The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-11-24

| Nedleu Dy Lne autopsy. Immediately
after the autopsy on the remains of the
the ball had been found in the bowl and
not in the body. This statement was
vigorously denied by DR.. Bliss and his
assistants. To-day, in the trial, Bliss
under oath admitted that the ball was
found in the bowl just as stated by DR..
BOynton. Bliss was greatly worried by
the crOss-examinatiOn.
GUITEAU SHOT.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Late this af-
ternOOn, while Guiteau was being taken
to the Jail, and when about half way be-
tween the capitol and the Jail, a white
man riding a sOTrel horse rode up near
the prisoners van, and before ore of the
| guards could inteTpOse, he fired a shot
into the van and rode off in nOrthwes-
terly direction. Guiteau received flesh
wound in the arm. The van was guard
ed by detachment of mounted police,
who pursued the assailant, ACCOMPANIED
! by the van. The guard were afraid to
leave the van, so they took it with them
i'll the pursuit. This made their gait
! necessarily slow, and the asSailant. who
| was Well mounted, gained on them. Af-
! ter following the assailant some dis
tance the guard and police abandoned
| the pursuit and he escaped. Guiteau
was shot i'll the right forearm, but tho
wound is very slight, as the ball struck
him after passing through a panel of
the van. The policeman fired one shot
at the fast disappearing hOrseman, and
the driver of the van whipped his horses
| into gallOp, and kept in sight of him
for several blocks. The wOuld-be ayen-
! ger, however, escaped into the country.
| lie Is described as a smOOtl-faced man,
about 20 years of age, and a dashing
hOrseman. The van then proceeded to
the Jail and Guiteau was taken out in a
state of much excitement. He exclaim-
ed: Il have been shot; notify Major
Brock at once. Tell him to arrest the
scoundrel and have him dealt with as
he deserves" On examination it was
found that the ball had just grazed
Guiteau's left wrist, inflicting a mere
scratch. The ball struck the opposite
side of the van and fell upon the floor,
where it was found on reaching the iail.
An alarm was sent out, and the
mounted police were instructed to scOur
the country and briug in all suspicious
characters. The officer who patrols
near the Soldiers Home finally saw a
man answering the description sent
out, and cried to him to halt. He got a
blast OF profanity in reply, and the man
rode OFF as fast as possible, the police
man following in hot pursuit. The
chase was continued beyond the Dis
trIct line, and several shots were fred
during its progress, the man finally
disappearing in the woods. The officer
then laid in wait for his man, and he
soon reappeared. As he rode into the
yard of farmhouse he was Overtaken.
Here the assailant (William Jones by
name) was arrested and brought back
to this city. He has been very reticent
ever since his arrest, and the officers
having MN In charge will not cOmmu-
nlcate anything in regard to the pris-
Qner. 1t Is reported, however, that
Jones is another member of the great
family of "Cranks," and that he does
not seem to realize he has done any,
thing which is liable to involve him in
serious difficulty.
THE WRONG MAN ARRESTED.
WASHINGTON, November $3.50 con-
hdent were the authorities last night
that the right man had been secured
that no further search was made, and it
was not till o'clock this afternoon
that any officers on the van at the time
OF the shooting were sent out to the PO-
lice Station house to identify the pris-
Oner. Police Officer Edelin,, who was
sitting on the van with the driver, and |
who fired at the hOrseman as he wheeled |
and fled, rode out to the station house |
about . o'clock. After thorough scru- |
tiny of JOnes's features, and some con-
versatlon with him, officer Edelin, en-
tered the office of the station house and
announced to the officers and reporters: |
Gentlemen, that is not the man. | |
should know the man / fired at yester- |
DAY among million. not only fail to |
Identity this man Jones as the man, but |
could swear he is not the man."
Perry Carson, a cOlOred guardsman at |
the rear of the van, tonight positively |
identified Jones as the hOrseman who |
followed the van to East Capitol and |
First streets, where the shooting Oc-
CURED. Carson says when the van reach |
ed the Capitol grounds Jones was pretty |
close behind, and when he preached First J
street he rode past the rear end. AL
most Immediately | heard a pistol shot,
and then another, and whether Jones is
the man who fired the first shot he can
not say, as from his position on the van
1t was impossible to see what happened |
near the side or front part. The police |
are impressed tonight that Jones is the |
man who fired at Guiteau, nOtWithstan-
ding the statement of officer Edelin,, and |
the lack OF positive Identification on the |
part of Guardsman Carson.
GUITEAU'S ALLEGED ACCoMPLICE.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA morning paper !
publishes very sensational story re-
gard1ng the alleged arrest at Kensinp-
ton, a small suburb 13 south of this city,
of an unknown man about 26 years of |
age, claiming to be a Canadian, on
whose person is claimed to have been
found number of letters written by
Charles j. Guiteau, referring to the muir
der of the late President Garfield. 1t is
further said that the mysterious man
had upon him other evidence of his full
knowledge of the crime prior to its be-
ing committed. The police are very
re .1cent on the subject, positively refuS-
ing to say more than that such a man
is under arrest. The story is not gem
orally believed, but being Investigated.
MONDAY.
Monday morning Attorney ScoviIle
made statement to Judge Cox, deplOr-
ing the disagreement between himself
and Robinson. Judge Cox then released
Robinson from the case. ScOvilIe saws
he is negotiating with a Chicago at
tOrney to assist him. ScOville then
made his opening speech. He addressed
the jury in a conversational tone. He
said the defense had put in much evil
dence that might have been well left
Dut, and the speech of the District At