Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-10-19

and the President was drinking it al
. in; and occasionally the President
, would strike out his hand, thereby
| giving assent to what Mr.. Blame was
, saying. They seemed to be in a hila
rious state OF mind and delightful fel
, lowship and in perfect accord. This
, scene made a striking impression on
t me it confirmed whnt ( had read in
the papers and what had ielt for O
J long time-to wit, that tho President
was entirely under Mr.. Blaines inhu
ence and that they wercfn perfect &C
cord may have remained in the
park perhaps half or three. quarters of
an hour and then | went down to my
J room at the Riggs House. took a
towel bath in my room and went TO
bed and went TO sleep. woke up
about 4 o'clock Saturday morning and
felt well in mind and 1y. My mind
was perfectly clear in regard to remov-
ing tho President l had not the
slightest doubt about my duty to the
Lord and to the American people in
trying to remove the President, and /
want to say here, as emphatlcally as
words can make it, that, from the mo-
ment when fully decided to remove
the President, / have never had the
slightest shadow on my mind my pur-
pose has been just as clear and just as
determined as anything could be. |
believed that j was acting under q
special Divine authority to remove him,
and this Divine presence was upon me
from the time when | fully resolved to
remove him until | actually shot him
1t was only by nerving myself 70 the
utmost that did it at all, and | never
had the slightest doubt as to the Di
vine inspiration Of the act, and that it
was for the best interest Of the Ameri,
can people.
NEARING THE END.
"Having heard on Friday from the
papers, aud also by my inquiries Of the
doOrkeeper at the White House Friday
evening, that the President was going
to Long Branch Saturday morning |
took my breakfast at the Riggs House
about s o'clock. ate well and felt
well in body and mind. | went into
Lafayette Square and sat there some
little time after breakfast waiting for
Q o'clock to come, and then | went to
the depot and got there about 10. |
rode there from the park in bob
tailed car. | left the car, walked up
to a bootblack, got my boots BACKED,
and inquired for man named John
Taylor, whom, two weeks before, |
had spoken TO about taking me out to.
ward the Congressional Cemetery.
They told me that Taylor's carriage
was not there, and there were three or
four hackmen there who were very
anxious to serve me, and finally | no.
ticed a colored man, and | said to him {;
What will you take me out TO the
Congressional Cemetery ior2 lie
says, Well, | will take you out there for
81 | told this colored man privately
that if | wanted his services would
let him know in few minutes. | then
went into the depot and took my
private papers which | intended for the
press (including revised edition Of my
book, The Truth, Companion to the
Bible, and stepped up to the news
stand and asked the young man in
charge if | could leave those papers
with him few minutes, and he said
'Cortainly, and he took them and placed
them up against the wall on top Of
some other papers. This was about
500, and went into the ladies wait.
ing.room and looked around, saw
there were quite a good many people
there in the depot and carriages out.
side, but | did not see the Presidents
carriage. | examined my revolver to
sec that it was all right, and took off
tho paper that | had wrapped around
it to keep the moisture of. waited
five or six minutes longer, sat down on
seat in the ladies' room, and very
soon the President drove up He was
in company with a gentleman who, |
understand, was Mr.. Blaine, although
| did not recognize him. This gentle.
man looked very old, and he had a
peculiar kind Of headgoar on, that |
did not recognize as that of Mr. Blaine.
| am satisfied that it was Mr.. Blaine,
now that my attention has been speci-
ally called to it, because it was the
same gentleman that saw with the
President the night before, and ! know
positively that that gentleman was Mr..
Blaine. Tho President and this gem
tleman drove up IN q plain single-seat-
ed carriage with one horse, this gentle.
man, think, was driving, 1t was a
single carriage-a single.seated top
buggy. The President seemed to be
in very earnest and private conversa.
tion with this gentleman, who evident
ly was Mr.. Blaine, although at the
time | did not recognize him as Mr..
Blaine. They sat in the carriage, !
should say some two minutes they
had not completed their conversation
when they reached the depot, and dur
ing the interview of two minutes they
finished their conversation. During
this time they were engaged in very
earnest and private conversation, as |
have said Tho President got out on
the pavement side and Mr.. Blaine on
the other side. They entered the ladies'
room stood there watching the
President and they passed by me- Be.
fore they reached the depot had been
promenading up and down the ladies'
room between the ticket Office door
and the newsstand door, a space OF
some ten or twelve feet. walked up
and down there | should say two or
three times working myself up, as |
know the hour was at hand. The
President and MIR. Blaine came into
the ladies' room and walked right by
me they did not notice me as there
were quite a number of ladies and chill.
dren in the room.
now THE PRESIDENT FELL.
There was quite large crowd of
ticket purchasers at the gentlemen's
ticket office in the adjoining room the
depot seemed to be quite full of people,
There was quite a crowd and commo.
ton around, and the President was in
the act ofpassing from the ladies' room
10 the main entrance through the door.
| should say he was about four or five
feet from the door nearest the ticket
office, in the act Of passing through the
door to got through the depot to the
cars. He was about throe or four feet
from the door. stood five or six feet
behind him, right in the middle of the
room, and as he was in the act of walk.
ing away from me | pulled out the re.