The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13

turbulence there was but one mind
which seemed to retain its equilibrium
one hand which remained steady, one
eye which gazed with unfiinching
! calmness and one voice which re-
tanned it's even tenor and faltered not
at the most critical juncture. They
were the mind and hand and the eye
and the voice of President Mckinley
| After the first shock of the assas
SINS shot he retreated step, then, as
the detectives leaped upon his assail
ant, he turned, walked steadily to a
chair and seated himself, at the same
time removing his hat and bowling his
head in his hands. In an instant Sec
rotary Cortelyou was at his side. His
waistcoat was hurriedly opened, the
president meanwhile admonishing
those about him to remain calm and
| telling them not to be alarmed.
"But you are wounded" cried his
secretary, "let me examine"
mo, l think not" answered the
president. 81 am not badly hurt, as
sure you"
| Nevertheless his outer garments
were hastily loosened and when
1 TICKLING SITcdTl OF SIiTlSOh
was seen to wind Its way down his
breast, spreading it's telltale stain
over the white surface of the linen
their worst fears were confirmed. AS
soon as the crowd in the Temple OF
Music had been dispersed sufficiently
the president was removed an the au
tomobile ambulance and taken to the
exposition hospital, where an exam
| nation was made. The best medical
skill was summoned and within a
brief period several of Buffalo's best
known practitioners were at the pa
TENTS side.
Upon the first examination it was
ascertained that one bullet had taken
effect in the right breast just below
| the nipple, causing a comparatively
harmless wound. The other took eff,
feet in the abdomen, about four inches
| to the left of the navel and about on
level with it.
Upon arrival at the exposition hos.
pital the second bullet was probed for.
The walls of the abdomen were opened,
but the ball was not located. The in
cision was hastily closed and after a
hasty consultation it was decided to
remove the patient to the home of
President Milburn. This was done,
the automobile ambulance being used
for the purpose.
Mrs. Mckinley Informed.
The news of the attempted assas-
sination Of the president was Kept
from Mrs. Mckinley until the arrival
of DR.. RiXey at the Milburn home. He
broke the news to her as gently as
possible and Mrs. Mckinley received
the announcement with the utmost
courage.
While the wounded president was
being borne from the exposition to
the Milburn residence between rows
Of onlookers with barred heads, a far
different spectacle was being wit,
messed along the route of his assail.
ants Journey from the scene of his
crime to police headquarters. The
trip was made so quickly that the pris-
oner was landed safely within the
portals of the police station and the
doors closed before any one was aware
of his presence. But when the an
nouncement was made that the pris-
oner had been taken to police head
quarters the crowd surged down to-
w dlu INC ISlldSS SdSSl LII q
of the prisoner. At police headquar-
tiers they were met by strong Gordon
of police, which was drawn up across
the pavement on Pearl street. In a
few minutes the street was complete
ly blocked with a mass of humanity.
1t was at this juncture that some one
raised the cry of Lynch him!" Like
flash the cry was taken up and the
whole crowd, as if ignited by the sin.
gle match thus applied, re-echoed the
cry,
lynch Him! Hang Him!"
Closer the crowd surged forward.
Denser the throng became as new ar
rivals swelled each moment the sway
ing multitude. The situation was be,
coming critical, when suddenly the
big doors were swung open and a
squad of reserves advanced with solid
front, drove them back from the curb,
then across the street and gradually
succeeded in dispensing them from
about the entrance to the station. The
crowd was so great that it became
necessary to rope off the entire street
in front of police headquarters.
Inside the stationhouse were a num-
Der of officials. The prisoner at first
proved quite communicative, so much
Be. n ,sast, thsx little dependence
see@ es placed in what he said He
Esss HS1s his rsUs a Fred Nieman.
sa2d bis home Yas in Detroit. but later
10 sa3d Ills ntfae Wss Lem Czolgosz.
He is of Polish-German extraction.
His home is in Cleveland. He is an
avowed anarchist and an ardent us
ciple of Emma Goldman, whose teach
ings, he alleges, are responsible for
his attack on the president. He de-
MES steadfastly that he is the instru-
ment of any body of anarchists or the
tool of any coterie of plotters. He
declares he did not have confederate.
His only reason for the deed is that
he believed the present form of gov
eminent in the United States was un-
just and he concluded the most effec.
tive way to remedy it was to kill the
DreSident