This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...away from the bulletins and telegraph stands to go to the Capitol at 11 o'clock, where they were unable to attend to business. In the Senate, Chaplain Halley alluded to the shooting of the President in his opening prayer in very tender words, and the body took a recess. The Chaplain of the Assembly also alluded to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...away from the bulletins and telegraph stands to go to the Capitol at 11 o'clock, where they were unable to attend to business. In the Senate, Chaplain Halley alluded to the shooting of the President in his opening prayer in very tender words, and the body took a recess. The Chaplain of the Assembly also alluded to the horrible crime that had been committed, and then, at the instance of Col. M. C. Murphy, of New York, who denounced the atrocity in earnest words, the Assembly took a recess. In both houses all despatches received from Washington were read aloud from the Clerk's desk. When the two houses dispersed there was again a rush to the telegraph office. The bulletins were scanned eagerly, yet with dread, for the report was constantly abroad, and traceable to no authoritative source, that the President was dead. Instead of abating as the day grew, the excitement and anxiety to learn the best and the worst increased. From time to time extras were issued, and the brief and unsatisfactory tidings they contained were read eagerly. The State offices were deserted, and the office-holders crowded the hotels to gather up the last information. The crowds in the streets talked of nothing else. As the matter became a subject of conversation, it was found that some of the Stalwarts here were not receiving the news with the same spontaneous indignation that it created among other Republicans and Democrats. Senator Hogan, sitting at breakfast with a man whom he describes as a prominent Republican politician, spoke of the shooting to the Republican, who said, "I don't believe a word of it; it's too good to be true." The Senator absolutely refused, when he repeated his statement, to say who made it. His refusal was prudent, for in the hot condition of the bloo...
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