Charles J. Guiteau

American assassin

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In James A. Garfield: Assassination
, by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker with messianic visions. The first shot only grazed Garfield’s arm, but the second bullet pierced his back and lodged behind his pancreas. (In a letter dated November 1880, Garfield had written, “Assassination can be no more guarded against…
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In Assassinations and assassination attempts involving U.S. presidents and presidential candidates: James A. Garfield
, Charles J. Guiteau shot him in the back with a .44 British Bulldog pistol. Doctors rushed to Garfield’s aid but caused infection by treating him with unsterilized hands. Though the bullet wound was survivable, Garfield’s condition slowly worsened, and he died 80 days later, on…
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