The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-07

organ is not injured, as had been feared.
| II p. m.-The following official bulle-
tin has just been issued. 'Fhe president
is resting quietly and is cheerful. Pulse,
1874; temperature, 90; respiration, 20.
All symptoms are favorable.
w. D. BLISS"
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Andrew Clark,
| Collector, Atlanta, Ga. While the presi-
dent and Secretary Blaine were passing
through the Sixth Street depot this morn
ing to take train, man named Charles
Guitteau shot the president with 40
| callibre pistol in the arm and the right
side, the latter ball lodging in the body.
the ball, with view of abstracting it, at
8 o'clock. A favorable reaction has oc.
Cured, and the president is now resting
easy at the executive mansion. The
| wound, although dangerous, is not be-
! lieved to be fatal. My opinion is that it
will not be. The presidents strong ply
sical constitution is greatly in his favor.
| Guitteau has frequented the State De-
partment and White House seeking
| foreign appointment without effect.
Great sympathy is felt for the president
and gratitude that the murderer failed Of
his purpose. A strong feeling prevailed
favoring the immediate execution Of
Guitteau, who, however, was sent to Jail.
GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner.
DR.. Townsend, health officer of the dis
trict, in conversation this afternoon,
said 81 found the president, when ar
| rived at the Baltimore and Potomac de-
not, about five minutes after the shooting
| dition. I had his head lowered, which
had been elevated by attendants, and ad.
ministered aromatic spirits of ammonia
| and brandy to revive him. This had the
desired effect, and the president, regain
| ing consciousness, was asked where he
felt most pain. He replied in the right
leg and foot. He then examined the
wound, introducing his fingers, which
caused slight heulorrhage. then de-
cided to have him moved up stairs from
/ the crowd. Shortly after getting him
| there, Drs. Smith and Purvis arrived,
| and, upon consultation with them, it was
| decided to remove him to the white
| house. DR.. Smith and myself accom-
panied the president in the ambulance to
| the white house, where another examina-
ton and stiInulants again administered.
An ineffectrlal attempt was made to trace
the course of the wound, and at 11.20 the
| president was suffering much pain;
hyperdermic injection Of morphine was
administered" DR.. Townsend left the
| president shortly afterward somewhat re-
| vived. The doctor said, at p. m., that
he could not give an intelligent opinion
as yet, but pronounces the wound as
dangerous, hut not necessarily fatal.
EVIDENCES OF A PLOT.
There is theory which has many adj
herents that the attempted assassination
was not the work of lunatic. but the re-
| suit of plot much deeper and darker
than has been suspected. 1t is cited in
support of this theory that Guitteau ar
| ranged beforehand with hackman to be
| in readiness to drive him swiftly in the
direction of Congressional cemetery as
soon as he made his appearance on re-
\ turning from the depot. In the mean
| time he had left a bundle of papers in the
| hands of boy with the intention, it Is
sanity in the event of his capture. Cult
teau said on his way to Jail that the pres
| ident's assassination was premeditated,
| and that he went to Long Branch for the
purpose of shooting him there, and was
deferred by the enfeebled and saddened
| condition Of Mrs. Garfield, which ap-
! pealed SO strongly to his sense of human
| ity that he came back without carrying
out his intentions.
Those by whom Guitteau has been ex-
| amined since the shooting say that he
shows no symptoms of insanity, and it is
| understood that the letter which has al
| ready been telegraphed addressed, "To
the White House." is the only document
| in the collection which supports the
theory Of insanity. It is reported that
Guitteau had an accomplice, whose de-
scnption is In the hands OF the police,
| and further developments are anxionsly
looked for.
REGARDING THE ASSASSIN.
The district Jail, large brown stone
structure, situated at the eastern extrem-
ity of the city, was visited by an asso.
ciated press reporter shortly after II
o'clock for the purpose of obtaining an
interview with Charles Guitteau, the as
! sassin of President Garfield. The officers
| refused admittance to tho building,
stating as the reason that they were
acting under instructions from At
torney- General MacVeagh, which were
that no one be allowed to see the pris-
oner. Information had reached them
that movement to mob the Jail was con-
| templated. A large guard of regular
troops and metropolitan police was mo-
lnentarily expected to repel any attack
which might BIZ made.
Charles Guitteau is about 80 years OF
age, and is supposed to be of French de-
scent. He is about feet inches in
height, sandy complexion and is Sigh
weighing no more than 125 pounds.
He wears moustache and light chin
| whiskers, and shrunken cheeks and eyes
far apart, which gives him sullen or, as
the officials described it, "loony' ap-
pearance. The officer in question gave it
as his opinion that Guitteau is Chicago
communist, and stated that he has no
mlrderers that their eyes are set far
apart. "Guitteau," he said, "proves no
exception to the rule" 1t is stated that
two to three weeks ago Guitteau went to
the Jail for the purpose of visiting it, but
was refused admittance on the ground
that it was not visitors day." He at
that time mentioned his name as Cult
teau, and said that he came from Chicago.
When brought to Jail to-day he was adj
mitted by the officer who had previously
refused to admit him. Mutual recogni-
ton took place, Guitteau saying:
"You are the man that would not let
me go through the Jail some time ago"
The only remark he made before being
placed in Jail, was that General Sherman
would arrive at the Jail soon. The officer
was in charge Of the old city Jail at the
! time Of the assassination Of President
| Lincoln.
a LETTER FROM THE ASSASSIN.
The following letter was taken from
the prisoners pocket at police head
| quarters:
"July 2, 1881. The White House.-The
presidents tragic death was a sad neces-
sity, but it will unite the Republican
party and save the Republic. Life is
tiimsy dream, and it matters little when
one goes. A human life is Of small value.
During the war thousands of brave boys
went down without tear. I presume
that the president was Christian, and
that he will be happier in paradise than
here. Ii will be no worse for Mrs. Gar
field, dear soul, to part with her husband
this way than by natural death. He is
liable to go at any time, any way. 1 had
no i'll will toward the president. His
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