The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-09-13

nCighbOrhOOd of the Milhurn rrsIdrn,c
WAS deserted sovr for th, nnli,cr,cr
who were on puord and IN, stroota
down town wcro almost ,ru,Ilv o,i,,
Official euIletI,
Secretary Cortclyuu Iost nIrlt rovc
ont tho following s,o,cmont. Tbe
following bulletin was issurd nv ,he
physicinns nj ? n'clork "Th, moo,
den was shot about 4 o'clocIt ono huI
l,t strurl, him an IN, urr,r r,r,i,,
of the breast bone. pInnrinp and NOT
pcnotrotiup. thc e,cnuJ LrII,t mono
tratcd the abdomen nvc Inchca hcloy
the left nipuIr and ono and ono hoIf
inches to thc Irrt Of thr mcdIon Inc
The abdomen wns oncncd throurh tho
line of tho huIIrt No,,ud n wne
found that the bullet had pcnctrntcd
the stomach. The opcnInp in thc
front wall of the stomach wna coro.
fully closed with silk stitchna nftrr
which srarch wns moIr for n hn,n
I'm the hncl, wall oC thr stomach Th,o
wns fouud and oIsn rIoenl in th, cam.
wny. rho mrthrr cnurs, or th, Inn
let could not he discovered oIthnurh
'hA "a l,
dominal wourd wns closed without
drainage. No wound To tho Intcs
tines or other abdominal orpnn wns
discovered The pntirnt stood tho
opcratIon well uulsc of good uupIitv
rate of 1870. Condition NJ the conclu.
sion of oporation was gratifying Tho
result cannot bc forctold. His con.
Covcry."
At n. m. the following bullrtin
was issued
"rhc president continues to rest
well Tcmpornturc IOI mise no
respiration "a"
Scenes at the Milburn Home.
Immediately the president wos
cared for at the exposition grounds
Director General w. l. buchanan
started for the MIlburn residence toI
forcstal any information that mipht
reach there by telephone or otherwise
Very luckily. ne was first to arrive
with the information. The Ninpnro
Falls trim had tired Mrs Mckinney
and on returning to the Milburn resi-.
dence she took leave of her nlcccs. the
Misses Barber and the presidcnt's
hostess Mrs. MiIburn. and then went
to her room To rest
Mr.. buchanan broke the ncws tc
the nicccs AZ easily as ne could and
II was thought hest to await Mrs Nc.
KinIcv's awakening or shortly after
whom Mr.. buchanan should brcaI, tho
news TO her. if in the meantime her
physician. DIR. Rjxov had not arrived
Mrs Mckinney awoI,o from her sIorr
at about j. 30. She was feeling snIon |
didlv she said and nj once tool, I'm
her Crochoting which os 10 wnIl
known. is one of her fayorito diver
sions. Immediately on Mr.. Buchan.
ans arrival at the Milburn home no
had teIophone COMMUNICATION there.
with cut off. for there had been several
calls. and he decided on this ne the
wisest course to pursue lest Mrs Nc.
Kinlcy. hearing the continued ringing
of the telephone bell. might inqulre
what it meant.
While the light of dav continued
Mrs. Mckinley continued with her
crochcting. When if became dusk
and the president had not arrived she
began to feel anxious concerning him
81 wonder WHY ne does not Gomez"
she asked one Of her nicces. There
was no clock in Mrs McKinloy'y
room and when IT was seven O'Clock
she had no idea it was so late ana
this is when she began TO feel anxious
her husband for he was
due to return to Mr.. Milburn's home
about 6 o'clock.
At o'clock DR.. RiXev arrived at the
Milburn residence. He had been
driven hurriedly down Delaware ave.
nue. in an omen carriage. AS he
came up. Mr.. buchanan was ont on the
lawn conversing with a reporter.
"Do Won know" said Mr.. buchanan
"I had a sort of premonition. Since
earlv morning I had been extremely
nervous and feared that something
might go wrong. Our trip to the
Falls was uneventful, but what an
awful sad ending to our day."
Mrs MckipIav Hears the Ne,us