ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
[By Cable.]
Washington, July 1.
A daring attempt was made to-day, at the railway station on the life of the President by Charles Gintoan, on attorney of Chicago, an unsuccessful office hunter. As Mr Garfield was leaving by train for the north, Gintoan fired at him with a revolver. The shots took effect, and wounded the President in the arm and hip. He was at once conveyed to the White House for medical attendance. The surgeons report that the wounds are not necessarily fatal, but that his condition is critical, intense hemmorhage having set in. Gintoan was arrested at the station before he could escape. Great excitement has been caused in the city, and throughout the States, by the occurrence, and much anxiety is manifested at the President’s state.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2585, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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134ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2585, 4 July 1881, Page 2
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