Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-12
SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF THE
PRESIDENT.
ANARCHIST SPEEDS BULLETS.
While President McKinley's Condi.
ton Is Serious, He Is Resting
Comfortably.

O vo,lld-be assassin while holding a
reception in the Temple of Music at the
pan-American exposition a few min
utes after o'clock Friday afternoon.
One shot took effect in the right breast,
the other in abdomen. The first is not of
serious nature, and the bullet has
heen extracted. The latter pierced the
pbdomenal wall and has not been To-
Gated
Mrs. Mckinley received the news of
the attempted assassination with the
utmost courage.
It was shortly after 4 P. m. when one
of the throng who surrounded the pres
idential party, medium-sized man Of
ordinary appearance and plainly dress
ed in black, approached as if to greet
the president. Both Secretary Cortel-
Won and President Milburn noticed the
mans hand was swathed in bandage
or handkerchief.
Assassin Presses Forward.
The reports of the by-standers differ
cs to which hand. He worked his way
amid the stream of people up to the
edge of the dais until he was within
two feet of the president. President
Mckinley smiled, bowed and extended
his hand in that spirit OF geniality OF
the American people so we'll known
when suddenly the crack of revolver
rang out loud and clear above the hum
Of voices, the shutting Of myriad of
feet and the vibrating waves OF APP
plause that ever and anon swept here
and there over the assemblage. There
was an instant of almost complete ST.
lence. President Mckinley stood stock
ttill. a look of bewilderment on his
face Then he retreated a step, while
the palor began to steal over his fea-
lures.
Shot Startles Crowd.
The multitude, only partially aware
that something serious had happened,
yaused in surprise. while necks were
Uraned and all eyes turned as one to the
fostrum whore the great tragedy was
being enacted Then came the COM
motion. With the leap of tiger. three
enc impulse. and sprang toward the
woud-be assassin. Two Of them were
United States secret service men. who
were on the lookout and whose duty 1t
was to guard against such calamity as
had here befallen the president and
the nation. The third was a by
ftander, negro who had only an in
slant previously grasped In his dusky
vol, Of no
Furry of the Crowd.
As one man, the trio hurled them
selyes upon the presidents assaiant. In
a twinkling he was borne to the ground
his weapon wrested from his grasp and
strong arms pinioned him down.
Deed Maddens Crowd.
The multitude which thronged the
elifce began to come to a realizing
sense of the awfulness Of the scene OF
which they had been unwilling wit
nesses A murmer arose, spread and
swelled to a hum Of confusion. then
grew TO babel of sounds and later to
pandemonium Of noises.
The crowds that moment before
stood mute and motionless, as in be-
wildered ignorance Of the enormity Of
the thing, now with a single impulse
surged forward toward the stage of the
horrid drama while hoarse cry welled
up as 1000 men charged forward to
Law hands upon the perpetrator of the
Gastardly crime.
Confusion Prevails.
For a moment the confusion was
terrible. The crowd surged forward,
regardless of the consequences. Men
shouted and fought women screamed
and children cried. Some of those
nearest the doors fed from the edi-
fee in fear of a stampede, while hun
dTeds of others from outside struggled
blindly forward In an effort to pene
tTate the crowded building and solve
the mystery of the excitement and
panic, which every moment grew and
sWelled within the congested interior
OF the edifice.
Scene Could Not Be Pictured
Inside on the slightly raised dais was
enacted within those few feverish mo-
ments tragedy. so dramatic In char
acter, so thrilling in intensity that a
locker on would be unable 70 give a
sUccnCt account OF what really did
uanspire. Even the actors who were
paying the principal role of 1t. with
D'anched faces and trembling limbs and
beating hearts, and brains throbbing
with tumult of conflicting emotions
Gould not give a lucid narrative of the
events as they really transpired.
President Composed.
But OF the multitude which witnessed
" bore part in the scene of turmoil
ana disturbance, there was but one
,alad which seemed TO r tain It's eQuiii-
Urium, one hand which remained
steady one eye which gazed with un-
A'h'hlng ealmness and one voice which
retained its even tenor and faltered
uN' At the most critical juncture They
were the mind and hand and the eye
ana voice Of President Mckinley.
Walks to a Chair.
AFTER the first shock of the assassin
sHol. he retreated step, and then,
q lhe detectives leaped upon his as
saaant, he turned, walked steadily TO
ehalr and seated himself. at the same
tlae removing his hat and bowling his
.raa ID his hands. In an instant Secre-