New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

: mo, Of the CITY dashed up in automobile
| in company with James Wilson, coroner
| The coroner stepped from the carriage ana was
| quickly surrounded by the crowd. he pushed
| his way toward the house but In the press Oh
| those about him was stopped. Don't detain
me an, here in my official capacity" why
have Won come ?" he was asked. The President
is dead" he said in an impressive voice, and
1 have come to take charge OF the pooy.
The reporters waited for nothing further. In
stantly hundreds of messages were going over
the wires that the President he'd breathed his
last. Then followed an excited effort OF all 10
get the particulars of the last moments az the
bedside. but this line OF inquiry was soon stopped
when Mr.. Ccatcherd came out and SAID with
great emphasis that the President was not dead
The coroner had said that he died at 11:Oo. 1t
was then just 1890 When the coroner stepped
inside the Milburn house he found several MEM
bers of the Cabinet and friends Of the President
in the lower rooms He looked about and dis
covered but one man that he knew, and that
man was Congressman w. NJ. Ryan, of Buffalo
Mr. Ryan approached him and in an undertone
said to him, Jim what are you doing here?
Il have come to take charge of the body, he re-
piled. well, the President is not dead" said
Congressman Ryan. land for Gods sake go
the newspaper men when you go out.
The coroner left hurriedy. and when he
reached the group of correspondents, he ex-
planned that he had received telephone mes
sage from District Attorney Thomas Penney at
the Buffalo Club, little after IL o'clock, saying
that the President was deao ana drecting MN
of the body He said further that the District
Attorney had told him that his information had
come from the proprietor of Buffalo paper
which had issued an extra early In the evening
announcing the Presidents death. From the
crowd there low mutterings or disgust,
and the coroner quickly sprang into his auto
mobile and sped away. AT 1890 p. m: the hags
the exposition grounds were placed at half
mast three and a half hours before the Presi-
dent died. and later In the night Director-Gen-
eral Buchanan said that this had been done
upon official authority which was considered re-
lioI>1 Cn ~
the night.
THE FINAL MESSAGE.
Sometimes an hour or more would pass with
no message from the Milburn house. and during
that time reports which appeared to come from
sources of authority would be received from
downtown causing the most exasperating con-
Germ among those who were within twenty yards
Of the dying man. Although the report that the
President had breathed his last had momentariy
been expected for hours. when 1t did come 1t
brought with il a shock that seemed to be dead
ening and benumbng upon all those who lis
tened to the awful words, 1T is all over. He is
dead" Scores of men crowded about those who
came out Of the house, but the eagerness with
which questions had been asked all through the
night had disappeared Again and again was
told the sorry of the Presidents calm. oeautltul
death, but when the speaker paused, with broken
more particulars. The picture of the death bed
and the last words Of the dying man. IT is Coo s
way had seemed TO fill every heart with a sense
of reverence and grief that did not permit or
words Quickly the little group OF watchers dls-
appeared down the dark avenues. and one by
one the waiting carriages received the weeping
men and women they came out ana were
whirled away from the presence or death.