Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-07-08

and crying as il his heart would break
and calling aloud; MY poor father!
my poor fathern There were few
present who did not weep. Before
long the surgeon decided that the pres
idept could be removed to his home.
An army ambulance was at hand and
four stalwart figures bore the bleeding
president from the station and placed
him in the covered vehicle. Two OF
three trusted friends attended him in
the ambulance, and 5000 sympathizing
friends, men, women, and children, oi
all ages, bank and white, followed the
ambulance until it
REACHED THE WHITE HOUSE.
The wagon was driven to the south EN-
trance, and as the president was lifteC
out he recognized Mr. Crook, his fin.
ancial clerk, and Mr.. Pruden, his pr
vate secretary, and smiling, salutet
them with his uninjured arm. He wa!
taken to his wife's chamber, overlook
ing the Potomac, and disrobed He
complained being fatlgued and wa:
allowed to rest. Two attempts vert
made to find the ball. one at the sta
ton and one at the white house, bu
without avail. Mr.. Blaine, as soon a:
he could leave the presidents side, pre-
pared an official dispatch relating the
circumstances of the horrible occu.ren
ce and sent it by cable to all the Ameri
can ministers abroad. The dispatch
was also sent to Vice-President Ar
thur. ar.
SCENES IN THE STREETS.
About twenty minutes after nine
o'clock this morning the people OIL
Pennsylvania avenues were startled by
the sight of d team Of powerful horse.
driven at full speed toward the White
House. The first impression was that
1t was a runaway, but it was a Wal
Department covered wagon, and that
the driver. of grim and soldierly bear.
my, sat urging his horses to still
higher speed, was Il puzzle to everybody
The avenue was thronsed with vehicles
and the soldier driver, laundering along
IN dead run waved them aside while
the people on the walks closed rapidly
in behind with muttered comments and
looks of astonishment The impression
prevailed that the driver was drunk,
out those who saw the man grim looks
knew that he was bent on some great
purpose. You are wrong. said my
companion to one of those cursing COM
mentators. something great has hap
pened or is gong to happen The
words We're scarcely out OF his mouth
before the Presidents empty carriage.
with Il driver on the box came bowling
along at the same break-neck speed,
the driver urging his animals with his
whip.
TIE BEWILDERED CROWD.
who had Just rushed into The street 20
strain Their eyes and shake their fists
alter the rapidly vanishing wagon,
now scattered pell-mell, right and left.
to give way to this second apparition,
while the populace gathered at the curb,
and vehicles stood stationary on the
safe side. Still another carriage con-
tainlng an atacne Of the White House
whirled by at u rapid pace, preceded
Dy a mounted policeman. at full gallOp.
Then everybody knew that something
lad happened and that this something
vas to the President of the United
States, or some one OF the Presidential
,arty. 1t was generally known that
hey were to leave by the morning
ram. and as but few minutes before
he Executive carriage and others con-
aiming the members of the party had
'aSsed down the ayenue. little time
lapsed in which to indulge in specuia-
ion. 1t could not have been more
han five minutes when the intelli-
.ence spread that President Garfield
ad been assassinated. No one could
race the source of this rumor. 1t
anne in suhdued whispers. 1t seemed
0 come from everywhere, and
sRRE-,D WITH THE MORNING BREEZE.
Proprietors and clerks rushed from
heir stores and offices, and men. wo.
len and children quickly gathered on
he walks and thronged the cor
ers in excited groups. Then the Pres
tents carriage came tearing down the
nooth asphaltum again toward..the de
OF. In it sat Col. Corbin, of the war
apartment, and Surgeon General
arnes. This confirmed the theories
n the street. Then DIR. Bliss carriage
ent by, and by this time everybody
new that the President of the United
tates, for the second time in the his
ry Of the country, had been assass.
ated. This was within ten minutes
the occurrence. The excitement
as intense. There was loud voices,
shouts, but everybody ran hither and
ither without method. Men forgot
It and coat and ran into the streets )
i'd wandered aimlessly about, appar- I,
tly anxious only to be near some
'dy else, but shocked and bewildered :.
bout this time disorderly character :
Is run in at the Tenth street station !.
use; and evidently under the impress :
m that this might be the assassin of {
e president, a half frantic mob rush.
In from all sides, then fell rapidly d
ray again disappointed, and as soon \
the public had fairly recovered its y
nses there was a general movement +
THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY,
e Baltimore and Potomac Depot.
: this time the widest rumors were
oat. The President was killed, it n
IS said. He was but slightly wound :,