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

LATEST FROM THE PRESIDEN
Not Expected At q O'Clock to Live
Two Hours.
At 6 O'Clock the Presidents condition was
very low. Bis pulse was $40 and very feeble
The ply sicians say they cannot see how he can
live over two hours.
The President slept few minutes before six
O'Clock, but was manitestly feepler. He is. men,
tally. clear, conversing intelligently when per-
mitted to do 50. At 6 o'clock there were
but few people at the White House. The
doctors. Colonel Rockwell and one or
two friends and his two boys, James and
| Harry, were With him. He talked now aud then
| to the boys and once inquired II Mrs. CARRIED
had arrived. Mr.. Brown telephoned to Col
| COrDln. who went to the depot to meet Mrs.
Garfield. message to be delivered to her
| which While Lot reassufing, still would not
tend to unduly excite her. The members of
the Cabinet remained In the library and
In the Presidents Office converssng in low
tones. The telegrapher was busy. Only
newspaper men were In the private secretary's
room. There was an air OF settled gloom
| S-S
| ushers, was sent out for red flannel as quick
as he could bring It, He rushed down the
| SIDEWALK. The crowd, which still stands gap
| lDg on the pavement In front OF the grounds
| followed him pell nell for short distance He
was ooa1ged to tell one OF them his errand ana
nave IL communicated to the rest or the
throng would have prevented his passage
| Mrs. Garfield was expected to arrive at six
| O'Clock, but the piston-rod of the engine, at
| Bowie was broken, and the train delayed. At
$50 DR.. Bliss said: "The case ia now hopeless
| The President may not live until Mrs. Garfield
| arrives"
Mrs Garfield's Arrival.
Mrs. Garfield arrived on a special train at
O'Clock, and was met at the depot by Col 81. c.
Coroin. just prior to the arrival of the train
telephone message was received from the White
House stating that the condition of the Prest.
dent was somewhat worse, and conseQ 1ently.
on arriving here she was driven up the avenue
al rapid rate Of speed. The train left Phila-
delph1a at Sis and reached here at sos, m aking
the distance, 14o miles, in TWO hours and 50
minutes.
Mrs. Garfield was accompanied by Genera!
Swain. her daughter and Mrs. Schofield. Harry
Garfield met his mother with Col Corbln. On
account OF the crowd at the depot the coach
| drove Into the yard. and Mrs. Garfield and arty
| d'sembarked at the lower end and were driven.
| oy way OF the Smithsonian grounds to the
| White House.
| At quarter to seven Mrs. Garfield arrived at
| he White House. She looked very feeble and
| Exhausted. She went to the Presidents bed
room Immediately upon her arrival. Gen
swain accompanied the party from Long
| Branch and Mrs. Blaine went to the depot to
| meet them.
The Second Medical Consultation.
At quarter to seven o'clock the doctors had
| reassembled for consultation. The President
| was still sinking, and not expected to live an
hour longer.
Eight O'clock p. M.
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION UNCHANGED.
At eight O'Clock this evening there was no
material change In the Presidents condition.
The White House had by this time become
crowded. All the members of the Cabi-
net With their wives were there.
All tie prominent officers of the gov
ernment were also on hand Everybody was
| quiet. The President who had been sinking
rapidly since seven o'clock. was still sinking.
| THE END IS VERY NEAR
at hand. At O'Clock Drs. Bliss, Woodward,
Rey burn and Wales, a committee from the at
| tending physicians, made further examina-
ton Of the President. They reported that there
was no hope whatever for the President. His
death was certain and near at hand. OF all
the other ply slclans who had seen him, not
one dissented from this opinion. Word
| is sent In every once and awhile from the
| Presidents room to those in waiting.
The President Unconscious at $40
r. M.
At $40 p. m. the President was unconscious.
| The medical examination shows thai mere was
a fracture OF the fifth rib. The bali penetrated
| the liver AMI lodged ia the spinal column. This
| caused paralysis OF the lower limbs, which are
| cold and clammy.
| The President IS retching terribly from inter.
nal hemorrages, caused by the wound. From
these hemorrages he Is dying. Nothing can
be retained on the stomach. The President
has been unconscious for half An hour.
Conscious When Mrs GARFIELD Arrived.
| When Mrs. GARFIELD arrived he was conscious.
she remained with him but q few minutes.
They conversed In low tones Mrs Garfield Is
| not now In the room. The Presidents pulse ia
| 15S.
The Presideat's Question-Why Did
That a1s N Shoot Me.
The fist reference made to the shooting by
the President was about o'clock, when Score
tarv Kirkwood entered the room. The Prest-
/ uOuos tuAh1uS CVWoluS luo SoCEcC8TY, SAID:
| "Wby did that man shoot me?"
| $3.50 O'Cl0ck-The End Near.
At this hour $3.50 o'clock) the case is con-
idered utterly hopeless.
| Had Guiteau q Confederate
WHAT NEW JERSEY NAN TOLD THE POLICE.
| This afternoon man giving the name OF T
J. Cutter appeared at police headquarters and
stated that he wished to be taken into custody
as he knew something which mig 1t RI o. i'm
sortance as to the SHOOTING. Lieut.. Fckon
took him In charge. Ee ttlted that he was
rom New Jersey last. but& e'ongai to K IN
lucky, and while waiting In the de ,ot he no
iced two men who were somewhat 81 spiel ,us
ooking. walking up and down, aud finally no
iced them 60 over towards sht heater, and rap In
| q peculiar manner. Ia Q short time after he
went outside and the shot was fired. He "a 7e
the officers minute description OF tina men
and stated that before the shot was fired they
appeared to be looking for some one, the larger
one appearing excited; thatiafter the shot the
larger man made his escape, running away
from the depot.
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