Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-07
TOWARD PRESIDENT
terrible. The crowd surged forward re-
qarolses OF consequences. Men shout.

terrible. The crowd surged forward re-
GARAGES OF consequences. Men shout.
cd and fought, women screamed and
children crieG. Scme of those nearest
The doors fled ffenl the eoiEice IN
fear of q stampede, while hundreds Of
others from the OUTSIDE struggled
hindIy forward in the effort to pene.
trate the crowded building and solve
the myetery of excitement and panic,
which evry moment grew and sWeiled
within the eongested interior Of the
edifice.
Inside on the slightly raised oias
| vas enacted within these few fever.
| ish moments q tragedy, SO dramatic in
! character, 60 thrilling In its Intensity
that few who lociSca ca will ever be
able to give sufficient account of
what really did traaspire. Even the
actors who were playing the principal
roles came out of it With blanched
faces, trembling limbs and beating
hearts, while their brains throbbed
with tumuit of conflicting emotions,
which eoud not be clarified into a liz
cid narrative of the events as they
really transpired.
PRESIDENTS MIND RE-
TAlNS ITS EQUILIBRIUM.
But of the multitude which wit
messed or bore a part in the scene
of turmoil and turbulence there was
but one mind which seemed to retair'
equilibrium, one hand which re-
manned steady, one eye which oazed
with unflnching cainnaess and enc
voice which retained its even tenor
and fatered not at the most critical
juncture.
They were the mind and the hand
and the eye and the voice of President
Mckinley.
After the first shock of the assas-
sins shots, he retreated a step, then
as the detectives leaped upon his as
saiiant, he turned, walked steadily to
a chair and seated himself, at the
same time removing his hat and bow
ing his head in his hands.
In an instant Secretary CorteIyou
and President MiIburn were at his
side. His Waistcoat was hurriedly
opened, the president meanwhile al
monishing these about him to remain
calm and telling them not to be
alarmed.
"but you are wounded" cried his
secretary; '.let me examine"
PRESIDENT SAID He WAS
NOT BADLY HURT.
"No, think not" answered the
president Il am not badly hurt, | as
sure you.'
.-sertneiess his outer garments
were hastily loosened and when a
tricklIns stream of crimson was seen
to WING its way down his breast,
spreading it's telltale stain over the
white surface of the linen their worst
fears were confirmed.
A force of expedition guards were
on the scene by this time and an eff
fort was made TO clear the building.
BY this time the crush was terrific.
Spectators crowded down the stair
ways from the galleries, the crowd or
the noor surged forward toward the
efforts eff police and guards the throna
without struggled madly to obtain ad-
mission.
The presidents assaiIant in the
meantime had been hustled to the
rear OF the building by exposition
guards, where he was held while the
building was cleared, and later he
was Turned over to superintendent
Bull, of the Buffalo police department,
| who tcck the prisoner TO No. 13 POI
lice stasioa and afterWard to police
headquarters. AS soon as the crowd
in the temple ct music had been dis
peFecd sla,ciently the president was
remaves in the automobile ambuiancs
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