San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-07-14
MORE OF THE GREAT CRIME.


We find the following account, en-
bracing many new particulars, in the
New York Tribune:
SECRETARY BLAINE's STORY OF THE CRIME
The President and Mr.. Blaine rode
to the depot this morning in carri
age together. Mr.. Blaine says the
President was in an unusually joyous
mood, and several times expressed
his keen qualification that the rela
tions between himself and the mem
befs of his Cabinet were so harmo.
NOUS, and that the Administration
was q unit.
When the carriage arrived in front
of the depot on B. street the Presi'
dent and Mr. Blaine left It and enter
ed the ladies' waiting room, which
they passed through arm in arm. Mr.,
Blaine says that he dropped the Pres
ident's arm as they were passing
through the door into the main room,
at which instant two shots were fired.
Mr.. Blaine saw man running and
started toward him, but turned al
most Immediately and saw that the
President had fallen. It was then he
first realized that the shots had been
directed at the President. He sprang
towards him, as did several others,
and raised his head from the floor.
As the President fell he exclaimed,
"My God!" At this time the Post
master General, Sec. Window and
Sec. Lincoln who had arrived earlier
at the train, were promenading on
the platform outside. Gen. James
says that Col. Jamison, Of the Post
Office Department, rushed out Of the
depot Immediately after the shots
were fred, and exclaimed, "The Pres
ident is shot!' Either Secretary
Lincoln or another gentleman of the
party said, "Oh, nonsense" Colonel
Jamison said, II saw it" The party
then rushed back and found Secretary
Blaine, who appeared to be the only
cool man in the crowd, bending over
the President and keeping the peo-
pie back.
THE STATEMENT OF POLICEMAN KEARNEY.
Policeman Kearney, of the island
precinct, who arrested the assassin,
makes the following statement of the
shooting:
Guitteau arrived at the depot about
an hour ahead of the Presidential par
ty, and moved about and acted quite
My attention was attract
ed by his movements, but l did not
watch the assassin particularly until
1 heard him ask hackman at the 9th
st. depot if he could drive him off in
a hurry if required. / thought that
was peculiar thing, but before 1
could follow it up closer 1 saw the
Presidents party driving down Sixth
st. to the depot and 1 had to go and
look after them. They drove to the
b. st entrance. Secretary Blaine was
with the President, and the two en-
tered the depot together. The Pres
ident walked up to me and asked how
much time he had before the train
left. 1t was twenty minutes after
nine, / saw by looking at my watch,
and told the President he had ten
minutes.
aJust as he thanked me I heard a
pistol shot, Isav the man i had been
watching previously standing about
ten feet away in the shadow Of the
main entrance to the waiting room
leveIling his pistol across his ARM BE
fred second shot before / could
speak to hin, and darted between
myself and the President and Secre-
tAry Blame into the street The
President reeled and fell Just IN front
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that conid not exactly understand
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