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33 “He would look in one door”: United States v. Guiteau, 141.
34 “His teeth were clenched”: “The First Shot Struck the President,” New York Times, July 17, 1881.
35 Garfield had walked only a few steps: Clark, The Murder of James A. Garfield, 58.
36 “My God! What is this?”: United States v. Guiteau, 121.
37 “The expression on [his] face”: “The First Shot Struck the President,” New York Times, July 17, 1881.
38 Despite the wave of fear: The order in which Garfield was shot—first in his arm, then in his back—is described by Mollie Garfield in her diary, July 2, 1881, Library of Congress; also quoted in Feis, Mollie Garfield in the White House, 82.
39 The force thrust Garfield forward: United States v. Guiteau, 121; “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881; Ridpath, The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, 594; United States v. Guiteau, 151, 156.
Chapter 12: “Thank God It Is All Over”
1 “Catch him!”: “The First Shot Struck the President,” New York Times, July 17, 1881.
2 “blanched like that of a corpse”: United States v. Guiteau, 121; The Attempted Assassination of President Garfield, 43.
3 The first man to catch Guiteau: Melanson, The Secret Service, 24. A Secret Service agent happened to be standing nearby, but did nothing to help. Later that day, he would mention in his daily report that he had noticed a strange commotion at the station that morning.
4 Officer Kearney, who had exchanged: United States v. Guiteau, 186.
5 “I truly believe”: The Attempted Assassination of President Garfield, 46.
6 “in his eyes”: United States v. Guiteau, 149, 187.
7 “I have a letter”: Ibid., 180–81.
8 The men who had arrested Guiteau: Ibid., 171, 188; “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
9 “I did not expect to go through”: United States v. Guiteau, 702.
10 “You stick to me”: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
11 “haunted and haunted”: United States v. Guiteau, 601.
12 “Keep back!”: Rockwell, “Garfield’s Assassination.”
13 “was very pale”: United States v. Guiteau, 159.
14 “very hard”: Ibid.
15 Watching Smith struggle : Ibid., 141.
16 As tears streamed down White’s face: Ibid., 145.
17 Although it seemed to everyone: “The Assassination of President Garfield,” National Museum of Health and Medicine, 1; Reyburn, Clinical History of the Case of President James Abram Garfield, 7.
18 Just five minutes after the shooting: Reyburn, Clinical History of the Case of President James Abram Garfield, 11.
19 Townsend’s first concern: Bliss et al., “Record of the Post-mortem Examination of the Body of President J. A. Garfield,” 2.
20 When Garfield was alert enough: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
21 After he made his initial examination: Ibid.
22 A group of men who worked: Rutkow, James A. Garfield, 84.
23 As they lifted the president: The Attempted Assassination of President Garfield, 44; Rockwell, “Garfield’s Assassination.”
24 “I think you had better telegraph to Crete”: Rockwell, “Garfield’s Assassination.”
25 “I recognized the man”: United States v. Guiteau, 122.
26 Although he was only thirty-nine: Medicine.howard.edu; encyclopedia.jrank.org.
27 Now, as he leaned over Garfield: Bliss’s notes, p. 3, archives of the National Museum of Health and Medicine
28 “the calmest man in the room”: Robert Todd Lincoln to a friend, July 28, 1881, Library of Congress.
29 “One chance in a hundred”: “Some Hope at Midnight,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
30 “My God,” he murmured: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
31 Suddenly, Lincoln decided: “Dr. Bliss’s Authority,” National Republic, July 4, 1882.
32 “an earnest, industrious boy”: Paulson, “Death of a President and His Assassin,” Journal of the History of the Neurosciences (2006): 80.
33 Years later, when he was a congressman: Kaufman, Homeopathy in America, 88–90; “Who the Doctors Are,” Washington Post, July 5, 1881.
34 In the end, Bliss could not hold up: Soper, “Dr. Willard Bliss.”
35 Although