Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-10-20

quiet, my friend keep quiet, my friend
want to go to Jail y moment afte
the policeman seized 10y the left arm
clinched ne with terrible force. ADOth
er gentleman-an older man, / shouls
say, and less robust-seized me by th'
right arm. At this moment the ticke
agent and great crowd of people rush
ed around me, and the ticket agent said
That's him; that's him. and he pushet
out his arm to seize me around the neck
and | said, Keep quiet, my frlends:- :
want te go to jail; and the officers, on,
on each side of me, rushed me right of
to the Police Headquarters, and the of
fieer who first seized me by the hand says
This man has just shot the Presiden
of the United States, and he was terri
bly, excited. And | said, Keep quiet
my friends; keep quiet, my friends;
have got some papers which will explain
the whole matter They let go of m,
and held my hands up-one policeman
ON ore side and one on the OLher-ane
they went through me, took away IN,
revolver and what little change | had
my comb and my toOthpick, all my pa
pers, and | gave them my letter to thu
White House; told them that | wished
they would send that letter to the White
House at once, and the officer began tx
read my letter to the White House. and
in this envelope containing my letter K
the White House was my speech Gar
field against Hancock He glanced his
eye over the letter. and l was telling
him about sending it at once to the
- I'm. ~
he said, we will put yon into the
White Housep So said nothing after
that. They took me around a little dark
place and put Inc into cell: they lock.
ed the door and went off; | did not see
any one for ten minutes. and then one
or two parties came and took look at
me; they were policemen and detec-
tives, and said, Il don't know him; | don't
know that man; never saw him before.
81 waited a few moments longer and
a gentleman eame-a detective, who
proved to be Mr.. McElfreSh-and he was
very polite and attentive. l told him
in brief who / was and why l did it;
that had some papers at the news
stand; that ! wished him 10 get those
papers and take them ap to Byron An
drews and his cojournalists; that the pa
pers would explain all about the matter.
also told him that l wished to go to
the Jail at once, and he came in and put
the handouts on me. There were live
or six policemen and detectives with
him when he came in to see me, and he
went away and came back in a few min
utes and said that they had decided to
take me right 20 jail, and l said, That
is Just what l want And he and his
brother officers took me right into the
room and down the stairs and into a car
riage, and he and three other po-
licemen got in and drove me rapidly to
the Jail :; / met Mr.. Russ the deputy war
den. McElfresh told him that I had
shot the President of the United States,
and he assigned me to cell No. 2, and |
have been there ever since, except when
have been to the warden's room to be
by, correspondent of the
New York Herald"
PURCHASE OF THE REVOLVER.
Guiteau bought the revolver before
the President went to Long Branch. "I
called at O'Meara's, corner of Fifteenth
and F streets, opposite the Treasury.
about two OF three weeks before the
removal. | stepped up to the show case
and said, let me look at that | saw
It was "a large bore, and he pulled it out
saw it marked British Bull Dog, and
saw that it was an unusual revolver,
md he said, THAT will kill a horse or
to that effect. There were
,wo Just alike, except that one had an
worry handle for $40, and the other a
,lain wooden handle for So; 1 got the
pest one for SO. l was very timid in
holding it. / knew nothing about weap-
ms at all looked at it in an unsOpisti-
lated way, snapped it, and I said, that
will make good noise, and he said, oh,
res. that will kill horse: he said, Il
never want bullet like that in me- /
aid, Perhaps may get that some OF
hese days. Three or four days after
ward stepped in there and selected the
'eyolyer with the ivory handle and got
box of cartridges and a little PEN
Knife, and he said he would give me the
,ntire purchase for $40. did not have
he money when l first went in; | got it
rom gentleman in the interim. He
oaded the revolver and said, Put that
light into your pocket Said l, is there
inv law here against carrying a revOl-
Ter He said, Y es there is, but they
lon't enforce it except with drunken
,eople.' Where can l shoot this?' says
!. He says, We'll, you can go down to
he foot of Seventh street and fire it off
nto the river In the. course of two or
'hree DAYS (I remember it was the Sat
,rday night after l bought it, l went
lown about seven o'clock in the even
ng and l shot it off twice, that is l shot
,ff ten cartridges. At the first shot l
vas about ten feet from a sapling three
inches in diameter, that was stuck into
he mud, and / pulled and struck the
apling and it trembled like leaf, and
t made fearful hollow; was terribly
,xcited at the noise and power of the
Weapon; thought /, that is terrible
Weapon ; it followed like little cannon;
t startled me. + fired ten shots, and
hey went off with tremendous effect
,very time; it made a terrific noise.
1ne or two men came around, hearing
he report, and Oh the way back no.
iced colOred woman and several other
people. did you bear that noise?' they
aid. 'Oh, yes; it made terrible noise
81 went down again the Saturday
morning that L intended to remove the
President when he went to Long Branch
ind Mrs. Garfield deferred me. l got
Up about half-past four that morning
md went right down to the same
Dalce. l got down there about five
o'clock. 1t was bright, splendid morn
NO I remember. and [ shot it off twice,
using ten cartridges. 1t made terrible
noise as usual. Those are the only times
that have practiced with revolver. l
then took it to the house and wiped it
nicely and took the cartridges and rub
bed them off, and ! loaded it and put it
into my drawer into my room, and it was
in that condition when used it on the
President. took great pains put it in my
coat and wrapped it up nicely, so that no
moisture could get to the powder, in or
der that it would be in nice condition
when 1 wanted to use It. took it out