New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-10

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Stanton 8 office in the war department..
He and Mr.. Lincoln held a conference
andthen we started back again. Onthe
stairway of the department we met q
stranger who looked at the presi-
dent, and he looked at him. watch
ed them both intently. The man pass
ed on his way up stairs, and the presi-
dent kept going down, but Mr.. Lin
coin kept his eyes on him. When the
stranger reached thehead Of the stairs
he turned and peered over the balus-
trade, and when he reached the pave
ment the president spoke for the first
time. sPendleton,' hesaid, I received
d letter from New York yesterday :, tell
ing me that man answering his de-
scription and dressed just like him
was on his way to Washington to kill
me-
ssThen came that terrible night, Mr..
Ashmer, OF New York; Mr.. Colfax,
Speaker OF the House, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln were chatting in the par
lor before starting for the theatre.
Richmond had fallen and the house
was Illuminated. Do you know the
reason the President went to the thea
tire that night? 1t had been advertis-
ed that Grant would be there, but he
couldn't; and Mr.. Lincoln went so
that the people would not be disap-
pointed. saw the party off and sent
a man to look after them. About 9
o'clock the bell rang, and when I an
swered it a man said: DO you know
they have tried to cut Secretary
Stewards throat?' said: NO. it can't
be- A few moments later he return
ed, breathless, and exclaimed: Yes,
it's so. The cavalry are up and down
the avenue Then. grew uneasy
about the President. and sent
out messengers. A few minutes
afterward / saw Senator Sumner
coming up the hill followed by q
crowd of men and boys, and he gasp
ed, How about the PRESIDENT He
had hardly finished talking when
Commissioner Newlin arrived and
said: The President has been shot
through the back OF the head I
went to Captain Lincoln's room. He
had just returned from the front, and
l said: Captain, something has hap
pened to the President I told the
military secretary plainly what it was.
He turned white as death and said
Don't let any one come in the house,
l was going down stairs when little
Tad, who had been to the National
Theatre, rushed into my arms and
sobbed: oh, Tom Pen, somebody
has killed my Papa day 1t was an
awful night. rushed through crowds
on the street to Peterson's tailor
store, where the President had been
taken. passed the line of guards, and
Mrs. Lincoln met me in one ofthe par
lors with hair disheveled and al,nost
wild. oh, Pendleton,' she cried, If
you had been there it would not have
happened"
The old guard deeply depressed by
his own recitation, skips a score of
years to the second White House trag-
edy-the murder ofGarfeld. "Ishook
hands with Mr.. Garfield just as he
was entering his carriage for the depot.
When the news reached the White
House I met Secretary Lincoln coming
down stairs. He was almost stagger-
ing and exclaimed: 'Pendel, isn't this
awful The secretary remembered
the night of his fathers assassination.
On the morning after Garfield was
shot he to ok my eyeglasses and read
three-column account Of 1T in one OF
the newspapers. His attendant bad
started to read to him, but broke
down Just as the writer was describ-
ing the shooting.
"Just before Mr.. Arthur came to
live at the White House man called
and asked for him. One of the ushers
told me the fellow was not right, and
told him to detain him until Sergeant
Dinsmore came. He detained him on
some pretext or other, and when the
sergeant came the fellow started to
leave hurriedly. The sergeant caught
him by the throat, and the man put
his hand in his pistol pocket. The
guards threw him down and it was
found that he had 81 loaded six-shoot-
er. Any number of these cranks come
around and it takes trained men to
discern them.
General Grant was one of the
greatest OF men, and he had an ea1
| for everybody" said Mr.. Pendel. 81
remember standing one day at one Of
the White House windows as he
sauntered out for walk. A
woman-I don't know whether
she was colored or not-met
him on the steps and talked. Well
it seemed as if she was giving him ar
| awful hauling over the Goals. He never
moved once, and when she had finish
ed he walked slowly away, putting at
his cigar"
Mr.. Pendel concluded: "Therehave
been many happy days at the White
House; many dark and dreary ones as
WE'LL" and touching lightly upon the
present administration, he added
''Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are noble
people. Indeed, she is very beautiful. >
Mr.. Pendel is going to furthur re
fresh his old eyes with look a. New
York.
How Grant Received the Intelli.
gence of His Nomination.