNs' room. aud Ve:y
soon TIC Pres deaf drove up. lis was 10 COM
pacy with gentleman Who. Understand, was
Mr.. Baiae sni GIN satisfied that he was Mr..
Blaine. hcugh did not rtcaga;z, bin. This
gcn:lemah la1keh very CID. ord he hsd peou.
lier kiad OF heEdlGar oa, thst dill not r, oog-
uiz, as that Of Mr.. B!.ilc. The President and
| this gentleman Grove up 10 plain single
| seated c,ti.ec, with coo horse. This gentle
usv, th!rk, was driving. 1t vas sir Gle car
risgt-a snsle-seai:d 70? buggy. The Pfesi
dtnt seemed to b. in very earnts. and private
conversation With this gtnllcmau, who evil
dsntlY was hlr. Blale. They So. 10 tho oar
riago should Gsy scmo two niau!ct; they had
| cot oani'ictcd their conversation when they
reach: i tina drpot, AID dnrirg rho interview oil
,wo minutes Troy flushed their cJnsersaliou
Durlng tn S time they were eusased 10 very
oarn's hrd p lVatc c3lv rsatisn, al have
said
The Pfcsilcot got gu: on the psvonleut side
| aid MIR. Bl.ilo uu tho ether s:l,. They CO.
tered Iho ladies' roam; | socd there wslobioe
tho Pr, sidaut, and they passed. by me. Before
| they reached tho depot had bteu promenad.
| ing up ADD dosn the lSdes' rom between the
| ticket chloe door AID Tho news stard door, Q
| spscs OF some ten or twelve feet. walked up
and down there | should ssy two or three .imes
| working mgs It up. as koew tho hour was at
| hand. fhe President and Mr.. BIsioo o,uo in
to the ladies' room ard walked light by me;
| they Gid not motto, me-, IS thcro wero quito q
| number OF ladies aud children 10 tho room
"fhtro Was quito large crowd of ticket pur
chaStrs at tho gcntlomon's ticket cfio, 10 tho
auloiul0R room, inc utp0t seemed TO be QIlto
| tall OF ptoIlo. There Yves quito q crowd and
| com motion around, ADD the President was 10
| The acL OF pssslog from the !aiios' room to tho
tnaio entletcs through the door should say
he was about four or Eve feet from lho door
resres: The ticket ctfioe, in tho act of passing
| through the door to get through tie depot to
tho cars. lilo was about three or four feet from
the door. | stood five or six feet bel iol Tin,
| right in Tho middle of the room, and IS he YVES
10 the act OF wslkitg sway from mo pulled
out the revolver anu fred. Ito strairhleped uD
ADD ttrsw his head buck. AID seemed to be
perfectly bewiderod He did not seem to know
what struck him. Looked a. him 10 did 10.
a!ep; thertup5n pulled sg.in. Ho dropped
know wbero tho first shat ht; 1 aimed st tho
hollow OF his hack I cid not aim for any psr.
tieulsr place but knew if got those two bull.
lois in his back he would certainly CO. Twas in
\ diagonal direction from the Pre- lent 10 tho
nor!hWest, and supposed both shots struck"