The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-08

nervous and excited this great friend Of tho
Presidents wife.
Mira Edison occupied the position of nurse. She
was not recognized by the doctors during the oon-
sultation. II was she who remained Q greater part
OF the time by the Generals bedside, every
now and then leaving the room and rushing TO the
telegraph once to send dispatch 70 Mr~ dsrneld
Mt Long Branch, TO Mira GARFIELD, senior, In Ohio
Coming In and out OF the room constantly during
the ply sictans long consu stion, held at II O'clock
were the two boys Of the President Harry and James
Harry Is tall, stout boy In the neighbour nod OF l6
although he looks trins older. The younger bow
James, 4, In the neighborhood of IA. The two lads
behaved very bravely throughout the whole affair
THE EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON
Before the President removed from tho depot
permitted 10 enter except those whose
presence was absolutely required BY some unac-
countable means. conveyed To nultitudes
in the streets to tue effect that although the Presi
dent not dead, he MORALLY wounded Then
gloom seemed to settle down up n the city Hike a
great pail, and the vast concourse Of people waited
patiently outside the depot for from within
They reminded ono strongly Of the friends and rela
tves Of adying man waiting in the anteroom Of the
The suspense was dreadful. Business men and
ladies, with faces pale with excitement, and eyes
blooshot with straining stared xedy at the door OF
the depot, and strove painfully TO learn or divine
something about the wounded man within At last
the door opened and some of the doctors came out.
The throng pressed closely around them and begged
not dead; no is not Ia any immediate DANGER and in
cry" The purport OF these words was
r ,nsmitted from lip to lip and from lip to wire all
the country. The city drew long breath, and
the excitement, which had been at white heat grad
ually subsidized in Intensity. Then there a
stir the outer edge of the crowd, and the people
were moved of right and left, and every way. 1t
was to make room for an ambulance which had been
summoned to transport the suffering President To
the White House. Tenderly he borne from the
build ng to the vehicle, and quietly and gently was
he laid on q mattress therein. Then the vehicle
-. Isl.gs.
respectful distance by the crowd. when he reached
II he was borne inside, and followed by Surgeon
Bliss, who had attended him from the first,
and other physicians. The friends Of the wounded
chief stood sorrowfuly about him, and the doors
closed between him, his future, and the thou
sands who stood in the highways and byways Of the
city awaiting the end.
SECRETARY .BLAISE's STATEMENT.
Secretary Blaine was not going with the party, but
went down to bid the President good-by. He said
s'ThePresident and walking arm In arm toward
the train. / heard two shots and saw man run.
strarted after him, but, seeing that he grabbed
just he got out of the roe M, came to the Pres,-
dent and found him lying on the floor The floor
covered with the Presidents blood. number OF
people who around short. afterward have some
of that blood on their persons
Mr. Blaine also gave very Interesting account
of his talk with the President that morning going
down in the carriage The President said TO Mr..
Blaine: "You have no idea how happy am this
morning. j feel like a by aga'n-everything seems
10 go well. The funding operations ali
cessfu and think We have gotten through
hard times. The people seem to be with us, and
think we can look forward now to having very
successful administration" He said: ~
well satisfied wich the situation, we'll satisfied
with the past, that feel now that can go to New
England and just have boys frohc ! intend
IN forget that am President. intend 10 forget all
about my past troubles and have good, wholesome
rest" Mr. III ine says that he the Presi-
dent in such joyful mood, gid he was talking in
this vein with him in the ladies' waiting room when
the ignob,e assassin came upon them and fired the
two shots thf- laid the President low. Mr.. Balm
himself had a narrow escape he stood exactly in
line with the President, and had 1t not been for the
attempt Of the assassin to escape after having made
the two Shots he too have shared bis crazy fury
.RcRErAnY IINcoLN's STATEMENT.
Speaking Of the shooting, Secretary Of War Robert
Lincoln said no one could have foreseen the Incl
dent and the duration of its occurrence was barely
three seconds. Secretary Blaine and the President
.toCd bow to elbow talking about ordinary
topic The sound of the two shots and the fail
Of the President were almost instantaneous
Tho exclamation Of the assassin followed as
quickly, and in the brief seconds of the occurrence
tue e On ct chanVed to that Of excitement,
great that IL amounted TO wild panic The cool
of the depot officers and some of the Local Off
cials prevented anything like lot that for few
moments threatened. The prisoner was conveyed
to the Central alton before the crowd fully real
lied what had been done.
THE PRESIDENTS WONDERFUL NERVE.
Said DIR. Bliss: 'From the very first the Presi-
dent has been plucky and brave. Indeed, he has n:
times been in almost-frolicsome mood. never,
in all my experience met with such q patient
never have seen such nerye-never have seen such
GOODNESS, such self-po session. The Pre- l.
dent has discussed his with me at
at the depot he shook me by the hand and sad,
Is ss, how is t?' and 1t has been Bliss, how Is it?
at different time. all the afternoon" Yes" said
Gen. James, :. he shook by the band down at the
depot, and he gave me strong grip he said :
James, what do you think was the mVtve OF this
man7' and l replied: well, you viii have to ask
Father Kirkwood-he il here-he Is older than :
and he then turned to Kirkwood and all that Kirk
wood could say was, 'Devllish, Infamous"
ARRIVAL OF MIS- GARFIELD.
The most touching episode of the day was the
| homecoming Cf Mrs. Garfield dispatch had
been sent to her early in the day to come The dis
patch carefully worded as not needlessly to
Judge Swayne, who tia her, to charter special
train and bring her on as rapidly as possible All
the afternoon the President kept inquring for her.
At the time the carriages first appeared in sight,
| there WAS a cry: s,Oh. there thew come ~. There
were three carriages, and the horses attached -
| them lashed Into gallop SO furious and
swift they coming that hardly bad they ap-
peared in sight when there crash and roll on
the gravel, and the close black carriage and black
| horses belonging to the Presidents own
stable cane with wbirl mp in front of the Attorney
General, and were checked by blue-costed messen-
| ger who stood there waiting. The colored man on
the OK did not turn his head. He sat il carved
| in marble The Attorney General ran forward,
seized the door eff the carriage and opened it. just
back OF him came running little James Garfield,
! young Rockwell and Mrs. MacVeagh.
Every head was bowed "a Mrs. Garfield stepped
resouely out There were traces of tears about her
! eyes. She showed no other signs of We akness Her
| little boy sprang forward and cried: oh, NAM
ma" That vas al. he said. She pressed his hand
! warmly, aud them ieining upon the arm Ct the At
| toIney General AID leading her lit e boy, she
started up the steps. Then came Mo lie Gar
field, weeping, pleasant-iaced little lass in
gray. Sac followed by Mrs. Rockwell, a
snow-white haired lady, whose appearance of
youtlfulness did not corresp nd WITH the x ay
of her hair A servant or two with wraps followed d.
| They walked quickly upstairs. There hard y
d. thA f.skUs .ffn M Nhfak atsh. n
the pathetic Homecoming of the poor won who
had suffered much. Something of her resolut ia
| character was shown she walked almost without
assistance TO her husbands room. She went
| in and walked up to him quietly without
the first evidence or sign of any emotion
that would annoy rrtate make him
nervous. She said simply: 81 am glad to be
home" He said: 81 am very glad to have YOU"
They kissed, and then she, after moment two.
passed into side room. fearing that she would not
be all to control hcr.e1 in his sight A moment
or two afterward she company with
Judge = wayne and her boy James. The b'v had
his arm about his mothers waist and he was doing
his best to console her. She nearly broke down
after this, but in moment she regained her self
control
THE AssAssIS's L. TIERS.
When Guiteau arrested no made no resistance
saying that he had contemplated the killing OF the
President, and ii WAS for the good of the country
About O'Clock the assassin went TO the hack stand
adjoining the depot to engage hack from Barton