The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-14
A @ CALL.
Authentic Account OF the Attempted
Assassination OF Old Hickory
by u Predecessor Of Gulteau-ProyI-
DENTAL Escape.
The Breath Of the Death Angel.

Andrew jackson hal many bitter enc
niieH, halug naiuru w n mAn Oi vioirul
tHmpar, hn nRd never learned q OnnirlI
himself, aud iu the discharge oi hlH OHIO al
iuty no had been clmp'l Cd 10 g,ge greal
n use 20 many who honestly diil .rsd from
hin HIS veto Of the tank bila and li'
prompt measures 10 pnt down nullihoaiiou
had 10 Il ined the passions OF he poiiucai op'
plnents Macy said and believed thai he
was running the country, a he agra
waited tho telling Aglnst him by hi
u%nylsldlng aud imperious manner. A Nr.
\ 4, mdulph, who mad been iieuirnni { IN
the navy aud had been oashiertd, attemIt,
od q pull Pfog.deut Jaokaon'i nose PUT
hely, and, report says, more than hall tuo'
creded. At lea 4 the Presidents lace wzr
covered with Blood HIS pti 10 was wound.
td Ia this case. but there was no actual dan
ger. "uad | knnwn, , said Jaokg'n, THAT
Randolph STOOD before me, ! thuult have
been prepared, and | could have dv'ennsd
mYaelt, No william ever escaped me- before,
and be would not, had u MT been for my
confined stlation.' ,rhe President was
seated ir M a|rm-ohhif wnen attacked.
Far moro serilus was tho attempt made
upon the pfesidrnta Ito January 10,
1885 On that day the president and ms
O. tbtnct and both houses oi congress met in
the hail OF the house OF representatives, q
take part In the funeral ceremonies Of a "e-
AfANfNt IA W ~" A'NN hfha tNahf
Carolina. Asthe president, near the head
OF the procession, was passing out irnm the
rotunda of the Capitol aud was about TO en-
ter the pOrtico, u man stepped out OF q Q
crowd, aud stan ling not eight ieet from
the president, loveied a pistol bt him aud
pull ID the trigger. Tue cap missed IRE,
Tue man initittiy drew n second pistol
from under his coat and again tried {
shoot. But the second cap also missed fire,
President Jackson rushed %furiously a the
assassin With upliited cane, and would have
felled him TO the ground, but before he
coul | reach the man, Lieutenant Gedney
Of the navy, had knocked him down, and
he was speedily secured. The prisoner,
who was an English house painter, named
Lawrence Porter, exIl ,ined his motive In
words which apply with singular aptness 10
the case OF the wrctched Guiteau.
Hearing an all sides that Inc country had
been ruined by the measures OF General
Jackson, the project OF assassinattng him
had fastened itstl' In his crazy brain. The
nhyticians who examined MIN reported:
"Hestst that. he ievirg he president To 0r
the source OF al his d ficulties, he was si !
Ii ,ed IN his purpose TO HI | him; and, " his
successor pursued the same course, TO ~
him out OF the way also
Lawrence wa, AGED in the asylum. The
insinuations OF the Globe that he vas the
agent OF n conspiracy obtained no general
credenca. But Jackson himself always iu-
sisted that abl r minds than Lswrence's
had instigated the assault. Miss Martin
can, who witnessed the funeral ceremonies
and had n confused view of he excl ing
scene when the President was snOt AT,
writes IN her Retrospect OF western
Trar H. .
When | did 20 to the White House !
took the brieiest possible notice u the
president of the insane n tempt" Ell Law
renee. but the word aroused eli mis- ire. lie
protested, In the presence OF many slrane-
ers, thai here was no insanity ia the case
[ was silent, OF course. He prot sted that
here was Il plot and that the man was a
tool, and a. laat quoted tue attorney gen'
ersl as his authority II was painfol 10
hear n chief roller put ely tying 10 per
suade n foreigner Lnat any Of his consiitn'
ents hated him to the death, and | iooR
the lberty TO change the subject.
Gen. Jackson, TO his dying hour, suspect
ed George Poindsxer, OF Mississippi, o.
having participated in the attempt &c
assAssiuate him; bnt lew, II any even Of
his own partisaps, shared In this suepi
con. -~[Chaltsnoga Democrat.