Handcuffs used on Garfield's killer found

Handcuffs used to restrain the man who assassinated President James A. Garfield were found last week when workers were cleaning out a closet at D.C. police headquarters.

The handcuffs had been part of an old display that had been left in a dark corner and collected dust during the 1990s, according to Sgt. Breul, the department historian. The artifacts were kept in such poor condition that Sgt. Breul had said he would take the items to the Washington Historical Society.

Sgt. Breul intends to put the handcuffs in the police museum that he has helped build on the sixth floor of police headquarters. This year, the department acquired a historic booking log that police say is one of the first written records of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.