The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-09-13

were on the scene by this time and
an effort was made to clear the
building.
Spectators crowded down the
stairways from the galleries, and
the crowd on the floor surged to-
ward the rostrum, while, despite
the strenuous efforts of the police
and guards, the throng without
struggled madly to obtain admis-
sion.
The presidents assailant IN the
meantime had been hustled to the
rear of the building by the ex-
position guards, where he was
held while the building was clear
ed, and later he was turned over
to Superintendent Bull of the Buff
falo police department, who took
the prisoner to No. 13 police sta
ton and afterward to police head
quarters.
AS soon as the crowd in the
Temple of Music had been dis
persed sufficiently the president
was removed in the automo-
bile ambulance and taken to the
exposition hospital, where an ex-
animation was made. The best
medical skill was summoned and
within a brief period a number
of Buffalo's best known practl-
TONERS were at the patients side.
The president retained the full
exercise of bis faculties until placed
ON the operating table and sub
iected to an anesthetic. Upon the
first examination it was ascertained
that one bullet had taken effect in
the right breast just below the
nipple, causing comparatively
harmless wound. The other took
effect IN the abdomen, about four
inches below the left nipple, four
inches to the left of the naval and
about on a level with it.
Upon arrival at the exposition
hospital the second bullet was
probed for. The walls of the
abdomen we're opened, but the ball
was not located. The incision was
hastily closed and after consul
tation it was decided to remove
the patient to the home of Presi-
dent Milburn. This was done, the
automobile ambulance being used
for the purpose. Arrived at the
Milburn residence, the task of
probing for the bullet which had
lodged in the abdomen was begun
by DIR. Roswell Parke.
BREAKING 1T TO MRS. M'KINLEY.
When it was decided to remove
the president from the exposition
hospital to the Milburn residence
the news was broken to Mrs. Nc
Kinley as gently as possible. She
bore the shock remarkably well
and displayed the utmost fortitade.
At the Milburn house were Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson, Presi-
dent Milburn, Director-General
Buchanan, of the exposition, DR..
Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou.
kilograms poured in by the hun
dreds and Secretary Cortelyou was
kept busy replying to them. Two
stenographers with their type
writer's were placed in the parlor,
which was quickly transformed
| into a bustling room.
While the wounded president
was being borne from the exposi-
ton to the Milburn residence be-
tween rows of onlookers with
barred heads a far different specta.
Gle was being witnessed along the
route of his assallant's journey
from the scene of his crime tC
police headquarters. The trip was
made so quickly that the prisoner
was landed safely within the wide
portals of the police station and
| the doors closed before any one
was aware of his presence, the
news of the attempted assassination
| having in the meantime beer
spread broadcast by the newspa
pers. Like wildfire it spread from
mouth to mouth. Then bulletins
began to appear on the boards
along newspaper row, and wher
the announcement was made tina
the prisoner had been taken t
police headquarters only TIVE
blocks distant from the newspape