Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-09-12

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him say. ! trust Mrs Mckinley Vii
not near % this ana then added, or !.
she does thar il VIII net lie eAazgera.
ed. These We're tie first words Lt
spoke. and ! heard them distinctly
also heard L-in say ia reply t. the Mex
lean minister's excited inquiry if lie
was shot. Yes / think that ! ana.
This l heard also. But if | aid 20,
hear his request that the assassin bs
not injured il by no means proves THAT
he did not say it, In that moment of
terrible excitement it is easy enough
to believe that / did not hear every
thing. ana think it very probable liz
did say il. for If ! ever saw cummiseya-
ton for another in d man face it was
in President Mchinley's face a. he
turned that IndescribabIe look upon his
would be Murderer.
Il was within five feet of President
Mckinley when he was shot the other
afternoon" said Charles j. L. Lucas Of
Cambridge to reporter OF the New
York Times. The scene that followed
the shooting was one Of pandemonium.
and the horror of the attempt to muir
do not care 10 go through again"
MIR. Lucas is prominent athlete Of
Cambridge and was in Buffalo Compel
ing in the international events at the
exposition grounds. He went to the
Temple of Music TO meet the president
and was only four persons behind Czol-
gosz, the assassin, in the line. Mr.. Luz
cas- reached home at noon today
The secret service men," he contin-
ued. seemed TO have their eyes on q
certain man in the line several feet
ahead of CZolgosZ He was rather
hard looking individual a foreigner in
appearance, with unkempt hair and
beard and a hard look on his face. Sc
crct Service Man Foster moved very
close to the man and followed him
along. holding his arm in such man
ner as would lead one to believe that
he was gong TO grab the man. Moth
ing happened, however, aul after a
hearty handshake on the part Of the
president the man passed on.
Next came woman holding little
girl by the hand. President Mckinley
shook hands with the woman, but his
eyes We're riveted upon tile light haired
child. who seemed to have caught his
eye lie stopped over in a kindly man
ner and, grasping the hand Of the little
miss, asked her name, but her answer
was inaudible.
"All this time a man with his hand
tied up in handkerchief, resembling
a handage that appeared to be the work
of surgeon. followed. When he came
within one person of the president, one
of the secret service men looked him
over and also glanced at the mans
right hand. which was held near the
region of the diaphragm. No ends
were open in the bandage, the hand
being done up in a manner that would
lead one TO think that il was attached
to a splint
President Mckinley slowly raised
his hand. as if tired. TO grasp that of
the would be assassin. AS he took the
hand of the foreigner he raised il to the
ordinary height in haudShakinC. and
as he did SO the man. pressing his ell
bow close to his side. turned the muz-
ZIe of the gun toward the presidents
breast and. without the slightest sign
OF anything unusual. fred two shots in
quick succession.
so rapidly was the deed committed
that the police. detectives, soldiers and
every one stood still without moving Il
muscle. The crowd did not have the
Of venting its feelings
however. as the marines aud cavalry
men surrounded the man. AS the pres
ident sank into q chair. 70 which he
was half carried. he was heard TO say
by those within several feet Of him.
May God forgive him" After the
shooting | stood near the president for
several minutes He bore his suffer.
ugs with fortItude."
Gradually the exact truth as to what
Mr.. Mckinley said Immediately after
he was shot is coming out. says a spe-
,ial dispatch from Buffalo to the Phil
ldelphia Press. After expressing his
anxiety about Mrs. Mckinley he no
iced Czolgosz on the floor. with the
men fercely beating him in their fury.
he said TO his secretary. Mr.. Corte!you:
Don't let them harm that boy"
II is interesting 10 those who ike CO
ncidenceS that Immediately before
,zol<oSz shot Mr.. Mckinley the orcheS-
IA was playing the song Cursed BE
These Bullets" from the scene IL Web
rs Der FreischutZ." where they are
.astin- tie bullets in tie forest