North Park union., 1901-09-20
MckINLEv SHOT BV
AN NANARCHLST

the place. hollow roar at nrst, pune
tuated by the shrieks OF women. swell
Ing into medley OF yells and curses.
Men said unintellig!ble things As they
pushed and crowded toward the center
OF the swaying mob They wanted to
lynch Czolgosx. whoever he was. They
wanted to see him and they shouted
vanly at the police Officers In front to
drag him out
Mad Effort to XIII Czoleoss.
The little force of exposition guards
penned in by the clamoring mob,
fought desperately to hold their pris-
oner from the bloodthirsty crowd
They had Czolgosx safe and fast. His
revolver had been wrenched from his
hand In the instant that Detective Ire
land fell upon him. and he was help
less bruised and bleeding. His face
was cut when he was thrown to the
hoor and a dozen eager. vicious hands
mad struck at him and reached him
over the shoulders of the officers.
slowly. very slowly. the little force
OF police made way through the crowd.
Dragging the prisoner between them
They were determined there should be
no lynching. Things were bad enough
as 1t was. and lynching would have
oeen the crowning horror of the day.
From outside the building, where the
news spread from lip to lip. more
thousands pushed and tostled and
shouted in their eagerness to enter the
building. Those inside were struggling
In two directions-the more timorous
to escape from the place before a STAN
pede should crush out their lives. and
the hot-headed to reach Czolgosz-
only to reach Czolgosz was their one
idea.
Pre~idents Self Control.
And thus the contest ragged while the
president sat. pale but calm, In the
midst Of the excited little group on the
platform. 1t was impossible to take
him away at the moment. Every door
way was jammed with crazy, shout
ing mob moving In two directions, try
ing to escape and trying to enter To-
ward the main door the police were
fighting their way with fists and blllies
to get Czolgosz out OF the crowd and
place him behind the bars. Upon the
minutes which were speeding might
depend the presidents life. for NO med
ical aid could reach him in that mael-
strom. and 1t was evident that he was
sorely wounded.
More police came plunging into the
crowd from headquarters. where the
direful news had sped. They hurled
themselves upon the swaying mob.
they stuck and pushed and shouted
commands. and II slowly gave way Just
enough SO they could reach the little
band struggling to save Czolgosz from
sudden and frightful death. They
dragged him out. hustled him away
through the beautiful exposition
grounds and threw him behind barred
doors, where he was saved for the law
to deal with him.
Removal to the Hospital.
IIassing their men where they could
best handle the excited crowd, the po-
lice cleared a passageway to one of the
doors for the bearing away of the pres
ident. and on the stretcher OF an am
bulance which had come changing to
the door he was tenderly carried from
the building and borne in the ambu-
lance to the emergency hospital. near
the service building, within the expo
sition grounds.
Though this takes long in the telling,
probably II was not more than five
minutes from the time the shots were
fired until the president was in the
hospital. and hasty examination was
begun by the surgeons. They discov-
cred that one bullet had entered the
breast almost directly in the center or
on the median line. but whether or not
1t had passed into the lungs could not
be determined except by probing. The
other had struck in the abdomen Ave
inches below the left nipple and one
and a half inches % the left of the
median line. Immediately under that
spot is the stomach, and the gravest
fears were entertained regarding the
consequences of that shot.
The president was subsequently re-
moved to the house Of President MIL
burn, where the best medical aid was
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