Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-03
The Presidents Condition Con
sidered Hopeless.
SINKING RAPIDLY AT EIGHT
O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.
How the News Was Received at
Various Points.
Especial to the SENTINEL

Especial to the SENTINEL
WASHINGTON, July 1850 A, M.-Presi'.
dent Garfield was shot before leaving in
the lightning express at 9:15 A. N. this
morning. The shooting was done by a
slender man, about 5 feet 7 inches in
hight. He refused to give his name, but
it is said by persons who profess to know
him that his name is Dooly. The prisoner
was arrested Immediately after the firing
by the officers in the depot. He was first
taken to the police headquarters, and sub
sequently removed to the District Jail.
The shooting occurred in the ladies' wait
ing room Immediately after the President
had entered, walking arm in arm with
Secretary Blaine, on their way to the
lightning express train, which was about
ready to leave. Secretary Blaine on hear
ing the pistol shots, two in number, rushed
in the direction from which they came,
with the view Of arresting the would-be
assassin. Before reaching the man, how
ever, the Secretary returned to the Presi-
dent and found him PROSTATE. Both shots
took effect, the first in the right arm and
the second just above the right hip and
near the kidney. The physicians have
probed for the ball unsuccessfIlly.
There is a rumor now that the shooting
was lone by the ex-Consul to Marseilles,
Gitteau, who was removed from Office. The
pistol with which the shooting was done
is a California weapon, with an extremely
heavy calibre, better known as a "bull-
dog"
IL A. M.-The following was the tele-
gram dictated by the President to Mrs.
Garfield:
ELBERoN, Long Branch-The President
wishes me to say to you for him that he
has been seriously hurt; how seriously he
cannot yet say. He is himself in hopes
that you may come to him soon. He sends
his love to you.
(Signed) A. F. ROCKWELL.
BosroN, July 2.-The news of the at
tempted assassination Of the President
caused the most intense excitement in this
city, and crowds surround the newspaper
Offices, all of whom have issued extras.
In the early part of the morning business
was temporarily suspended on every hand.
The later favorable news that the President
was not dead, in a measure quieted the ex-
element.
WASHINGTON, July 2-11 A. Mt is ut
terly impossible to gain access to the White
House, the Police and soldiers being
around it, and will not let any one but
Cabinet officers in. There Is communities
ton by telephone, which Is the only way to
reach them.
11:30 A. M.-The condition Of the Presi-
dent is very much improved. Immedi-
ately after the shooting his pulse went
down toss, and his face, as he was removed
to the White House, was Of an ashen hue.
His pulse has now recovered to So, and the
color is returning somewhat to the face.
The general symptoms. moreover, denote
very considerable improvement. tits not
thought wise to make any further attempts
at present to withdraw the bullets. 1t is
difficult to determine, until a thorough ex.
animation is made, how serious his inter-
nal i~njnries may be. The surface indica-
tons, however. give good grounds for hop
ing that the President will rally.
Chas. Gitteau, the would-be assassin, is
a foreigner by birth. He has haunted the
executive mansion for several weeks, and
his disappointment in not getting what he
wanted has caused temporary alteration Of
mind. He has been a persistent seeker for
a Consular position.
Doctor Lincoln, who has just left the
President, denies the report that he said,
President Garfield will not live two
hours" DR.. Lincoln says the wound is
very serious, but not necessarily fatal.
11:35 A. NJ President Garfeld's
strength is increasing every minute, and
he is quite cheerful. The physicians an
nounce that as soon as his pulse reaches
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for the bullets. The assassin was within
20 feet Of the President when he fred.
The Presidents friends rushed to him, and
be fell, and Blaine called for Rockwell, the
station agent.
Officer Carey arrested the assassin, who
said; 81 did it. / am q Stalwart, and
Arthur is now President. Take the letter
have here to General Sherman, and he
will tell You all about IT,"
One bullet entered from the rear to one
side, and is believed to have passed through
the kidneys. The doctors hold out some
hope of possible recovery. but it Is plain
that they feel but little. il any hope. Ono
shot went through the arm. The Presi.
dent talked to a reporter. He said he felt
pretty strong, considering his wounds, but
he complained Of a t~ingling sensation in
his feet as annoying him more than any,
thing else.
The man who shot Garfield wrote his
name on a card as Charles Gitteau, Attor-
rey-at-law, Chicago. He evidently had do.
hberately planned the assassination, with
the idea, so far as can be aseertsined, of
making Arthur President.
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