Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-30
10 REMOVE HIN AT THE DEPOT.


took my breakfast at the Riggs House about
o'clock ate well and felt well in body and mind.
went into Lafayette square and sat there som
little time after breakfast waiting for O'Clock T.
:ome, and then went to the depot, and got
there about ten minutes after q rode there from
the park in 'bobtailed car left the car, Wake
up to bootblack, got my boots blacked, and
inquired for a man named John Taylor, whom
two weeks before, had spoken TO about taking
ne out toward the Congressional cemetery. They
told me that Taylors carriage was not there, and
tAere were three or four hackmen there who wera
very anxious to serve me, and finally noticed a
coiored man. and said 10 him, what will you
take me out to the Congressional cemetery
out there for 81 AN right Said +,
If want to use you viii let you Know AT that
| get my business, and said to them keep quiet:
you are too fast on this and told this colorei
man privately that If l wanted his services !
would let him know In a few minutes then
went into the depot and took
NY PRIVATE PAPERS,
which intended for the press Qncluding a re-
| vised edition OF my book, cThe Truth, a compan-
ion to the BbIeD, and stepped up to the news
stand and asked the young man in charge II
| could leave those papers with him few moments,
| and be said certainly and he took them and
placed them up against the wall on top of some
other papers. This was about twenty minutes
after a nine, nine. and went into the ladies' wait,
there in the depot and Carriages oa psdppt.
but did not see the Presidents carriage.
| and took on the paper that had wrapped around
| 1t TO keep the moisture OF. I waited flve or six
minutes longer, sat down on seat in the ladies'
| room, and very soon the President drove up. He
| was In company with gentleman who under
stand was Mr.. Blaine, and am satisfied that he
was Mr. Blaine, although did not recognize him.
| This gentleman looked very old, and he had pc
cullar kind OF head gear on that did not recog-
| nze as that OF Mr. Blaine. 1 am satisfied that it
hnf Oft IN h00 an
specially called to it. because it was the same gen.
tleman that saw with the President the night be-
was Mr.: Blaine. The President and this gentle
e a with ons horse pa TINS sensmsn
| riage-a single seated top buggy. The Presl-
dent seemed to be in very earnest and private
versatlon with this gentleman, who evidently was
Mr. Blaine. although at the time did not recog-
nlze him as Mr.. Blaine They sat in the carriage,
competed their conversation when
THEY REACHED THE DEPOT,
and during the interview Of two minutes they
finished their conversation. During this time they
were engaged in very earnest and private CONVEX
sation, 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 I had been prom
enading up and down the ladies' room between
the ticket office door and the news stand door, a
space OF some ten or twelve feet. walked up and
down there, should say, two or three times work.
ing myself up, as knew
THE HOUR WAS AT HAND.
The President and Mr.. Blaine came into the
ladies' room and walked right by me; they did not
notice me, as there were quite number OF ladies
and children in the room. There was quite
large crowd OF ticket purchasers at the gentle
mems ticket office in the adjoining room; the de-
pot seemed to be quite full of people. There was
quite crowd and commotiOn 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 to the ticket
the the car act tSTe
was about three or four feet from the door.
stood five or six feet behind him, right in the mid
Ing away from me pulled out the revolver and
fired. He Strengthened up and threw his head
back and seemed to be perfectly bewildered He
did not seem to know what struck him. looked
at him; he did not drop.
THEREUPON PULLED AGAIN.
He dropped his head, seemed to reel and fell over
do not know where the first shot hit I aimed at
the hollow OF his back did not aim for any par
tcular place, but knew II got those two bullets
In his back he would certainly CO. was In a d.
agonal direction from the President, to the north
west, and supposed both shots struck. was in
the act OF putting my revolver back into my pocket
when the depot policeman seized me 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 friend. I want to 60 to JAIL A mo
nent after the policeman seized me by the left
arm; clinched me with terrible force Another
| robust-seized me by the right arm. At this mo-
ment the ticket agent and great crowd of people
| That's him; that's him. And he pushed out his
arm 10 seize me around the neck, and said Keep
on1cers one on each side Of me. rushed me right
TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS,
and the officer who first seized me by the hand
said, This man has just shot the President OF the
United States,' and he was terribly excited. And
| said Keep quiet, my friend; keep quiet have
| got some papers which will explain the whole
| natter They let go OF me, and they held my
hands up-one policeman on one side and one on
| the Other-and they went through me, took away
my revolver and what little change hail. my
them my letters to the White House. told Them
that wished they would send that letter to the
aG r at esT a w the
and In the envelope, containing my letter to the
White House, was my speech Garfield against
was telling him about sending it at once to the
White House to explain the matter, and he said,
we win put you into the White House, SO said
nothing after that They took me around a little
dark place and put me into CELL they locked the
door and went off and did not see anyone for ten
minutes, and then one or two parties came and
| took a look at me; they were policemen and
detectives, and said' don't know him Il don't know
that man; never saw him before l waited a
| few moments longer and gentleman came-a
| detective, who proved TO be Mr.. McElfresh-and
he was very polite and attentive. / toll him in
brief who was and why did it; tn 1t l had some
papers at the newsstand; that wished him to get
those papers and take them up to Byron Andrews
and his cOjOurnalists; that the papers would ex-
! plain all about the matter 1 also told HIM
| that wished
TO 60 TO THE JAIL
at once, and he came In and put the handouts on
| to me. There were five or six policemen and de-
| tecttves with him when he came In to see me, and
he went away and came back in a few minutes and
said that they had decided to take me right to the
Jail, and said, that is just what want and he
and his brother officers took me right out into the
room and down the stairs and into carriage, and
he and three other policemen got in and drove me
rapidly to the Jail I met Mr.. Russ, the deputy
warden, McElfresh told him that had shot the
President OF the United States, and he assigned
me to cell No. 2, and have been there ever
SINCE"
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