The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-09-11
SHOT BY ANARCHIST,
President Mckinley Seriously Wounded.
HIS CONDITION FAV ORABLE AND WOUNDS
MAY NOT PROVE FATAL

ing that the tragedy occurred.
The President was shot about
O'Clock. One bullet struck him on IL
upper portion of the breast bone, CLAN
ing and not penetrating. The secon
bullet penetrated the abdomen fiy
inches below the left nipple and on
and half inches TO the left Of tn
median line. The abdomen was opene
through the line OF the bullet wount
1t was found that the bullet had pcne
trated the stomach. The opening il
the front wall of the stomach was care
iully closed with silk stitches, afte
which search was made for hole il
the back wall of The stomach. This wa
found and also closed in the same way
The further course of the bullet coul,
not be discovered, although careful
search was made. The abdominal
wound was closed without draluasc
NO injury to the intestines or Other
abdominal organ was discovered.
FURTHER DETAILS OF TIE SHOOTING
1t was shortIy after p. IN. whe,
one OF the lhrong which surrounded
the presidential party, a medium slzc
man OF ordinary appearance and plain
ly dressed III black, approached as il
to greet the president. Both Sccrc-
tary Coltrlyov al d President Milburn
nollced thai the mans hand was
swathcd IN II handage of handkerchief.
reports of bystandcrs differ as to his
hand. He worked his way amid the
stream of people up to the edge Of the
dlas uuu. he was within two feet of
the President
Mr.. Mckinley smiled, bowed and
extended his hand in that spirit of
geniali,y tho American people so well
know, when suddenly the sharp crack
OF revolver rang out loud and clear
above the hum OF voices, the shunlinc
OF myriad feet and vibrating waves of
applause that ever and anon swept
here and there over the asscmblage.
There WAS All instant of almost COM
plete sileucc. The President stood
stock sllll, Il look of hcsitancy, almost
OF bewlldcrmcnL OH his face. Then he
retreatcd Il st!p while a pallor began
to steal over his features. The multi
tude, only partially aware that some
thing serious had happened, paused in
surprise, while Lccks were craned and
all eyes turned as one toward the ros-
trum, where great tragedy was beng
enacted.
Then came Il cOmmO;ion. With the
leap OF lSer three men threw them
selves forward as with one Impulse
and sprang toward the woud-bc as
saSsln. Two of them were United
States secret service men who were on
the lookout and whose duty it was
to guard against just such IL calamity
as had here befalcn the Prcsi-
dent and the nation. The third was a
Dystander, Il negro, who had only an
instant previously graspcd in his dusky
palm the hand Of the President. AS
one man The trio hurled themselves
upon the Presidents assassin. In
Iwinkling he was borne to the ground,
his weapon was wrested from MS
grasp and strong arms pinioned him
down.
Then the multitude which thrOnged
The edliicc began TO come to reallz-
ing seiIsc Of the awfulncss of the scene
of which they had been unwilling wit
lesses.
EFFECT ON TILE PEOPLE.
a murmur arose, spread and swellcd
to hum of confusion, then grew to
Babel of sounds and later to pande-
monium of noises.
The crowds that IL moment before
had stood mute and moLionless as in
beWildered ignorance of the enormity Of
the thing, now with single impulse
surgcd forward toward the stage of the
horrid drama, %nile hoarse cry
welled up from thousand threats and
a thousand men charged forward to
lay hands upon the perpetrator of the
the daslardly crime.
For moment confusion was terri
BILE. Men shouted and fought, women
screamed aid children cried. Some
OF those nearest the doors fled from
the ediice in fear of a stampede, while
hundreds of others from the outside
struggled blindly forward in the effort
TO penetrate the crowded building and
solve the mystery of excitement and
panic which every moment grew and
swelled within the congested interior
of the edifiee.
Inside on the slightly raised dais
was enacted within those few feverlsh
moments a tragedy, so dramatic in
character, 80 thrilling in it's intensity
that fsw who looked on will ever be
able to give succinct account of what
really did transpiIe. Even the actors
who were playing the principal roles
came out of 1T with blancted faces,
trembling limbs and beating hearts,
while their brains throbbcd with IA
tumult Of conflicting emotions which
could not be clarified into a lucid mar
rative of the events as they really trans
pircd.
ONE HAND REMAINED STEADY.
But of the multitude which wit
messed or bore part in the scene q
turmoil and turbulence there was bu
one mind which seemed to retain it,
equilibrium, one hand which remained
steady, one eve which gazed with un
flinching calmness and one volco which
retained it's even tenor and faltcrcd no
at the most critical juncture. The,
were the mind and the h,nd and tn
eye and the voice of President McKin
ley.
After the first shock of the assassin
| shots, he retreated n step. then IA in