The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-06

of the depot Immediately SITTER the shot
were fired, and exclsimed, 81 he Pres
dent is shot," Either the secretary v
another gentleman of The party ex
claimed, "Oh, Nonsense Col Jameson
/ saw it y The party then rushed back
and found Secretary Blame, who ap-
crowd. bending over the President sn6
fEeeplng the people back. Physician
were hastely summoned and Drs. B iss,
Ryburn, AID several others were soon in
attendance. The President was re-
moved 10 room in the second
story, and preliminary examination
Of his wound was made, but the ball.
which had entered TIE right side of his
back, near the spinal CO umn and imme-
diately over the hip bone, could not be
found, although its course was traced for
about three inches, it having passed for
ward and downward As soon as be had
fired the shots the assassin was seized by
Officer Kearney, and Immediately hur-
ried away t. the police headquarters.
This was fortunate for him for as soon as
the Gazed crowd ascertained that the
murderer was in custody thers was talk
of lynching him, aud il the excited
crowd could have laid hands on him mis-
fate would have been q sudden and sgic
one. About 10 am. the President was
borne through the depot building to an
ambulance in waiting on the outside.
The ambulance was surrounded by police
and driven rapidly to the Executive
Mansion. An excited crowd formed at
once, but at the White House the crowd
Was stopped and none but q select few
admitted. The gates Of the Executive
Grounds were Immediately closed and
guarded by soldiers and policemen, and
nobody was admitted without a pass from
the Presidents private secretary; and
members of the cabinet who were at the
depot when the shooting occurred. were
Immediately summoned, and 9th rmem-
bers Of the cabinet, then at their desks in
the departments, were notified AID came
at once to the White House. All OF them
remained In after dance during the day
and night. Soon sf'er the Presidents
removal to the White House, he appeared
to rally and several encouraging dis
patches were sent out. From noon the
symptoms grew unfavorable, and hourly
bulletins To that effect were sent out
AS the dsy wore on the Presidents symp-
IOlHS grew less thNO'hUiS. D'S pule6 tdU-
ua ~ accelerated, I'm il at o. m, it stood
at l40. At this hour the alt ndirg physi-
clans could hcld out 30 hope for his re-
covery. DR.. Ryburn said: ave have
not been able to fad the ball, Ind the
Preeidentf condition is such that we can
not probe his wound. The course of the
bullet has been trSced about three inches
and there lost here has been considerable
internal bleeding, which still continues.
Our only hope is that this bleeding will
cease OF iteelf. Human skill can do
nothing unless that takes place. He is
calm ana cheerful. and his secretary,
Robert Lincoln. paced the room of the
Presidents library with downcsst air,
evidently recalling the scenes of the sad
tragedy sixteen years ago. which be-
reft him of father and the nation az a
President. Pos'master-General James
appeared more disturbed :han any other
mem Der of the cabinet present, and be
could oDly, with great difficulty, control
his emotions when he attempted to
speak of The impen Ting calamity. Other
me II bers of the cabinet co1versed ut
intervals in low tones and every move
ment in the inner rooR, where the
dying President lay, was listened to with
eager anxiety.