It was just after the daily organ recital in the splendid Temple of Music that the dastardly

attempt was made. Planned

with all the diabolical ingenuity

and finesse of which anarchy or

nihilism is capable, the would-be

assassin carried out the work

without a hitch, and should his

designs fail and the

PEAXS FORTH MELODY

WHILE THE ORGAN

surrounded by the stern faced inquisitors of the law, is a medium

sized man of commonplace appearance with his fixed gaze directed on the floor, who presses

his lips firmly together and

listens with.an air of assumed indifference to tfie persistent

stream of questions, arguments,

objurgations and admonitions

with which his captors seek to

induce or compel him to talk.

ASSASSIN ACTS

The multitude, only partially

aware that something serious

had -.happened, > paused in surprise, while necks were craned

and all eyes turned as one to the

There was an.instant of almost

complete silence. The President

stood stock still, a look of hesitancy, almost of bewilderment,

on his face. He then retreated a

step, while a pallor began to

steal over his features.

President McKinley, smiled,

bowed and extended his hand in

that spirit of geniality the American. people; so well know, .when

suddenly, sharp crack of a revolver rang out loud and clear,

above the :huni of voices, the

shuffling of myriad feet and vibrating waves of :applause ; that

ever and anori swept here and

there over the assemblage.

of;the dais until he was within

two feet of the President.

rostrum, where a great tragedy

was being enacted, j

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Then came a .commotion.

Three men threw themselves forward as

• with one impulse and

sprang toward the would-be assassin. Two of them were United

States secret service men who

were on the lookout, and whose

duty it was to guard against just

such a calamity as had here befallen the President and the nation. The third was a bystander,

a negro, who had only an instant

previously grasped the hand of

the President. In a twinkling the

assassin was borne to the ground,

his weapon was wrested from

his grasp, and strong arms pinioned him down. •

Then the multitude which

thronged the edifice began to

come to a realizing sense of the

awfulness of the scene of which

they had been unwilling, witJohn G. MilburnN.of Buffalo,

president of the Pan-American

Exposition, chatting '. with the

President and introducing him

especially to persons of note who

approached. Upon '

the President's left stood Secretary: Gortelyou. ; . y

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PRESIDENT EXTENDS

HAND TO COWARIXLYr

,

: ANARCHIST WITH:GUN

;-dt was shortly, after 4^p/tm.

when one of the throng which

surrounded "the;•;. Presidential

party, a medium sized man of ordinary appearance and plainly

dressed inblack, approached, as if

to¦greet, the President. Both Secretary Cortelyou and President

Milburn noticed that the man's

hand was swathed in a bandage

or handkerchief. Reports of bystanders differ as-to which hand.

He worked his way amid the

stream of people up to the edge

survive, only to divine Providence can be attributed that beneficent result. »

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The ;President, though well

guarded by United States Secret

Service detectives, was fully exposed to such an attack. -as occurred. He stood at the edge of

the raised dais upon which stands

the great pipe organ: at the east

side of the magnificent '•¦structure.

Throngs of people crowded virTat

the various entrances to gaze

upon their executive, perchance

to clasp his hand, and then file

their way out in the. good ,natured mob* that every minute

swelled and multiplied at the

points of ingress and egress to

the building.

The President was in a cheerful mood and was enjoying to

the full the hearty evidence of

good will which everywhere met

his gaze. Upon his right stood

SCENE OF THE DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

(DRAWN FROM A DESCRIPTION BY TELEGRAPH.)

For thb moment the confusion

was terrible. The crowd surged

forward regardless of consequences.. Men shouted and

fought, women screamed and

children cried. Some of those

nearest the doors fled from the

edifice in fear of a stampede,

while hundreds from the outside

struggled blindly forward in the

effort to penetrate the crowded

building and solve tfte mystery

of the excitement and panic

which every moment grew and

swelled within the congested interior of the edifice.

PRESIDENT REMAINS

vv- IN'MOST TRANQUIL

STATE OF KEEND

Inside, on the slightly raised

dais was enacted within those

few feverish moments a tragedy

so dramatic incharacter, so thrilling in its intensity that few v/ho

looked on will ever be able to

give a succinet account of what

really did transpire. Even^hose

who attended the President canie

but with blanched faces; trembling limbs and beating hearts,

while their brains throbbed with

a tumult of conflicting emotions

which could not be clarified into

a lucid narrative of the events a3

they really transpired.

Of the multitude whicH witnessed or bore a part in the scene

of turmoil and turbulence there

was but one mind which seemed^

to..retain its equiliSrium, one

sion, then grew to a babel of

sounds and later to a pandemonium of noises.

WITH A SINGLE

,

raOTTLSE CROWD

SURGES FORWARD

The crowds that a moment before had stood mute and motionless, as in bewildered ignorance

of the enormity of the tragedy,

now with a single impulse surged

forward toward fhe stage of the

horrid drama, while a hoarse cry

welled up from a thousand

throats and a thousand men

charged forward to lay hands

upon the perpetrator of the

crime.

nesses. A murmur arose, spread

and swelled to a hum of cor.fuOfficers of the Law

Lose No Timer irt'Jailing the Prisoner.

Attempt Is Made to

Lynch Fiendish

Assassin.

Saved Fran the

Enraged Populace^

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President William McKinleyis shot twice by an anarchistic pupil of Emma Goldman. The at- tempted assassination occurs during a public reception in the Temple of Music at Buffalo Exposition

Two bullets enter the President's body, one penetrating the breast, which was subsequently ex- tracted, and the second, which causes a more serious wound, enters the abdomen. Wounded Chief Exec utive is first cared for by physicians of Emergency Hospital of the Exposition, and later removed to the home of Director General nilburn'. % Avhile the assailant is being taken in the custody of the police to jail attempts are made to lynch him by the enraged populace. >:

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A£ three

°'

cIock this (Satuirday) morning a bulletin is sra^

ing that his temperature and :pulse are'improved. -

STORY OF TERRIBLE CRIME TOLD IN BRIEF.

To-night a surging, swaying,

eager multitude throngs the

city's main thoroughfares, choking the streets, in front of the

principal newspapers, scanning

the bulletins with anxious eyes

and groaning or cheering in turn

at each succeeding announcement as the nature of the message sinks or buoys their hopes.

Down at police headquarters,

Itwas a few moments after 4

p. m. while President McKinley

was holding a reception in the

Temple of Music on the PanAmerican grounds, that the cowardly attack was made, with what

success time alone can tell.

SHOT WHILE BEING

GREETED BY MANIFOLD

EXPRESSIONS OP LOVE

Standing in the midst of thousands, surrounded by every evidence of good will,pressed by a

motley throng of people, showered with expressions of love and

loyalty from enthusiastic multitudes, all eager to clasp his

hands —amid these surroundings,

and with the ever-recurring

plaudits of an army ofsightseers

ringing in his ears, the blow of

the assassin came and in an instant "pleasure gave way to pain,

admiration to anger, folly turned

to fury and pandemonium followed.

Out on Delaware avenue, at

the home of John C. Milburn,

president of the Pan-American

Exposition, with tears on face

and heart torn by conflicting

hopes and fears, sits the faithful

wife, whose devotion is known to

all the nation.

BUFFALO, Sept 6.—

President McKinley

was shot and seriously wounded by a

would-be assassin

while holding a reception in the

Temple of Music at the PanAmerican grounds a few minutes

after 4 o'clock this afternoon.

One shot took effect in the right

breast, the other in the abdomen.

The first is not of a serious nature, and the bullet has been extracted- The latter pierced the

abdominal wall and has not been

located.

When Serious Nature of

Wounds Appear an

Uproar Ensues.

President Strives to

Calm Enraged

People.

Many Witness the

Assault on

Guest.

JOYOUS

TUDflMP

onuuiiLU

CHIEF EXECUTIVE THE VICTIM

OF MOST COWARDLY ANARCHIST

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THE SA^FRAXCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.'

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