The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-09-12

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They had come direct from the Mil
burn home, where Mrs. Mckinley
were sleeping. all unconscious of what
had happened. Officers of the army
and navy, including Captain Hobson,
and foreign diplomats, who had come
here for Presidents Day, crowded the
corridors of the hospital.
At 6 O'Clock it was announced that
the President was about to undergo
the operation to find the second bull
let. DR.. Mann performed the opera
ton. assisted by DR.. Parmeuter, Dr..
Mynter and DR.. Rixey. The crowd
waited patiently for twenty minutes.
when the news was brought that the
President had undergone the opera
ton, that the bullet had not been
found, that the drainage tube had
been inserted, the incision had been
sewed up and the surgeons were hope
full of the outcome.
DR.. Roswell Park, whose reputa-
ton as a surgeon is international,
was performing an operation at
Niagara Falls. The New York Cen
trail brought him to the scene on a
special train and he arrived intime
to be consulted in regard to the
operation. Arrangements were made
to remove the President to the Mil
burn house before any reaction might
set it.
At 600 O'Clock Dr. and Mrs Rixey,
Mrs. Cortelyou and Webb G. Hayes,
a son of the late President Hayes,
drove to the Milburn home to make
operations to receive the President.
Two nurses from the hospital took an
automobile loaded with supplies down
to the Milburn house, and at 7:45
o'clock the ambulance backed up to
the hospital door. Four surgeons
carried the stretcher on which the
President lay. His head rested on a
pillow and white sheet concealed all
but his face, which looked as white as
the linen around it. There was not a
sound from the crowd. All heads
were bare. 1t could be seen that the
President was conscious, that his eyes
were open, but he made no sign.
WHAT THE DOCTORS FOUND.
1t was found that the second and
serious wound was bullet hole in
the abdomen about five inches below
the left nipple and an inch and a half
to the left of the median line. The
bullet which caused that wound pene-
trated both the anterior and posterior
walls of the stomach, going through
and completely perforating that
organ. 1t was found also that as a
consequence of the perforation, the
stomach fluid had circulated about
the abdominal cavity Further exam
nation disclosed that the hole made
by the entrance of tie bullet was
small and clean cut, while that on
the other side was large and ragged.
A five inch incision was made, and
through this aperture the physicians
were able TO turn the organ about so
as to suture the larger bullet hole.
After that had been sewed the abdom-
inal cavity was washed with a salt
solution. The other and slighter
wound was directly in the middle of
| the breast above the breast bone.
During the operation the Presi-
dents pulse remained at about 1870,
being at that figure when the opera
ton was concluded. The anasthetic
used in the operation was ether.
The Presidents respiration was nor
NAL throughout, and at no time was
his breathing labored or difficult.
The operation was a complete success
from the view point of the physi-
clans. The danger now is from COM
plications. that most. feared being
peritonitis. President Mckinley
showed no indication of having suf-
fered from the shock of the attempted
assassination or the operation. II
that condition continues it is pro ba BILE
that he will recover.
LATER-The real name of the would
be assassin is Leon Czolgosz. He
comes of Polish parentage, but claims
to have been born in this country
at Detroit. His father, step-moth her
and several brothers and sisters live
in Cleveland Ohio