The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13
N 'K|AL { Y SHOT BY ANARCHIST
The President Seriously Wounded at the Buffalo
Exposition.

NcNcItueless his outer garments
were hastily loosened and when q
trickling stream of crimson was seen
to wind its way down his breast,
spreading its stain over the white
surface of the linen, their worst fears
were confirmed.
A force Of exposition guards were
on the scene by this time aad an
effort was made to clean the build
ing.
Spectators crowded down the stair
ways from the galleries and the
crowds on the floor surged forward
the rostrum, while, despite the strenu-
Gus efforts Of police and guards, the
throngs without struggled madly to
obtain admission.
PRISONER HUSTLED TO JAIL.
The presidents assailant in the
mean time 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 took the prisoner to No. IS po-
lice station, and afterwards to police
headquarters. AS soon as the crowd
in the Temple of Music had been dis
persed sufficiently the president was
in the automobile ambulance
and taken to the exposition hospital
where an examination was made.
The best medical skill was summoned
and within brief period a number
Of Buffalo's best known practitioners
were at the presidents side.
ON THE OPERATING TABLE.
The president retained the full ex-
ercise of his faculties until placed on
the operating table and subjected to
IN anaesthetic. Upon the first exami-
nation it WAS ascertained that one
bullet had taken effect in the right
breast just below the nipple, causing
/ comparatively harmless wound.
The other took effect in the abdomen
about four inches below the left nip
pie, four inches to the left of the
navel and about on a level with it.
Upon arriving at the exposition hos
Dital the second bullet was probed
'or. The walls of the abdomen were
opened, but the ball was not located.
The incision was hastily closed and
after q hasty consultation il was de-
,ided to remove the patient to the
nome of President Milburn. This was
lohe, the automobile. ambulance be-
ng used for the purpose.
Arriving at the Millburn residence,
he task Of probing for the bullet
which had lodged in the abdomen |
vas begun by DR.. Boswell Parke.
When il was decided to remove the
president from exposition hospital to !,
he Milburn residence, the news was
broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gently |
IL possible. She bore the shock re-
we'll and displayed the ut
most fortitude.
A MOURNFUL GROUP.
At $50 the representative Of the
Associated Press was admitted to the
dilburn mansion, where Secretary
gave him the official bulle-
in prepared by the physicians. Sec.
etary Cortelyou said that telegraph
flee would be established at once
n the Milburn residence and bulle-
ins giving the public the fullest in
ormation possible would be issued at
hort intervals. At the Milburn house
we're Secretary of Agriculture Will
on, President Milburn, Director
General Buchanan, of the exposition
)r. Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou.
kilograms poured in by the hundreds
nd Secretary Cortelyou was kept
usy replying to them. Two stenog-
aphers with their typewriters were
laced in the parlor, which was soon
uickly transformed into a bustling
oem.
While the wounded president was
eing borne from the exposition to
he Milburn residence, between rows
{ onlookers with barred heads, far
ifferent spectacle was being wit
essed along the route of his assail-
nt's journey from the scene of his
rime torpolice Headquarters.
LENGTHY CONFESSION.
Leon Czolgosze, the self-confessed
ssasin, has signed confession COW
ring six pages Of foolscap, which
tates that he is an anarchist and that
q became an enthusiastic member Of
bat body through the influence Of
,mma Goldman, whose writings he
ad read and whose lectures he had
ompanion between Bansho and Djcu.
mania
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