The Garfield Assassination Trial and Execution Details
A historic account of President James A. Garfield's July 1881 shooting by Charles J. Guiteau, the ensuing trial, verdict of guilty, death sentence, appeals, and Guiteau's final hours on the eve of execution. It also reports on posttrial political attacks and a Republican campaign fundraising circular.
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Garfield
Shington
D. C
Sixth Street
Charles J. Guiteau
Washington
White House
Durat
Long Branch
Elberon
Hope
Cox
Davidge
Scoville
Guiteau
Porter
Bane
Charles H. Reed
Justice Bradley
United States Supreme Court
W. W. Hicks
Society For the Protection of the Insane
Hicks
Reed
Dr. Hicks
Arthur
Mr. Reed
Washington, D. C
William W. Hicks
City of
District of Columbia
United States
Nisbor
Owners Liable For Sidewalk Coal-Hole Damages
Mrs McDermott won a $10,000 verdict after falling into a neighbor Mrs Clark’s coal-hole on West Sixteenth Street. Judge Van Brunt reaffirmed the rule that sidewalk coal-holes remain the duty of their maintainers unless the injured party is grossly negligent.
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van Brunt
New York
McDermott
Clark
West Sixteenth Street
Ciicano Journal
Nash Bequest for Theodore Parker Statue Accepted in Boston
Boston Memorial Association accepts 35000 for a Theodore Parker statue in Boston. Theodore Parker Congregational Society adds 4500, enabling completion of the monument as soon as possible.
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Boston Memorial Association
Nathaniel J. Nash
Theodore Parker
Theodore
Boston lover steals clothes. rival convicted thief
The Boston suitor who stole a girl's apparel and passed them to another faces a rival in a New York youth already convicted of stealing boots an overcoat and more from his sweetheart's father to fund gifts and tokens for his beloved.
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Boston
New York
Virginia Supreme Court Lets Drummer Pay License Tax
The bold drummer must pay a license tax when selling goods in Virginia after the State Supreme Court ruled the tax constitutional.
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Virginia
State Supreme Court
Miss Bettie Stevens Attacked By Eunice Johnson
Eyewitness Charles Read saw Eunice Johnson strike Miss Bettie Stevens three times on a sidewalk over passing space on a single plank. Johnson fled. later that night Eunice was whipped at the Stevens home by N B Keathly, Miss Stevens’s brother in law.
Tangier Photographer Hired by Moroccan Sultan for Wife Album
A French photographer living in Tangiers has been commissioned by the Sultan of Morocco to photograph his 264 wives. The portraits will form an album with a key kept by the Sultan, ensuring exclusive access.
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Tangiers
Morocco
Solomon
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Amercan
Princeple
President Arthur
Death Watch
John W. Guiteau
General Crocker
United States Artillery
Seiffold
Rotunda
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Lamb of God
Father
Executive
Ibhee
Earth
Lam
Tam
Mr. Hicks
God the Father
A. M. Curtis
Republican State Committee of
General Curtis
United States Circuit Court
Curtis
Indianapolis
Republican Congressional Committee
Thirteenth &St
Democratic Party
Jay A. Hubbell
D. B. Henderson
Hubbell
Knights of the Road
Republican Party
Indiana State Sentinel
Secor Robeson
Committee of Control
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Republican
Internal Revenue Agencies
Robesons
Camerons
Logans
Blaine
Landreau
Treasury
Mitchell
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