Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-07
ASSASS|N'S SHOTS
Planned to Kill the
President.
In a Dense Crowd, the Anar-
chist Fired to Kill.
After Greeting the President, He
Fired Two Shots.
Tuf VICTIM GETTING WELL.
THE VICTIM GETTING WELL.

Temple of Music at the Pan.Ameri.
can grounds. that the cowardly attack
upon him was made, with what sue
ccss time alone can tell.
The president was standing In the
midst Of crowds numbering thousands
and surrounded by every evidence "
rood will. pressed by n motley throng
Of people. showered with the express
slons Of love and loyalty. besieged by
multitudes, all eager to clasp his
hands. In the midst Of these sur
roundings and with the ever. recurring
plaudits of the army of sightseers
ringing i'm his ears. the blow OF the
assassin came and In an instant pleas
ure gave way to pain, admiration TO
agony. folly gave way to fury n
pandomonium followed.
Tonight a surging, swaying. eager
multitude throngs the city's main tho
roughfares. choking the streets In
front of the principal newspapers.
scanning the bulletins with anxious
yves and grooming or cheering In turn
At zach succeeding announcement, as
the nature of the message sinks or
huoys their hopes.
Down at police headquarters. sur
rounded by stern-faced inquisitors OF
the law. Is q medium sized man OF
commonplace appearance. with a
fixed gaze directed on the floor. who
presses his lips firmly together and
listens with an assumed Indifference
10 the constant stream OF questions.
arguments. obiurgations and admoni-
lions with which his captors seek to
induce or compel him to talk.
II was lust after the daily program
IN the splendid Temple Of Music that
the dastardly attempt was made.
Planned with all the diabolical ingenu-
Nv and fncsse OF which anarchy or nj
hilism Is capable. the would-be assas-
, in carried out his work without n
hitch. and should his designs fail and
the president survive only to divine
Providence can he attributed the ben
, rmcent result.
The president. though well guarded
I b. United States secret service detcc-
tivcs. was fully exposed to such an
attack ms occurred. He stood at tho
7dge Of n raised dias upon which
! stands the great pipe organ at the
east side of the magnificent structure
i Throngs Of people crowded In at the
/ various entrances to gaze upon thoii
A chief executive and perchance to clasT
= | MS MANU. anu Nh'n Nv th'h why 'N'
g IN a good-natured mob that every min
ute swelled and multiplied at tho
h points of ingress and egress to the
building.
h The president was in a cheerful
d mood and was enjoying to the full the
hearty evidence of good will which
h everywhere met his gaze. Upon his
S right stood JohnG. Milburn OF Buffalo
; president OF the Pan.Amcrican eyposi
; lion. chatting with the president and
} Introducing him to special persons Ct
note who approached. Upon the
presidents left stood NJ. Cortelyou
a his private secretary.
II was shortly after 4 p. m. wher
; from among the throng which sur
u rounded the presidential party a me
1ium sized man Of ordinary appear
lnce aud dressed in black. approached
u 90 greet the president. Both Secre
a tary Cortelyou and President Mllburr
noticed that the mans hand wal
N swathcd in n bandage or a handker
J chief. reports of the bystanders diffeI
IS to which hand. He worked his wa
amidst the stream of people up 4
the edge Of the dais until he was with
IN two feet Of the president.
President Mckinley smiled, bowed
; and extended his hand In that spirit q
ID geniality which the American peopl
so well know, when suddenly tn
1t sharp crack of n revolver rang on
II, loud and clear above the hum o
voices. the shufnlng Of a myriad O
V. feet and the yibrated waves of al
plause hat ever and amor swept her
and there over the assemblage.
There was instantly almost a con
plete silence. President McKinle
stood stock still, with a look Of hes
O. fancy, almost bewilderment. on hi
face. Then he r~etreated a step, Will
a pallor began to steal over his fei
lures. The multitude, only PARTIAL
pc aware that something serious had haI
ne pened, paused in surprise, while neck
.. were craned and all eyes were turne
II as one to the rostrum where the gref
tragedy was being enacted. The
- came commotion, Three men thro
: themselves forward as with me In
), pulse and sprang toward the would-t
assassin. Two OF them were Unite
States secret service men, who wei
10 on the lookout and whose duty II W
ia to guard against Just such a calami
as had here befallen.
Men shouted and fought; wom'
screamed and children cried, Some
those nearest the doors fled from n
IN ediice IN fear OF a stampede, viii
hundreds of others from the outsiC
~ struggled bllndly forward In the effo
Al to penetrate the crowded building an
solve the mystery of the eXcitemel
and panic which every moment gre
worse and swelled within the congeS
ed interior OF the edifce. Inside On
&c .lt.lt1,T pata.I lafg una onnetnh ult
~ in those few feyerish moments
" tragedy so dramatic in character al
in its intensity that few who looked
Wy II will ever be able to give a succln
or account OF what really did transpir
Even those who attended the PREF
dent came out of IL with blanch,
o. faces, trembling limbs and beatiI
fty hearts, while their brains throbb'
n, with a tumult OF conflicting emotion
nj which could not be clarified into a
in cid narrative Of the events as tn
ist really transpired.
Out of the multitude which W
messed or bore part In this scene
~ turmoil and turbulence, there was b
~ one mind which seemed to retain !
mo- equilibrium, n hand which RENAME
,ot steady, one eye which gazed with II
ne ninChing Calmness and one vol
which retained it's even tenor and Il
he tered not at the most critical ~junctul
~ They were the mind and hand al
voice Of President Mckinley.
When the president was shot he Il
into the arms Of Detective Gear
whom he cody asked: Am ! shot
Geary u%nhuttoned the prcsidenI
waistco0t and seeing blood, reptile
81 fear You are, Mr., President"
The would-be assassin fired throuI
n handkerchief which concealed I
weapon. Detective ireland was on
two feet away when the shots We
fired. lie Immediately jumped up
the assassin and forced him to I
ground.
After the first shock of the asst
sins shot he rctreated a step. Tn,
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