The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-07
PRESIDENT
NJ k(NLEY
SHOT BY AN
ANARCHIST
Continued From First Page.


forward toward the stage of the horrId
drama, while a hoarse cry welled up
from a thousand threats and a thousand
men charged forward to lay hands upon
the perpetratOr of the dastardly crime.
For a moment the confusion was ter
rible. The crowd surged forward regard
less of consequences. Men shouted and
fought, women screamed and children
cried Some of those nearest the doors
fed from the edifce in fear Of a STAN
pede, while hundreds of others from
the outside struggled blindly forward In
the effort to penetrate the crowded build
ing and solve the mystery Of excitement
and panic which every moment grew
and swelled within the congested interior
of the edifice.
Inside on the slightly raised dais, was
enacted within those few feverish mo-
ments tragedy, dramatic in char
acter. so thrilling in it's intensity, that
few who looked on will ever be able to
give a suCcinct account Of what really
did trauspire. Even the actors, who were
playing the principal roles, came out OF
1t with blarched faces, trembling limbs
ana beating hearts.
But of the multitude which witnessed
or bore a part in the scene Of turbulence,
there was but one mind which seemed to
retain its equilibrium, one hand which
remained steady, one eye which gazed
with unfinching calmness, one voice
which retained it's even tenor and falter-
ed not at the most critical juncture. They
were the mind and hand ana eye ana
voice Of President Mckinley.
PRESIDENT WAS COOL.
After the first shock of the assassin's
shot he retreated a step, then, as the
detectives leaped upon his assailant, he
turned, walked steadily to a chair, seat
ed himself, at the same time removing
his hat and bowling his head in his hands
In an instant Secretary COrtelyou was
at his side his waistcoat was hurried1y
opened the president meanwhile admon-
ishing those about him to remain calm
and telling them not to be alarmed
But - are wounded" cried his secre-
tary. let me examinei''
NO. l think not" answered the presi-
dent. L am not badly hurt, L assure
you
Nevertheless his outer garments were
hastily loosened, and when a tricllling
stream of crimson was seen to wind its
way down his breast, spreading its tell
tall stain over the white surface of the
linen. their worst fears were confirmed
A force of exposition guards was on the
scene by this time, and an effort was
made to clear the building. The crush
was terrific. Spectators crowded down
the stairways from the galleries. the
crowd on the floor surged forward toward
the rostrum, while, despite the strenu-
Gus efforts of the police and guards, the
throng without struggled madly to OBJ
tain admission.
The presidents aSsailant in the mean
time 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 Supt.
Bull, of the Buffalo police department,
who took the prisoner to No. 13 police
station and afterwards to police head
quarters. AS soon as the crowd in the
Temple of Music had been dispersed suf-
ficiently the president was removed i'll
the automobile ambulance and taken TO
the exposition hospital, where an eX>
animation was made. The best medical
skill was summoned and within a brief
period several of Bufalo's best known
practitioners were at the patients side
THE PRESIDENTS WOUNDS.
The president retained the full exer-
else of his faculties until placed on the
operating table and subjected to an
anaesthetic. Upon the first examination
st was ascertained that one bullet had
taken effect in the right breast just be-
low the nipple causing comparatively
harmless wound.
The cher took effect in the abdomen,
about four inches below the left nipple.
four inches to the left of the navel and
about on a level with 1t.
Upon arrival at the exposition hospital,
the second bullet wound was probed.
The walls of the abdomen were opened
but the ball was not located. The in
cision was hastily closed and after
hasty consultation it was decided to re-
move the patient to the home of Presf-
dent Milburn This was done, the auto
mobile ambulance being used for the
purpose. Arrived at the Milburn resi-
dence all persons outside the medical at
PENDANTS. nurses and the officials inl-
med'ately concerned, were excluded and
the task Of probing for the bullet which
had lodged in the abdomen, was begun by
DR. Roswell Parke. When the news of
the crime was telephoned to the home OF
President Milburn, where Mrs Mckin-
ley was resting, Immediate steps were
taken to spare her the shock of a pre-
mature statement before the true con-
dition of the president could be asoer-
tanned. Guards We're stationed and no
one was permitted to approach the house.
When it was decided to remove the
president from the exposition hospital to
the Milburn residence, the news was
broken to Mrs Mckinley as gently as
might be by the members of the Miburn
family. She bore the shock remarkably
well and displayed the utmost fortitude.
At $50 the representative of the Asso-
ciated Press was admitted to the Mil
burn mansion, where Secretary Cortel-
you gave him the official bulletin pre-
pared by the physicians
Secretary Cortelyou said that a teIe-
graph office would be established at once
in the Milburn residence, and bulletins
giving the public the fullest information
possible would be issued at short inter
walls. At the Milburn house We're Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Wilson, President
Milburn, Director General Buchanan, of
the Pan-American- exposition; DR.. Rixey
and Secretary Cortelyou kilograms
poured in by the hundreds and Secretary
Cortelyou was kept busy replying to
them. Two stenographers, with their
typewriters, We're 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 onlookeTs, with
barred heads, far different spectacle was
being witnessed along the route of his
assailants journey from the scene of his
crime to police headquarters. The trip
was made so quickly that the prisoner
was safely landed within the portals of
the police station and the doors closed
before anyone was aware of his pres
ence.
POLICE STATION GUARDED.
The news of the attempted assassina-
lion having meanwhile bsen spread broad
cast by the newspapers, like wildfre 1t
spread from mouth to mouth. Then bull
letins began to appear on the boards
along newspaper row, and when the an