The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-03
Bold and Probably Successful At,
tempt Upon the Life OF PreSi-
dent Garfield.
An Insane Foreigner Makes bis
Name Infamous
And PlungeS a Nation into Grief
and Sorrow.
Universal Sympathy for the
Wounded President.

Washington, president Gar
field was shot twice at the B. s. o.
r. r. depot, Washington, this morn
ing. No particulars.
Second Dispatch-Dr. Bliss says
the Presidents wound is not a NOR
tai one.
Third Dispatch-General Garfield
is dying.
$50 a.m.-President Garfield was
shot before leaving on the limited
express, this morning.
$50 a.m.-President Garfield was
shot at the Baltimore s. Potamac
depot, this morning. Colonel Cor
bin has just passed in the Presidents
carriage a physician, on the way to
the Baltimore &Potomac depot.
10 AMT is reported that Presi-
dent Garfield is dead, but the excite
ment is so intense that it is impossi-
BILE to find out anything definite at
present. The man who shot him
has been arrested. Full particulars
will be sent shortly.
The shooting was done by a slen-
der man, about five feet seven inches
in height. He refused to give his
name, but it is said, by persons who
profess to know him, that his name
is Dooty. The prisoner was arrested
Immediately after the firing by Off
GERS in the depot. He was first
taken to police headquarters and
subsequently, remanded to the dis
trict Jail. The shooting occurred in
the ladies room of the depot, i'm
mediately after the President had
entered, walking arm in arm with
Secretary Blaine, on their way to
the limited express train, which
was about ready to leave. Secretary
Blaine, on hearing the pistol shots,
Two in number, rushed in the direc-
ton from which they came, with a
view Of arresting the would-be as
sassin. Before reaching the man,
however, the secretary returned to
the President, and found him pros
trated. Both shots took effect, the
first in the right arm and the second
just above the right hip and near the
kidneys. The physicians have
probed for the balls unsuccessfully.
1920 a.m.-The President is now
being conveyed to the Executive
Mansion under a strong escort of
metropolitan police. Two COM
panies of regulars from the Wash
ington barracks lave been ordered
Fout to preserve quiet. Great excite
ment prevails.
1880 a.m.-The President has been
made as comfortable as possible in
his chamber at the White House,
and all persons are excluded from
the grounds surrounding the man
sion. Immense crowds surround
the grounds. The physicians are
now holding a consultation.
The President has been removed
to the White House. His pulse is
strong and he is conscious. One
wound is in his shoulder, the other
in his back and the ball has lodged
in the abdomen. Not yet extracted.
1t is not necessarily fatal. The as
sassin is Charles Gitteau.
The shooting occurred in the pre-
sence of some fifty or sixty ladies.
There is a rumor that the shooting
was done by ex-consul to Marseilles,
Cato, who was removed from the
office. The pistol with which the
firing was done is a California
weapon with an extremely heavy
calibre, better known as bulldog.
1t is utterly impossible to gain ac-
cess to the White House, police and
soldiers being around it, and will
not let any one but cabinet officers
in. There is communication by
telephone which is the only way to
reach them.
11.S0 a.m.-The condition of the
President is very much improved
Immediately after the shooting his
pulse went down to SO and his face
was ashen hue. His pulse was re-
covered to 63, and color is returning
somewhat to his face. The general
SYMPTOMS, moreover, devote very
considerable improvement. 1t is
not thought wise to make any
further attempts at present to with,
draw the bullets. It is difficult to
determine until a thorough exami.
nation is made how seriously the
internal injuries may be. The sur.
face indications, however, give good
grounds for the prophecy that the
President will rally.
Chas. Gitteau, the would be assas
sin, is a foreigner by birth. He has
been a very persistent applicant fol
a consular position. He has haunted
the Executive Mansion several
weeks, and his disappointment Ii
not getting what he wanted has
caused temporary alteration OF the
mind. :,
| Doctor Lincoln, who has just letl
the President, denies the report thai
he said President Garfield will moi
live two hours. DR.. Lincoln says
the wound is very serious, but no
necessarily fatal.