The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-07
TIE AssAssJN's HISTORY.

TIE AssAssJN's HISTORY.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Charles j. Guitteau,
who shot the president this morning, has
been known in Chicago for the past
twelve years, and for much Of the time
has been considered as more than hall
insane. He may have had French blood
in his veins, but was to all appearances
an American. He wore his hair brush ed
up in front, giving his face startling
look When he first arrived in Chicago
he began practicing law. He married a
sister of George Scoville, a woll-known
lawyer here, and lived about the Union
place. But being of shiftless character,
he became nuisance, and was finally
forbidden his house by Scovi]le. After
living in precarious fashion here for
some time he went to New York only to
return in 1878. He thon professed to
have been converted, and began lecturing
under the auspices of the Young Mems
known in connection with scheme to
buy out the Inter Ocean and run it after
the pattern of the New York Herald. AS
Guitteau had no capital and no backing,
his scheme collapsed. and he returned to
his former practice of '.dead beating"
His reputation has never been of the best,
and his name was connected with several
scandals, until he sank so low that no
notice was taken of him whatever.
About six months ago he disappeared
from his usual haunts, and has not been
seen in Chicago since. Guitteau is de-
scribed by lawyers here as having been
while here what is known as O "shyster,"
whatever practice he had being in the
lower criminal courts. He was regarded
as weak-n,inded, and at one time was a
fanatic on temperance. and delivered a
lecture at the First Methodist Church on
that subject. Failing to pay the Tribune
for its advertisement Of the lecture, that
paper wrote him up as fraud and was
sued by him for libel, the suit never COM
ing to issue. He then wrote pamphlet
on the Second Coming of Christ, which
curiosity. Very little is definitely
known of the man, and that little is un-
favorable in every way.
Another Account of the Shooting.
WASHINGTON, July 2-11 A. M.-Pres-
ident Garfield YVES shot twice this morn
ing in the ladies' room of the Baltimore
and Potomac station. He had just left
his carriage and was walking arm in
arm with Blaine. One shot entered his
side and in very dangerous location.
The ball has not yet been extracted, but
the surgeon general is probing for it now.
The other shot entered his arm.
The assassin, who is unquestionably
insane, is O young lawyer from Chicago,
named Guitteau, an Italian. He said
that he was Stalwart. and that Arthur
was now President. His action was de-
liberate and determined. He shot first
for the heart and next for the stomach.
Blaine tried to seize him, but could not,
and cried out to the bystanders to stop
him. He was at once taken in charge,
and in the most deliberate manner wrote
his name on the station house register.
The first heard Of it uptown was the
Presidents horses and carriage tearing
along Pennsylvania Avenue at fright
full speed, and it was thought the horses
were running away, but the coachman
drove with great presence Of mind to the
Surgeon-generals Office, and summon
ing that gentleman, drove again on the
run to the station. Gen, Garfield had
been removed to bed in one of the up
per rooms. He was surrounded by
Blaine, Window, Hunt, and James and
many ladies of the Cabinet. His little
sou stood by his bedside holding the
Presidents hand and crying bitterly.
Several physicians were summoned.
The departments at one broke out aud
the streets were full Of terribly excited
people. The military were called out by
Gen. Sherman and the streets are full of
soldiers.
Soon after the catastrophe an anbu-
lance was sent to the station and the
President was removed to the White
House. A dispatch was sent to Mrs.
Garfield at Long Branch, and the Presi-
dents name signed to it, saying he had
been shot but not dangerously so. The
White House is surrounded by the mill
tary.
The President has not lost conscious
ness and is full of pluck. He says him
self that he will get we'll, but the doctors
are respondent. Secretary Blaine has
prepared an official letter rec0unting the
circumstances, the original of which was
telegraphad to Vice President Arthur,
and copies we're also sent to all the Amer
lean Ministers abroad.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-All of the Cabi-
net have been at the Executive Mansion
to-day, and most of them have remained
there continuous since yesterday morn
ing, sleeping few hours last night on
couches in the library. No one, however,
has been permitted to enter the room in
which the President lies, except Mrs.
Garfield, his nurses and the attending
physicians.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, informed
the Cabinet that Vice-President Arthur
had arrived and was his guest, and would
like to see the President if he could be
permitted to do so. The physicians did
not think it best at present to allow any
one to see the President except members
ofhis family.
The district commissioner have pub
lished card requesting the people to re-
frain from all noisy demonstrations to-
morrow, and the municipal regulations
relative to cannon and explosives will be
strictly enforced throughout the city.
The lapse of time since the bullet did
its work, without large loss of blood,
renders it probable that no large artery
or vein has been severed. Had this oc-
Cured, there would doubtless have been
fatal hemorrhage before this time.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The eXamina-
ton yesterday afternoon, disclosed the
fact that the bullet entered the Presidents g
body between the tenth and eleventh
ribs on the right side Of the spinal COL
umn, and passing forward and down
ward into and through the lower end of
the right lobe of the liver finally lodged
in the anterior portion of the abdomen.
It was determined not to make any at
tempt to extract the ball, owing to the
fact that the reaction which should fol-
low the shock of the injury had not ta-
ker. place, and besides great fears were
ent ertained that the President would not
rally. Careful but delicate examinations
made later in the afternoon revealed the
fact that the location of the ball as deter
mined was such as to make any effort
for its removal unwarranted. This
morning the physicians decide that no
effort will be made at present to extract
the ball, as it's presence in the location
determined does not necessarily inter-
fere with the Presidents ultimate rccov-
cry.
CoNKLINo AND ARTHUR.
NEW YORK, July 2.-Gen. Arthur and
Senator Conkling arrived this morning
and put up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Vice President was found in the
lobby of the hotel. He said that he had
not received any private dispatch in re-