The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-13
THE MISSING BALL.
3iS HGT-Tl
THE nTsTERY OF TIE FIRST sHOE
Fired Al the PrssIdsnI By GuiIeau, al
Lasi ExPlaInsd-An Annapolis
1 Man WRSlay ths HalIsl
~ w. BtFusk Ilim, and ne - -
Now Has Il,
WASHINGTON, July l2,-The following
communication i publiGhsd here this
evening;

communication i Published here thil
evening;
ANNAPOLIS, July 10.
Editor, Star:
AS / was an eye witnesa Of the shooting
Of President Garfield, and being able to
explain which shot entered his body, and
the rseRad present wheIsAbouts q tho
bali that missSd him, 1 deem II proper
to impArt to you the information poSsesH
Of the trpgedY, as 1t will clear up the mys'
terry OF the last bullet, which newspaper
men are trying to solve, In the Baltimore
Sun OF Friday noticed q few lines that
spoke OF the difference Of opinion As to
whether 1t was the first or second shot
that struck the President, and the mystery
that surrounded the bullet that entered
his coat sleeve, As no trace Of II could be
had heen made for They may 9earch till
doom's day without success, for the bullet
that entered the Presidents sleeve = sec.
ond after passed into my possession and is
still retained by me as q rellL, not alone
because Of its connection with the Pres,
ldept butlprincipally hs6suAa II yery mar
roWly e6CRpsd entering my body (which
ii would have done had its progress not
been checked by largo silver medal
which | wore suspended from my NECK,
and which was presented to me by Rev
Father Freilag, formerly pastor Of st,
MAry's church, this city.
On the morning OF the second oil July,
being In the vicinity oil the Baltimore 4
Potomsc depot, and hearing that the Pres.
idantapd mem berR ot biz Cabiaet would
soon be at tue depot, I'Rnd my friend
Samuel Frazier concluded to stop and see
the great man, Of whom we had heard 60
much, but had never before seen. We
had not long to walt, for soon the
President aud q gentleman whom
! waa told was Secretary
Blaine, entered the depot accompanied by |
0 number Of ladies, Two gentlemen
walked ts and fro engaged in conversa.
tiop, n bilst mytriendRnd IsAt down opI
Q bench and watched them. Soon the
sharp crack oia pistol burst upon the air,
which was followed almost instantly by u
second report. On the instant that the
report Of the first shot was borne TO my
ears | felt q singing sensation In my
cheat, left the place in q hurry, believing
thAt | was shot. As soon as I could |
stripped my chest bare, and found that
my life had bssn saved by medal that
have worn for twelve years. The spot
where the medal had rested felt sors, and
was very red. Ths bullet ionpd Ia my
shirt bosom. left Washington with my
friend at noon that day, arriving 10 An.
nspoiis at 2'PsM. I ni9ined strict secre
cy upon my friend, for | knew
what trouble would follow II was de.
lained as 8 witness. The loss Of my situa.
ton would surely, II | was kept from my
work, as my employer would have my
place alled With some on ,else IL l. Was
detained In Washington one day. will
the bullet i Ism bsaiiteditI
wlll'bsfeturneditoB me, aitSr the piStriCtl
Attorney shall have no further usSsfor It..
Please have thlssho En to Mr. Cofkhill,
Any further Information You may desire
which can give will be happy to fur.
nish you.
[SIHnedl NICHOLAS JACKSON,
20 CorkhiIl street, Annapolis.