The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-07-09

at once summoned He has now, at 10 O:02 o'clock
been removed TO the Executive Mansion The
surgeons in consultation regard his wounds as
very serious, though not necessarily fatal. His
vigorous health gives strong hopes of his recov-
cry. He has not lost consciousness for a moment.
Inform our Ministers in Europe
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE. Sec'y OF State"
ANOTHER VERSION.
A gentleman VINO was an eye witness OF the at
tempted assassination gives the following state
ment of the occurrence:
l saw carriage coming up the avenue, the horses
running SO fast that thought they were running
away Just as the carriage arrived in front of me
man put his head out of the window
and said: Faster Faster Fasterl Damn
it" After hearing this remark thought there
Tsse %hen t reached the depot r fne
out and entered the ladies' room. He had not
been there more than three minutes when the
entered the ladies' room. The President after
passing through door was just turning the cor
ner of a seat when the assassin; who was standing
President in the back, and he fell forward / ran
into the depot, and just then the man fired again
while the President was falling. The moment
the President fell. policeman who had bee
standing at the depot door keeping the way clee r
for the President and his party, grabbed the $
sassin by the neck, and as he pulled him out of
the depot another policeman came to his assist
ance. Just after firing the shot. the assas-
sin exclaimed: Il have killed Garfield,
Arthur is President; am Stalwart." While
room he surrounded by Secretaries Window,
James and Blaine; Mrs. Hunt, Miss Window and
Mrs James were also standing near the President.
In three or four minutes after the shooting DR..
Bliss arrived. The President was then put on a
bed and carried up stairs, where an examination
was made by the doctors. General Sherman then
came and called an ambulance to carry the Pres
ident to the White House.
A spectator thus describes the removal of the
President to the White House: "The President
and w With the has right hand thrown over his head
his face was ashy white, but bore a calm and
placid look. He seemed perfectly conscious, and
opened his eyes frequently to view the surround
ings. While he was being carried up stairs he
smiled sadly, and waved his hand in recognition
of friends. His suferings must have been in
tense. but he gave no sign of it, and was as gentle
and submissive as child.
CONVEYING THE PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
At 10 o'clock it became generally known that
the President was not dead. and that there was a
great commotion along Pennsylvania avenue.
Word was passed from mouth to mouth with
much greater rapidity than horse could fly that
the President was being removed from the depot
to the White House. Crowds rushed to the curb and
waited the approach of the procession. Frst came
mounted policemen on gallon about sixty
yards in advance of the police ambulance. In
front of and surrounding the ambulance were
eight other mounted officers. The vehicle was
lash of the driver, went at a full gallOp up the
south side of the avenue. Colonel Corbin, of
the Adjutant Generals Office sat on the seat by
the driver and three or four men hung to the
steps in the rear Several physicians preceded
the cavalcade i'll carriages and the rear was
covered by four mounted officers. The gates at the
east entrance of the White House grounds south
of the Treasury Building were thrown open as
the ambulance approached, and the mournful
procession entered.
The crowds of people on foot who ran at full
speed behind the escort were prevented from
entering the grounds by the closing of the gates,
and policemen were stationed at every entrance to
frOm pds
The ambulance was driven TO the south entrance
of the building and the wounded President was
carefully carried 70 the northwest ~ chamber on on
taken from the depot word was sent to the
Arsenal, and four foot batteries and a mounted
detachment of light battery, numbering in all
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN
were ordered on duty. Some of the soldiers were
stationed about the depot and others were sent
to the White House grounds. A cheer was given
from the waiting crowds on Fifteenth street as
stacked their guns in front and to the east of the
building, and sentries were detailed to patrol the
grounds. The policemen at the gates were very
strict in prohibiting admission of visitors. There
were hundreds of people in front of the grounds
men, women ind children, clinging to the iron
pickets of the fence, and the approaches to the
OF people eagerly awaiting reports OF
the Presidents condition Representatives OF
the press and prominent public men were ad-
the Executive Mansion they were surrounded by
waiting crowds and virtually compelled to tell
all that they knew regarding the sufferer. There
were several ladies at the White House Mrs.
McVeagh was informed of the attempted assassin
alton as soon as the catastrophe occurred. She
went at once to the White House and personally
supervised the arrangements for The
Presidents reception before he was
removed from the depot. Mrs. Blaine was
also Oe of the first ladies to reach the Executive
Mansion. She had not gone to the depot, and
after hearing the sad did all that lay in hel
power to make the sufferer comfortable. Mrs
Hunt and Mrs. Window also visited the White
House. All of the members of the Cabinet were
there occupying seats In the private office await
ing reports of the physicians who were with the
President. Also the foreign ministers
The news of the attempt on the Presidents life
was speedily communicated TO the different for
eign Legations, and they sent dispatches to thei
| Governments Byron Andrews. correspondent o
the Chicago Inter~Ocean, who Is mentioned in tn,
letter of the assassin, makes the following state
ment:
THOSE PAPERS.
| WASHINGTON July 2.-The package of docu
| ments left by Guitteau intended for Byron An
drews, of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, wer
placed in the hands OF the police, ant
| were not delivered to that gentleman
| Afterward they were handed to District Attorne,
| Corkhill. in whose possession they now remain
| Every effort has been made to obtain them from
| Colonel Corkhill, but he deems 1t imprope
at this time to give them ou
to permit them to be telegraphed or even exam
ined. Only the contents OF note addressed Il
| Andrews was communicated to him as a basis TO
| his sworn statement that he had no acquaintanc
| with Guitteau.