The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-10-19
LIE MORR1STONN- CA ErzE .-OOT OBER IL. 1891.


Certainly and he took them and placed
them up against the wall on top of some
other papers. This was about 9:25, and
went into the ladies' waiting room.
and 1 looked around, saw there was
quite coed many people there, in the
depot ard carriages outside, but 1 did
notssee the presidents carriage. / ex-
amined my revolver to sec that it was
all Tight, aud took off the paper that l
had wrapped around it to keep the mois
ture of. I waited five or six minutes
longer, sat down on a seat in the ladies'
room, and very soon the president drove
up. He was in company with gentle
man who, understand, was Mr.. Blaine,
although did not recognize him. THIS
gentleman looked very old, and he had
peculiar kind Of head-gear on, that I
did not recognize as that Of Mr.. Blaine.
| am satisfied that it was Mr. Blaine,
now that my attention has been special
ly called to il, because it was the same
gentleman that saw with the president
the night before, and | know positively
that that gentleman was Mr. Blaine.
The president and this gentleman drove
up in plain single seated carriage with
one horse; this gent leman, think, was
driving. l WAS a single carriage-a
single-seated top buggy. The president
seemed to be ia very earnest and pri.
waite nversation with this gentleman,
who evidently was Mr.. Blaine, although
at the time did not recognize him as
Mr.. Blaine. They sat in the carriage I
should say some two minutrs; they had
not completed their conversation when
they reached the depot, and during the
interview Of two minutes they finished
their conversation, as have said. The
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. Before they reached the depot
had been prOmenading up and down
the ladies' room between the ticket Of
fee door and the news stand door. a
space Of some 10 or 10 feet. I walked
up and down there l should say some
two or three times, working myself up,
as 1 knew the hour was at hand. The
president and Mr.. Blaine came into the
ladies' room and walked right bv me
they did not notice me as there were
quite a number Of ladigs and children in
he Dom.
HOW THE PRESIDENT FELL.
There was quite a large crowd of
pcket purchasers at the gentleman's
ticket Office in the adjoining ROOM the
depot seemed to be quite full of people
There vas quite crowd and commo.
ton around, and the president was in
the act OF passing from the ladies' room
to the main entrance through the door.
l should say he was about four or five
feet from the door nearest the ticket
Office, lin the act of passing through the
door to get through rhe depot to the
cars. He was about three or four feet
from the door. L 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-
FolVer and fired. He Strengthened M
and threw his head back aud seemed to
b@perfectly bewildered. He did not
seem to know what struck him. look
ed at him; he did not drop, thereupon
pulled again. He dropped his head,
seemed to reel, and fell over. l do not
khow.where the brsG shot hit; aimed
at the hollow Of his back; did not aim
for any particular place, but knew i'll
got those two bullets in his back he
would certainly go. was in a diago-
nal direction from the president, to the
northwest, and supposed both shots
struck.
THE ARREST.
= was IN the act OF putting my re.
YoiVer back into my pocket when the
depot policeman seized mo and said.
You shot the president of the United
States" He was terribly excited; he
hardly knew his head from his feet. and
said, Keep quiet, my friend; keep
quiet, my frlenG. / want 10 60 to iail.'
a moment later the policeman seized |
me by the left arm; clinched me with
terrible force. Another gentleman AN
older man, I should say, and less robust |
seized me by the right arm. At this
moment the ticket agent and great
crowd Of people rushed around me, and |
he ticket agent said, "That's him:
liG 3 him" and he pushed out his arm
% seize me around the neck, and says,
Keep quiet, my friends; want to go
o jail;' and the officers, one on each
ide OF me, rushed me right off to the
'oiiee headquarters, sad the officer who
Irst seized me by the hand says, This
nan has just shot the president of the
United States, and be was terribly ex-
tied, And [ said, Keep quiet, nv
riend; keep quiet; | have got some pa
ers which Will explain the whole mat
err They let go of me and they held
ny hands up-One policeman on one :
Idle and one on the Other-and they =.
rent through me, took away my revolt
er and what little change / had, my
omb and my toothpick, all my papers,
nd 1 gave them my letter to the white !
ouse; tod them 1 wished they would !
end chat letter to the white house at
nee, aud the officer began to read my
ger TO The white house, and in this
lvelope containing my letter to the d
hite house was my speech, Garfield :
gainst Hancock lie glanced his eye
yer the letter aud 1 was telling him
D0utsending it at once to the white
Duse to explain the matter, and he
id, We will put you into the white
ousep So ! said nothing after that.
hey took me around li:tle dark place
ID put me'into cell, they locked the