Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-21
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. MISSED HIS AIM. A Crank's Attempt to Kill 6uiteau.
 ONLY A SCRATCH INFLICTED. The Assassin Confident in
 Deity's Protection. A FALLING OUT BETWEEN COUNSEL. ScoviIIe to Ask For Robin-
 sons Retirement.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

| full Effort to Shoot Guiteau..The Assas-
 sin Crediting His Escape to the Lord l He Thinks His Assailant a Lunatie,
 and Deserving of Severe Pun1shment-
 A Serious Difference Between Counsel
 Scov1IIe Wants Robinson to Retire-A Scene Expected To-Day.
 l WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Another point of
 interest attached to the Guiteau trial yester-
 day in the attempt made to shoot him | while on his return from the court to his
 prison quarters When Guiteau was put in
 the van, after the adjournment of court at
 twenty minutes past two, there was man
 about twenty seven years of age on sorrel horse within few feet of the vehicle. He
 followed at some distance, and when it had
 reached the intersection of East Capitol and
 First streets, about three-quarters of mile
 from the Court House, he stopped his horse
 and fired into the left side of the van. This
 caused no little confusion, and as soon as the policemen returned the fire there was gen.
 eral rush of people to the scene. Guiteau
 was standing in the front of the van looking through the small hole of the vehicle, a policeman being on the left and the driver on the right of the seat. The colored guard, Perry Carson, was on the steps at the back of the van. The man who fired the shot followed the van five or ! six blocks from the Court House and could see Guiteau from the aperture | in the rear of the van. In order to avoid the 1 risk of firing at him from behind and hitting l some one else he rode up to the left of the vehicle, and, after getting alongside where ! the prisoner was supposed to be standing discharged his pistol, but as he miscalculated l Guiteau's exact location the ball penetrated the side of the van about foot in front grazing the top of his left arm two inches ! below the elbow, making a flesh bruise but ! no wound. Guiteau's coat and shirt sleeve l were torn by the bullet, which, striking the opposite wall of the van, rolled down on the floor, where it was found. When Guiteau found that he was shot at, which he realized at once, he crouched down in the bottom of | the vehicle, not knowing but what this was ! the first demonstration by mob. He cried to the driver and guard to make for the court house as fast as possible, the jail being mile distant. AS soon as the man fired he started his horse at full speed, dashing in front of the van, the policeman rising to his feet and shooting at him. The assaiIant leaned forward on the side of his horse and urged the animal to its full speed, going up First street toward the boundary. The van at once stopped but, as the horses were re- fractory, it was several minutes before pur- suit could be given.
 James Leonard, the driver of the van, says
 swhen we left the court house noticed red faced but at first there nothing unusual about his do- ings- We kept watching him as he gradually neared the As we reached the intersection of First street he rode up abreast of the halted his horse thought to turn into the other street. As soon as he had passed, to my astonishment, pre- sented pistol and fired, the bullet crashing into
 left side of the van We were, of course excited by the unexpected event, and the horses of tn van be- gan to plunge, requiring my best efforts to manage
 hem The unknown horseman then rode little to the front and am sure he was going to shoot either ne or Policeman Edelin. The policeman said You sooundrel; and drew his own pistol As soon Ede the horseman: he assalant, dropping to the of diary Hs got three blocks start of us but turned
 ny horses and put them out in full speed. We enough any good At the time he shot into the van crowd of boys yelling and hooting around eight squares, very exciting. The noise caused several teams that were the street to run away out to see what up. The fleeing horseman mo toned them back with his hand they obeyed as if they not know what was the cause of this novel chase, where prison van. like small locomotive, dressed in brown clothes and looked like coun try parson. The ball penetrated the side of the van sh are it aueaa @as is to the aOoF when he reachei the jail'
 As the police suspected that the man who fred at Guiteau was farmer named Will
 
 of the city, detachment of mounted men were at once sent in search of the fugitive. Jones instead of going home rode out near Bladensburg, and is said to have told several persons what he had done. By dint of care full inquiry and describing the man an officer soon got on the trail but did not recognize Jones when he met him. Jones was very communicative, and at last the officer told him he would arrest him. Thereupon Jones put spurs to his horse. and, falling to one side, whirled bis steed into the woods and made good his escape The officer fired at the mark. This increased the vigilance of the pursuing party, which secured the 1 country in every direction so as to make sure of surrounding him. Between eight and nine l o'clock last night Officer Cole met man in | Mir. Lyons' house out on the Bladensburp road, but did not know who he was. After talking awhile he discovered that it was Jones and at once arrested him. He brought the prisoner to the Second precinct station, l where he is now confined. Some who know Jones say that he is veritable crank. From l police quarters it is learned that Jones is l a man of dissipated- habits, but is not crazy except when drinking to excess, as | was the case yesterday. He is daring | rider, and, although often too drunk | to walk, is said to be always able to | keep his saddle and put his horse at full speed His equestrian exploits this evening ! surprised many who saw him, but those who | know the man say that when once he gets on | horse he remains there until it suits him to | dismount. |
 In the trial yesterday George O. Maynard | testified to loaning Guiteau $15, with which | the prosecution claimed the latter bought the l pistol. John O'Meara testified to selling the | pistol to Guiteau. Colonel Rockwell and l General Swain testified to the facts of the | shooting. Dr. Bliss then testified, detailing | the, symptoms observed on each day of the l Presidents illness, being assisted in reading | the notes by Dr. Reyburn, in whose writing | the bulletins were. Then the witness was asked to describe again minutely the course | of the ball. In doing so the witness made | use of an actual section of the Presidents backbone. showing the hole made by the | bullet This horrid exhibit was laid on the l edge of the Judge's bench, where it was the I object of morbid curiosity for some time. Then the District attorney handed it to the Judge for his personal inspection. Then MT. Robinson inquired as to the location of the | abscess, the lncision into the pus sac, the in- cision into the pus track, the muscles or or gans through which the ball passed, the in- cGnation at which the ball struck the spinal column, it's force, the fragments of bone that were found during life and at the autopsy. | and the condition of the wound as ciscoy cred in the autopsy. While this was going was handed over to MT. Scoville, who put on his spectacles for critical examination in which he was joined by Guiteau in the most cold blooded manner. Then Guitsau again 1 resorted to a newspaper, to which he appeared to be paying more attention than he was pav ing to the doctors testimony.
 MT. Dayidge, for the prosecution, objected to MT. Robinson's line of examination ias tending to show that malpractice, not Gui- teau,s bullet was the cause of Garfeld,s death. and did not concede the truth of tl,e l averment that the President had died of nal treatment, but conceding for the purpose of argument that there was shadow of truth in the pretension set up on the other side he did not know what relevancy it would have te the present case. Until it was asserte1 that the surgeons killed the President and that the ball planted in his body was not the agent, or at least contributing agent, any evidence of malpractice was wholly inadmis- sible. In order to save time he suggested Mf. Robinson then acceded to the suggestion that the doctors record could be handed to the counsel and by them examined and after further cross examination of Dr Bliss the court adjourned until Monday.