Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-07

below. THAT is She" he said, turning
his face with Il glad smile toward his
watchers, and 80 it was. Attorney
General MacVeagh assisted Mrs. Gar.
field to alight and conducted her up.
stairs TO her husband. She was weep
ing. Her eyes were red and swollen,
but she bore herself with much forti.
tude. 'She is plucky little woman"
said the President. when he was ques.
toned as to the propriety Of her being
shown to his bedside. and so she proved
herself She took oil her things as she
went up and going to the bedside spoke
cheeriully and hopefully of his recov.
cry. DR.. Bliss had said "You have one
chance OF recovery" ~ embrace that
chance" replied the President. Mrs.
Garfield smiled through her tears and
spoke sweetly OF his dearness TO her
and the impossibility of her being call
ed upon to lose him in such way and
hour as this. All through the inter.
view she showed herself strong and
selfreliant, as if she had etfectually
schooled herself to bear the worst.
Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. MncNcagh and all
members of the Cabinet were present,
besides the attendant physicians.
THE SCENE At NIGHT.
A large crowd assembled outside tle
grounds early in the day and throngs OF
excited and anxious people paradcd up
and down all the afternoon, catching
Rreedily at every rumor that came from
within the gates. The crowd was great.
ly augmented at night and the anxiety
increased with each report OF his con
dItion. Up in the White House Offices
assembled large body OF special cor.
respondents, some about the doors OF
the Private Secretary, in whispering
groupe near the great Windows, and
writing out their notes at various OH
cial desks. Reports Of the situation
came out every minute or two and were
greatly conflicting. The most hopeful
took their cue from DR.. Bliss, who ap.
peared to be the most sangulne Of those
IN attendance. lie thought the Prc-I-
dent improving 4 number Of promi.
ncnt Washington ladies and the ladies
Of various high official households sat
in the ante rooms below stairs waiting
TO hear various bulletins as they came
from the wounded Presidents cham.
Der. Of all these people watching and
waiting not one was as cheerful and
self possessed as the wounded Presi-
dent. lie bore his suffering without a
murmur, had word and q smile for
every man who entered and Joke for
the ladies. Mrs. Garfield sat at his bed.
side, AS lively as a cricket" AS Mr..
Blaine put IL. In the library was a re.
markable group. Around the colorcd-
globed lamp on the round table sat
Mr.. Blaine, debating dispatches. On
the opposite side was the Postmaster
General, who, with Robert Lincoln, on.
Ioyed their cigar while waiting for re.
turns from the sick room. Secretary
Window could be seen through the
open folding.doors, pacing slowly and
meditatlVely up and down the corri.
dor. Attorney General MacNeagh. the
small figure in the group, stood look.
ing on with hands folded behind his
back. There was Mrs Hunt on sofa
on one side. talking in whispers TO Mrs.
James. while on the opposite side, over
against the vail, sat the Secretary of
the Navy alone with his cigar. Young
Harry Garfield stood looking into the
lamp without word. II WAS a group
for an artist, aud all the while all eyes
sought the open door of the wounded
Presidents chamber All remained
until late hour and retired with a
more hopeful feeling.
the ASSASSIN.
Charles Guiteau, the man who shot
the President, is a man of no character
whatever. When taken to the jail he
had this letter in his pocket:
JuLY ., 1881.
To THE WHITE HousE The Presi-
dents tragic death was "A sad necessity,
but IL will unite the Republican party and
save the republic Life is iimsy dream
and 1t matters little when one goes. A
human life is OF small value. During the
war thousands # brave boys went down
without tear. ! presume the President
was a Christian and that he will be hap
pier In Paradise than here. Ii will be no
worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, tu
part with her husband this way than by
natural death lie Is liable 10 90 at any
time, anyway. / had no III will toward
the President. His death was a political
necessity. ! am n lawyer, theologian
and n politician. / am stalwArt Of the
stalwarts was with General Grant and
the rest Of our men in New York during.
the canvass. I have some papers for the
press which shall leave with Byron An
drews and his co-journalists, at 1870 New
York avenue, where all the reporters can
sec them. am going 20 the jail.
CHARLES GuITKAu.
This showed that the crime was
premeditated, and on the way To the
jail Guiteau said he went TO Long
Branch to kill the President there, but
the condition of Mrs. Garfield awoke
his sympathies. lie sent letter to
General sherman. stating that he had
shot the President and was going 20
Jail. Byron Andrews declares that he
knows nothing about Guiteau. lie is
n native of Illinois, about forty years OF
age. and has been known in Chicago
for he past ten years as shyster law.
yer. lie was always considered as
strange 10 say at least. For several
months he has been in Washington
and was persistent applicant for a
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