The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-03
LATEST NEWS.
No Hope for the Presidents Re
covery.
Probing Unsueeessfully for the Ball.
The Surgeons Limit the Presidents
Life to IL Hours.
History Of Gitteau, the Assassin-He
10 Insane.
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Washington July z.-1uo
are special details, but not so late as
you have already had:
At $50 O'Clock this morning, when
President Garfield was at the Baltimore
& Potomac depot with his party, wait
ing to take the train, he was shot twice
| by a man within two feet of him. The
presidents friends rushed to him as he
fell, and Blaine called for Rockwell.
| Station Agent Carney arrested the as
sassin, who said: al did it; l am q
stalwart; and Arthur is now president;
take q letter / have here to Gen. Sher-
man. and he will tell you all about it,
The presidents wounds are now said
not to be mortal. There Is great ex-
element.
THE WOUNDS.
Washington, July 2.-The president
was shot twice; one BAY entered from
the rear TO one side, and is believed to
have passed through the kidneys. The
doctors hold out some hope Of a posi-
BILE recovery, but 1t is plain that they
feel but little, II any, hope. One shot
went through his arm.
The president talked with a reporter
just now. Said he felt pretty strong
considering his wounds, but complained
Of q tinglibg sensation in his feet as
annoying more than anything else.
The man who shot him wrote his
name on a card as Charles Gitteau,
attorney-at-law, Chicago"
Washington is wild with excitement,
and the whole populace is gathered
about the Baltimore & Potomac de-
pot. The man evidently had deliber-
ately planned the assassination, with
ON idea, so far as can now be ascer-
tanned, of making Arthur president.
ONLY BY TELEPHONE.
Washington, July 2.-It is utterly
impossible to gain access to the White
house, police and soldiers being all
around it, and will not let any one but
cabinet officers in. There is communi-
cation by telephone, which is the only
way to reach them.
GITTEAU AN OFFICE SEEKER.
Washington, July 2.-Charles Git
teau. the would be assassin, is a for
eigner by birth, and has been a very
persistent applicant for q consular posi-
tion. He has haunted the executive
mansion for several weeks, and
his disappointment In not getting
what he wanted led to temporary aber-
ration of the mind.
A DENIAL.
Washington, July doctor Lin
coin, who has just left the president,
denies the report that he said ''Presi-
dent Garfield will not live two hours"
DIR. Lincoln says the wound is very
serious, bat not necessarily fatal.
GETTING WEAKER.
Chicago, July 1.-The president is
not dead, as reported, but u dispatch
from private authentic ources says he
is getting weaker.
THE SURGEONS OPINION.
Washington, July 2.-Surgeon Gen
eral Barnes says there is no hope of re-
covery of the president. He is prob
ably the best man In the country to
judge q case like this.
The following physicians are in con-
sultation at the executive mansion.
Drs. Bliss, Ford, Huntingdon, Wood
ward, o. S. A., Townsend, Lincoln,
Keybarn, Norris, Purvis, Patterson,
Surgeon General Barnes and Surgeon
General Wales.
Bulletins of the presidents condition
from the executive mansion will here
after be telegraphed every half hour.
IMPROVING.
11:35.-President Garield's strength
Is increasing every minute and he is
quite cheerful. The physicians an
nounce that as soon as the pulse reaches
20, another attempt will be made to
probe for the bullet.
THE ACT CONDEMNED.
Memphis, Tenn, July 1.-THE news
Of the attempted assassination Of Presi-
dent Garfield creates great excitement
in the city. Large crowds gathered in
the steeets and around the telegraph
Office. awaiting full details of the
crime. All classes are outspoken in
the condemnation Of a dastardly act.
VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
New York, July 2.-Vice President
Arthur and Conkling arrived from AL
bany by boat this morning. The boat
was late, not arriving until about 10
O'Clock. As o o as she touched the
wharf a telegram was handed to Ar
thur. Upon reading 1t he dropped
back in his chair, greatly shocked. The
presumed telegram announced the
shooting Of President Garfield.
STILL IMPROVING.
IL m.-The president continues to