Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02

who en- lam one OF the men who made Gar
field President" Col Crook told Mr. Brown OF
this Mr.. Brown informed him OF the true char.
acter OF Guioeau, and he was not allowed rber-
ties thereafter with the White House stationery.
He has not been at the White House for about
week.
NouRIFG WHEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD LEAVE
Last Tuesday he met one OF the employees,
and was very particular in inquirfng when the
President would leave and by what train and
road He several times approached THE STAR
reporter ut the White House. He has an idiotic
grin on his face at times. One day he told the
reporter that this was
"a HI OF GOVERNMENT
1.-The people are no better than slaves" he
said. He has also haunted the State depart
France. He is as well known there "a at the
White House. Secretary Blaine knows him
well, as he has worried him a good deal about
the place he wants. He would stop the Secre-
tary while the latter was going to or from his
carriage.
The Presidents Dispatch % Mrs.
Garfield.
While the President was lying at the depot
the following dispatch was sent:
Mrs. Garfield. Theron, NJ:
The President wishes me to say to you from
him that he has been seriously hurt. How &C.
riously he cannot yet say. He Is himself, and
hopes you will come to him soon. He sends
his love to you. A, F. ROCKWELL
FOUR YEARS AGO.
II may be remembered that when President
Hayes was about being inaugurated party
from Chicago named Myers came here and
threatened to assasinate him, but was arrested
by Detective McDevitt and locked up.
Mrs. Garfield Sent For.
special train was ordered by Assistant
Adjutant General Corbin from Philadelphia TO
Long Branch for Mrs. Garfield.
The Excitement i'm the City.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED,
The news Of the attempted assassination of
the President was spread upon the streets
With nghtning.nke rapidity. At first the news
was received with incredulity. People could
hardly believe that ii was true. Little groups
were formed along Pennsylvania avenue and
18th street from the Capitol to the White
House, eagerly discussing the thousands of
Iumors which were afloat Details were
searched for with hungry avidity. Hundreds
Of persons rushed frantically to the 6th-street
depot to learn whether the truth was as bad
as the reports. Mounted messengers from the
departments dashed furiously up and down
the Avenue, shouting the news they had re-
ceived to the passers-by upon the pavement.
Carriages Of every description were called into
requisition, and the drivers galloped their
horses to and fro bearing the rumors which
were given out from those supposed to possess
accurate knowledge. One mounted messenger
from the Treasury department rode up 18th
street telling the anxious crowds that lined
the sidewalks that the President was dead.
On every hand were heard expressions of the
warmest sympathy with the family OF the
President and deep mutter1ngs OF wrath
against his murderer. The telegraph offlces
were crowded with people engaged In sending
bulletins OF the Presidents condition to their
friends. The brokers' Offices were filled with
spectators awaiting the quotations of stocks
from New York. The market fell nearly five
per cent all along the line of active stocks fn
sympathy with the sad news, and orders to
buy and sell were filed with great rapidity.
CONNECTION ON THE AvENUE-RBMovAL OF THE
PRESIDENT.
1t was almost impossible to learn accura. e
news Of the Presidents condition, as stories OF
the most contradictory character were clrcu-
lated. At ten O'Clock it became generally
known that the President was not dead, and
that there was chance for his recovery.
About 1915 there was great commotion along
the Avent Word was passed from mouth to
mouth with much greater rapidly than q
horse could fly, that the President was being
removed from the depot to the White House.
The crowds rushed to the curb and awaited the
approach OF the procession. First came the
mounted policeman on q gallop. about sixty
yards In advance OF the police ambulance. In
front OF and surrounding the ambulance were
eight other mounted officers. The vehicle was
drawn by pair OF grey horses, which, under
the lash OF the driver. went at full gallop up
the south side OF the Avenue. Col Corbin, Of
the Adjutant Generals Office, sat on the seat
by the driver, and three or four men hung to
the steps In the rear. Several physicians pre-
ceded the calvacade In carriages. and the rear
was covered by four mounted officers. The
gates at the east entrance OF the White House
grounds, south OF the Treasury building, were
thrown open as the ambulance approached,
and the mournful procession entered. The
crowds OF people on foot, who ran at full
speed behind the escort. were prevented from
entering the grounds by the closing OF the
gates, and policemen stationed at every en-
trance to prevent people from invading the
grounds. The ambulance was driven to the
south entrance Of the building, and the
wounded President was carefully carried to
the northwest chamber on the second floor.
TROOPS ON DUTY.
Before President Garfield was taken from the
depot word was sent to the arsenal, and four
foot batteries and mounted detachment of a
light battery, numbering In all ABOUT one hun
dred and fifty men, was ordered on duty. Some
OF the soldiers were stationed about the depot,
ard others were sent to the White House
grounds.
CHEER WAS GIVEN
from the waiting crowds on 18th street as the
soldiers entered the grounds. The foot men
stacked their guns In front and to the east OF
the building, and Gentr1e6 were detailed to pa
troll the grounds. The policemen at the gates
were very strict In prohibiting the admission of
visitors. There were hundreds OF people In front
OF the grounds Men, women and children
chung to the iron pickets OF the fence, and the
approaches to the gates were urrounded BY q
crowd of people eagerly awaiting reports OF the