The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-07
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THE AssAssINATIoN OF PREsI-
DENT GARFIELD.
Two Critical Wounds--SymptOms
Favorable of His Recovery.
THE ASSASSIN IN JAIL.

President Garfield was shot last
Saturday morning at the Baltimore
e. Potomac depot, in Washington,
while preparing to leave for Will
liamsto wn, Mass to attend the col
lege commencement at that place.
The shooting occurred in the ladies'
room of the depot i'm mediately after
the President had entered walking
arm in ann with Secretary Blaine 90
their way to the limited express
train, which was shout ready to
leave. Secretary Blaine on hearing
the pistol shots, two in number,
rushed in the direction from which
they came, with the view of arrests
ing the assassin. Before reaching the
man he noticed the President fall,
and turned to him and lifted him up.
Both shots took effect, the first in
the right arm and second just above
the right bip and near the kidneys.
An examination disclosed the fact
that the bullet entered the presidents
body between the tenth and eleventh
ribs, on the right side of the spinal
column, and passing forward and
downward into and through lower
end of the right lobe of the liver fin~
ally lodged in the outer portions of
the abdomen.
Two companies of regulars were
order ed from the barracks, and have
been posted around the execu,
tive mansion. Mrs. Garfield was
absent in New Jersey at the time,
but came to the wounded President
on the first train.
The man who did the shooting is
Charles j. Guittesu, attorney at law
in Chicago. He is a Frenchman
and has been a persistent applicant
fol a consulate which was refused
by the president. He has haunted
the executive mansion for two or
three weeks and his not getting Whist
be Wanted it is believed, resulted in
temporary alteration of mind.
Guitteau is about 30 years of age,
about 3 feet 5 inches 10 height, san
dy complexion and weighs about l25
pounds. He wears a moustache and
light chin whiskers, and his supken
cheeks, with eyes far apart, give
him sullen, or as officials describe
it, "looney" appearance.
The following letter was taken
from the prisoners pocket: "Police
Headquarters, July I'd, 1851. To
the White House. The Presidents
tragic death was a sad necessity,
but it will unite the republican party,
ard save the republic. Life is q
flimsy dream and it matters little
where one goes A human life is o.
small value. During the war thou
sands of brave boys went down With
out tear | presume the President
was a Christian, and that he will bt
happier 10 paradise than here. L
will be 10 worse for Mrs. Garfield
dear soul, to part with her husband
in this way than by natural death
He is liable to go at any time any
way. had no i'll will towards th'
Pres ideut. His death was politi
cal necessity. | am lawyer,
tbeologian, and a politician. | an
g stalwart of the stalwarts. Wal
with General Grant and the rest o
the men in New York during tht
canvass. have some papers fot
the President, which | shall leave
with Byron Andrews and his CO
journalists at 1920 New York Ave
nue., where all the reporters can SCI
them. | am going to the jail.
(Signed CHAs. GUIrrEAU.
Byron Andrews, who is the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Inter. Ocean, says that while pack
age of papers is in the bands of the
police, accompanied by note ad'
dressed to himself, he has 70 per-
sonal acquaintance with Guitteau,
and never heard of his existence I'M
til the day Of the shooting A let
ter was found on the street from the
prisoner addressed to Gen. Sherman
containing about the same as the
letter addressed to the White House
Guitteau was locked up il Jail and
no one permitted to interview him
THE AssAss S HISTORY.
CHICAGO, July 2-Chas. j. Cult
teau, who shot the president, hal
been known in Chicago for the pas
twelve years, for much of the time
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