Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-09-12
While Receiving in the Temple Of Music
at Buffalo.
Two WOUNDS WERE INFLICTED
The Assassin Shot the President With
His Left land While Reaching
Out With His Right to
Grasp the PreSi-
dents Hand.

wounded at four o'clock tnls alIernooh III
the Temple of Music at the Pan American
Exposition, Buffalo, by Leon Czolgoz,
professed anarchist.
The presidential party visited Niagara
Falls in the morning, and at three O'Clock
returned to the Exposition grounds, where
after brief ceremonies, the President be-
gan shaking hands with the great crowd
nresent. The assassin, well dressed and
respectable looking, awaited his turn IN
the long line. His left hand was covered
with handkerchief, and in this large
calibre revolver was concealed. AS he
reached forward as if to grasp tie Presl-
dents hand with his right, he quickly
fred twice with bis left hand.
As the President sank back into the
arms of Secret Service Officer Ireland
United States soldiers sprang upon the
assallant, bearing him to the ground. Inc
revolver was wrested from him, and cut
and bleeding from the rough handling, he
was taken to a police station.
Of the bullets, the first struck the
breastbone and glanced of, inhicting
slight flesh wound. The second perfora'
ted the walls of the stomach, and lodged
in the tissue back of the stomach. Doc
tors Parker, Parmenter and Mynter began
n probe for the second bullet at seven
O'Clock. They are of the opinion that the
wound is not necessarily fatal.
The prisoner at the police station SAID
his home is IN Chicago. He came from
there two weeks ago.
Vice President Roosevelt heard the
news in Burlington, VT, and started at
once for Buffalo. Senator Hanna left
Cleveland at eight O'Clock for the same
place.
When the city Of light was shrouded IN
darkness at its usual hour for the illumi'
nation, the President of the United States
left the grounds the victim of a bullet OF
an irresponsible Polish German. The
President was still under the influence OF
an esthetic, which had been administered
tn enable the surgeons of the Exposition
hospital to find the bullet, which had pen
etrated the walls OF the abdomen. An
hour before the operation was begun, the
walls of the abdomen were open, but tEe
buuet was not found. The wound was
hastily closed and after this preliminary
search. a hasty conference resulted i'll that
the President should be removed to the
home of President Miburn, where further
search might be made
Colonel Michael, Of the Government
Board, has Just telegraphed to bis Chic
secretary, Hay, at his home in New
Hampshire. that Surgeon Rixey, the per
sonal attendant of President Mckinley
Uould issue in few lines an official bulle
tin announcing the Presidents condition
as gathered from the tone Of Colonel Mi
chaeps statement 1T is serious. Informatlcl
from the hospital confirms this. Th
chances of the Presidents recovery ar
about even. When it was decided to re
move the President from the hospital
hospital cot and bedding were hastil
loaded into an autimobile and sent wit
doctors, nurses and attendants up to max
ready in President Milburn's house be-
in which the President should lie.
Thousands of anxious visitors to tn
exposition stood in wide semi circle be
fore the hospital door and watched wit
drooping spirits these preparations, whicl
spoke too we'll that the condition of tn
President required immediate removal.
The autimobile gave place to the ambr
lance. and then, little later, the Pres
dent was carried out on a stretcher. The
slowly, with barred heads, between Ion
line of hatless visitors, the ambulance gu
geons bore their precious freight up tn
hall through the esplanade, between tt
nvlons. and over the bridge of trump
and out through the Lincoln Park gal
and down the grand avenue which leat
70 the home of President Milburn. 1t wi
q sad and silent crowd which gazed at II
black side of the ambulance, still mo-
blackened by the unwonted darkness, II
not lamp shoDe in the city Of lights, on
the lamps in the ambulance marked Il
course of the surgeons and their preciol
burden. Behind the ambulance came tv
autimobiIes loaded with surgeons ar
nurses.
MIR. MIburn was there and Mr.. Scratc
ard of the Executive COMMITTEE, and OF
er directors of the exposition; the Secret
ry of Agriculture, James Wilson, and Gil
zens Of Washington, who are here. we
all at the Presidents SIDE, as anxio
neighbors went up by other means TO Il