The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-10
"But you are wounded" cried his
secretary; "let me examine"
PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS
MOT MANI " LtIRT

secretary; "let me examine"
PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS
NOT BADLY HURT.
"No, ! think not" answered the
president, 81 am net badly hurt, as.
sure you"
Teverneess his outer garments
were hastily Ioosened and when al
trickling stream OF crimson was seen
to wind it's way down his breast,
spreading its telltale stain over the
white surface of the linen their worst
fears were confirmed.
force of exposition guards were
on the scene by this time and an ef.
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 on
the floor surged forward toward the
rostrum, while despite the strenuous
efforts CT police and guards the throng
without struggled madiy to obtain ad.
mission.
The presidents assailant 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 took the prisoner to No. '3 po.
lice station and afterward to police
headquarters. AS soon as the crowd
in the temple Ct music had been dis.
persed sufficiently the president was
removed in the automobile ambulance
and taken to the Exposition hospital,
where an examination was made. The
best medical skill was summoned
and within a brief period several Of
euffaIo's best known -titioners
were at the patients side.
PRESIDENT RETAINS
HIS FACULTIES.
The president retained the full ex-
ercise of his faculties until placed on
the operating table and subjected to
an anaesthetic. Upon the first ex.
animation /! 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 abod
men, about four inches below the
left nipple, four inches to the left u
the navel and about on level with il
Upon arrival a. the Exposition hos
pital the second bullet wound was
probed for. The walls of the abdc
men were opened, but the ball was
not located. The incision was hastily
closed and after hasty consultation
il was decided to remove the patient
to the home of President Milburn
This was done, the automobile ambu
lance being used for the removal. Ar
rived at the Milburn residence, al
persons outside the medical attend
ants, nurses and the officials immedi
ateIy concerned were excluded ant
the task Of probing for the bulIe
which had lodged in the abdomen
was begun by DR.. Roswell Parks
The president is occupying one o
a suit of rooms on the second foo
Of the Milburn house, in the north
west corner of the building. TIL,
presidents room is the farthest on
ON the second floor removed fror
, either Delaware avenue or Ferr,
street. Many notable persons calle
at the house. The first Of them cam
, long before the president was brough
to the house. These early ones ir
cluded members of the diplomat
corps. Later, some time after tn
president had been brought into tn
house, Gov. B. b. Odell and his prl
vate secretary, James Graham, wh'
were in Lockport when they hear'
the news, sailed.
At 1928 United States Senate
Marcus A. Hanna arrived fro'
Cleveland. Among other callers wer
Robert T. Lincoln, of Chicago, son o
the late President Lincoln, and II. L
F. Mcfarland, one Of the commission
ers from the District Of Columbia.