New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-07

lowed hin. He went 90 NJ Blanes house, on RI |
81 He walked along end when he got on TIE sGeNaIk
opposite ar Baiues house he looked 0p ~ II ne uu
know the place exactly and then ne saw tnc and
about half way between list anf MI 'h1rf ron
house on the opposite sus nt 81 rtn 9 me sley ia
the rear o. Mr. M0rtons hOnse and gof Cat pH
hacI INTO INV nCSei vent over t. che I-s s"ou, At
Wormley's, and waited there hal an hon. sh,u d ' ~
Blaine with hin ard waited at wormev's nrih NY
Dassl Ny the opposite see leeF "hIhsu o,cb
HIST and on the east side Of Lafayette square IN" t
the gate nearest the Treasury Bu!-lng and mo i
White House Mt Blame srG rho president EeC'l sio
was on The left side Of the President - they Wal.u
aCnc the street FLAMES right arr was isoled a i
Presidents left AMI tncT we're enEpEeu T..
the mos, e3IneS . sing TIE air every few
moments and the President drinking 1t an IN, ana
occasionally The President would s,Ike on E!' Ea'
Tho seemed 10 he in a yerv hilarious state OF mind ara
delightful fellowship and in perfect accord TINS sc,n
mode a striking impression ~ me confirmed what !
baa read In The psrers and what had felt for long
timc-tO wit that the President wss entreN muir
may have remained IN he park perhnps hat or 'I,C
quarters of hour and Then went down 10 my rom sd
AZ The Riggs TO-. towel BATH III ie! room anu
went TO bed and went 70 sleep.
THE DAY OF THE MURDER
woke NJ about o'clock saturday morning ana
felt well in mind aud body My mind was perfectly GEAR
in REGARD 10 removing the President; had not the
slightest doubt about my duty TO the LORD ana 10 'ne
American people in yiae to remove the President ana
want TO say here a. emphacay rs words can make
it, that the moment when fully decided to rrnoVo
the President have ne' er nee 'ne snsI.t s clear
and inst as determined ANYTHING could 9e.
oe,horv ~ remove him. ana this Dvvc pressure
upun me from tine when fully TcsoNtu I" Ith"No
him unit! actually shot ht'r. II was only ny uerElhi
mvsef 10 the utmost that did II NJ all and never had
the slightest doubt a. % the DlNl"e Z
act and for the best interest OF u" Aih'
Hav heard Friday fgo the raE9Ts and aiaq 4y
my inquiries Of the Goorkeeper at the Nhto house TT
day evening. that the President was gong to Long
B m6T% hlr5 S"' az TIE depot TOOK my breakfast
AT the Riggs HOusc about o'clock. ate wen
and felt well in body and miEG Web' mo LaHlt
Square and sat there some niue tInr aItt 49,
waiting for o'clock 20 come, and theh "tnI 70 tIe
there fro, The mark fn "A 'bohtnicd" ear, walked 10
bO0tbiack, got NY boots BACKED ana inquired lf hi,lh
about taking ont toward the ConETesSiona cemetery
They told me Taylors carriage was moi ihrr, ana .'s
10 serve me finally noticed culoreI iuHh ana s'
10 him. What VA you IaAe ic GS'' !" IN ,oE yon ont
Iii let Won know Al that mcmcnt three Other hack
meu were pressing to get NY business, ana sao 20
them Keep quiet you are too fast on ms ahu ,ulI
| / would let him ln.ow IT, few moments tlen Mcll
into the depot ard took ~ private paper Tlnch i,
| book "Thc Truth, Companion - the Bible ana
stepped up the stand and asked The young man
| moments and he said Certainly" and ne toog them
aud placed UP against the wall on TOP OF some otN'r
| On TIRE SCENE OF TIE TRACEY.
This was about twenty minutes after o. aud went into
the ladies' waitingroom and looked around saw there
quite good many people there IN the Depot snd car
riages outside but did not the Presidents carriage
examined my revolver to see that it was all right, and
took of the paper that bad wrapped around 70 keep
the moisture OF / waited 1--WE six minutes long T..
down on seat in the ladies' room ana very soon inc
President drove up. lie was IN COMPANY Mllh t'A,
| tleman who, / understand, was MT Elaine, aud
| | am satisfied that he was Mr.. Hoir., although
| lid not recognize him. This gentleman looked very
Old. and he had peculiar KIND OF headsCar Oh thai
did not recognize as that of M Blaine am satisfied
that IT was Blaine. that my attention has been
specially called To- it, bccanEc II Vas he same gentleman
know positively that that gentleman was MI hihe ne
President and tins geutonan drove ~ ~ pam SING g
seated carriage with horse This gentleman think,
was driving IL single carraEe-h slh2le-S'dItl
top buggy The PIesdrl s eiasa 10 ., ID 'viS
IDENTITY was Mr. Blaine although AZ the ucl dd not rec
ONE hun as Mr. Blaine They sat the carriage should
saw some two minutes; they had not completed their
conversation whrL they reached the depot ma our
ing the Interview Of two minutes they finished rT con
ycrsatOn During this tine meg were e-aStd IN Nry
earnest and private conversation rs ma, "a
President got out on the pavement SHE ana Mr ba'hI
| on the other side. They entered The ladies r'cm!
stood there watching the President end they passed hy
ne. Before they reached tie depot iad rr' PRONE.
uadiug up and down ladies' room bet Weru the ticket
Office door and the ne" tnnd d"ot ~ acc oi sit l",
or twelve feet walked up ana G1@n ,h6 ! 7il', ~,
say three times working myself up ~ Size" ihr
| hour was at hand. The President AID Mr.. Blaine came
into the ladies' and wsikco rigat by NJ; they az
notice there were quitea number oi ladies' ana
| children IN the room
| THE ASSASSINATION.
There was quite large ND Of ticket purchasers at
the rentemens ticket Office ~ the adjoining room the
depo seemed to he quito fen q people There quite
n crowd and cofznotou around, and the Pre-. was
in the act Of passing from the ladies' 70 The main
entrance through the door should say he wac about
four or five feet from the door nearest the ticket Office
f. tho OF passing trought the door 20 g thiOush
the depot the He caa about three or iour cc
from the doo-. tooI bVe 81 SIX 'eet htil Nun risht
in the middle Of The room, and ~ he was 20 the a' 81
walking away from ne pugl out i len|yg c a ami
seemed TO be perfectly bcWldcIcd lie ana h"i '"rhl
to know what etruck MIN iooGt al mn Hs '''p nI'
drop; thcreupon pulled agdlh ne of'p"u hi7 h''''
seemed reel, aud ien over. Do not Know "hrrc ~
first shot MT aimed 81 ,he hooT %, Ni7 cot
tho two bullets In his back he would certainly GO
was a diagonal direction from the irealdoui, To Tie
| northwest. and supposed both shots struck
In similar strain of cool uncouccrn the assassin
describes his arrest and imprisonment. and all the
sickcnmg details Of the deed that has filed The
world with mourning and with Indignation. lie
speaks of having cherished for twenty years hope
of being elevated to the Presidency by an act oi
God" and seeks to escape the wrath his crime de-
serves by exclaiming Historically: " My mo i've was
purely political and patriotic and | acted under
Divine pressure 1t was the same kind Of pressure
that led Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. The
Presidents nomination was an act of God; his cleo
ton was an act of God his removal is an act OF
God.o Turning TO tho purely lega aspect of the
case ne denies his liability 10 punishment Tor muir
der "To constitute the crime of murder" he says
| two clements must coeXist. First, an actual hon
eide: second, malicc-malice in law Or malice III
fact Males in law is liquidated IN tins case by
the facts and circumstances attending The removal
of the President. had none but tie best OF feel
ing, personally, toward the President. My only
! Object was to remove Mr.. Garfield in his Official
CAPACITY, to unito the Republican party, ana save
the Republic from going into the control oil IN,
rebels and Democrats. ms was the sole idea tha'
induced me to remove the President put away
| ali sentiment, and did my duty 10 God and to the
| American people"
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