The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-13
TELEGRAPHIC
THE PLUCKY PRESIDENT.
Everybody Continues EncOur-
aged.
Citizen George Francis Train
Appears ON the Scene.
DR. HAMILTON sATS.

DE-. HAMILTON sATs.
New York, IL DIR. Frank 81. Hamil-
ton said this morning that the latest
symptoms in the Presidents case indi-
cate nothing but gradual improvement.
Referring to 8 Washington dispatch
printed in the EUening Post on Satur.
day, in which the Presidents symptom
were spoken of ss more serious than the
public supposed, DR.. Hamilton said the
account was exaggerated. Garfield was
not well man by any means, but the
present symptoms were not alarming to
the surgeons. There were more precau-
tions to prevent excitement in the case OF
the President than In an ordinary case,
and these precautions are what may
alarm laymen, but the President is get
ting along we'll and nature may be ex-
pected to do almost a II that remains to be
done There will be no necessity for
probing u-less the healing of the wound
is not healthful and indicates interra
abscess or concealed suppnration. If tn,
healing Of the wound seems to sbe nRtu.
raj and healthful nothing need be done.
DR.. FANEUIL D. wEIssE
Said this morning that good deal OF
misapprehension existed concerning the
objects of his experiments upon dead
body in the dissecting room Of the Uni
versity ii edical college. He did not fire
balls would make q mortal wound. All
that he desired was ONE notion of the
penetrating power Of such ball when
DETECTED by bone. OF course it is im-
possible to know what kind of deHec-
ton the ball was given by its contact
with Garfeld's tenth rib. The chief OBJ
ject of his experiments was to find out
whether ball of that size could
enter the body at the spot where CAT
field was wounded and be DETECTED
in such way as not to injure the peri
teneum and liver. The conclusions
reached were that such thing WAS per-
fectly possible. 81 have done with such
experiments, having accomplished all
that set out to do-shown to the atis-
faction of DIR. Hamilton and other sur
geons that it was possible for ball to
enter the body between the tenth ard
eleventh ribs, four inches from the spinal
column, and yet produce no fatal in
jury"
DR.. CARNACHAN
Said, to-day, that nothing coulA be
more satisfactory than the wsy in which
the President is getting along. The fact
that his puise and temperature some
times run up denote nothing unusual.
So long as the pulse does not rise higher
than l10 there is no reason for anxiety.
He has passed the critical periods, and is
now on the high way to recovery.
Information was obtained, yesterday,
showing that
CHARLES J. QUITE Az,
The weuld-be assassin of the President,
was once q member of Plymouth Church,
and upon further inquiry it was sscer-
famed from a member Of Rev. s. B. Hol-
liday's family. that he also belonged to
one ofthe Plymouth Bible classes, but
his connection with the church ceased
about two years ago and laste4 about
two years. Mr.. Alvan Hill, who tsught
the class of which Guitteau was mem
Der, when asked about it said that he re-
membered the person we'll enough, hAv-
ing hsd personal experience with him,
which clearly indicated the insncerity Of
his character. This he explained by say
ing that the frat time he ever saw Cult
teau the. latter said he was outof employ
ment ard trying to find something to do,
and on the strength of thai plea borrowed
81 from him. After that, ssd Mr.. Hill,
l found that he was not looking for work,
and so when he came to me again soon
sfterward and wanted to borrow more
money, 1 fatty refused to let him have
any. That was the kind OF eccentrlclty
he displayed. The custom was for mem
bers of the class to hang their photographs
on the wall all in one frame aud there it
remained until he committed the horrible
assault On the President. When l heard
that he WAS the person who did that, l
took bis picture down st once.
A Washington special has the follow
ing:
DR.. RAYkURN
Upon being shown The statement OF DIR.
Bliss published this morning 10 the
effect that strong indications existed 10y
which the location of the ball will De ex-
ac:ly determined very soon, If thg con-
| tinue, said that such was fact or at
least that the suspicious heretofore enter
tanned of its course were greatly strength
ened He declined for professional res
sons to enter at length into description
| Of these indications. 1t vas thouiht best
to await further developments q them.
They enforce the theory upen which the
case has been conducted from thtbegin-
ming. "Will you make an effor TO ex-
| tra ct the ball soon?" "Net uuti it be-
comes necessary or until the paint is so
far recovered as to be able to sulain an
operation without danger. II its in the
anterior wall Of the abdomen is not
likely to give us any trouble at resent"
"Dees it give the President painThere it
ISL" THE Presidents body jus now is
| pretty sore from head toes.
His feet and legs PAL him
and his back feels as if broken N two,
while his abdomen is, Of course, lender.
He would probably fail to detesj7st now
the exact spot ofthe soreness de to the
bullet. At least, it would not o to de-
pend upon such feeling" 10 you ex-
pect speedy recovery2" q am en-
couraged by every days repoI aud ex-
pect to be able 10 say, when ie week is
gone, that our patient is sbstutely out
of danger"
The impression which pre1iled here
T. .o-o-eI da-o mast that fhoOr oridopfis