Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
'istant IN charge of the War depart

sistant In charge of the War depart
ment:"
General Sherman:-I have Just
shot the President. | shot him
several times, as l wished him to 60
as easily as possible. l am lawyer,
theoloSian and politician, and am ii
stalwart. | was with General Grant
and the rest of our men in New York
during the canvass. am soin. to
jail. Yours respectfully,
CHARLES GUITTEAr.
On receiving the above General
Sherman gave it the following en-
dorsement:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE AnMY,
WASHINGTON, July :, 1881.
This letter was handed to lire this
minute by Major William B. Twirins,
l. ) Engineers, Commissioner of
District OF Columbia, and Major VIM.
G. Breck and chief of police. don't
know the writer; never heard of or
saw him to my knowledge, and
hereby return to the keeping of the
above named parties AZ testimony in
the case.
W. I. SHERMAN, General.
The Assassin as a Cabinet Ma;..r
WAsHINGrUN, July 4.--The would
be assassln, Guitteau, has no modest
estimate Of his own abilities and
claims AS evidenced by his nppiica-
ton So me time since for the Austrian
mission. When informed by As
sistant Secretary Hit that another
man would be appointed to that
place he said that it was all right
and tina. he would accept the place
of Consul General at Paris. District
Attorney Corkhill, after consultation
with several judges of the district
cOur, concluded not to make pub
lie at present the contents of papers
which be left for Mr.. Andrews, the
newspaper correspondent. \ MEM
Der OF the Cabinet who has read
these papers, says that one of them
is letter addressed to Vice-Presi-
dent Arthur, i'll which he recon-
mends the appointment of Mr..
Conkllng as Secretary of State, Mr..
l.. 2. Morton as Secretary of the
Treasury, Gen Logan, Secretary of
War, and Emory Storrs as Attorney
General. He thought Gen. James
might be retained as Postmaster
General. The member of the Cabi-
net who read the letters said they ap-
pealed to be the vaporings of an
insane mind. Others who have read
them think that they are more
wicked than insane.
Mrs. GarfieId's Caimness.
Judge Swayne, who broke the news
to Mrs. Garfield at Long Branch,
says that he went to her with fea
and trembling, intending to break ii
gently, ut soon felt like II Grimm Il
under skillful cross examination, 8,
direct and cool were her manne, $.
Before he spoke she sad, " VIVA. is
the matter?' He replied, "The
President has met with an accident. B"
Mrs. Garfield at once asked L" Is he
dead?' He said " No." What was
the accldent?' Judge Swayne, de-
l'berately as possible. 81 think he
was shot, probably in some acct
dental way. He, 1 think, must have
been fooling with pistol and doubt
less shot himself cl!. lot think its
anything serious" N ). Garfield
said 1t is impossible ; at he could
have shot himself Fl has been
shot. Tell me the truth He saw
it was useless to evade Ler. When
she learned all, she gave directions
as coolly as the executive officers of
ship could have prepared for action.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-.Charle Quit
teau, the would-be assassin, is
foreigner by birth, and has been a
very persistent applicant for con-
sular position. He has haunted the
executive mansion for several weeks,
and his disappointment at not get
ting what he wanted has caused
temporary alteration of mind.
A Sad and Touching scene.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-Just before
Mrs. Gartield's arrival and while she
was expected, Secretary Robert Lin
coin was pacing the floor of the
Presidents library with downcast
air, evidently recalling the scene of
the sad tragedy of sixteen years ago.
As the hour approached at which
Mrs. Garfield was expected, a sor-
rowful group gathered on the south
portico of the White House to re-
ceive her A few minutes before
seven O'Clock she arrived and was
met at the front door by Attorney
General MacVeash, Mrs. p. Nj.
Gen. james and Mrs. Garfield's eld-
est sou. Her son placed his arm
about her waist and led her into the
house sobbins. Strong men who
witnessed this sad scene coming
turned away and wept as they heard
the hearlbroken sobs of the Presi-
dents wife. Mrs. Garfield was i'm
" tuC U6lSlVc
her husband who quieted her with
atfectionate cheerfulness. The scene
that followed was indescribable.
The presence of Mrs. Garfield
seemed to cheer her husband and
the favorable turn IN his condition
observed within an hour alter her
arrival was attributed by the physi-
clans to that fact. The Presidents
pulse, which had been for some time
at 40 run down to 12S, and soon
afterwards to 112. At $40 he was
reported to be sleeping quietly and
Mrs. Garfield felt considerably en-
couraged, although physicians shook
their heads aud maintained the opin-
ion that the case was hopeless.
The Murder OF Blaine Sought.
Benson, ex-chief of secret service,
who happened to be standing near,
heard the shot rucbad 70 ,bo ,e,oc