The Evening critic., 1882-07-01
Saturday, July I, 1882.
,.Thc critics, euitcnu Edition.

The magnificent account THE CRITIC
published yesterday of Guiteau's crimo,
trial and punishment crowded pretty much
everything else out of the paper. As usual
on great news occasions, as well as every
day, VIC distanccd all our competitors, botn'
in the completeness ofthe descriptive mat
ter and tho number, variety and faithful
ness of the accompanying iilustrations'
Much otherwise interesting news had to
give way TO the all.absorbing topic of the
day.
With our lightning Hoo web-perfecting
type printing press, running ut its full ca
pacity for hours, we were hardly able to
keep PACE with the over.incrcasing demand.
"CRIrICs Moro CRITICS Give us Carr
les /" was the universal cry among that
shrewd, discerning, careful class of small
capitalists, the nowsboys.
So numerous and clamorous did they be-
come that the business Office was iu state
of confusion, turmoil and noise, compared
to which Babel was dead calm. They
swarmed in at the doors and windows; they
climbed over the counter, lllling the private
Office, breaking down the stove, and tramp
ling the stovepipc into its original ilatnes3;
they crowded between the legs Of the portly
business manager, seriously endangering his
equilibrium they took possession of
Ill. "a, g;p taI
profanity among these of The Critics
staff and attaches whose duties called them
to attempt passage through this sea of
small uichins they piled themselves on
the high desk in the front Office and broke
it down, nearly breaking dozen neclls
and four dozen youthful arms and legs;
they held the sidewalk and street in front
of the Office against all cemers, whether on
foot, horseback or in carriages, giving q
reluctant right of way only to the street.
cars in fact, the newsboy was universal
and omnipresent.
And how they did buy CRIrIcs They
began rs soon as the oiiic, was opened in
the morning buying checks, and they kept
ON buying them until the number of
papersrenresented by the checks sold ran
far up into the thousands. And still the
crowd of boys grew ever greater.
At last the expected dispatch, "The drop
fell at 12:40,' was flashed along the throb.
bing wires. The -pressman touched the
lever, the swift, ponderous machinery
began moving, and mile after mile
of white paper was converted into
CRITICS. Tho uproar among the news
boys would now drown the ceaseess roar
of Niagara. Faster and still faster the
great cylinder whirled round, swiftcr and
still swifter the flies threw off the perfect
CRITICS, perfect in all respects, aud in the
midst of all, high above the noise of the
machinery, ever uprose tho shrill impor-
tunate cry of the newsboys, "Gimme fifty
CRI]Ics," "NIister Pope gimme five"
Gimme forty" Gimme hunderd," and
SO It went ON until the demand for the
>iAeiou Wut oAnduSUcu tens Oh tnOu-
sands of papers being required to satisfy the
msqiate interest of the public.
hSecond edition was issued instantly
upon 1Ae heels of the first, containing the
iuii deta's down to the beginning of the
autopsy. MIS- edition was served to our
regular SUBSCRIBERS at an early hour.
A third and hst edition containing all
that happened after 2;3o, including the re.
suit OF the autopsy as far as then arrived at.
was Issued about 4:3O. ~
ihese three editions of TIE CR1rrc
;sa,,oa no we largest edition of any paper ever
De'" q this city in one day at any time,
In short, there were more copies of the
Guiteau edition" of The CRITIC sold yes
terday than were printed by all the other
papers of this city added together. We
challenge comparison.
We pride ourselves on our achievement
of publishing the first, best, greatest and
completest "Guteau edition. in the United
States, bar none