The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-07-07

other ladies, among them Mrs. MacYeaSh and
Miss Blaine
During the night the President got occas-
ional snatches OF sleep through the admins
trations Of hypodernic injections of morphine.
Sunday morningl (the day succeeding the
tragedy the President rested comfortably
until 9 a. M, when he awoke considerably re-
freshed. his pulse gradually going down and
symptoms Of Improvement in every particular
were betrayed. By noon the pulse was at
its normal condition. and the President
was III bu0vaut spirits. Perhaps the
viii power Of the President had as
much 70 do with his improvement as his won
derful physical constitution for early in the
evening after the shooting, he asked DR.. Bliss
what prospects there We're for recovery, and
Bliss replied: 9. There i q chance for recov-
erv'' Well. them replied the President,
cheerfulIy, 1--WE Will take that chance
Nhen, Oh Sunday, at p. N. DR.. Bliss was
asked .vnat the prospects were Tor recovery, he
said; = IT 9cjt pail him HYo1tg}t yet." This
statement. Lar8lded over the wires, was rece1v-
ed with untold gratitude by everybody, politf-
cal aDImOsitlas hgYlng been displaced by that
universal sentiment Of the human heart, our
common good.
Senator Jones. of Neyada held an interview
with both Nce-Fresident Arthur and ex-Sena-
tor -CDnkling at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, and they both expressed them
selves as not only having had no knowledge of
the contemplation of the crime, but that they
had never even heard such name before as
that of the assassin. Ia the Government Of
fees at New York the deepest sorrow was yisi-
bic. Heads Of Departments made no effort to
disguise the weight of the blow which had
fallen upon them The clerks, even those who
had arduogs duties 10 perform, went about
with solroUful cOUntenances. At the City
HalL assassination was upon everybody's lips.
An official of the bitterest Democratic stamp
spoke of the act as national calamity. and
freely expressed sympathy with Mrs Garfield.
The following dispatches Of sympathy were
received from England:
Telegram received. Express TO Mrs. Gar
field the profound sympathy of this Legation
The Queen has sent to inquire and express
soliea4de. 'LowEL.L4 Minister
fsle Secretary Of State received from Sir
Edward Thornton, Brush Minister, the fol-
lowing telegram, datod London, July 2, 1925
p. H..
''To Sir Edward Thornton, British Embassy, Wash
ton:
THE Queen desires that you will at once ex-
press the horror with which she has learned of
the attempt upon the Presidents life, and her
earnest hope for his recovery. Her Majesty
wishes for full and immediate reports as to his
condition. LORD GRANVILLE"
Tie magnitude OF this calamity can not be
conceived business everywt1ere was eus-
pended simultaneously with the spread of the
news OF the. assassination. Stochs in Wall
street fell rapidly. Men bent in tie accumu-
lation Of money for once forgot their god.
The excitement everywhere was most in
tense. but in Washington, where the deed was
committed, the feeling was something inde-
scribabIe. Troops were ordered to protect the
| jail in which the assassin was thrown, and at
the White House. the crowd was SO wrought
up so impatient and eager, that it became
necessary to protect the grounds with soldlery-
eARFIELD's MOTHERS FoREBBoDiNGs.
Garfeld's mother was staying with Mrs. NJ.
J. Larabee, at Solon, Csouth of Cleveland and
the first news was received from newspaper
extras thrown off the train. Immediately
| receipt of the intelligence, Mrs NJ. j. Larabee,
| sent her mother over to Mrs. n Irowbridges,
another daughter, about quarter of a mile
| away, out of hearing of the dreadful news. An
| hour later, about noon, the following dispatch
was received by Mrs. Larabee:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
" WAsHINGToN, July 2.
&C Mrs Eliza Garfield:
| "Don't be alarmed by sensational rurnors
| doctors think wound not fatal. Don't think of
coming until you hear further;
| The signature is that of the Presidents sew
enteen-year-old son. GarieldS mother had
| been prostrated for some days in consequence
| Of the death of her brotber-in-laW, Thomas A.
Garfield, and only that morning. she was in
| formed of the death Of Mrs. Arnold, the Pres
ident's cousin, who died the day before, and it
was deemed certain that the Presidents at
tempted assassination would kill her.
Upon the fatal morning the mother said to
| Mrs. Larabee: 81 expect something is
| going to happen to James family Mrs.
| Iarabee said: 50 Mother don't worry. I think
the trouble in James family is passed p allud-
ing to Mrs. dardeld's illness. The mother re-
piled: :" No, fear something is going to happen
to oJames-" She afterward reiterated her present.
ment to Mrs. Trowbridge, adding that "acci-
dents never come singly and feel that some
thing is going to happen to James," Before
I Garfield left for Washington in March, Mr.
| LRrabee warned HIM to take care OF himself
Garfeld's reply was: .'I no coward, and I
can't have d body guard about me ALI the
time"
GUITEAU, THE ASSASSIN.
Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin, is a Ca
madam Frenchman by birth, and halls from
Chicago, and from the date of his arrival in
Washington last February, has been a persist
ent Office seeker and chronic dead-beat. He
paid his board bills no place and always stayed
at boarding house until he WAS bounced His
insanity dodge is not believed in. Colonel Bob
Ingerson states that he knew the assassin
well, and had always regarded him as a sober
and sane man. He has special profession,
but has been an ofice-holder and office-seeker.
Colonel Ingersoll is of opinion that his insan-
ity is feigned.
The following is the full text of his letter,
which, in this connection, Will be read with
some interest:
July ., 1881.
'HTo the White House:
''Ihe Presidents tragic death was sad nee
essity, but it will unite the Republican party
and save the Republic. Life is iimsy dream,
and it matters little when one goes. A human
life is of small value. During the war thou
sands of brave boys went down without tear.
presume the President was a Christian, and
that he viii be happier in paradise than here.
1t will be no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul,
to part with her husband this way than by q
natural death. He is liable to go at any time,
any way. I had no il-Will toward the PreSi-
dent. His death was a political necessity.
am a lawyer, theologian and politician. /
am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. 1 WAS with
General Grant and the rest of our men in New
York during the canvass: ! have some papers
for the press, which I shall leave with Byron
Andrews and his co-journalists, at 1920 New
York avenue where all the reporters can see
them. l am going to the he jail. ,
Thurlow Weed Barnes, of the Albany Eceyl-
ing Journal, says Guiteau, the man who shot
President Garfield, called upon him last Octo-
ber and asked for a chance to speak on the
stump for the Republican National ticket
Guiteau said he had been employed by the Re
publican State Committee to do work at theil
rooms in New York, and that he was on hif
way there. Barnes questioned him closely al
the time, and not liking his looks, told E. M
johnson, Secretary of the State Committee
that he believed Guiteau to be a fraud. John.
son made a memorandum, and said he would
look into the case. Barnes was Chairman o1
the County Committee. Guiteau said he came
from Chicago.
Guiteau was placed in the Oneida Conmu
nifty, when boy, by his father, and after sey.
eral years there, he turned up in Chicago
! lawyer. He is q Second Adventist in religious
principles, and has lectured upon that topic.
? The package of documents left by Guiteau
e Intended for Byron Andrews, of the Chicago
G Inter Ocean, we're placed in the hands Of th,
8 police, and were not delivered to that gentle
G man. Afterward they were handed to Distric
= Attorney Corkhil, in whose possession they
T now remain. Every effort has been made TX
Y obtain them from Colonel Corkhil, but ht
deems it improper at this time to give then
' out for publication and steadfastly refuses K
n permit them to be be telegraphed or even ex
: amined. Only the contents of note addressed
a to Andrews was communicated to him as
# basis for his sworn statement that he had ne
: acquaintance with Guteau.
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