New-York tribune., 1881-11-20


can people ought to hear of this uoI ty
xhey would approve such misin'H's'
'Te,l me all about IT." -. borse 7
"WcU after got in the van at the couio o4
...;t g oo,,rse in the corner until we "eIo Vu0
of ,,bt of the court house. As we were gums !
i3I,. d a. NO one appeared TO be near D
n after a while and Temalhou -
snoling ont through the hI,i7 - ,s
,,;ndo,y and chatting with the driver Az We ~ i
nm tbe hill through the park j was thilAiuE Wv"
.ba events of the week and rather congia'u'"'',is
,nvself on the progress we nave ii"G'
tbonqlt of the disadvantages uiiuoi
which we were laboring, OF the ieeHi,s
o,ainst ns of Robinson and so on, and then look
ing ahead, thought how valuanle Ine
of Leonard Sweet Magruder and Trude would be
4opsnext week. Suddenly heard the report OF a
pistol. 'bang! and without feeling that had Deell
wounded / dropped the floor. thousnV
would be safer there than standing VI cooi I''
7 did not know but what were surrouhoeu ~
ON armed mob and besought the driver anu 'lo
onards 10 drive back to the court house ior heip,
We were nearer the court house than the jan, az
asked them to send TO the Chei oil Ponce loI 0iP
They Maid no attention TO my request Ai"o''
immediately heard a second shoi anu Vlen 'n0
,ybeeled and we were driven rapidly in another dl-
rection. hear we were chasing the assassin.
didn't know but what we were flying from the moo
"Were yOu afraidf"
"No. was not. was in doubt as 10 "haU was
coipp ON outside. | didn't have any knowledge
whatever of the circumstances OF the at'ach anu
did not want to be shot down Ike rat in his hole
but was not afraid. sat down on TIE hoor u 'no
van out of caution. not because was AFRAID. am
not n coward | don't want TO die, but am no
coward" "a,
"Wbop did von find ont that You were wOundedf"
After they gave up the chase for the aSsaS-
si, stood up by the front WINDOW
for the moment and / said TO Edelin, I'D
were Won struckP He replied that he
was not. and asked me the same question: Stati"s
that they were firing at me. / said, No. was
not shot, but when l looked saw 'na'
nv coat sleeve was cut, ana raising ~
lbere Guteau repeated the actl l found tins
little brulse It don't amount to much III VIII
he all right in the morning Hereafter, however.
think they will take better care OF their prisoner
sThey have treated me very harshly in court, hut
think they will care for me hereafter VI course
will go to court on Monday. Im not AFRAID ana
want to meet the gentlemen have invited 10 meet
ane there on that day. Good night, slr. IL. o
( The prison van is a closed wagon Its Sues are
CONSTRUCTED of half inch wooden panels WIN q hh-
ing of sheet iron 1t has three star-shapeu open
inCs for ventilation in each end, but none IN the
eide. The hole made by the bullet is small one
scarcely larger in size than an ordinary Deah' me
pistol was held almost against the SIDE OF lhe van
The man that fired the shot at Guiteau was ar
rested this evening about o'clock: ne proves p;tgS
To be one Bill" Jones, of Queens station, a niue
hamlet within the limits OF the DlsIIlct 81
columbia He is a farmer by profession and hard
irinker by practice. He rode away toward bladehs
burp after firing the shot, and is SAID TO have tOld
everybody he met that he had SHOT Gulieau. VI
course there was no difficulty IN 1oIoTlng MN lo m
arrested tie was taken to the Second Precinct
Station here and locked up.