DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE President Garfield. CAPTURE OF THE WOUED-BE ' ASSASSIN. The President Wounded in Two Places. [REUTERS TELGRAMS.]
Washington, July 1. A daring attempt was made to-day at the railway, station upon the life of the President, by Charles Gintean, an attorney of Chicago, an unsuccessful office-hunter. As Mr Garfield was on the point of leaving by the train' for the North, Gintean 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,' internal hemorrh&ge having set in, Gintean was arrested at the station before he could escape. Great excitement has been caused in the city and throughout the States by the occurance, and much anxiety is manifested at the President's state of health.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1405, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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152DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE President Garfield. CAPTURE OF THE WOUED-BE ' ASSASSIN. The President Wounded in Two Places. [REUTER'S TELGRAMS.] Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1405, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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