Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
The Nation in Sorrow.
D.;aiiei Account %: the Assault.

assassination OF Lincoln, coming. -
/ it did, at tie close "t long AMI de-
/ reratc war, and a. the las tXplrlL-
/ thrue Of that War fierce III hate al,a
passion WIS an lniinltclN more log
led event than this horror. y dumb
uorlOr seems to have taken pusa..--
sion Uf everybody, and few appear
to realize the present 81 uatluH,
much Jess to turecis. the future. \
great crowd adhered almost instant
IL around the Baltimore and Prt3-
mtc depot III which the President
WAS Shot. \ hundred different and
, conflicting stories OF The, manner #
the shooting and OF il effect speed
like Wl!d-iIrc tiron. hont the city.
BY common consent business WIS
Suspended IL the shops and store,
a, well "a III the public offices, arol
tAe population OF Washington emp
tied Itself into the streets AMI cath
cred il, every corner To listen t. Tic
newest tales tod OF the tragedy. Nm
account of the shooting given by
Secretary Blame to Jul4c Shclia
barSer this Afternoon i probably rs
accurate DIS any that can hc obtained.
The President and Nh Bla ne
rode to the depot this morning III :,
carriage together. Mr.. Blaine SAYS
that President Garfield WAS III al
unusually joyous mood and several
times expressed his keen Srltiiicl l.
ton that the relations between HIM
self and the members of ms Cabinet
were SO harmonious, and that the
Administration was II unit. When
the carriage arrived i'll front Of the
depot the President and Mr.. Blaine
left it and entered the ladies' wait
ing room, through which they passe,
ann in arm. Mr.. Blaine says he
dropped the Presidents arm as they
were passing through the door into
the main room at which in,tan! tw"
shots were fired. Mr.. Blaine saw !;
man running ard started towards
him, but turned almost Immediate
ly and saw that the President had
fallen. 1t was then that he first
realized that the shots had been
fired at the President. He sprang
towards him, as did several Others
and raised his head from the floor
As the President fell he exclaimed
d" My God.' At this time Postmas-
ter General james, Secretary Win
dom and Secretary Lincoln, who
had arrived earlier at the train, were
promenading on the platform out
side. General james says at Col
onel jameson of the Postoflice De
partment rushed out of the depot
Immediately after the shots were
fired and exclaimed "The President
is shot" Either the Secretary or
another gentleman of the party ex-
claimed, "Oh, nonsense. Colonel
jameson said Il saw it," The
party then pushed back and found
Blaine, who appeared to be the only
cool man in the crowd bending over
the President and keeping the peo-
pie back. Physicians were hastily
summoned and Drs. Bliss, Ryburn
and several others were soon i'll at
tendance. The President was re-
moved to a room in the second story
and Il preliminary examination OF
his wound was made, but the ball
which had entered the right side OF
his back, near the spinal column
and Immediately over the hip bone,
could not be found, although its
course was traced for about three
inches.
AS soon as he fired the shot the
assassin was seized by Officer Carney
and INN diately hurried away to
police headquarters. This was for
tunate for him, for ms soon as the
dazcd crowd ascer,aine: that the
murderer was i'll custody, there Was
talk of lynchins him; and if the ex-
cited crowd could have laid hands
on him, his fate would have been a
sudden and tragic one.
Guitteau was locked up and ply
sicians summoned. On the arrival
of the prisoner at the headquarters
he was at once locked up, and word
having been sent i'll every direction
for physicians, DR.. Townsend, hea III
officer, responded, and subsequently
DR.. j. II. Baxter of the army, Dr.
Tell of the navy and Dr. D. w. B ISIS
responded. Guitteau did not throw
the pistol away, but had it in his
hand when arrested. The crowd
outside the depot seemed ut loss
whether to 90 to police headquarters
and lynch the party, but about 9:4j
word came out of the room into
which the President was taken that
the wound OH the body was not
necessarily fatal, but that the bal
could not be probed for until after
and that one ball had wounded hin
in the right arm just below the
shoulder. This seemed to relieve
the crowd somewhat, and while il
became more and more dense, il
quietly awaited further news.
At about ten clock A. NJ the chicl
of police having, after consultation
with General Sherman, ordered Out
a large detail of the poh"e force, q
police ambulance WAS driven to the
front door of the depot. ne Presi.
dent appeared to be sleeping and
was deathly pale. Jus; as he was
placed in the ambulance he opened
his eyes. The sheets in the neigh.
borhood of the depot were thronged
with people, as also was the avenue
Everything was very quiet. As tho
President was being placed in the
ambulance somebody called cut,
Hurrah for the man that shot him, -
but The indignant crowd could not
discover the guilty person.
| The President Was shot twice, one
ball entered from the rear, and is
believed to have passed through tie
kidneys. The doctors hol! on; some
hope of probable recovery. bat it il