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First report on the assassination attempt upon President Garfield...
First report on the assassination attempt upon President Garfield...
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July 03, 1881
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 3, 1881
* President James A. Garfield shot (1st report)
* Charles J. Guiteau - assassin
The top of the front page has column heads including: "AN ATROCIOUS ACT" "The Attempt to Slay the President of the United States" "A Cowardly Tramp Fires the Almost Fatal Bullet" "The Dastardly Crime Perpetrated in a Washington Railroad Depot" and much more. This is a first report for this newspaper. Considerable reporting, carrying over to pages 2 & 3.
Complete in 16 pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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