The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-11
The PRESIDENT SHOT,

ternoon by an insane man. One bull
let took effect in the shoulder and the
other in the breast.
After the shooting one of the diplo-
malic corps walked up to the Presi-
dent and asked "Are you shot" With
remarkable forLitude the President
closed his lips and his head fell back
but he never lost his courage. Finally
he became 80 faint it was necessary to
support his head. While the officer
had closed on the assassin deputy
marshall secured a handkerchief and
revolver which was concealed in the
murderer's hand. Thousands cried.
Men actually took off their hats and
Wept like babies as the President was
carried away to the emergency hospital.
After the shooting mounted police
were called and formed an escort TO
the ambulance which carried the Pres
ldent to the hospital. DIR. Carr was
the first doctor on the scene. After
an examination he said the wounds
were not necessarily fatal.
The shooting occurred few min
utes after four o'clock at the Temple of
Music where q reception had been in
progress five minutes. Fred Nieman
is the name of the assassin, His home
is in Detroit, Mich.
While shaking hands with the Presi-
dent with his right hand, the man had
gun. Apparently his hand was ban
daged. AS the President offered his
hand he uncovered revolver and fired
twice, directly at President Mckinley.
A ko hot ha foil hoo
The man was arrested Immediately.
Secret Service Agent Foster rushed
forward and with powerful blow
felled the assassin.
BUFFALO, Sept. 6, $50 P. M.-Nie-
man, the assassin, has been taken to
police headquarters, where he arrived
at six O'clock. He was lodged in the
cell known as the "Black Pit" A
mob of 10000 man outside made a
desperate effort to get Nieman from
the officers, but they held their ground
and ashed their horses to wild run
for the police station.
BUFFALO, Sept. 6, 7 P.M.-President
Mckinley is conscious and resting
ee silly. The second bullet has been
successfully removed and the attend
ing physicians have strong hopes of
his ultimate recovery. At nine O'Clock
no perceptible change was noticed in
the Presidents condition.
1t was shortly after P. NJ, when
out of the throng which surrounded
the Presidential party, medium sized
man of ordinary appearance and plain
ly dressed in black, approached as If to
Hn
Cortelyou and President Milburn no
ticed that one of the mans hands was
swathed in bandsge or handkerchief
Reports of bystanders differ as to which
hand. He worked his way amid the
stream of people up to the edge OF dais
until he was within two feet of the
President. President Mckinley smiled,
bowed and extended his hand in that
spirit of genialty the American people
so well know when suddenly the sharp
crack of revolver rang out loud and
clear above the hum of voices and shut
fling of feet and vibrating waves of ap-
plause that swept here and there over
the assemblage. There was an instant
of almost complete silence like the hush
that follows clap of thunder, of mo-
mentary silence that ensues after the
discharge of bomb shell. The Presi-
dent stood stock still, a look of hesi-
fancy, almost of bewidermont on his
face. Then he retired step while
pallor began to steal over his features.
The multitude, only partially aware
that something serious had happened,
paused in the silence of surprise, while
necks were craned and all eyes turned
as one toward the rostrum where
great tragedy was being enacted.
Then came q commotiOn. With the
leap OF tiger three men threw them
selves forward as with one impulse and
sprang toward the would be assassin.
Two of them were United States secret
service men who we're on the lookout and
whose duty it was to guard against just
such a calamity as had here betallen
the President and the nation. The
third was bystander, negro, who had
his dusky palm the hand of the Presi-
dent. As one man the trio hurled
themselves upon the Presidents assail.
ant. In twinkling he was borne to
the ground. His weapon was wrested
from his grasp and strong arms PIN
ioned his arms. Then the vast mnlti-
tude which thronged the edifice began
to come to q realizing sense of the aw-
fulness of the scene of which they had
been the unwilling witnesses.
The President retained the full exer-
else of his faculties until placed upon
the operating table and subjected to an
anaesthetic. Upon the first examina-
ton it was ascertained that one bullet
had taken effect in the right breast just
below the nipple, causing a compara-
lively harmless wound. The other
took effect in the abdomen, about four
inches below the left nipple, four inch
es to the left of the naval and about on
level with it. Upon arriving at the
Exposition hospital the second bullet
wound AS probed. The walls OF the
abdomen were opened, but the ball was
not located. The incision was closed
and after hasty consultation it was
decided to remove the patient to the
home of President Milburn. This was
done. Arrived at the Milburn resi-
dence all persons outside the medical
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