The New Era, 1881-07-14, Page 2July 14,1881.
ME TRAGEDY.
The Terrible' Event- \OH Agitates
the United States,
PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CONDITION.
Condu.ot of His
Loving Wife.
:THE ASSASSIN'S LIFE.
'Full Detaih of His Erratio Career from
— }iron° East
THE QUEEN OYMPATHISE S.
A -National Holiday Turned Into
it Day ofMourning.
WASSINoToN, July 2.—Probably no event
• in the history of the United States o• f
America, since the murder of President
• Lhicoln, sixteen years ago, has so shocked,
not alone the American people, hut, jiidgilag
• from the tone of the . thousands of tele-
• graphic despatches . which pour into this
city, the people of -the whole civilized, world,
aa • than the oruel and wanton, and at present
indications phew successfal, attempted
assassination of President Garfield. Pre.
aident Garfield has for nearly a'fortnight
• past been with hia family taking a little
recreation at Long B ranch by the seaside. Of
his doings there,and his chance meeting with
General Grant, the •public have been
informed. A. few days since the discharge
of executive duties compelled his attendance
at the capital. This morning he intended
to return to his wife thad family at Long
Branch. For that purpose be entered the
depot of the Baltimore Sc Potomac Rail-
way, arm in arm with /Ion. Ma. Blaine,
Secretary of State. The two passed thus
through the ladies' room and it was while
leaving it that the assassin Gitteau rushed
up and shot at him 'twice, the shots .taking
effect as detailed in Saturday'e despatches
to -the TIMES..
AN ETE-WITNERI STATES
•
I was coming down Penn avenue when I
aaw a „carriage coming up the avenue. The
horses were running so fast I thought they
were running away. just as the carriage
arrived in front of me saran pat his head
out of the Window and said; "Feeter,laster,
fatter, ii -an it l" After hearing this remark
I thonglit there ‘ratist he 'something Wrong
rind. ran alter the, Carriage. - When it
reale& the depot the man jumped outand
entered the ladies' room. He had net
been there more than three minutes. when
the President arrived. He stepped out of
his opariage and entered the Miele' room.
The President; after pasEliag throughthe
doer, was just turning the corner of a seat
when the assassin, whowas standing' 'on
the left ot the door, fired the- ball whieh
strithk the•Preeident in the back. Rs fell
forward. I ran into the depot. Then he
fired again while the President waa
AutS..GAREIELL's oursE., •
the large Multitidee in various places, there
was danger of a riot only once. That was
just after the capture of Critteau, The
orowd outside the depot was fortunately
small at that time or the assatsin would
never have lived to come to trial.
The lerimener'a 11(donfier.
, WAsinserox, •jay 8.—The Librarian of
the 14avy Department informs the Atter,
ney-General that Gateau was ()lie of
Farwell's aupporters in the effort to break
the unit rule hi the Chicago Convention,
and says Gritteau was in the habit of
calling at the librarian's room and telling
how he ha;d, been treated by Blaine,
Charles jules Gateau, who shot the
President, is a native of Illinois, and a son
of La N. Gitteau who for many years till
his death, whieh occurred two years since,
has resided in Freeport, 111. About twenty-
five years ago the father, accompanied by
Charles, then about 16 years. ad, left
Freeport and joined the Oneida Commu-
nity at New York, The father remained
with the Community a short time and
returned, ta Freeport. The son remained
in the Community Oeveral years, and next
turned up in Chicago as a lawyer. When
a boy, and up to his arrival in Chicago, be
was ktaown at Charles Julep Gitteau, but
changed his name, droppingthe Jules. after
reacthing Chicago. Waehington
two yearssince lecturing on • "Second
Adventism," in wIhich, at the time, he pro-
fessed to be a firm believer. A. gentleman
who met him then pronounced -him a lima -
tic on that enbjeet.
The theorrhas many adherents that the
attempted assassination was not the worlk
of a lunatic, but the result of a plot much
deeper and darker then has been sus-
pected. . It is said that Gitteau arranged
with a hackman beforehand to be in
• readiaess .to drive him °swiftly in the
direction of the Congressional Cemetery
as soones he returned froni the depot. In
the meantime he had the bundhke.f. pallets
.placed in the hands of a boy,- with a
view, it is maintained, of creating a belief
in his insanity in the event of capture. He
cane here in•Febreary Withrecorarnendaa
tions from various parties in Illinois to
secure the Consulship to Marseilles. He
stopped here at a, Well-known boarding-
house. The boarder a disliked and avoided
him as mph .as possible. He acted
strangely at tithes. :When his bill was pre.
eentecl he clould not pay and left the house.
He stated that he expected a 06,000 position
and would soon pay. General Logan, who
was a hoarder at the house, said the man
was crazy. Gitteau was a great bother to
Logan, so persistent was he in his efforts to
secure that gentleman's •assistance on his
behalf. Since he left the above house he
has been stopping at various- places, but
never anywhere a great length of tithe, be-
cause of lack of funds. He told his fellow -
boarders that he expected to be .appointed
Ministerto France,but did ncit desire it to be
known. Gitteaulasleen atepping for the
last six Weeks, with no baggage but &paper
box, _in a .house on Fourteenth street. . He
said on' his, way to jail that the President's
assassination was .premeditated, and he
went to Long Branch for the purpote of
shooting him there, ha was deterred by,
• the enfeebled, saddened condition of Mrs.
Garfield; which appealed; strongly to his
sense of humanity. Those by whom pit.
teau has been examined sincethe shooting
• gays he shows notymPtems of ithanity.
is iinderstood that the letter.; whiela has
..already Veen telegraphed as addressed to.
the White House is . the only document in
the collectiOn which supports the theory of
insanity. It is reported :that he had aa
accomplice, whose description is in the
hands of the police, : .
TITh : MIEFMATABLy ORAzr ASsASSIN IN •
• M.rs. Garfield was grief-stricken Whenehe
received the sad news at Long Branch, and
notwithstanding that judiciously, worded
despatches of a • hopeful tcind were fie?
fluently -forwarded to her, hergaief laeoeme
• almost hysterical.. . She left Long Branch
for Washington' shortly afternoon, and
reahed that • city about 6 giolppk.
At 7 Blaine telegraphed to Vice-presi-
dent Arthur at New York that the Presi-
dent was able to recognize andconverse with
hia-wifealutrathat—ip the—judgment-of hie
physicians be was rapidly • sinking.
• Throughout these trying hours the Prem.
dent% mind was perfectly unclouded, end:
when- conaciaiS he conversed freely with
those -around hie bedside.Previous to his
Wife'a arrival the President slept. quietly. •
LATER AT MHZ
•
As the evening advanced it was 'noticed
that the President became worse, and at
13;25 p. m. itwas annoulacedthat he was
agien sinking rapidly, and there was 'little
if any hope. Indeed this appeared to be
the result of the Medical consultation.
Later,. however (at 9.20 p. m.), hope was
again &rotated by the oireumstanee that the
President had rallied a little and the symp-
totes were mere favorable. • "
othana;
in the kick -room - 'did not betray the
slightest evidence of emotion. .The Presi-
dent spoke:to her in a whisper, audible to
the end of the room. The Physician
, decided that•it was unwise that • the. inter-
view sholilnitill heYond'a •few minutes,
and 'persuaded Mrs. Garfield to leave fig •
the time being. When she left the room
she completely broke down . andsobbed
aloud' most piteously." Mrs. Garfield
pleaded for a sewed interview with her
husband, which was acceded toby the
physioians. .The room' was cleared, and
She, with: some other members of the
' farnily, reitheined half an hour with the
President. During :this period the first
favorable .symptoms were •exhibited, and
from that moment apto,•12 ()Week every-
thing looked brighter.
• . Tam Mon AND OITTEAV. •
Xua: You July 3. -The Sun's Washing-
ton special earl: Gitteau, when arrested,
said," It is all right." The expression was
heard incorrectlyrand was supposed to be,
"I oat & Stalwart." The prisoner was not
long in police headquartersbefore it became
• evident that that was no.safe ptiee for
himit a wild angry mob collecting outadei
aurging •and hooting, and mingled with
. other. cries Were,. "Lynith him," " Lynch'
bim." .Heheardthese cries, but paid no
.attention to them. Of all persons in the
•'police headquarters none seemed lea eon
-
caned than he. A passing cab was hailed,
and in a thoment Gideon was huatled into
it, and the driver directed to malie
all haste to , the jail. The wild
mob followed the carriage, crying,
" Lyuch him," Lynch him." The
driver lathed Me heroes hitt) foam, and Sue.
ceeded in getting ahead of the mob. • In a
few reoinents.Gitteau was eafely lodged in
jail. The President yesterday asked Blaine
what he supposed was the motive which
actuated Gitteau. • The Secretary replied
that it was evidently the act of a maths°,
and esked Garfield if he had any emplane-
tithi, The President smiled and replied,
" I. Mappers° he thought it Weald be a glorioull
thing to be a pirate king."
The World's Washington speeial ear;
notwithstanding the tremendoUS (Mate-
inent that poSeesSed.the day yesterday and that they. Were on the track Of the wrong hardly a Mail in this Country Whet seemed
'
man. It .seems there were two Charles
Gittesais in the city, both lawyers, and both
from their known fanaticism of oliatacter
capable of almost any mad act, Gitteauis
desctibed by the lawyera as having beep a
" ahyster," whatever, practice be had being
in the lower criminal gouda. He waa
regarded as weakminded, and at one time
was a fanatic on temperance, and delivered
a lecture at the NEethodist Church -en that
eubjeot. Failiug to pay the Tribune for
its advertase,ment, that paper wrote
laina up as a freed, and was sued
by him /or lilbel. The rant never came to
anaissue, He wrote a pamphlet on the
04 second Comingof Christ," which was
published as a curiosity. He exhibited no
tangible symptoms of insanity, but was at
all times a sorpewhab.. acentrio, nervous,
excitable individual One Of his proclivi-
ties was to followand persecute with hie
attentions refigeotable young ladies to whom
he might get introductions. At one time
he was in an ualy predicament with an
attorney in connection with a young lady
who was thus pestered beyond endurance.
The attorney throttled him in his office,
and threatened to give him a horsewhip-.
phg if be did not promise to desist, and the
promise was given, He had not been heard
•of for quite a, while in thia region. It is
mild that his father is President of the
•Second National—Bank of Freeport. -T-he
family is of Italian descent, but Gitteau
always °lamed to be Anienoan born. A
Milwaukee despatch credit a him with a
sunder career inthat city.
DIDN'T OUT; E 'PENSIoN.
WARUNoroN, July8.—Gitteau made
application for a pension two months, ago,
Upon his representation that he.'was a
soldier; the civil war glare Was investigated,
and the papers filed away with the endorse-
ment, " Insane."
• =mum EANATIOIsm.
• ,• SALT LAKE!' july 2.—People were -unable
te attend tobusiness on hearing. of the
attempt on the President's life. Gentiles
and Mormons, as a rale, are indignant, but
tuisi 01 Omfatter say it is the judgment of
God on Garfield raising hie hand against
the Mormons,. .
RAVES' Rummell Or Tau NEW,S.
Fammonr, Ohio, July S.—Ex-President
Hayes was greatly shocked by the news of
the shooting of Garfield. He said that
while ia office be received many threaten -
pig letters. ••
THE XEWS ALBANY.
• • ArMANT, anly 2,—The announcement :of
•the assassination of Gagfield created the
most intense excitement. The clergymen
' opening the • prOceedings :in each . House
referred to the tragical event, and invoked
the Divine aid for the recovery of the
President:
• oAerrELD's ISCiTHER's rrinsENTruENT.
• The officers of the jail have -refused to
admit reporters to interview Gateau.
They say that they. are acting under
the orders of the Attorney -General. At
.first . the officers .emphatically denied
that the man wain jail, as they had
haformation that the jail 'would be attacked
.by a mob. A large guard of regulars from
the barracks and Metropolitan paha° will
• go to the jail to thiaelany attack. Gitteau has
a sandy complexion•and is slight, weighing
not more than 135. pentads. He wears a
moustache and light chin whiskers, and
has sunken cheeks,.and his eyes ire so far
apart from each other as to give him
sullen or gloomy appearance; An officer at
the jaikathought—Gitteau was-a—Chicago-
cornmunist. When'the prisoner arrived at
the jail he was neatly -attired in blue and
wore a drab hat Pulled down over his eyes;
giving him the appearance of an ugly j
character. The two ailere now guarding
the Celt say that they saw him around the
• jail several' times recently, and On one
°miaow he appeared to • be under the
• influence Of liquor, On one visit Gitteau
reached the rotunda of the building,
,where, he waghoticed' exanaining the
scaffold from Which the Hirth murderere
vrexe hanged. - •• .
:main is SAx.p or /int in Sew son
• limy:Yong, jay 2.—Gitteau, a few yea
ago, was ,practising law in this city, and
was in the habit of taking °lama to collect
on shares—namely, to receive. for his ser-
vices half the premeds. Gitteau used to
'make sufficient collections. to sedure his
half, but the -client never obtained .any-
thing. He was exposed by the Herald with
.regardle the whole proeeeding,, and Git-
teau, finding New leak too hot to hold
him, went West. From Chicago heaVrote
to J. G. Bennett demanditig .4100,000 foe;
libel, but failed to get the Motley. He
wrote Bennett again, intimating that if he•
would engage in a certain newspaper enter-
prise with hime the claim for 41,90,000
would be wiped out. • Whilehere he tocik
charge of a case for a lady on Fourteenth
street atd Secured a judgment • for 6900:
The judgment was 'attached on the ground
of :fraud, and although the fraud could not
be proven the Court set aside the judo:nett.
It is understood that many of his Jegal
practices were of the same order.
• MS SaICAGO CAREER. , .
tralCAGo, j'uly 2.—Charles S. 6itaati is
the correct name of the would-be assassin.
• He lived here several years and , acquired
an utteriviable reputation; He was at oils
time on the point of marriage With an eati-
inable 'Young lady, but his character
i
became kaowt just n time to prevent Such,
a calamity to the lady 'ad her family.
Gitteau left town immediately after thise,
POT pane months he seemed to 'have. no
visiblemans of support. He preached or.
lectured on religious and Social subjeets,
upon which he was an enthusiast. XTe
started here as a lawyer, but failed utterly;
and then tried to lift himself into hotoriety
by lecturing on religion one evening each
week. His Card in the newspaper is pro:
dueed to.day, and is a curiosity. He bored
the neWpapere by trylag to get his menu -
script printed. After • /ailing as ' &
lecturer he began life as Et. tremp
of the more tespeetable order.' He was
branded. by the.. Efotel.keepers' Associa-
tion as a dead, beat.' Re ,is 8,6 or 40 years
• old. Ris whole appearance was that of a
dandified man of small mental calibre. Re
was unusually fond of notoriety and would
go any length to get hie name in the papa.
Ile Wen arrested here Once for embezzle-
ment. It was Atilt supposed that Gitteau
Wat the tvell-knahl Socialitit of that narcie,
.0.41a the noon papeas appeared -with his full
Watery, but it Was subEiequently learned
Soma:, Ohio, July 2.; --On receipt of the
intelligence that the President was shot
Mrs. Larabee, the President's sister, with
whom his mother has •beet? • staying, sent
her •over to . Mrs. Trowbridge's, another
Biker, a quarter of a mile away, .out of
hearing of the dreadful newel'. She has
been prostrated same days in consequence
of the death of Thomas Garfield, and only
this morning was informed of the death of
Mrs. Arnold, the Presideut's cousin, who
died yesterday. It was feared the report
of.the death a James won*" kilt.he,r,..
morning Mrs. Garfield said;.“ I thepect some-
thing is going to happen to James' family."
Mr. Larabee " Blether, don't worry ;
I -think the trouble to Jaime farnily
passed," alluding to Afrs. Garfield's illness.
The mother replied, "No, I feet something
is going to happen to James.? She,after-
wards reiterated her.presentiment to Mrs.
Trowbridge, • adding, "Accidents never
come Singly; and I: feel something. is going
• to happen James." • -Before Garfield tett
•for Washington in iMarch, Larabee Warned
hina to take bare of .himself.' Gerfield's
reply was," I am no coward, and. I can't
•have abodYguard about me all the time."
The sisters have. agreed to keep the news
from Mrs. darfielclatleastnatil to -morrow
This will make the fifth death in the Garfield
• family within as. matiy Months. • The
farmers entirely suspended work, and
• gathered in from the crossroads to the
railroad awaiting bulletins. • The feeling
• everywhere is one of deep . sorrow and
. .
•depresaion.,. • '
ExtEAlinio Tau NEWS To Hill :UMBER:
at sunrise yesterday more ,safe from mur-
derous asaault. Garfield was immeasurably
more popular yesterday than when the
ballots of the nation Made him
President. Booth pat into his bloody
deed the malignant spite of thousande
of beaten rebels. His deed stands in his.
tory as the cap -sheaf of the rebellion. So
the spirit of faction which fired the shot
yesterday gave in at act the meet
complete revelation olpite aaraCter. Never
again will any man ory, am a Stalwart
of Stalwarts.' Never again Will the blind
and furioue fanaticism of a faction seem to
sane men a thing to boast of. This horrid
flash of light, which shows how narrow is
the dividing Hoe between factions, frenzy
and Mexican assassination, will bring an
end, let us hope, te a most shameful phase
of partisanslup in this country."
The TVorld says : The blow was struck,
not by the wretched assaseia who now
awaits puniahtnent, but by the people of
the 'United States themselves, who made
such a crime possible byneglect of the duty
of the constitution. The people suffered:
public service gradually to become a great
political bonanza, abandoned by common
consent to be the prize of the greediest and
least honorable of the 0i:immunity, Twice
within ten years they have permitted the
Presidency to be thrown for with loaded
Nor RRESIDENT," BUT FATHER."
• After the President realized that be bad
been seriously hurt his first thought- was
for his family. "My poor wife and child-
ren," he exclaimed, when upon opening his
eyes be saw .Mr. Blaine bending over him.
Santa 3.—The mother of the
President felt better this morning; and the
news of the shooting of her son was broken.
to her. She was assured that the latest
news was favorable and' showed that the
Preilident was resting quietly and in a fair
way of recovery. • ." When did you hear
of this 7" she inquired of ler • daughter,
Mrs. Larabee. : "Yesterday noon, but we
thought best not to tell you. Mita news
was net as favorable as today."..• :" You
were very thoughtful. • I am • glad you
did not tell me," aid Kra. Garfield.
he bore up under the intelligence with
Itch fortitude. The 'despatches received
ere shown to her.• She read theni calmly
and •said : "How could anyliodY be so
old -hearted as to want to kill baby," ln•
general conversation she vondered-what
wee coming next, and inquired what :would
•probably be done with the assassin. On
some saying "Rang him," she replied,
" He deserves it." It being remarked that
•the news continued to grow favorable, she
said: "1 amglad to hear it, but I am
• afraid we.. are hoping .against fate. It
• seems terrible:" She dictated a message• .
saying she: was glad to hear James was
cheerful, that he should keep up good
spirits, and accept the love and sympathy
of mother, Sisters and friends.
mycelia:OJT from ihe (theca and ethers..
• Wasithierox, anly 2.—Sir Edward Thorn-
ton called..upon the Secretary of State,.
who was in attendance Upon the President
at the Executiveltansion, between 4.• and 5
a,nd delivered to him e oopy of, the
following despatch; with many exprepitions
of d'eep sorkow at the tragedy
To Sir Edward Thornton, Washington: .
LoNnow, -July 2, p.m.—Th it ttuo that Presi-
dent Garfield has been shot at? If so, *express
at once the great concern of Her Majesty's Gov-
ernment, and our hope that the report that he
sustained serious injury.is not true.
, (Signed) BAAL GRANTH,LE, FO/O1701 CHHCO.
• SiaEdward Thornton received and handed
Blaine the following from Baal Granville:
Tho Queen deshas you*will at once express the
'horror with Which sho learned oi the attempt
upon the ProaldenVe lifo and 'her earnest hope
for his recovery. Her Majesty. wishes full and
immediate reports as to his condition, ••
The following was also received. by the
ttritish Minister :
WINDSOR CASTLE, July S.—The Oueen is most
MIX/0th; tO learn the state 61 tlae President,
Please wire latest newt.
- (Signed) Slit PONsoNEY.
nen nix: :allows or Leinix.
A. /baggage from the Governor-Genet:61 of
Canada earl Vtaa greatly sheeked at the
dastirdly attenlpt on the President's life,
• He trusts the wound is not mortal.
. ,
• A EinamoNITioN.
Before the President left for Longl3ranch
he seemed to be unnaturally. distriteted.
He failed to recognize even old acquaint.
angers at first, and. frequently would. enter
into conversation with a person in an
abstracted way for some moments, .when he
would stiddenly realize wdao it Was, 'estid his
manner would change. Various causes are
•alleged, and, the matter was -regarded with
.apprehension :among his friends. So
Washington letter states.
SIBIILAR COES.
• Sixty-two - cases are on . record where
persons wounded during the late war in the
same way as the President recovered.
• A LONG ILLNESS' amain.
The Preme on the Outrage. ,
The Near York papers aresery outspoken
in regard to the crime mad the iriotive which
'prompted it. The most significant utter-
ances are Stage of the Tribune, which says:
"resident Garfield has been shot down
not by a politieal faction, but by a spirit
which a politica fitetion bag begotten aid
nursed. But for that itit there • Was
,
The Tines says ; "It is understood that
all that occurs in the treatment of
the wounded min is not made public.
The President at tines 'experiences
what he • terms' tigers' claws in
his feet and legs; to allay theee . pains
hyperdermic injections are retorted to.
The great danger the patient now contends
with is inflammation, which. is expected to
reach a culmination this morning. But
for the President's good,habits and robust
body the shook of the assault would have
ternaitiated fatally withia twenty-four hours. '
Hia recovery—should he recover-awill re-
quire a long tinie, during which he will be
forced to. remain in bed and he 'kept per-
fectly quiet. • All danger from internal
hemorrhage has now passed. ; The Presi-
dent's dispositionto talk freely is diseour-
aged as much at possible. The Cabinet
ladies are nearly worn out by their long and
anxious watobing.". -
'THE iiusoNEtt's SANITY.'
Cuiceao, July .4:=aitteau'if !Wafer -in-
law says tke:assaSsin has been examined
several times by physicians and pronounced
insane.
• Maratha), Conn., July 4.—Gitteau
figured here during the Moody and Speakey
revival four years ago, !Sitting on the plat-
form with the speakers and elergymen: He
wanted t� . institute- a aeries of meetings
here to—Eipeak on the second coming bf
Cariet. , He left lila boarding-house and. 8.
Writ Was issued for his body but be outran
the Sheriff... " •
•
. • .
• rnz PRESIDENT WARNED OF AN ATTACH.
"The N. Y. I'raune's Wadhhigton ;special
says: It is learned that the Preaident a few
days ago'avat warned to take Precautions to
proteot his person against a possible
assault, but he smiled at the suggestion,
Gitteau's letters to:Blp,ine were of a moat
threatening . character. •The • President
received a letter from Gitteau severely
• denouncing Blaine, and chargip'g the latter
with• the • responsibility for most of his
milifortunes:
AT ; 00-1311/1. • ..
. Mr..Conkling said to a party of gentle-
men :at the Fifth.Airenue.Hotel, N. Y. :
hardly know what to say. I was prepare
for almost any news rather than thi ;
When- 1 saw .that --despatch in Genera
.Axthur's hinds teadayl was almost stun:
.ned. 1 felt as if I could scarcelylabld my
breath. Gpdgiant that it be not true. • I
carinotyet bring Myself to believe it is as
bad aitwits first reported. • It is, if true,
the moat terrible seourge that has afflicted
the country since the murder of Lincoln,'
and all I 'have to say, further, gentlemen,:
is, may; 'Heaven help our country." •
• DOCTORS' DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.
The New York Telegram's Washington
special says The President lies Upon his
bed and moves -occasionally from his back'
to his side with the help of hia atm:ideas.
If nature be ;strong enough to bring him
through he will reeover ; if not he mut
die. Nothiiag the doctors can do 09,71 help
or save him. If 1:te lives through to-nior-
row, and blood-piaisoning :or mortification
does not set in, he will surely aurvive. The
contradictory reports with regard to Gar -
field's condition which emanated from the
White House last tight • wet° in :part the
result of a disgraceful controversy °cat -
:aimed by the attempt of certain doeters
not first called in to the case to force them-
selves in and have their views sent out in
the bulletins in,order to obtain the advan-
tage of publicity..
pecan. ow 'JULY Dint.
• There ware but few celebrations through-
-out the UnitedStates. A Buffalodeapatch,,
given below, might be duplicated with
regard to.many other cities: • The exer-
cises tell have taken place to -day were all
abandoned, and the Fourth passed bff in
the main very quietly. -
The following is a letter' •taken from
the assassin's pocket
eaietenOe Until WS Morning. The follow-
ing letter was found On the street shortly
after Gateau's Arrest in an envelope, Un-
sealed, and. addressed, "Please deliver
at once to Gen, Sherman or his first assist-
ant in ohargeof the WO DepartMent " ;
To Gen. Sherman :
I have just shot the President- I shot hike
several Vince, as I wished him to go as easily as
possible. giS death was a Political necessity.
IT= a lawyer, theologian. anu politician. I am
a Stalvvart of the Stalwarts. I was with Orant
end the rest et our men in New York during the
canvass. X am _going Please order out
your troops and take pOssession of the jail at
ence.—Veryreapeetfully, Pius. GutTEAv,
Gen. Sherman gave the letter the follow.
hag endorseMent ; Thia letter was handed;
me this minate by. Major Wm, J. Twining,
of S. Engineets, Commissioner of
the•Distriot of Celumbia, and Maj.Wm. Cr.
BMA; Chief of Police, I clatat know the
writer, and never heard of or saw him to
my know/edge."
new Garfield Averieil a Great Gahaukty.
• It was the morning after President
Lincoln's, assassination. ' The country was
exated to its most tension, and New
York Ci e ed ready for the scenes of
the 1' itch • volution. The intelligence
of Ti coin's murder had been flashed bY
the • ires over the whole land. Fear took
possession of -Ian's minda as to the fate
of the Gcidiernmerit, for in a few
houra the- news Attune: that —SUN/AI-WE
throat was out; and that attempts
had been made upon the lives of
other Governtnent officers. It wait a dark
and terrible hour. What might come next
no one could tell, and men speke with
bated breath. The wrath of the working-
men was aimply uncontrollable and
revolvers and knives were in the.'hands.
of thouaands of Lincoln's friends, 'ready, at
the first opportunity, to take the law into
their own halide and avenge the death of
the martyred President up.on•any arid all
who dared utter a word &gawk him. Fifty.
thoasand people orOwded around the
change Building, °ramming. and jam-
ming the streets, and. wedged in as tight
as milli could stand together, General
adjourn. And before the vote upon that
motion is te-ken I deitire to say a Jew wordia
This day, Mr, Speeker, will be sadly
memorable so long as this nation shall
endure, whish God grant may be
till the last syllable of recorded. time,'
when tht volume of human hietory
shall be Sealed up and delivered to
the Omnipotent Judge. In all future time,
on, the recurrence of thie day, I doubt not
that the citizens of tlaie llepublio will meet
in selenan assembly to reflect on the life
and character Cf Abraham Lincoln and.
the awful tragic event of April 14th, 1805
—an event unparalleled in the history of
nations, certainly unparalleled in our own.
It is eminently proper that this Raise
should this day place upon its records a
memorial of that event," After a brief
eulogy upon the late Preedeat and a
pathetic allusion to the oirownstances of
hist death, Mr. Garfield conclnded It
was no one man, who killed Abraham
Lincoln; it was the embodied opirit
of treasou and slavery, inspirited with
fearful* and despairinglate, that struck
him down in the moment of the nation's
supremest joy. Ala sir, there are times in
the history of men and nations where they
stand so near the veil that separates
mortals from the immortal, time from
eternity, and men. from their God, that• -
they an alrepat heaa.the beatingsand feel ,
the pulsations of the heart of the infinite.
Through such a, time bas '• •this
nation passed. • When '40,000 brave
spirits passed from the field of honor.
that thin veil to • the presence of
'God, and when at last its parting folds '
admitted the Martyr President to the com-
pany of the' dead heroes of the Bepublio,
the nation stood so near the veil that the
whispers of Gedwere heard by the children
. of men. Awe-stricken by His voice, the
.A.merican people knelt in tearful reverence
• and made a solemn covenant with Him and
with each other that this natkin alipuld be
saved from,its enemies, that all its glories
should be restored, and on the ruins of '
sla,very and treason the temples of freedom
and_justice should be built and should ant,-
Butlerrit--was --announcedr--laad -started- vive for ever, It remains liar 'us, cense:
from Washington and was ;either already
Nearly a hundred generals, judges, states- •
men, lawyers, editors and clergymen were
that great man and obeying the high be.
heat) of God; let usrenaetnber that •
He has' sounded forth ir, trumpet that shall never •
Be swift, niy soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my
slutll be completed. Following the lead of .
He is sifting out the louts of men before His •
judgment seat.
feet/
call retreat;
by that great event and under a
la the, city or expected .every moment. .orated
covenant with God, to keep that faith, to •
go forward with the great work until it
' For God is marching on.
At the el:inclusion of this peroration''.the
in the room waiting Butler's arrival. The
:fearfully solemn and swaying mass of
people:that blockaded the street preserved
for the most part a dead silence, or a deep,
ominous muttering ran like a rifling wave
up the street toward Broadway, and again,
down toward the river on the right. At,
length the batons et the police were seen
swinging' in the air, far up. in the left,
parting the crowd. and pressing it back th
make way fora carriage that moved slowly,
and With diffidulty jogged through the
• compact'multitude. Suddenly the silence
Was broken, and the ory of If Butler,
Butler 1" rang out, with •tremencloua
.and thrilling effect. But not a hurrah,
not one. It was the • . cay a a
great people asking to ' know :how
their President .died. Butler. 'Was '.pulled
through the crowd and entered_ the room.
'A tread crape, ia yard leria, hung frons his
left arm—terrible °entreat With the count
less, liege that were .waviag the .thetiori's
victory in • the breeze. It 'wag then fist
realized that Lincoln was dead: All were
in tears: " The only word Baler had was,
" Gentlemen, be. died in the ffilneili of his
.fitnie 1" and ashe Spoke his lips quivered;
and the tears ran fast down his cheek.
Dickintion, of this State, wes fairly.wild.
• The old man leaned over the iron
• of the balcony and. stood on the very edge,
.overhanging the' oravd,- gesticulating in the
.most vehement, manner, .aid next thing to
• bidding thei oroaid burn up the rebel need,
•rciot and branch.," By thill time the wave
of popular indignation had. swelled. to its
• crest. Two men lay lateeding,onthie, of the
side streetiathe one dead, the other next to
dying; One on the pavement, the other in
the gutter. • They had said' a moment
'before that :"Lineoln ought, to hays been
shot long ago," They were nOt'alleslyed to
Say it again. , . • '
A telegram has just been reed •from
Washington, Seward is dying." Just then
et Man stepped forward.With a small flag in
his hand and beckoned to the -crowd.
"Another telegram . from Wathingten."
And :thee, in the awful stillnees of the
crisis, taking advantage of the hesitation of
the crowd; whose steps had been arrested
9. moment, a rigffrasfrwasliftediskywarda
• and voice, clear and needy, 'loud...and
distinct, spoke out .•
• AN EtECTRIC APPEAL.
• . •-auly 2ncl, 1881.
Wo White Howe • • ,
The *President's tragic death was a Sad
necessity, but it will unite the Republican party
and Save the itenublic. Dife is a flimsy dream,
and it matters little when ono taus. A human
life is °Lateen value. During the war thousands
of brave bays went down without rt tear. I pro-
state the Ptesident was 8 Christian, and he will
be happier in Pal•adise than hero. It 'will be no
worse for •Mrs. Clarfleld, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way than by
natOral death, Ite IA liable to go anytime, any/ -
way. I had no ill will towards the President.
Ilis death was a political necessity. X am a
lawyer, theologian and politician. I am a Stal-
wart of the Stalwarta. Xmas with Grant and the
rest of our men in No York during the canvass.
I have some papers for the press, which I shall
leave with Byron Andrews anti his co-jourttalists,
Et 1,420 Neiv York °senile, whore all reporters
can see them, 1 am going to jail,
:Signed) • finks. GarnAn.
The pipe* referred t� abOVe have not
yet bowl given out for publication. Byron
Andrews, Who is the Washington corresa
pendent of Chia and thil Chicago Inter.
Ocean, says while it is trill) a 'nick.
age of • papers are in the hands
of the police, adcompatied by a note aching,-
oed to himself, he has 00 acquaintance
with Guiteau, and neve t heard of his
'House silentlyadjourned.
•
NARROW ESCAPE or DIRS.. GARFIELD.
• Railroad men say it was alraost a, mir-
acle• • that the train which brought Mrs.
Garfield to Washington was not Wreeked
and all on board killed., A. parallel rod on
the side of the' engine broke while the
• wheels were' making 250 revolutions A
minute. The rod is 12 feet long, 6 inches
wide and 4 thick. •The broken rod beamed -
whites -oh revolution of the wheels, tore up
the ties, and considerably damaged. the '
engine. The train...ran two miles before a,
atop could be effected, so great WEB the
momentum attained. As the train flew by
Bowid sto,tion the splinters of' the shattered
ties filled the air.
DOOOING LIIS
• The Times' Waihington opecial flays it
'appears.Quitteawfollaviaid the President on •
Friday eight from the White House to e
Blaine's residence. Guitteau.then intended
to sheet the President,, but said he .. •
concluded it would. he more glorious. to •
assaseinete labia:inbreed daylight in &public
• •
!The altuaderieral Condition.
• The Poit's Washingten special saYs
Col. ()rocker, jail warden,. says Guitteau
passed a restlees night,. and arose thie •
morning with bloodshot eyes and some.•
nerfous, but Ste a hearty breakfast.
He said to Cr:sailer that.he 'would like just
one square meet from a hotel. He appears -
very .anxious about .Garfield's condition;
and earnestly lopes he will die, so that the •
Republican party may be unit. He says
he does not fear for himself,. as he knows
the• Stalwarts' will. take care of him.
Crocker regards him as fanatic on poli-:
"iiISS7—Hinfays OD Nowt, tiOjeuts—the-man4-H'
• ." Fellow Citizens! Clondsand darkness
are 'round about 'Hitaa 1 • His pavilion is
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies!
Justice and judgment are the establiehment
of His throne I ;Mercy .aila truth .shall go
before •His face! . Fellow pitizene r God
rei68and the Governraent at Washington
still lives 7 •
The effect was tremendous. The crowd
.astood riveted to the ground .in awe, gazing
at the motionlees orator and thinking of
God and the security of the Government in
• that hour. As he boiling wave subsides
and settles to the sea when some strong
wind beats it down, so the.tumult of the
,people sank and became still. All took it
at a iliaine &am IC WAS triutaph 'of
elaquerice insphed bythe morient,•such Is
falls'to but one rostia'S let, and that but
once in a century. Demosthenes, never
equalled it . What might have ,happened
had the surging' mad maddened mob been
let loose, none oan tell. The nian for. the
crisis was on the apot, more potent than
Napoleon's guns at Paris. • That orator
was G-eneral jaraes A. Garfield, of 'Ohio,
and in•this hour We would like to repeat
his own mbmorable words: .
Wilkes,Booth's Great crime.
PrSsicThnt Abialaam• Lincoln Was shot'
and killed by 3'cihn Wilkes Booth at 9.30
p.m., April 1.4, 1865, while sitting in e
private hex in Faws theatte, Washington,.
with Mrs, Lincoln, Mrs. Harris and Major
Eathbone. poahentered the boa from
behind, placed the Pistol close to the Presi-
dent'saer and fired, the ball entering the
brain. 'Major Eathbone, who attempted to
stop the assassin, wasstabbed 'in the
• arra. •• The ,Presidept was removed
to • the house of Mr. Petersen, on the
opposite side- of Tenth street, where htt
lingered 'until , death, which occurred at
twenty-two minutes past 7 on the morning
of April 15. The last words• written by
Mr. Lincoln were on a card given te Mr.
Ashman, who nailed at the WhiteRouse
about half past Ion the evening of the 14th:
The card reed:
•
Allow htr. Ashman and friend to canto te nao at
a. m. tO•nmrrow.,
• .• A. Liacout.
apti114,1858,
Asa John Wilkes Both starting to the
stage from the box he wee head to exclaim,
"Sia ttemper tyrannua 1" and "The South
is avenged l" The details of the trial and
execution of the assassin are too familiar
to the general reader to require recapitula-
tion.
• Garfield on the ItIttrder of Lineolti.
The oftloia report in the Congrecsional ,
Becord of Saturday, April tith,1865, recites
that Mr., Garfield, in the 'Howse of Repro.
entatives, after prayer "bF Chaplain 130yn:
top, moved to dispense with the reading of
the Tournalond said "Mr. Speaker, I.
desire to move :that this House donow
talks brightly and intelligently. He' does •
hotregard him as insane by any means, but
thinks he is not a man with a correct
jadgment on all. points. A photographer, .
visited the jail yesterday to take a picture
of Guittean. Guitteau at first objected,
saying he desired to have it taken in first-
claati style by the best photographer in the
country. Being informed. that thephoto•
-
gra,pher was one of the best, he consented,
and was brought down from his cell by '
Crocker and his assistants. He iDIMS:
dietely walked up La the photographer and
said, "i.am the person who wants his
photogrepts. • Now I want' you , to do
me • full • justice. See that • yeir" get
the correct expression of my •eyes." 'He
buttoned • up his coat; brushed back
his hair with his hands, and arranged
hia necktie. He took a. standing- position • -
by a chair, with his head thrown back, and
aseuiniag. an air' of great, • importande,
inquired if that was not an excellent pod- •
Eon. Being told he WaS standing 'rather .
stiffly, Guitteau told the photographer he
supposed he knew his own business, and'
could arrangelaimaelf to suit himself. Eight
.different styles of pictures were taken.
The wipreindon of. Gmitteatt's 1 ace, 0/s-/./.
shown in photographs, is not that of an
insane man, ncr yet thet of an. ,intelligent
man. The face is.unshaven, the eyes large
and apparently grey, • and.; the hair cut
rather close,. • • '••
'Some excitement was octasioneci in New
York yesterday by the reported discovery "
of a plot to take' Conkling's life. All sorts
of.similitr wild rumors are afloat. Otte •
thing does appear certain, and theta is that
Conkling deems it advisable to keep away
from Albany just now, at •the popular
feeling against hire in the New York State
capital is ao iatense that setae of the more
unreasonable citizens are prepared.to
• him a warm reeeption.
M1. 4flarfiel4V9 Titaverr.
• The President waited anxiously for his
Wife's arrival,. which was delayed by the
breaking down of .the engine seventeen
miles outside of Washington. At 6.30p.m.
on Saturday Hrs. Garfield was met by her .
son, James A. Garfield, jun., Mrs. James,
and Attortioy-General IllaVeagh. She
plaeed her hands in those of Mrs. James,
and directing a piercing inquiry into her
eyee, exclaimed interrogatively, "Well 2"
"Oh, everything is going on beautifully,"
said Mrs. jamea, in reply," only he must
not be excited. You, must he verycalm when
you meet Vim".• Mrs. Garfield had nerved"
herself for the ordeal, and she answered
simply, but with great firmness, "1 OR/I do
it." The party then went sadly up the
stairs, young Janles A. Garfield with hi•s
arm about Ins mother's waist. Arrived in •
the library, everybody but BIM Garfield -
paused, and the doetors Withdrew with '
bowed heada from thePreilident'sohanber,
Mrs. Garfield passed quickly in, and the
door was clotted. Of that solemn meetiag
betWaten husband and wife no reebril will
over be given. The two were alone