On this date, July 2,
1881, one of my beloved American Presidents, James A. Garfield (the 20th
President of the U.S.A) was assassinated; he died 11 weeks later on September
19, 1881. Charles J. Guiteau was executed by hanging on
June 30, 1882. He was executed less than a year after the assassination and
after 10 months after the President died on September 19, 1881. What a swift
and sure execution! Most important of all, he is guilty beyond any doubt.
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An engraving of
James A. Garfield's assassination, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper. The caption reads "Washington, D.C.—The attack on the
President's life—Scene in the ladies' room of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
depot—The arrest of the assassin / from sketches by our special artist's A.
Berghaus and C. Upham."
President Garfield
is at center right, leaning after being shot. He is supported by Secretary of
State James G. Blaine who wears a light colored top hat. To left, assassin
Charles Guiteau is restrained by members of the crowd, one of whom is about to
strike him with a cane.
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go to this previous
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