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65 It was not until early May: Connery, “Secret History of the Garfield-Conkling Tragedy,” 146.
66 “Garfield has not been square”: Ibid.
67 After Robertson’s appointment: Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, 42.
68 “smiled and looked at me”: Connery, “Secret History of the Garfield-Conkling Tragedy,” 147.
69 “God will be merciful”: Garfield, Diary, May 15, 1881, 4:592.
70 “rebuke the President”: Peskin, Garfield, 571–72.
71 “Sir, Will you please”: “A Sensation in Politics,” New York Times, May 17, 1881.
72 “seemed to stupefy”: Ibid.
73 “a great big baby”: Peskin, Garfield, 572.
74 “a very weak attempt”: Garfield, Diary, May 16, 1881, 4:593.
75 A few days later, he announced: Ibid., March 21, 1881, 4:561.
76 “Having done all I fairly could”: Ibid., May 16, 1881, 4:593.
77 “with emphasis, it is ended”: Ibid., May 31, 1881, 4:602.
78 “Stung with mortification”: “Conkling’s Few Friends,” New York Times, June 2, 1881.
79 “A deep strong current”: Garfield, Diary, May 31, 1881, 4:602.
Chapter 10: The Dark Dreams of Presidents
1 “like a flash”: United States v. Guiteau, 593.
2 “If the President was out of the way”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 428.
3 Guiteau was certain: United States v. Guiteau, 597.
4 “with renewed force”: Ibid., 593.
5 “no ill-will to the President”: Ibid., 215.
6 In fact, he believed that he had given: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 428.
7 “It seems to me that the only way”: United States v. Guiteau, 210.
8 “Until Saturday I supposed”: Ibid., 211.
9 “immediate resignation”: Ibid., 117.
10 “he should be quietly kept away”: Crook, Through Five Administrations, 266–67.
11 “That is the way I test the Diety”: United States v. Guiteau, 593.
12 “I kept reading the papers”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 428.
13 “the divinity of the inspiration”: United States v. Guiteau, 593.
14 “I thought just what”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 430.
15 “Two points will be accomplished”: United States v. Guiteau, 219.
16 “in proper shape”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 429.
17 “a new line of thought”: Guiteau, The Truth, preface.
18 “better than the Bible”: United States v. Guiteau, 677.
19 Even The Truth’s publication: Ibid., 581; Clark, The Murder of James A. Garfield, 22.
20 The next stage of Guiteau’s plan: “Eyewitness,” American Heritage, February/March 1980.
21 “did not call it by name”: United States v. Guiteau, 224.
22 Two days later, George Maynard: Ibid., 223, 224.
23 “He had a peculiar manner”: Ibid., 222.
24 Guiteau explained that he had received: Ibid., 220–22.
25 That same day, Guiteau returned: Ibid., 636.
26 “One of the strongest pistols made”: Ibid., 224–25.
27 After striking a deal with O’Meara: Ibid., 224.
28 “I knew nothing about it”: Ibid., 637.
29 “The Lord inspired me”: Ibid., 593.
30 “I wanted to see what kind”: Ibid., 701.
31 “I thought it was a very excellent jail”: Ibid., 701.
32 “It would not do to go”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 430.
33 “there could not possibly be”: Ibid.
34 A member of the Disciples of Christ: Two other presidents have also been members of the Disciples of Christ: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan.
35 He had been an active and involved parishioner: Foster, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, 349.
36 “a wise and holy purpose”: “A Pastor’s Tribute,” New York Times, August 19, 1881.
37 Guiteau knew exactly where Garfield’s church: United States v. Guiteau, 695.
38 “That,” he judged, “would be good chance”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 430.
39 “a very stupid sermon”: Garfield, Diary, June 12, 1881, 4:609.
40 “Next Sunday”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 430.
41 Before the next Sunday sermon: Ibid.
42 “we have concluded to take her”: Garfield, Diary, June 16, 1881, 4:610.
43 “I was all ready”: Hayes and Hayes, A Complete History, 431.
44 “intended to remove the President”: United