The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-09-13

SHOUTS ana CldInOI. II Was stated
that the President was about to un-
, dergo the operation to find the sec
ond bullet. DR.. Mann, with Drs.
Parmenter, Mynter and Rixey, was
to be in charge of the operating
room, with DIR. Mann welding the
knife. Five, 10, IS, 20 minutes the
crowd waited. Then the announce
ment came that the surgeons were
full of hope; that the President had
undergone the operation, that the
bullet had not been found, that the
drainage tubes had been inserted,
, that the incision had been sewed up
and that all was we'll.
President Borne Out.
At 7.30 O'Clock DIR. Park in his
peared at the entrance and ordered
the doors swung back. Then down
the hospital corridor came four sur
geons bearing the stretcher. On
the stretcher lay the President of
the United States. His head rested
on a white pillow and a white sheet
concealed all but his face, which
seemed white as the spotless linen
around it. There was not a sound
from the crowd. All heads were
| barred. Slowly and gently the sur
geons bore him. 1t reminded those
who had been with the President
earlier in the day of the tenderness
and care which he was wont to man
ifest in bearing his wife. He was
conscious and his eyes were wide
open, but he made no sign. DR..
Park and DR., Wasden of the Marine
Hospital entered the ambulance and
sat, the one at the Presidents head
and the other at his feet. In front
with Driver Simpson sat DR.. Ellis.
Gen. WEIGH and CT. Chaplin and the
escort had accompanied the Presi-
dent earlier in the day rode out
ahead and through long lines of ST
lent people the ambulance whizzed
away out of the exposition to the
Mi1burn home.
1t was a gruesome departure in
the twilight after such a splendid
entry in the sunlight.
His Magnanimity.
F They heard anew the full story of
the Presidents prsenece in the hos
pital from first to last. They
learned how the President, fully
conscious when he arrived at the
hospital, was magnanimous and pity
ing.
Good gracious" he said as he
was being borne up the hospital
steps, "the poor fellow did not know
what he was doing.'
Wounds Described.
DR.. Mann and DR.. Park conducted
the operation. 1t was found upon
examination that the President had
been shot twice, only one shot TAX
ing effect, however. What is sup
posed to be the first and most seri-
Gus wound was bullet hole in the
abdomen, about inches below the
left nipple and IL inches to the
left of the median line. The bullet
which caused that wound entered at
both the anterior and posterior walls
of the stomach, going through and
comoletely perforating that organ.
It was found also that as a conse-
quence of the perforation, the stom-
ach fluid had circulated about the
abdominal cavity. Further exam
ination disclosed that the hole made
small and clean cut, while that on
the other side of the stomach was
large and ragged. A five-inch in
cision was made and through that
aperture the physicians were ena-
bled to turn the organ about so as
to be able to suture the larger bull
let hole. After that had been sewed
up, the abdominal cavity was washed
with a salt solution.
The other and slighter wound was
directly in the middle of the breast
above the breast bone. 1t was a
confused wound and the flesh was
not broken. The ball evidently had
struck the flesh over the breast and
glanced.
Ether Was Safest.
During the operation the Presi-
dents pulse remained at about 100,
being at that figure when the opera
ton was concluded. 1t is not def
nit1ey known what anesthetic was
used, but it probably was ether as
on account of the Presidents age
that anesthetic could be used with
a greater degree of safety than
most other narcotics. The Presi-
dents respiration was normal
throughout, the breathing at no
time being labored or difficult. The
operation was a complete success
from the view point of the physi-
clans present. Up to the time of
his removal from the exposition hos
pital President Mckinley showed no
indications of having suffered from
the shock of the attempted assassin
alton or the operation.
Assassin Not Alone.
Although Czolgosz refused to in
criminate anyone else in the plot to
kill President Mckinley, the police
are of the opinion that at least one
other man was a party to it. That
man is the one who walked directly