Newspaper: Morning Star, Dover, New Hampshire. Date: September 28, 1881. Prominent news stories include: In Memoriam of President James Garfield; Last Moments of a Great Man; Foreign Sympathy; Results of the Autopsy. Condition: Complete and intact. Very good to excellent condition, with minimal wear as shown. Comes folded or rolled, depending upon existing fold lines. Comments: James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, 79 days later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Garfield's assassin was Charles J. Guiteau, who wanted revenge against Garfield for an imagined political debt and to elevate Chester A. Arthur to the presidency. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting.