Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1881, Page 17

asa adeeannserteriainchdicioamsceicena THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAIuy, Except Sunda;, AT THE STAR BSILDINGS, Ponarylvania Avenue, Corser 11th Street, oy The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Preet, He Evksine Stan is aarved to gabsoribers to by carriers, on their own account, at 10 week, or 44cents per month Copies at the Tt cents aonce. ay a — bay Paid—80 can orth -one yea af Ebtared at the Pont Omice at ‘Washington, D.E., ‘second-class mail matter. riday—82 8 REEELY Stan—pnbilshed on Friday 628 a play ‘Six months, i fe ust be paid in ad- reap ionger than te paid Tor ———————— ver. 58—N°. 8,809. ASSASSINATION ! THE PRESIDENT SHOT. SUPPOSED TO BE FATAL- LY WOUNDED. TWO SHOTS FIRED. ARREST OF THE ASSASSIN. THE CITY HORRIFIED. About half-past nine o’clock this morning the starting news rapidly spread throughout the city that the President, who wa3 about to depart from the city, had been fatally shot at the Baltimore and Potomac raliroad depot. ‘The horrible intelligence, coming so unexpected, but was soon proved to be too true. The ety was soon full of excitement, and a3 Various officials were galloping up aud down the Avenue, vast crowds of peopie made their way to the depot. President Garfield was shot this morning at 9:30 o'clock In the ladies’ room of the Baitimore and Potomac depot. He had just alighted from bis carriage to take the cars for the north. Sec- Tetary Hunt and Mrs. Hunt, Secretary Windom and M.s. Windom, Postmaster General James and the rest of the party had taken their seats im the car. Colonel Jamieson, of the Post Office department, who was to have charge of the transportation of the party, was standing at the gate leading to the cars. He heard a shet quickly followed by another. There was @rush to the ladies’ room from whence the soundscame. President Garfleld was found ying on the floor, having fallen to the left. Secretary Blaine came out of the room follow ing @ man and calling ‘Rockwell! Where 1s Rockwell?” The man was seized by Officer Kearney and Mr. Parks, the depot policeman. ‘The President was taken up stairs. Dr. Bliss arrivea soon afterwards. It was soon discovered that both shots had taken effect. One struck him in the right arm below the shoulder. The other went in at the right Side of the back, between the hip and kidney. Itihen passed forward, and went down into the groin. It was probed for, but could not be fourd. Dr. Bliss says that it is 4 DANGEROUS WOUND, BUT NOT NECES34RILY FATAL. ‘The wound tn tne arm does not amount to much, except being painful. There ts hope for the President recovering, but he isina very critical condition. ‘The shooting occurred when the President and Secretary Blaine were walking arm- in-arm through the ladies’ room. SECREVAY BLAINE’S STATEMENT. Secretary Blaine was not going with the party, but came down to bid the President “Good-bye.” He sald: “The Presidemt and I were walking arm-in-arm towards the train. I heard twoshots andsawa man run started after him, but seeiag that he was grabbed just as he got out of the room, I came to the President and found him lyingon the floor. The floor was covered with the Prest- Gent's blood. A number of people who were around shortly afterwards have some of that Diood on their person. 1 think I know the | Man. { think bis name isGittau. iThe Assassin and His Weapon. ‘The assassin is about five feet seven inches in height, of strong though not stout build. The weapon he used was a revolver about Seven inches long. It had an ivory handie. ‘The caliber was very large; it 1s what is known 48a “California” pistoL It made a very toud Feport. When arrested he sald: “I did itand Want to be arrested. Iam a stalwart, and Ar- thur i President now. I havea letter nere thatI want you togive toGen. Sherman; it ‘will explain everything. Take me to the pol > station.” ‘The Assassin’s Name and Aadress. Officers were sent to the Police headquarters by order of those around the President to get the name of the assassin. He ‘very willingly wrote his name and address on &@ sheet of paper, as follows: “ Charles Gitteaa, Attorney-at-Law, Chicago, Ti.” AuMY ORDERS.—Post Chaplain John B. Mc- Cleery, U. 8. army (recently appointed), will report for assignment to duty at the Leaven- ‘worth prison, to relieve Post Chaplain Andrew D. i, U. 8. army, who will re- port in to the de- rx Bours Pgs Day.—The depart- Treasury ment, commencing on the 5th instant, will be closed at 3 o'clock, instead of at 4, until Sep- ‘tember 1st. letter from the pomeacrler em = ‘Constantinople, a gent from the United States to the sufferers by ‘the earthquake at Chios. has been appointed chief clerk of the Pension GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE SHOOTING. WHAT THE ASSASSIN SAID. HIS ARREST. THE LETTER FOUND ON HIM. HIS INTENTION TO KILL THE PRESIDENT. Policeman Kearney’s Graphic Ac- coumt of the Shooting. * About 9.95 o’olock this morning President Garfield, accompanied by Secretary of State Biaine, drove up to the Baltimore and Potomac depot, on 6th street, and sat in their carriago near the door, Officer Kearney standing near by. President Garfield asked the officers how much time he had (meaning before the train started) The officer replied, “About ten minutes, your honor.” The President after conversing a minute or two longer then got out of the car- Tiage and with Secretary Blaine walked slowly up the steps into the depot. Officer Kearney states that he was standing close by, and saluted the President by raising his hat; the President and Mr. Blaine walked through the ladies’ parlor and had entered the large reception room in the main portion of the depot, when two pistol shots were fired in rapid succession. The crowd screamed “He’s shot the President! Arrest the man.” The assassin was making his way as fast as possible out through the ladies’ parlor towards the #-street door, a carriage being there to take him away. Kearney threw himself b2fore him, seized him by both arms between the elbows and shoulders and held him as witha vise. The pistol was in bis hand when he first saw him, and he had Just put It into his coat pocket when the officer had him. The would-be assassin sald: ‘Yes, I bave finished Garfield; now Arthur is President. I am a stalwart.” Kearney secured the pistol, a heavy fiva barrel “English bull-dog” and hustled tho man to police headquarters, where h3 was hurriedly searched and thrust intoa cell. The Letter In the Prisoner's Pocke: ‘The following letter was taken from the pris oner’s pocket at Police Headquarters, showin: conclusively the intention to kill the President, “JULY 2, 1831, To the White House: ‘The President’s tragic death was asad ne. cessity, but it will unite the republican party and save the republic. Lifeis a filmsy ‘dream, and It matters little when one goes). A human life is of small value. During the war thousands of brave boys went down without a tear I presume the President was a Cnristian,gand that he will be happier in Paradise than here. It will be no worse for Mrs. Garfleld, dear soul, to part with her husband this way than by natural death. He ts liable to go at any time, any way. I had no ill will toward the Preal- dent. His death was a politieal necessity. I am a lawyer, a theologian and a politician. I am a stalwart of the stalwarts. I was with Gen. Grant and the rest of our men in New York during the canvass. I have some papers for the press which I shall leave with Byron Andrews and hig cojournaliats, at 1420 New York avenue, where all the reporters can see them. I am going to the jail. CHARLES GITTzav. Medical Opinion as to the Wound. Dr. Woodward, of the Surgeon General's office, says that he did. not examine the Presi- | dent's wound, but Dr. Bliss and Dr. Barne gave him the explanation of it. The President ‘Was shot from the right as he entered the la- dies’ reception room of the depot with Secre- tary Baine. The ball entered above the third rib, but whether it has taken its course toward the spine, has not yet been ascertained. The wound was probed by Dr. Bilas, who reports that in inserting the probe the course of the ball did not extend toward the spine. Still it is not certain it did not. It was the unanimous opinion of the physicians that;what was nee ied for the President was not the probing of the wound but rest. More can be told a8 to the seriousness of the wound after the President has urinated and had a movement of the bowels. It will be | some hours yet, may bea day, before it can be deffnitely settled whether the wound is or is not mortal. What Col. Ingersoll Says. Col. Robt. Ingersoll told. a Stax reporter, at five minutes after ten o’clock, that he.had just left the President, and had talked with him. He said the Presiaent told him he felt strong The Colonel says the President is wounded in two places, in the armandin the back. He says he has hope that the President may re- cover, but that at ten o’clock he complained of a pricking sensation in the feet, which the phy- sicians thought was an indication that the ball, which entered at the back had touched the spinal marrow. WHAT THE ASSASSIN SAID. ‘The assassin, when seized by the officer, threw up bis arms and shouted: *{ did it; Vice | President Arthur is President. I am a stal wart, REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. Panuox Onvice Ozawa Capt. A. E-Pisher | Shortly after ten o'clock the President was | taken to the White House in an ambulance, mounted police. THE ARREST. ‘The assassin made no special attempt to get away. Station Agent Kearney called out, “Guard the windows and let no no man es- cape.” Kearney then seized the assassin, Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 2. 1881 d EXTRA) 3d Extra. THE PRESIDENT’S CONDITION. IT IS STILL ORITICAL. HIS REMOVAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE. MORE ABOUT THE ASSASSIN. HE IS TAKEN TO JAIL DEVELOPMENTS AT HEABQUARTERS. POLICE Hemovai of the President to the White House. About ten o’clock the police cleared the main rapm of the derot building, and in a few mo- ments the wounded President was borne through the building and placed in an ambu- lance, which was in waiting on the outside. He bore the removal with great fortitude, never uttering any complaint or groan. The ambu- lance was surrounded by a cordon of police,and the horses were whipped into a gallop all the way tothe White House. An excited crowd followed the ambulance ata run, but at the White House the crowd was stopped and none but aselect few admitted. At the depot the pressure for admittance to the room in which the President was lying was 80 great that the police coul@not keep back the crowd. Men persisted that they must see the Preside ¥ despite the surgeon’s orders that the room and hallways must not be filled up. In this way the upper floor was filled to such an ex- tent that fresh air could not be obtained for the wounded President, and it was determined to remove him immediately to the White House, where he could be well cared for. The President’s Critical Condition this Afternoon. : At 12 ovclock there was no perceptible change in the President’s condition. His pulse hadgradually risen. The President lieson the bed, and speaks now andthen, Thephysicians Will not allow him to converse much. An ex- amination proved that the shot supposed to bavetaken ¢ffect in the arm did not touch the flesh, It merely went through the sleeve of the coat. There is no evidence of the spine having been injured by the effective ball, nor that the intestines or bladder are touched. The report that the President had vomited blood Is wholly unfounded. Dr. Bliss says that {t cannot be told how the chances are until there is a passage of the urin or from the bowels. If he has such passages it will be very favorable. The chances are decidedly against his final recovery. A MEDICAL CONSULTATION will be held this afvernoon, at 3 o'clock, when adefinite opinion can be given by the physi- clans. The following will be at the consulta- tion: Dra. Bi C, M. Ford, D. L. Huntington, J.J. Woodward, U.S.A.; Smith Town- 8 , Robert Reyburn, Surgeon sang Sa Norris, Surgeon General USN id C. D. Patterson, THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN was issued this afternoon, at 12:30 o’clock: “The reaction from shot injury has been very gradual. He is suffering some pain, but it is thought best not to disturb him by an exploration for the ball until after the consul- tation at 3 p.m.” GRAVE FEARS AS TO THE RESULT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, 2:45 p. m.—No official bulletin has been furnished by Dr. Bliss since lovclock. The condition of the President has been growing more unfavorable since that time. Internal hemorrhage 1s taking place, and the gravest fears are felt as to the result. Orders to Arrest the Hackman. Col Corkhill and Mr. Cook learning from Aquilla Barton the story about the engage- ment of the hackman, Taylor, by the prisoner, Sent out word to have him arrested at onc and brought in, to see what he knows about tue prisoner. Gaiteau Glad to Escape Lynching. Lieut. Eckleff states that while at the police headquarters this morning the prisoner seemed to fear a demonstration on him by the crowd, and that he felt relieved when he was locked up. What Special Officer Scott Says. John R. Scott. the special police officer at the Baltimore & Potomore depot, said to a StaR man: “I wes standing at the gate. I heard two shots fired, and saw a man rush through the ladies’ room. He started to go Out of the 6th street door, when I selzed him. Oficer Kearney took hold of him on the other fe at the same time, He did not struggle at all, He salad to us Arthur is President of the United States now. ‘Iam a stalwart. I nave a letter here that will tell you all aboutit. I want you tw take it up to General Sherman.” U} Gent Wales, THE ASSASSINS PAPERS AND LETTERS, ‘The assassin left two large packages of let- tergat the news stand in the depot, which ‘were sent down to headquarters after the ex- citement was over. Col. Corkhill and Mr.W. A. Cook were sent for,and an examination of them was at once commenced. WHAT THE BACKMAN ENGAGED BY GUITEAU ‘BAYS, A colored hackman named Aquilla Barton came to headquarters and said this man had engaged him to take him to the cemetery, asking him if he hada fast pair of ‘This engagement was made minutes before the The Prisoner Taken to Jail. ‘The prisoner gives his name as Charles Gul- teau, of Chicago, Iilincis, He is rather spare Dullt, about five feet seven or eight inches higb, dark complexion, and has a cool, vacant stare. He refused to answer a question at police head- quarters, and the crowd becoming so large and the excitement so great that Major Brock feared some outbreak might occur, procured a hack and started him te jailin charge of De- tective McElfresh, Lieuts. Austin and Eckloff and Silas Lewis. The crowd had by this time become very great and were coming at head quarters ard going all the time. WHAT THE PRISONER SAID ON HIS WAY TO JAIL. Lieut. Eckloff, who rode to jatl with Guiteau, states that on the way down he conversed freely about the matter, saying that his only purpose was to unite the repubiican party. On arriving at the jail, the jailors, finding what the matter was, said that they had seen him before, and while they were discussing where they had seen him, the prisoner sald: “I can tell you when !t was. I was down here last Saturday and got your permission to look over the jail, as 1 wanted to see what kind of a Place I had to come to.” Then the keepers re- membered him. He was then locked up. Shot Garfield to Make Arthur Pres- ident. > The prisoner stated to Detective McEifresh that he contemplated this act six weeks ago, and had made preparations for it. Detective McElfresh asked him if he was an American. He replied, “Yer; born and raised in this coun- try, and a citizen of Chicago.” Mr. McEifresh asked what political party he belonged to. The reply was, ‘I am a stalwart of the stalwarts, I have shot Garfield to make Arthur President.” The pistolisa white bone handle of Eogitsh make, and is about 38 caliber. ‘THE RAILROAD MEN. One of the first persons who ran to the assistance of the President was Mr. Thos, Server of the depot restaurant and Mr. Phillips of the baggage department, and they remained with him until he was removed. Mr. Sharpe, ofthe R. R Co., Mr. Barker, of the Pullman Co,, and in fact every one about the building doing all they could under the circumstance, What Mrs. White Saw and Heard. HER ACCOUNT OF THE SHOOTING AND OF THES MAN. Mrs. Sarah V. E. White, the lady In charge of the waiting room at the Baltimore and Potomac depot, was the person who first reached the President after he was shot. In reply to ques- tons asked her by a Srak reporter she sald: “I SAW THE WHOLE THING. The man came in from this door,” she sald Pointing to the door at the east, entering the ladies’ room from the main waiting room, “just as the President entered the middle door from B street. When he approached within five feet of the President he fired, atming, I thought, at the President's heart, and miszed him. The President did not seem to notice him, but walked right on past the man. He fired again and the Pres- igent fell. He fell right at the turn of the second row of seats. I was the first toreach him, and lifted up his head. The janitor rushed in and called the polica I held him until some men came, and lifted him up. He did not speak to me or to any one, until a young man, who! think was hisson, came. After ne hai vom- sted, I think he said something to him. Wher he was litted upon the mattress he spoke 01 groaned.” “Did the man who shot him sa) anything?” “No words at all passed be- tween them. The man walked de- Wberately out of the center door, where somebody heaued him off. He turned and started back the way he came, and was seized at the door by the police. Ihave seen the mip once or twice before. One tim:, in particular. T noticed him, a few days ago. He promenaded up and down just as he did to-day, wiping his face, and apparently excited. 1 thought he Was walting for some friends. This morning be waited here half an hour walking up and down. There were few people in tee room when the shot was fired. Allthe passengers had gone out. Ithink there wasa gentleman standing near the door.” After the Shooting. ‘The President was laid on the floor until a Mattress could be procured, and at omce was Temoved to a room in the second story of the depot. The assassin attempted to run‘out at the 6th street door, but for some reason turned back, when Special Officer Scott and Officer Kearney caught him, and at once took hinrto police headquarters, Mr. Garfleld’s son was with him at the time, and as his father fell he burst into a paroxysm of tears. Secretaries Blaine, Hunt and Lincoln, and Post- master General James were all at the depot at the time. The waiting room was crowded at the time, both with Northern and Southern passengers, and when the shot was fired Mr. J. W. Wheeler, of Hampton, Virginia, wes seated with a lady so close to the President that he heara the whtz- wing of the ball uncomfortably near him. He states that at the time of the first shot the as- sassin was not over seven to eight feet trom him. Mr. Garfield when he fell turned deathly pale and goon after he was carried up stairs he vomited. GUITEAU LOCKED UP AND PHYSICIANa SUM- MONED. On the arrival of the prisoner at headquar- ters he was at once locked up, and word having been rent in every direction tor physicians, Dr. ‘Townshend, the health officer, responded, and subsequently Dr. J.H, Baxter, of the army, Dr. Wells, of the navy, and Dr. D. W. Bliss re sponded. After detaining the train a few min- utes the special car was cut off. THE EXCITEMENT, The neighborhood of the depot was all ex- Citement in afew minutes, and an immense crowd gathered. Had not the been carried off it 1s thought he would have been d iit ‘THE BLOOD OF THE PRESIDENT. The President was attired in a sult of grey mixed stuff, and his trousers and waistcoat were soaked in blood. While the physicians Were with bim the room adjoining was crowded with merabers of the Cabinet, ladies and others, who anxiously awaited any tid- ings. THE ASSASSIN A DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER. In the meantime the question as to who the assassin was, was discussed, and it was stated that he was a lawyer from Chicago, who had been here for some weeks applying for a posi- ton as consul, but had falled to get it, andit Was hinted that he had recentiy had an inter- view with the President, at which something had passed which it was not judicious to use at Present, as it would so influence the -public mind that bloodshed would follow. REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE HOUS! § At about 10 o’clock Major Brock having, after @ consultation with Gen. Sherman, ordered out @ large detail of the police force, the police ambulance was driven to the front door of the depot and the Prealdent was borne down the steps to the ambulance, in which he was Placed with difficulty, owing to the surging of the crowd. When they started down the steps the President appeared to be sleeping and was deathly pale, but just as he was placed in the ambulance he opened his eyes, The streets in the neighborhood of the depot were lined with people, also the avenue. THE WOUND SAID TO BE FATAL. After the President left one of the physicians ‘stated that the wound was just below the short ribs and passed obliquely just above the kid- neys, involving the liver, and that the ball could not be found, at least at this time; that the President was evidently having an interne} hemmorhage and the question of his death was one of a few hours only. —A BAD SCENE IN THE WAITING ROOM. Immediately on the shot being fired the waiting room became the scene of confuston, several Jadies fainting and the children cryiag. The paroxyms of grief of Harry Garfleld were painful to behold. The White House this Afternoon. Sir Edward Thornton and all the foreign ministers in the city and the representatives of such as are absent called at the White House during the afternoon. Col. Rockwell, Gen. Sherman, Major Twining, Col. Corbin and the members of Cabinet remained in the Presi- dent’s office during the afternoon. Postmaster General James attended to the telegrams, hun- dreds of which were received from all parts of the country, THE MILITARY AND THR POLICE. As soon as the shooting occurred Secretary Lincoln ordered out two companies from the barracks. One one went to the White House and the other was sent to the jail to do guard duty there. An order was issued, calling the District militia to be ready for service to ald the Police. = What Byron Andrews Says About Guiteau and his Papers. ASrag reporter found Mr. Byron Andrews, the correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ovean, With whom Guiteau said he had left papers for the benefit of the press. Mr. Andrews made the following statement to the reporter: “It was reported on the street that a package of papers were found on the person of Guiteau addressed to me. On hearing this rumor I repaired at once to the City Hall and found District Attorney Corkhill in possession of the documents. I then made a sworn statement that I did not know Guiteau, never heard of him until to-day, and had no knowledge of any of his operations. The District Attorney thought best not to deliver the documents ad- dressed to me. He let me see the contents ofa Pergonal note to me, which was written on a single sheet of paper and enclosed in small envelope which was found in the package. The contents were about like this: ‘I am stranger toyou. You don’t know me, I know you by reputation as a journalist. I have chosen you as the person to whom I will commit the ac- companying documents for distribution. I Wish you to see that a proper statement of the affair goes to the American press.’ Then he signs his name and says he is trom Freeport iil. Inever heard of him,” repeated Mr. An- drews, ‘and did not know there was such a man living as Guiteau.” The President Brought to the White House. HIS CRITICAL CONDITION—HE IS TOO WEAK 70 ALLOW THE WOUND TO BE PROBED, ‘The President was taken to the White House in the police ambulance. He was brought down from the superintendent's room at the B. & P, depot on a stretcher borne by Chief Cronin, of the fire department, and Officer O'Connell and two others, Col. Rockwell went up in the ambulance with the President. Arriving at the White House, he was borne up ‘stairs on the stretcher and placed in his bed- Toom—a large and breezy apartment on the south side of the house. He looked very badly He sald nothing, but shook hands with the cabinet officers and his clerks, who were admitted. Ateleven o’clock the physicians in attendance said that his condition was too weak to allow @ probing of the wound, If he rallied in temperatnre 10 degrees, when it would be 70, an examination would then be safe, and it could be told exactly what the chances of recovery were. If the ball, which from the rear passed down into the groin, es- caped the bladder and intestines he would re- cover without any doubt. THE PRESIDENTS CLOTHING was brought up from the depot. He wore a light suit. Every garment, even his low qaar- ter shoes, was saturated or covered with blood. The White House was cleared of all visitora Accompany of soldiers from the barracks was ordered up and stationed on sentinel duty around the house and Description Ste eiteney the Prison- ‘HE HAS BEEN AN ALMOST DAILY VISITOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER A CONSULSHIP. toa Star reporter. He has tried on several oc casions to pass himself off as a newspaper re- Porter. He is a German, short in stature. His by the wits of an insane beat, He came to see the President shortly after he was and has since TWO CENTS Who Iam? Iam oneof the men who made Gar- field President.” Col Crook told Mr. Brown of this. Mr. Brown informed htm of the true char- acter of Guiteau, and he was not allowed iiber- ‘ues thereafter with the White House stationery. ‘He has not been at the White House for about a week. Last Tuesday he met one of the employes, and was very particular in inquiring when the road. He several times approached THE STaR reporter at the White House. He has an idiotic grin on his face at times. One day he told the Teporter that this was “s H—LL OP A GOVERNMENT.” “The people are no better than slaves,” he sald. He has also haunted the State depar’- ment in search of his consular position in France. He is as well known there as at the White House. Secretary Blaine knows him Well, a8 he has worried him a good deal about the place he wants. He would stop the Secre- tary while the latter was going to or from his carriage. The President’s Dispatch to Mrs. Garfield. While the President was lying at the depot the following dispatch was sent: Mrs, Garfield, Biberon, N.J.: The Presicent wishes me to say to you from ‘him that he has been seriously hurt. How se- riously he cannot yet say. He is himself, and hopes you will come to himsoon. He sends his love to you. A, F. Rockwau FOUR YEARS AGO. ; It may be remembered that when President Hayes was about being inaugurated a party from Chicago named Myers came here and threatened to assasinate him, but was arrested by Detective Mcvevitt and locked up. Mrs. Garfield Sent For. A special train was ordered by Assistant Adjutant General Corbin from Philadelphia to Long Branch for Mrs. Garfield. The Excitement in the City. HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED, ‘The news of the attempted assassination of the President was spread upon the streets with lightning-like rapidity. At Orst the news Was received with incredulity. People could hardly believe that it was true. Little groups were formed along Pennsylvania avenue and 15th street from the Capitol to the White House, eagerly discussing the thousands of rumors which were afloat. Detalis were searched for with hungry avidity. Hundreds of persons rushed frantically to the 6th-street Gepot to learn whether the truth was as bad a8 the reports. Mounted messengers from the departments dashed furiously up and down the Avenue, shouting the news they had ro- ceived to the passers-by upon the pavement. Carriages of every description were called into requisition, and the drivers galloped their horses to and fre bearing the rumors which Were glven out from those supposed to possess accurate knowledge. One mounted messenger from the Treasury department rode up 15th street telling the anxious crowds that lined the sidewalks that the President was dead. On every hand were heard expressions of the warmest sympathy with the family of the President and deep mutterings of wrath against his murderer. The telegraph offices were crowded with people engaged in sending bulletins of the President's condition to their friends. The brokers’ offices were filled with speculators awaiting the quotations of stocks froni New York. The market fell nearly tive Per cent all along the line of active stocks in sympathy with the sad news, and orders to buy and sell were filed wfth great rapidity. COMMOTION ON THE AVENUE—REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. It was almost impossible to learn accurate news of the President’s condition, as stories of the most contradictory character were circu- lated. At ten o'clock it became generally known that the President was not dead, and that there was a chance for his recovery. About 10:15 there was a great commotion along the Avenue. Word was passed from mouth to Mouth with much greater rapidity than a horse could fly, that the President was being removed from the depot to the White House. ‘The crowds rushed to the curb and awaited the approach of the procession. First came the mounted policeman on a gallop, about sixty yards in advance of the police ambulance, In front of and surrounding the ambulance were eight other mounted officers. The vehicle was drawn by @ pair of grey horses, which, under the lash of the driver, went at full gallop up the south side of the Avenue. Col. Corbin, of the Adjutant General's office, sat on the seat by the driver, and three or four men hung to the steps in the rear. Several physicians pre- ceded the calvacade in carriages, and the rear Was covered by four mounted officers. The gates at the east entrance of the White House grounds, south of the Treasury building, were thrown cpen as the ambulance approached, and the mournful procession entered. Tne crowds of people on foot, who ran at full speed behind the escort, were prevented from entering the grounds by the closing of the gates, and policemen stationed at every en- trance te prevent people from invading the grounds. The ambulance was driven to the south entrance of the building, and the wounded President was carefully carried to ‘he northwest chamber on the second floor. TROOPS ON DUTY, Before President Garfield was taken from the Gepot word was sent to the arsenal, and four foot batteries and a mounted detachment of a ight battery, numbering tn all apout one hun- dred and fifty men, was ordered en duty. Some of the soldiers were stationed about the depot, and others were sent to the White House grounds, A CHEER WAS GIVEN from the waiting crowds on 15th street as the soldiers entered the grounds, The foot men staqged their guns in front and to the east of the building, and sentries were detailed to pa- trol the grounds. The policemen at the gates were very strict in prohibiting the admission of Visitors. There were hundreds of people in front INQUIRIFG WHEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD LEAVE. | President would leave {and by what train and | | accompanied by one of his secretaries, imme 4 lately cabled the English government news of the event, and he afterwards went to the White House to ascertain the precise condition Of the wounded President, and to express his deep sorrow at the sad event. The Japanese minister, Accompanied by an interpreter, was also among the early callers. TEE PRESIDENTS NERVE, Attorney General MacVeagh at 12 o'clock in- * formed @ Stax reporter that the life of the President depended upon the course the ball had taken,and that no one could tell until | after an examination had been made what the | result would be. If the spine had been touched | Or the abdomen perforated, death would, in all Pp ensue. If the Dall had pursued a | harmless course the President would recover. It was reported at the White House that Gan. Garfield bad expressed to those about him a determination not to die, and it was felt that his nerve and determination m'ght dp much to Later. THE PRESIDENT DYING The President Dying. SP. M.—Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, who has Just left the bedside of the President, says that there seems to be absolutely no nope of his rallying. His spmptoms are growing more and more alarming, and his death Is thought to be very near, Dr. Norris, of the Surgeon General's oMce says that he does not think the President can live until Mrs. Garfield reaches this city—about. 5 o'clock. See 4th Extra. THE DYING PRESIDENT BULLETINS FROMTHE WHITE HOUSE THE MEDICAL CONSULTATION. FACTS ABOUT GUITEAU, THE LEGAL INQUISITION. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST LYNCHING) ANEYE WITNESS DESCRIBES THE SHOOTING. The President's Wound and Con- dition. WHAT DR. LINCOLN Says, ‘The statement that Dr. Lincoln sent a Gis- Patch from the White House, giving the opinton that the President could not live two hours, is entirely unfounded and uutrae, Dr. Portant part. Soon after the wound ceived the President complained of colicky pains in the abdomen, which indicate penetration of that cavity; but that complains of a good deal of pain in the feet, which would indicate a possible injury to tne spinal column, though it may have been only ajartothecolumn. At 11% o'clock am. re- action had come on, and the President was quite comfortable, At three o'clock the sur- geons are to meet again to make further ex- amination, if reaction will warrant it. After that the surgeons can tell more about the wound.” The Presidents Case Almost Hope less. 2:30 P.M.—Dr. Bliss, who has been with the Preaident since he received the wound, has just eald that he considers the President's case almost hopeless. His pulse has gone up to - 126, and the internal hemorrnage which was feared has setin. Dr. Bliss fears the President will not live until the arrival of Mrs. Garfeld, : Ha it Hi i Ht i i 3 Ht si i bite ie | | | & HG : 5 # SE, } ; E i § 8 3 E | i it ‘ i