The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-09-10

cleaT Tue quilting. by lnlS time
.e crush was terrific. Spectators
rowded down the stairways from
ne galleries. the crowd on the floor
urged forward toward the rostrum,
nile. despite the strenuous efforts of
olice and guards the throng without
,truggled to obtain admission.
The presidents assailant in the
;ition guards to the rear of the build.
ng. where he was held while the build
ng was cleared and later he was
urned over to Superintendent Bull Of
he Buffalo police department. who
took the prisoner to No. Is police sta
lion and afterward to police headquar-
| .ers. AS soon as the crowd in the
| Temple of Music had been dispersed
sufficiently the president was removed
in the automobile ambulance and
taken to the exposition hospital, where
an examination was made.
The best medical skill was sum-
moned and within brief period sew
eral OF Buffalo's best known prac-
titioners were at the patients side.
The president retained the full ex.
ercise of his faculties until placed on
the operating table and subjected to
an anaesthetic Upon the first exam.
bullet had taken effect in the right
breast just below the nipple, causing
a comparatively harmless wound.
The other took effect in the abdo-
men about four inches below the left
nipple, four inches to the left Of the
navel. and about on level with it.
Probing for the Bullet.
Upon the arrival at the exposition
hospital, the second bullet wound was
probed for. The walls of the abdo-
men were opened, but the ball was not
located. The incision was hastily
closed and after a hasty consultation
it was decided to remove the patient
to the home of President Milburn.
This was done, the automobile ambu-
lance being used for the purpose. Ar
irving at the Milburn residence all
persons save the medical attendants,
nurses and the officials Immediately
concerned were excluded and the task
of probing for the bullet which had
lodged in the abdomen was begun by
DR.. Roswell Parke. When the news
of the crime was telephoned to the
home of President Milburn, where
Mrs. Mckinley was resting, immedi-
ate steps were taken to spare her the
shock of a premature statement of the
occurrence before the condition of the
president was ascertained. Guards
were stationed and no one was per
mitted to approach the house.
When it was decided to remove the
president from the exposition hospital
to the Milburn residence the news
was broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gent
ly as might be. She bore the shock
remarkably we'll and displayed the
utmost fortitude
At the Milburn Residence.
At $50 the representative of the As
ISOLATED Press was admitted to the
Milburn mansion, where Secretary
Cortelyou gave him the official bulletin
prepared by the physicians
Secretary Cortelyou said that tel
egraph Office would be established
at once in the Milburn residence anG
bulletins giving the public the fulles
information possible would be issuet
, at short intervals.
At the Milburn residence were Sec
rotary Wilson, President Milburn
: Director General Buchanan, DR.. Rixey
and Secretary Cortelyou. Telegrams
poured in by the hundreds and Secre
tary Cortelyou was kept busy replying
to them. Two stenographers with thei
i typeWriters were placed in the parlor
\ which was quickly transformed int
a busting room.
While the wounded president wa!
: being borne from the exposition to thu
D lockers with barred heads far differ
4 ent spectacle was being witnesses
y along the route of his assailant'
journey from the scene of his Grim,
r to police headquarters. The trip wa
made so quickly that the prisoner wa
> landed safely within the police station
and the doors closed before anyon
was aware of his presence.
= The news of the attempted assassin
. alton having in the meanwhile bee,
i spread broadcast by the newspaper
= ike WlldHFe IL spread from mouth 4
u mouth. Then bulletins began to az
> pear on the boards along newspape
S row and when the announcement wa
8 made that the prisoner had been take
to police headquarters. only tw
5 blocks distant from the newspape
section. the crowds surged down tt
a ward the Terrace eager for glimps
II of the prisoner
e At police headquarters they wer
g met by strong Gordon of polio
which was drawn up across the pave
l. men on Pearl street and admittanc
e was denied to any but officials autho
u lied to take part in the examinatio
of the prisoner.
Cries of Lynch Him."
a In few minutes the crowd ha
II grown from tens to hundreds, an
these in turn quickly swelled to tho,
s. sands, until the street was completed
IS blocked with mass of humanity.
y was at this juncture that some on
raised the cry of lynch him." Lik