The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-07
Assassination!
President Garfield
Shot and Seriously
Wounded at the De-
pot in Washington!
THE WOULD.BE ASSASSIN
In PRISON
Great Excitement, Through
out the Country!

Great Excitement Through
out the Country!
The country was thrown into per-
feet furore OF excitement at about ten
o'clock Saturday morning by the in.
tslligsnce flashed. over the wires that
President Garfield was assassinated
at the Baltimore i Potomac Depot al
9:28 that morning. The first report
received was to the effect that the
President was killed, or in actually q
dying condition, and it fell upon the
people like thunderbOlt; but later
sdvices, giving II as the opinion Of the
attending physician that the wound
was net necessarily fatal, had tho ten
dency to tosomswhat allay the excite
ment and inspire more hopeful feel
ing. i..s. .-..... .s..t...
The following dispatches give the
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE SHOCKING
l AFFAIR.
| WARRINGTON, July 2.-The, Presi-
dent had alighted from HE carriase g
and was passing through the ladies'
room to the cars. When about four
feet inside Of the rooms the assassin,
who was within three feet Of him, fred
one shot. The President was dazed,
and made no attempt at sslf-prOtection.
Blaine had turned towards the door.
The assassin fred . second shot. In
ten seconds the President fell, and
Mrs. White, who attends the ladies'
waiting room, rushed to him and rails.
ed up his head Blaine also rushed to
the assistance of the President. Tho
assassin passed out towards B street,
but Captain Park, ticket agent, jumped
through the window and caught the
assassin. who made no resistance. Off
Ger Scott alse took hold of HIM. Park
let the officers have him, and turned
his attention to the President. Help
came, and the President was taken up
stairs. He said not q word until he
was lain down, when he asked that his
shoes be taken of, saying he felt pains
In his feet. As seen as the shees were
removed, no said to Secretary Win
dom: "GO right now and send q tel
| egram to Mrs. Garfield, saying 1, feel
tcOnsiderabiy better, and II she feels
well enough, tell her to come TO Wash
ington Immediately" The dispatch
was sent, and q special train was at
once sent to Long Branch for Mira.
Garfield. Secretary Blaine was not
going with the party, but went down
to bid the President good bye: He
said "The President and 1 were
walking arm in arm towards the train.
| I heard two shots and saw man ran.
I started after him, but seeing that he
was grabbed just as he got out of the
room, / came to the President and
found him lying on the foor- The
floor was covered with the Presidents
blood. A number of people who were
around shortly afterwards have .some
of that blood on their person. think
I know the man. / think bis name is
1 Guiteau. The assassin is about 8 feet
7 inches In height, of strong though
not stout build. Tho weapon he iused
was revolver about hseven inches
long. 1t had aurivosy handle. The
caliher in vary lar9e-E- II In What is
known as o. Calif0rnia pistol. 1t made
q very loud report Parks says both
shots were fred while the assassin wai
behind the President. When officers
Scott and Carney get hold of-,the as
eassin and were taking him to police
headquarters, he said Voluntarily to
them: 81 did it and will go to Jail
for am q stalwart, and Arthur Will
be Presid emit" He had q letter in his
thand, and wanted the officers to take
tic 10 6 enera1 Sherman, saying 1t would
be all right, The prisoner made NO
Resistance, saying that he had centep
plated killing the President for the
good Of tho country. ,i.nf.l..,..
r.. Absut 9 o'clock the assassin went ia
the hack stand adjoining the depot
land engaged . hack. from Barton, the
Ic0lore6 A9ckman- He said he wanted
to 90 To- GlenWood GEM etery in short
time, and wanted the hackmsu to driys
very fast whsn~he should get into the
hack. He agreed TO payltW dollars
for the hack on condition that the hack
man would drive fast. When stopped
the assassin was going to the hack be
had engaged, and he insisted that il
was important for him To- 60 laqd de.
Iiivsr message to General Sherman,
fand when the officers refused to lei
him 60, he begged them. to take the
lstter he had to General Sherman
He has sandy complexion and ii
slight, weighing not more than one
hundred and twenty-five pounds. He
wears mustache and light chin whis.
tkers, and his sunken cheeks and eyes
far apart from each other, give him q
! suIlen, or, as an official described it, q
I"loeny" appearance. The officer in
question gave II % his opinion tina,
Guiteau is Chicago Communist, and
stated that he had noticed it to be 8
peculiarly of nearly all murderera
their eyes are not far apart, and Gui.
teau, he said, proves no exception to
the rule. When the prisoner arrived
at the Jail he was attired in q suit o.
blue, and wpre drab hat pulled down
oyer his eyes, giving him the appear.
ance of an ugly character. It may be
1 worthy OF note to state that sQme two
or three weeks ago Guitesu went TO
the Jail for the purpose of visiting it.
and was refused admittance on the
ground that it was not yisitors day
He at that time mentioned his name
i as Guitsau, and said that he came from
Chicago. When brought to Jail to-day
he was admitted by the officer who
had previously refused to allow him
to enter, and mutual recognition took
place, Guitsau saying, "you are the
/ man Who wouldn't let me 60 through
the Jail some time age" The only
other remark he made before being
placed in his cell was that Genera
Sherman would arrive at the Jail soon
The two jsilers who are now guarding
his cell state that they have seen him
around the Jail several times recently
and that upon one occasion he appear.
ed to be under the influence of liquor
On one of his visits subsequent 10 the
first one mentioned, these officers say
that Guiteau succeeded in reaching
the rotunda of the building, where he
was noticed examining the scatfold
! from which the Hirth murdepers were
| hanged.