DAILY
TOWANDA REVIEW.
VOLUME 11, NO. 278.
The Daily Review.
Towanda, Pa.. Monday, July 4, 1881
Second Edition.
FOUR O'CLOCK, IP. JS/L.
The following additional telegrams con
cerding the condition of the President
have been received to-day :
Latest Bulletin!
12 :30, A. M.— lndications not so favor
able.
5 :00, A. M. —Symptoms worse. Recov
ery doubtful.
7:00 A. M. —President sinking.
0 :45, A. M. —New York and Philadel
phia physicians approve treatment. Con
dition more favorable.
SOME ENCOURAGEMENT!
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1 :15, P. M.
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There is 110 material change in the con
dition of the President. Dr. Agucw of
Philadelphia, who came here to consult;
with the resident physicians, says that in
his judgment there are some features of
the case that are extremely encouraging.
The kidneys and intestines are entirely ;
uninjured. The liver is lacerated to some
extent, and the large nerves leading from j
the spine to lower extremities have been I
so injured as to cause pain in the feet and
the patient is slowly gaining strehgth to
meet rhe secondary inflammation when it
occurs. As yet there is 110 evidence and
nothing to indicate that it will be of any
extraordinary extent.
lIOW IT WAS DONE.
Of those who actually saw the shoot
ing of the President by Charles Guiteau
Mrs. White, the woman in charge of the
waiting room where the tradgedy occur
red, was the flrst to reach the wounded
President, and she gives the following
details :
"I saw the whole thing. The man i
came in the east door just as the Presi- 1
dent entered the middle door from B st. '
When he approached within five feet of i
the President he fired, aiming, I- thought, j
at the heart and missed him. The Presi
dent did not appear to notice him, but j
walked right 011 past the man. lie fired
again and the President fell, lie fell at
the turn of the second row of seats. I
was the first fo reach him and lifted up
his head. The janitor rushed in and call
ed the police. 1 held him till some men
came and lifted him up, He did not
speok to me or to any one until a •
young boy, who I think was his son, came.
After he had vomited I think he said
something to him. When he was lifted
upon the mattress he spoke or groaned. .
No words passed between tho President
and the man who did the shooting. The
man walked deliberately out of the cen
ter door, where somebody headed him :
off; he turned and started back the way
he came and tvas seized at the door by ,
the police. I have seen the man once or
twice before. One time in particular. I
noticed him a few days ago; he prome- 1
nadedjup and down just as he did to day,
wiping his face, apparently excited. I
thought he was waiting for some friends. ]
This morning he waited here half an 1
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hour, walking up and down. There were
few people in the room when the shot was
fired. All the passengers had gone out.
I think there was a geutlemou standing
near the door."
j There is 110 doubt the assassin is a lu
natic and that the blood}' deed was pre
meditated.
Among the numerous messages of con
dolence forwarded to the White House,
were the following:
NEW YORK, July 2.
To tho Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of
State. Washington: Your telegram, with its
deplorable narrative,did not reach me prompt
ly, owing to absence. I am profoundly
shocked at the dreadful news. The hopes
you express relieve somewhat the horror of
the tirst announcement. 1 wait forjfurther
intelligence with the greatest anxiety. Ex
press to the President and those about him
my great grief and sympathy, in which the
whole American people will join.
C. A. ARTHUR.
GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, N. Y.
To Gen. W. T. Shearman, Washington I
trust that, the assault 011 the life of the Presi
| dent to-day may not have fatal consequences,
; and that in the interests of the country the
act may be shown to have been that of a
1 madman. Thanks for your dispatch and for
your promise of further information.
W. S. HANCOCK.
ELBERON, N. J., July 2.
To Secretary Lincoln. Washington: Please
dispatch me the condition of the President.
News received conflicts. I hope the most fa
vorable may be confirmed. Express to the
President my deep sympathy and hope that
he may speedily recover. U. S. GRANT.
Queen Victoria also sent expressions
I of deep sympathy.
. m
An attempt to assassin
ate the President.
A lunatic the zvonld-bc Assassin.
Faint hopes that he may recover*
The whole country was thrown into
the wildest state of excitement and grief
011 Saturday morning by the reported as
sassination of President Garfield while
taking a train at Washington. All man
ner of rumors prevailed, but the facts arc
briefly composed in the following tele
grams received up to 12 o'clock last
night.
It was a great relief to the country 10
learn that the shooting was the act of an
irresponsible crazy man.
We are unable to determine from the
dispatches whether the balls have been
extracted or not. One shot took effect
in tbe arm and the other entered the body
just above the hip and passed through the
lower part of the liver.
The telegraph office in this place was
crowded all day Saturday and Sunday,
an every line of news awaited with fever
ish excitement.
The first report stated that lie had been
shot in Baltimore and was dying!
A later dispatch reported the wound
not fatal.
1
The latest news is the following special j
to the REVIEW :
WASHINGTON, July 2, —4 :15.
President Garfield is unconcious and
rapidly sinking. Pulse 125. No hopes. !
Given up by doctors. 1
The following bulletin has just been
posted by the Presidenysician :
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 3 — B a. 111.
The President's rest has been refresh
ing during the night, and ouly broken at
intervals of about half au hour bv occa
sional pain in the feet, aud to take his
nourishment of milk and lime water and
bits of cracker, and ice to relieve the
thirst which lias been constaut. He is
cheerful and hopeful and has from the
tirst manifested the most remarkable
courage and fortitude. Pulse, 11(5; res
piration, 18; temperature, normal.
2:15 r. m.—Dr. Bliss told Gen. Sherm
an that the President would pull through, ,
and told him to make that statement pub- (
lie 011 His (Bliss's) authority.
2 :30 i*. m.—Presieent's condition stead- '
ily improving. Pulse, 108; respiration,
easy; temperature normal, and sleep has
been natural and refreshing.
WASHINGTON, July 3d, — 10 R. M.
Condition of president is less favorable.
Pulse, 120. Temperature, 100. Respir
ation, 20. He is more restless aud again
complains ol pain in his feet.
July 3d, — 12 M.
Condition is very little changed since
last bulletin. Does not complain so much
of pain in feet.
Some of the Particulars.
The shooting occurred in the ladies'
room of the depot, immediately after the
President entered, walking arm in arm
with Blaine on their way to the train,
which was about ready to leave. Blaiue,
hearing pistol shots, two in number,
rushed in the direction from which they
came with the view of arresting the as
sassin. Before reaching the man howev
er the Secretary returned to the Presi
dent and found him prostrated. Both
shots took effect, the first in the right arm
and the second just above the right hip
near the kidney. Physicians probed for
the balls unsuccessfully.
The shooting was done by a slender
man, five feet seven in height. He refused
to give his name, but it is said by persons
who profess to know him, that his name
is Doherty. The prisoner was arrested
immediately after the firing by officers in
the depot. 11c was taken to police head
quarters, and subsequently removed to
the district jail.
Later dispatches say that the shoot
ing was done by ex-consul to Marseilles,
Gitteau, who was removed from office.
The pistol with which the firing was done
is a California weapon with an extremely
heavy calibre, better known as the ''Bull
dozer." There is great excitement at
Washington, and throughout the country.
The President has been conveyed to the
executive mansion, where he is attended
by several physicians.
The shooting took place in the ladies'
room of the Baltimore & Potomac rail
road depot at Washington, and was wit
nessed by about fifty ladies.
In the prisoners pocket was found the
following letter:
To The White House: —The President's
tragic death was a sad necessity, but it
will unite the Republican party and save
the Republic. Life is as a flimsy thread, (
aud it matters little when one goes. A
human life is of small value. During the
war thousands of brave boys went dowu
without a tear. I presume the President ,
was a Christian, and that he will be hap
pier in Paradise than here. It will be 110 .
worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part
with her husband this way that by a nat- i
PRICE ONE CENT.
tiral death. He is liable to go at any time,
anyway. I have 110 ill-will towards the
President. Ilis death was a political nec
cessity. lam a lawyer, a theologian and
a politician. lam a Stalwart or the Stal
warts. I was with General Grant and
the rest of our men during the canvass.
I have some papers for the press which I
shall leave with Byron Andrews, his co
journalist, at 1,420 New York avenue,
where all the reporters can see them. I
am going to jail. [Signed.]
July 2, 1881. CIIAIIL.ES GITTKAU.
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