Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-07
HOW w. Shooting / D I'M | . OCCURRED D
President Was Surrounded By Thous-
+ ands Of People When Shots r
n Were Fired.
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President Hastily Conveyed to Hospital,
When Operation Was
Performed. Il. .,,.,,.. ... T..
Doctors Closed Two Incisions In The
Stomach Wall-President's
Condition Hopeful. VI

Buffalo, Sept. THE cowardly at
tack on the president was made, with
what success, time alone can tell,
standing in the midst OF crowds num-
bering thousands, surrounded by every
evidence of good WILL pressed by a.
motley throng of people, showered
with expressions of love and loyalty,
besieged by multitudes, all eager to
clasp his hands. Amid these surround
ings and with the ever recurring
plaudits of an army of sight-seers ring
ing in his ears, the blow of the assas-
sin fell and in an instant pleasure gave
way to pain, admiration to agony, folly
turned TO fury and pandemonium fol-
lowed. Last night a surging, sway
ing, eager multitude thronged the city's
knO1OuouldACS, LuS
streets in front Of the principal news
papers, scanning the bulletins with
anxious faces groaning or cheering in
turn. 49, a5!%1 @+5: q
The assassin of the president was
seized by the officers Immediately upon
the perpetration of the deed and while
the revolver was still smoking in his
hand. During the temporary paraly-
sis Of the crowd, owing to the intense
shock, Lieman was borne away and
locked up by the officers. Had the
crowd been able to lay hands on him
he would have been torn to pieces.
The president staggered and fell into
the arms OF the officers. Physician.
were summoned and the president was
borne at once to the hospital on the
Pan-American grounds. A survey of
his injuries was hastily made, !;
when other physicians, the leading
doctors of Buffalo arrived a careful
examination of his injuries was mad
The wound in the breast was compare
lively unimportant, but the wound in
the abdomen was recognized as the
dangerous one. An operation to as
certain the extent of perforation by
the bullet was decided upon as immedi-
ately necessary. An incision was
made along the line of the bullet which
was found to have penetrated both
walls Of the stomach, entering at the
front and near the end Of the stomach
and making its exit at the back. Both
perforations were closed and sewed up,
and when it was seen that no further
injuries had resulted to the intestines
or other organs, search for the bullet
was abandoned, and the president came
shortly from under the influence of the
anaesthetic. The result OF the opera
tion cannot be told, but the presidents
condition easy. As soon as deemed
prudent the president was removed
from the hospital to the home Of Pres
ident Milburn Of the exposition where
every care that medical skill could fur
|snish was bestowed upon the Sdistin-
guished sufferer. The president real
lized the dangerous nature of his injur-
| les but was cool and calm, bearing<his
sufferings with fortitude and courage,
L Crowds of excited persons thronged
the streets Of Buffalo all through the
might, and the general affection in
which the president is held was strong.
| " manifest Even the Pan-A merican
exposition was forgo al interest
centered In the figure off the chief exc,
cutiye shot down IL d 5ctoaardly man
ner while shaking hands with his as
sassin Mutterea threats against Al
claiats wers hear and exera lions