The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-03


made to probe for the bullets.
The President continues to i'm
prove.
THE DETAILS.
At 9.30 o'clock this morning when
President Garfield was at the Balti-
more and Patomac depot, with his
party, waiting to take the train. he
was shot twice by a man within two
feet of him. The Presidents friends
rushed to him as he fell, and Blaine
called for Rockwell. Station Agent
Carney arrested the assassin, who
said, Il did it. / am stalwart, and
Arthur is now President. Take a
letter 1 have here to Gen. Sherman.
and he will tell you all about it. "
Scott and Carney, got hold Of the
assassin, and were taking him to
the police headquarters. He said
voluntarily to them, Il did it and
will go to jail forit. 1 am stall
wart, and Arthur will be president"
He had a letter in his hand, and
wanted the officers to take it to
General Sherman, saying it would
be all right. The prisoner made no
resistance, saying that he had con-
templated the killing of the Presi-
dent, and it was for the good of the
country. About o'clock the assas-
sin went to hack stand, adjoining
the station, and engaged hack from
Barton, q cOlored hackman. He said
he wanted to 90 to the GleenWOod
Cemetery in short time, and
wanted the hickman to drive very
fast when he should get in the hack.
He agreed to pay 81 for the hack,
on condition that the hackman
would drive fast. When stopped
the assassin was going to the hack
he had engaged, and he insisted that
it was important for him to go and
deliver the message to Gen. Sher-
maa. When the officers refused to
let him go, he begged them to take
the letter he had to Gen. Sherman.
Following is a copy of the letter
the assassin wanted delivered to
General Sherman:
July ., 1881.
The White House Presidents
tragic death was q sad necessity,
but it will unite the republican
party and save the republic. Life
is a tlimSy dream, and it matters lit
tie when one gees. A human life is
of small value. During the war
thousands of brave boys went down
without a tear. l presume the
President was Christian and that
he viii be happier in paradise than
here. 1t will be no worse for Mrs.
Garfield, dear soul, to part with her
husband this way than by natural
death. He is liable to go at any
time anyway. [ had no ill-will to-
ward the President. His death was
political necessity. l am a law
yer, a theologian and politician. l
am in the interest of the Stalwarts.
| was with General Grant and the
rest of our men in New York during
the canvass. / have some papers
for the press which l shall leave
with Byron Andrews, lteT-OceG1l
correspondent. and his coadjutors,
at 1920 New York Avenue, where
all reporters can see them. | am
going to the jail.
(Signed) CHAs. GUITTEAU.
DIR. Townsend, health officer, was
the first to reach the President. The
President was shot from the right,
as he left the ladies room of the
depot with Secretary Blaine The
ball entered above the third rib, but
whether it has taken its course
toward the spine has not yet been
ascertained. The wound was prObed
by DR.. Bliss, who reports that he in
serted the probe and the course OF
the ball did not extend toward the
spine, still, it is not certain that it
did not. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of the physicians that
the need of the President was
not the probing of the wound,
but rest. The extent and
danger of the wounds are not yea
known, and more can be told
when the urine passes, If the kid
neys are injured. The assassin is
now in jail, and many think he is
crazy.
The President was shot twice,
one ball entering from the rear to
one side, and is believed to have
passed through the kidneys. The
doctors hold out some hopes of his
recovery, but it is plain that they
feel but little, if any, hope. One
shot went through the arm.
The President talked to a reporter
Just now. He said he felt pretty
strong, considering his wounds, but
complained of a tingling sensation
in his feet as annoying him more
than anything else. The man who
shot him wrote his name on card
as Charles Gitteau, Attorney-at-
Law, Chicago"
Washington is wild with excite
ment, and the whole populace is
gathered about the Baltimore and
Potomac depot. The man evidently
had deliberately planned the assassi-
nation with the idea, so far as can
now be ascertained, of making
Arthur president.
The following official bulletin
with regard to the condition OF the
President, has just been issued:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1926 pm.
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