The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-07-02
The PRESIDENT shot.
Laid Low BY an ASSaSSin'S
Bullet.
THE ASSASSIN CAPTURED,
The Stricken President Con.
veyed to the White House.
A NATIONS SORROW.
HOW the Terrible Deed Was Done, and
the Man who Did It,
SYMPATHY OF FOREIGN RULERS
Full Details Of the Horrifying
Crime.
HOW the Terrible Deed Was Done, and
the Man who Did 1t.
SYMPATHY OF FOREIGN RULERS
Full Details of the Horrifying
Crime.
WAsnrNsToN, July 2, 1881.

WAsnNsTcN, July 2, 1881.
The presidential party was to leave
Washington this morning on the limited
express for an extended journey through
New England. The party was to COM
prise the President and Mrs. Garfield,
who was to meet him in New York, their
two elder sons Harry and James, Miss
Molle Garfield, their daughter, who is
now with her mother; Colonel and Mrs.
Rockwell, with Don Rockwell, their
son, and Miss Lulu Rockwell, their
daughter; DR.. W. H. Hawkes., the class
ical tutor of the three young gentlemen
above named; the secretary of the treas
ury and Mrs. Window; Postmaster
General James and Mrs. James, the
secretary of the navy and Mrs. Hunt,
the secretary of war, Judge Advocate
General Swain and Colonel Jameson, of
the postotlice department. From New
York they were to go directly to Irving
ton, on the Hudson, where they were to
spend Sunday. On Monday morning they
were to go to Williamstown, Mass, to
attend the commencement exercises of
Williams college, of which the Presi-
dent is graduate. They were to re-
main there until Thursday noon, and
then take the cars for st. Albans, VT,
spending Friday at that place. From
there they were to so to the White
mountains, staying at Maplewood or
Bethlehem and remaining over Sunday.
On Monday they We're to go to the top
of Mount Washington, and ON Tuesday
TO Portland, Me-; from thence to Au-
gusta, where they were to be the guests
of Secretary Blaine. The secretary had
secured revenue cutter, and the party
were to take a trip along the Maine
coast, visiting Mount Desert and other
places of interest. They were then to
return to Bangor, Me-, and from there
to Bostl1. The Legislature of New
Hampshire, having by resolution in
vited the President to make them a
visit, the party was to 60 to Concord.
From there they were to 20 to New
Concord, Mas, then begin the home
ward trip, going to New York by way of
Hartford aud New Haven, expecting to
get back to this city about the 18th or
18th of July.
TIE PRESIDENT SHOT DOWN.
This was the programme marked out
for pleasant vacation, and the last of
the party to complete it had not arrived
when the 800 A. NJ. train, preceding the
limited express, departed from the
depot. A few moments later the Presi-
dents carriage drove in front of the
depot, and the President and his only
companion, Secretary Blaine, alighted
and both entered the depot by the main
entrance ON B street There was
slight pause on the steps, and moment
later the President and Secretary OF
State, side by side, were walking across
the ladies' reception room, in which
there was not at the time half dozen
persons. One OF these was a man of
short stature, q wicked expression in
his face, who moved about nervously
until the two statesmen had half crossed
the reception room, distance of not
more than ten feet from the door. A
report as of big fire cracker challenged
the attention of the policeman at the
main door, who thought some boy
had fred it in honor of the Presidents
was heard and President Garfield lay
PROSTATE upon the floor of thereception
room wounded in the right arm and in
the side Just above the hip. The mys-
terious nervous individual was Charles
Guiteau, now from Chicago, about forty
years OF age, who had been imploring
the President to give him consulate in
France. His excited condition had
changed in the presence of his intended
victim, and he stood as firm and as
calm as statue, "the Eng
hsh bulldog" pistol still drawn and in
his right hand. Secretary Blaine had,
IN turning the corner of the seat near
the main entrance to the hall of the
depot, gone Just little ahead of the
President. The first shot not being no.
ticed by the President or his compan-
ion, the second and the fatal one found
Mr.. Blaine on the sill of the door, who
instantly called for help.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE DEPOT.
Colonel Jameson, who was to have
had charge of the Presidents party, was
the first to communicate the sad news
to the Cabinet officers. From the scene
to the rear of the train was distance of
perhaps two hundred feet. AS though
drawn Joy an invisible power the presi-
dental party in second were surging