The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-09-12
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SHOT,
He Is Stricken Down by the Hand
of an Anarchist,

President William Mckinley was shot
and dangerously wounded last Friday
afternoon about CLOCK, at Buffalo.
He was shot by an anarchist named
Leon Czologosz, alias Fred. Nieman,
German Pole.
The assassin fired two shots, one bullet
struck the President on the upper por-
ton of the breast, striking the bone and
glancing off, inflicting only a flesh
wound. The second bullet penetrated
the abdomen on the left side about five
inches below the nipple, and lodged be-
tween the walls Of the stomach.
Tie weapo n used was 38-revolver.
President Mckinley had been invited
by the management to the Exposition
at Buffalo, N. Y, and Friday was
"President's Day." when the crowd was
unusually large. The President was
accompanied by his wife and two nieces.
They are the guests of Mr.. J. G. Mil
burn, President of the Exposition.
On Friday afternoon about O'Clock
while President Mckinley was holding
Reception in the Temple of Music, on
the Expositisn Grounds, the cowardly
deed was committed. He was shaking
hands with the thousands Of people who
crowded to the front. At his left stood
Mr.. Milburn; on the right stood his Pri-
vate Secretary, Mr.. Cortelyou. To the
left of Mr.. Milburn stood detectives
F. j. Foster and S. L. Ireland, of the
secret service. A medium sized man of
ordinary appearance, plainly dressed in
black, was seen to approach as if to
shake hands with the President. twas
noticed that the fellows left hand was
wrapped in handkerchief, but the Off
GERS did not suspect anything. The
President extended his had as the fellow
approached when the assassin raised his
revolver and fired two shots in rapid sue
cession. At the first shot the President
stood still, giving alook of hesitancy and
bewilderment, and at the second shot
which he felt more acutely, he stepped
back few PAGES to chair, and, seating
himself, removed his hat and bowed his
head in his hands. When assistance
reached him, he said: "Don't exag-
gerate to my wife" He was taken to
the home of Mr.. Milburn whose guest
he is.
AS the assassin fired the second shot
detective Parker grabbdn the fellow by
| the throat and struck him several times,
| breaking his nose and knocking out two
of his teeth. In the meantime, a col
| ored man named Parker struck the
assassin with his fist and knocked the
revolver from his hand. The fellow
was finally picked up from the floor, and
dragged into an ante-room. Upon being
asked why he had shot the President, he
replied, 81 am an anarchist, and only
did my duty"
The assassin was then taken to jail
amid yells of 'sLynch him!"
Czologosz, or Nieman, is about % years
Of age, and lived in Cleveland, Ohio
His father and family live there. The
assassin was born in Detroit, of Russian
Pole parentage.
Nieman made a statement in Jail t.
the effect that he was led to commit thu
act by reading the writings of Emma
Goldman, Chicago anarchist. He sait
that he had no confederate; that h,
thoguht this system of government wa
wrong and the best way to end it was b,
killing the President. He shows no in
dications of insanity, and is not penitent
He bought the revolver in Buffalo thre
days before the act. He stated tina
on three different occasions he ha,
intended to shoot the President bu
that at each time he failed to get nea
enough. He further stated that he ha
come to Buffalo for the purpose of kill
ing the President.
The anarchist societies of this countr
deny any knowledge of Nieman yet the
are in sympathy with him. The anar
chists of Patterson, N. j., met after re
ceiving the news, and, while drinkin
beer toasted the assassin. saying, ''W
} don't know HON, but he is one of us. H
did what it was his duty to do an
we honor him, while personally thinkin
his effort might better have been EN-
ployed across the ocean on some crowne
7 head"
Perhaps this refers to Emperor VII
, liam of Germany? It is now recalle
that last March an anarchist showma,
Antonio Maggie, stated that he was
member of an anarchistic circle, wit
headquarters at Rome, Italy, and tn;
President Mckinley and Emperor Wi
, liam of Germany were both doome
to be killed, and that the men had bee
selected, and that President McKinle
I would be killed before October /.
gave as a reason that President McKin