The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-07

| Guiteau fired his deadly shot Guiteau
was one Of a small group Of people stand
! ing near the door 90 the ladies' room IN
| the railroad station. As the President
ami Secretary passed, the assassin turn
ed, made a step In their direction, and,
drawing a heavy revolver from his pDck-
| ct. aimed il carefully and fired deliber-
ately- Garfield turned in excited surprise
/ Blaine spranE 10 one side Gulte1u then
rtcOCked his revolver and calmly fired
again at the President, who this time fell
I To the floor. covered with blood. Guiteau
He'd, dropping his pistol as he ran. but he
was quickly caught.
earn ld was driven TO the Executive
Mansion whore his condition was decid-
1 % % be SO critical that il would be high
IS dangerous to probe for the bullet The
medical Judgment in this case has been
declared 10 have been AT fault Later the
wounded President was removed To FL
beron TO benefit by the sea breeze. but
. ,hr nope proved vain. The bullet lodged
~ ms hack caused blood poisoning. 1t
hdH pierced the tissues by a long crooked
course, leaving wound that could not
he properly drained
GJITEAU'S CAREER.
Gariield's assassin. Guiteau. Ind been by
spells a politician. a lawyer lecturer,
theologian. and evangelist 10 pretended
To have been inspired by Deity with the
thought tnat the removal of Garfield was
necessary for the unity Of the Republican
party and for the salvation OF the coun-
try He is said TO have exclaimed on be-
ing arrested All right; I did it, and Will
20 10 jan Tor it. / am Stalwart and Ar
thur Will be President" His trial began
IN November and lasted over two months
ne Ntteuct was insanity but the prose
cuJlon sought 10 show that the murderer
hdd long been AN unprincipled adyentur-
er greedy for nOtOriety" The public
rage against him was intense. Sergeant
mason a soldier set 10 guard him. actu-
any fired a bullet into Guiteau's cell For
this unsuccessful deed the sergeant re-
Celved sentence of eight years in the Al
bany penueutiary. Two months later a
mysterious horseman. dashing past Gui-
l'du. as the ASSASSIN was being led from
Jan to court. grazed the prisoners wrist
with bullet. During his trial Guiteau
acted in most disorderly style and indulg-
ed IN SCurrilOuS Interruptions lie was
found guilty IN January, 1882, and was cX-
eCuted on June 30 following. As the last
juror signihed his assent TO the death yer
dict Guiteau Shrieked out. NV blood will
be on the heads Of that jury Don't you
forget it God Will avenge this outrage
but the autopsy revealed no disease of
the brain Guiteau.s skeleton is now in
the Army Medical Museum.
RULERS KILLED N OTHER COUNTRIES.
Our sister republic Of France has also
been called upon TO mourn for an assas-
sinated President. Sadi-CarnOt WAS stab
bed 20 death by Cesario Santo on June p
1894 The great French statesman and
ton, and was going from the Pa'@is de
Commerce, where banquet had been
held IN his honor, to the Grand Theatre.
when SantO jumped on the fpOtstep Of
CARROTS carriage and stabbed him in the
liver.
SPANS Prime Minister. senior Canovas
del Castillo. also met his fate at the hand
or an Italian Anarchist While at the
baths at Santa EQueda, Spain. on August
\. lSSt. he was shot by Rinaldi The Pre-
mler lell Cyilg at the feet OF his Mortified
wife.
King Humbert Of Italy has been the
latest victim OF the Old World sIayers OF
crowned heads He fell a victim TO the
bullet Of GaetnO BrrsCi. on July %, 1900
the heart while entering his carriage near
Monza- Italy and he died within "A few
minutes Anarchy was at the bottom Of
THIS crime as of almost every European
assassination.
Perhaps the most brutal Of an the as
slnatons Of recent times was the murder
OF Elizabeth, the Empress Of Austria. BY
Luigi Luccheni. on September TO- 1898. For
this crime Luccheui was sentenced TO i'm
prisOnment for life
Emperor AleNand H. Of Russia was
killed by the Nihilists on March -. 1851.
The imperial carriage was returning from
a review Of the marine corps. when a
bomb was thrown that wounded some Of
his escort The Emperor descended from
MS carriage and was T.lOTtally shattered
Dy second exploding bomb. His assassi-
nation thus occurred only a few weeks
before that Of Garfield
Nasr-el-Din. Shah of I-,~sia, was as
sassinated May ]. 1895: General BOrda.
President Of Uruguay. august p, 1857,
and General Barrios, OF Guatemala, Feb
ruary 9, 1895.