Middletown transcript., 1881-07-08

House, though gentleman states that
he was at the State Department yester-
day.
The statement that the assassin has
been in the consular service and has
recently been dismissed turns out to be
incorrect. It is known that he has
been an applicant for office, and has
pressed his claims upon the President
with so much impertinence that the
President was obliged to rebuke him.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The removal Of the President to the
White House and the scenes that fol-
lowed on Saturday are thus described
by the Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times:
Immediately after the shooting, the
President was conveyed to an upper
room of the depot, where he vomited.
This made him so weak that the gravest
doubts were expressed for his recovery.
An ambulance was sent for and drew
up to the door. At a quarter past ten
the victim of fanaticism was borne
mournfully from the depot, while the
thousands without stood with uncov-
cred heads. 1t might have been in the
quiet receSSeS of some old forest, so
respectfully and tenderly quiet was the
assembly. Before the ambulance they
gave way to the street above. Once on
the smooth asphaltum of Pennsylvania
avenue the ambulance team was urged
to a gallop, and, surrounded by mount
ed police, the cavalcade swept clatter-
ing up the street toward the White
House. The waiting public had just
begun to understand that the President
was still alive. There was a great com
motion along the avenue. Word was
passed from mouth to mouth with much
greater rapidity than 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 mounted policeman, on
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 gray horses,
which, under the lash of the driver,
went at full gallop up the south side of
the avenue. Colonel 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 preceded the caval-
cade 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 pre-
vented from entering the ground by the
closing of the gates, and policemen
were stationed at every entrance to
prevent people from invading the
grounds. The ambulance was driven
to the south entrance of the building
and the wounded President was care
fully carried to the northwest chamber
on the second floor. Before the reno
val was effected the Secretary of War
had ordered four full batteries and
mounted battalion numbering $50 men
on duty, the first as infantry and the
latter as cavalry. The CLEAN of bayo-
nets shone around the Baltimore and
Potomac depot within a few minutes
and glistened over the green sward
about the Executive Mansion. When
the Deputy United States Marshal ten
dered his assistance to the Secretary of
War Mr.. Lincoln gravely said "I
have charged myself with the public
peace" p" He was very moody and much
affected by the unhappy tragedy which
so terribly reminded him of the death
of his own father by the hand of an as
sassin. Another military provision was
the ordering of the District Militia to
guard the District jail, where the pris-
oner Guiteau had been taken.
Once at the White House the Presi-
dent was made as comfortable as
possible. Half dozen of the best
physicians in the city were called in.
AT first the news was given out that
the wound was not necessarily fatal,
and the President, who had never once
lost consciousness, dictated a note to
his wife at Long Branch. 1t was this
Mrs. GARFIELD, ELBERON,
LONG BRANCH
The President wishes me to say to
! you from him that he has been seriously
hurt. How seriously he cannot yet say.
He is himself and hopes you will come
| to him soon. He sends his love to you.
A. F. ROCKWELL.
As the afternoon wore on the Presi-
dents symptoms grew worse and it was
telegraphed all over the world that
there was but very slight ground for
hope. The President conversed freely
with those about him and was very
anxious for the arrival of his wife.
She left Long Branch shortly before
l O'Clock on special train, placed at
her disposal by the Pennsylvania Rail
road. The distance is about 200 miles
and she reached Washington in less
than six hours. From Gray's Ferry to
Bay View, distance of 96 miles, the
train travelled in 100 minutes. She
was accompanied by special agent of
the railroad and members of her own
family. From Long Branch to Phila-
delphia the distance was made with
but single stop. She was shown no
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