Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-09-14

mission.
The Presidents assailant in the
meantime had been hustled to the rear
of the building by Exposition guards,
where he was held while the building
was cleared. and later he was turned
over to Superintendent Bull, Of the
Buffalo police department, who took
the prisoner to No. 16 police station.
and afterward to police headquarters.
AS soon as the crowd in the temple of
music had been dispersed sufficiently
the President was removed in the au-
tomobile ambulance and taken to the
ination was made. The best medical
skill was summoned, and within a
brief period several of Buffalo's best
known practitioners were at the pa
tents side.
On the Operating Table.
The President retained the full ac-
count OF his faculties until placed on
the operating table and subjected to
an anaesthetic. Upon the first exam.
ination 1t was ascerIained that one
bullet had taken effect In the right
breast just below the nipple, causing
a comparatively harmless wound.
The other took effect in tie abdo-
men, about four inches below the left
nipple, four inches 10 the left of the
navel, and aoout on level with it.
Upon arrival at the Exposition hospi.
tai the second bullet wound was
probed for. The walls of the abdomen
were opened, but the ball was not To-
Gated. The incision was hastily closed,
and after hasty consultation it was
decided to remove the patient to the
home of President Milburn. This was
done. the automobile ambulance being
used for the purpose. Arrived at the
Milburn residence, all persons outside
the medical attendants, nurses and the
officials Immediately concerned, were
excluded. and the task of probing for
the bullet which had lodged in the alb
domen was begun by DR.. Roswell
Parke. When the news of the crime
was telephoned to the home of Presi-
dent Milburn, where Mrs. Mckinley
was resting, immediate steps were
mature statement OF the occurrence
before the true condition of the Presi-
dent should be ascertained. Guards
were stationed, and no one was per-
mitted to approach the house.
Mrs. Mckinley Hears the News.
When it was decided to remove the
President from the Exposition hospi-
tai to the Milburn residence, the news
was broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gently
as might be by the members of the
Milburn family. She bore the shock
remarkably we'll, and displayed the ut
most fortitude.
Secretary Cortelyou said that tele-
graph Office would be established at
once at the Milburn residence, and
bulletins giving the public the fullest
information possible would be issued
at short intervals. At the Milburn
house were Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, President Milburn. Director
General Buchanan, of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition; DR.. Rixey and Secre-
tary Cortelyou. kilograms poured in
by the hundreds. and Secretary Cortel-
you was kept busy replying to them.
Two stenographers. with their type
writer's, were placed in the parlor,
which was quickly transformed into
a busting room.
While the wounded President was
being borne from the Exposition to
the Milburn residence between rows
of onlookers with barred heads, a far
different spectacle was being wit
messed along the route of his assail-
ants journey from the scene of his
crime to police headquarters. The
trip was made so quickly that the pris-
oner was safely landed within the wide
portals of the police station and the
doors closed before any one was aware
Of his presence.
Crowd Cried: Lynch Him"
The news of the attempted assas-
sination had in the meanwhile been
spread broadcast by the newspapers
ike wildfre it spread from mouth to
mouth. Then bulletins began to ap-
pear on the boards along newspaper
row, and when the announcement was
maze tndL Jne prisoner nau Deen tdhSn
to police headquarters, only two blocks
distant from the newspaper section,
the crowds surged down toward the
terrace eager for a glimpse of the pris-
oner. At police headquarters they
were met by a strong Gordon of police,
which was drawn up across the pave
ment on Pearl street, and admiStance
was denied to any out officials author
lied TO take part in the examination
of the prisoner. In a few minutes he
crowd had grown from tens to hun
dreds, and these in turn quickly
swelled into thousands, until the street
was completely blocked wi h a mass
of humanity. II was at this juncture
that some one raised the cry OF
Lynch him" Like fash the cry was
taken up. and the whole crowd, as if
ignited by he single match thus ap-
pliel, re-echoel TIE cry: Lynch him,
Hang him. Clc->r inc crowd s':rSea
forward. Denser the throng became as
new arrivals swelled each moment the