Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-10-14
THE ASSASSIN GUlTEAU.
Further Extracts From His AuiObiO-
grapIy--The Fatal Day.


Having heard on Friday from the pa
pers, and also by my inquiries of the door
keeper at the White House, Friday even
ing, that the president was going to Long
Branch Saturday morning, resolved to
remove him at the depot. | took my
breakfast at the Riggs House about 8
o'clock. ate we'll and felt we'll in bod!
and mind. I went to Lafayette square,
and sat there seme little time after break
fast, wailing for 8 o'clock to come, and
then I went to the depot and | got there
about ten minutes after nine. I then
went into the depot and took my private
papers which I intended for the press Gn-
cluding revised edition Of my book,
''Ths Truth or Companion to the Biblc-'0
and stepped up to the news stand and
asked the young man in charge if I could
leave those papers with him tor few
minutes, and he ssid, "Csrtainly," and he
took them and placed them against the
wall on top OF some other papers. This
was about 9 30, and went into the Ia
dies waiting room and looked around
saw there were quite goed many pso
pie there in the depot, and carriages out
side, but did not see the Presidents car
rage.
EXAMINED MY REVOLVER
to see that it was all right, and took off
the paper that had wrapped around il
to keep the moisture of. waited five OF
six minutes Ion ger, sat down on seat In
the ladies' room, and very soon the prssl
dent drove up. he was in company with
a gentleman, who, understand, was, Mr..
Blaine, and I am satisfied that he was Mr..
Blaine, although diu not recognise him.
This gentleman looked very old, and he
had peculiar kind Of headgear on, that
I did not recogoize as that Of Mr.. Blaine
[ am satisfied that it was Mr.. Blaine, now
that my attention has been specially
called to it,. because it wasthe same gen
tleman that l saw with the president the
night before, and know positively that
that gentleman was Mr.. Blaine. The
president and this gentleman drovoT up in
plain single-seated carriage with one
horse; this gentleman, think, was driv-
ing 1t was single carriage single
seated top buggy. The presidents seemed
to be very earnestly T. III
EARNESTLY IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION
with this gentleman, who evidently was
Mr.. Blaine> although at the time | did
not recognize him as Mr.. Blaine. They
sat in the carriage, I should say some two
minutes; they had not completed their
COW crsation when they reached tho de-
pot, and during the interview OF two
minutes they finished their conversation
During this time they were engaged in
very earnest and private conversation, as
I have said The president got out on the
pavement side aud Mr.. Blaine on the
other side They entered the ladies' room;
I stood there watching the president and
they passed by rae. Before they reached
the depot had been pronsnading up and
down the ladies' room between the ticket
office door and the news stand door,
space of some ten or twelve feet. walked
up and down there, 1 should say two or
three times working myself up, as knew
the hour was at hand. The president and
Mr.. Blaine came into the ladies room and
walked right 10y me; they did not notice,
me as there were quite anumberot ladies'
and children in the room.
HOW THE PRESIDENT FELL.
"There was quite large crowd OF
ticket purchasers at the gentlsneat
ticket-office in the adjoining room; the
depot seemed to be quite full of people.
There was quite crowd and commslion
around. and the president was in the act
of passing from the ladies' room to the
main entrance through the door. should
say he was about four or five feet from the
door nearest the ticket Office, in the act OF
passing through the door TO get through
the depot to tho cars. He was about three
or four feet from the door. stood i've or
six feet behind him, right in the middle
Of the room, and as he was in the act of
walking away from me I pulled out the
revolver and fired. He Strengthened up
and threw his head back and seemed to
be perfectly bewiidered. He did not
seem to know what struck him. I looked
at him; he did not drop; thereupon
pulled again. He dropped his head,
seemed to reel, and fell over. l do not