Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-07
IS STILL ALIVE
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ter back. IL was impossible TO remove
the man from the grounds as the moi
outside threatened his life. IL was
not kno wn at the time if the Presi.
dent was mortally wounded.
With remarkable fortitude the Presi.
dent closed his lips and his head fell
back, but be never lost courage. Fl.
nally he became so faint it was pec-
essary to support bis head while bis
eyes closed.
The officers closed on the assassin
and deputy marshall secured hand.
kerchief and revolver he had concealed
in his hand. Thousands cried, men
actually took off their hats and wept
like babies, as the President was car
ried away. Women cried. After the
shooting mounted police we're called
and formed an escort to the ambulance
which carried he President to the
hospital. DR.. Carr was the first doc
tor on the scene. After an examina.
tion he said the wounds were not
necessarily fatal. The assassin was
kept in the secret room in the TEN.
pie, before which the shooting &C.
cured. 1t was not safe to remove him
as 10000 people clamored for his
blood. Gathered about were fully
100000 people. The PHYSICIANS ex-
animation showed one wound In the
center of the chest on the left side
which was very painful. Secretary
Cortelyou was by the Presidents side
and asked, "are your wounds painful?"
"This one u.s." pointing to the one in
bis chest, Mckinley replied. The
shooting occurred a few minutes after
o'clock, at the Temple of Music
where a reception had been in progress
five minutes.
At 5 20 the physicians attending
the president stated that they had
su ,ceeded in removing one bullet
Mckinley'bears up we'll under the ter
rible suffering.
Nieman the assassin was taken to
police headquarters where he arrived
at O'Clock. He was lodged in the
cell known as the "black pit"
An examination by the physicians
shows one wound in the breast and
the second in the groin on the left
side.
President Mckinley is concious and
resting easily. The second bullet
has been successfully removed. When
Nieman was taken to Jail the mob at
tempted to take his life. The Presi.
dent was resting comfortably at 1880.
Imme diately the President was car
ed for at the exposition grounds, Dir
ector General Buchanan started for
the Milburn residence to forestall any
information that might reach there
by telephone or otherwise. Very
luckily he was first there with the IN.
The Niagara Falls trip
had tired Mrs. Mckinley and she took
leave of her nieceS, the Misses Barber,
Miss Duncan, as we'll aS their hostess
MrS. Mllburn, and went to her room
to rest.
MIR. Buchanan broke the news as
gently as possible to the nieces and
consulted Mrs. Mllburu DIS to The best
means of breaking the news to
Mrs. Nc Knl-y
At 1910 och ok Dr. Rixey came out
OF the house accompanied by Cot
Webb Hayes. son of ExPresident
Hayes who isa friend of Pres ldent
They entered a carnage
and returned TO the exposition ho.pi-
tai.
After DR.. Rxey had gone Mr. Bu-
chanan said that the decor had brok.
en- the news in gentle way 10 Mrs.
Mckinley. He said she stood it
bravely though considerably effected.
1t it was possible to bring him to her
she wanted it done.
Washington, Sept. 7.-Vice P.esi-
dent Roosevelt OF, course will hold
himself in readiness to do whatever
is necessary to meet the obligations
imposed upon the We President by
the cOnstil ution Of the United States
Should the worst come it is realized
that important changes in the public
aft .irs of the country would soon be
brought about. Whether there W uld
be an extra session OF Congress is open
to question but there seems no doubt
that an extra session Of the Senate
would be esS initial as an incident to a
c range Of administration.
All this has been thought of here