The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-09-12

Ihe 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
vas cleared, and later he was turned
over to Superintendent Bull, of the
Buffalo police department, who took
the prisoner to No. 13 police station
and afterward to police headquarters.
Wound Examined.
AS 500 as the crowd in the Temple
OF Music had been dispersed sufficient
ly the president was move in the
automobile ambulance and taken to tie
exposition hospital, where an examine
ton was had. The best medical skill
was summoned, and within a brief per-
iod several OF Buffalo's best known
practitioners were at the patients side.
The president retained the full exer-
else of his faculties until placed on the
operating table and subjected to an
anaesthetic. Upon the first examination
1T was ascertained that one bullet had
taken effect in the right breast just
below the nipple, causing a compare
lively harmless wound.
The other took effect in the abdomen
about four inches below the left nipple,
-four inches to the left of the navel and
about on a level with it.
upon arrival at the exposition hos
pital the second bullet wound was
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were opened, but the ball was not To-
Gated. The incision 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.
Arrived at the Milburn residence all
Persons outside the medical attendants,
nurses and the officials Immediately
concerned were excluded and the task
of probing for the bullet. which has
lodged In the abdomen, was begun by
DR.. Roswell Parke.
When the news of the crime was tele-
phoned to the home of President Mil
burn, where Mrs. Mckinley was rest
ing, immediate steps We're taken 10
spare her the shock of a premature
statement of the occurrence before the
true condition of the president should
be ascertained. Guards We're stationed
and no n was permitted to approach
the house.
MRS. Mckinley Notified.
When it was decided to remove the
president from the exposition hospital
to the Milburn residence the news was
broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gently as
might be by the members of the Mil
burn family. She bore the shock re-
markedly well and displayed the ut
most fortitude.
A telegraph office has been estab-
lished in the Milburn residence and
bulletins giving the public the fullest
information will be issued at short in
tervals. kilograms have been pouring
in by the hundreds.
While the wounded president was be-
Ing borne from the exposition to the
Milburn residence between rows Of on
lockers with barred heads a far differ
ent spectacle was being witnessed
ry,p lac 49,, 80 4 go
ney from the scene of his crime to po-
lice headquarters. The trip was made
so quickly hat the prisoner was safely
landed within the wild portals of the
police station and the doors closed be-
fore any one was aware of his pres
ence.
When the officers reached police head
quarters with the prisoner thousands
OF men surrounded him. A cry of
Lynch hint" went up, but a large
force of policemen rushed the crowd and
irally succeeded In dispensing 1t.
A Bystander's Story.
From a ~bystander who witnessed The
attempt on the presidents life the
following description was obtained by
the correspondent Of the Associated
Press:
when the man fired the shots Presi-
dent Mckinley fell back a step, uuiy-
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tary Cortelyou, President Milburn and
Detective Foster sprang to his aid.
while Detective Ireland and Jamts
Barker threw his assailant to the floor,
hurled themselves upon him n at
tempted to disarm him.
Their prisoner struggled desperately,
and wrenching his arm free attempted
once more to fire at the president. The
revolver, however, was struck from his
ha n1 fVinD Savaro1 foot uyo -EHEHa
President Mckinley himself plucked
from his side the bullet which had
struck the breast bone and glanced,
lodging In the skin, at the same timo
saying to the detective: Foster, / be-
lieve there Is another bullet In there
Shortly afterwards he said: DO not
exaggerate this to Mrs. Mckinley
THE president throughout displayed
the greatest fortitude and all the time
until ] saw him carried from the build
ing his GOODNESS and courage were won
GerfuI."
Inquiries at the home Of President
| Mtlburn at 3 a. m. were fruftless. The
street In the immediate vicinity Of the
house where h president lies is roped
OFF and guarded by police. who Will adj
init nobody.
Just after the arrival OF the presi-
dent at MI. Miiburn's house, Mr.. Mil
burn gave out a statement saying that
while the presidents condition was SER
ious, the wounds were not necessarily
fatal.
ID. John Mafnneter OF Baltimore, q
specialist OF stomach troubles. saw tbs
president. He stated he did not believe
the wound would prove fatal.
WHEkK BULLETS STRUCK.
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Oas o. Them Perforated Both walls III
the AtOmAeh,
Buffalo, Sept, I~-Dr. Harrington
the police surgeon. at g.45 last nigh
announced for Drs. Parte, Parmentei
and MyntEf. who nfrfnrmed The 1ufra,