The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-09-10


Buffalo, N Y. Sept. 7.-President Nc
Kinley was shot and seriously wounded
by Would-be assassin while holding a
reception in the Temple of Music at the
Pan-American exposition, a few minutes
after o'clock Friday afternoon. One
shot took effect in the right breast, the
other in the abdomen. The first is not
of serious nature. and the bullet has
been extracted The latter pierced the
abdominal wall and has not been To-
Gated.
AT 1O:4O p. m. the following bulletin by
the attending physicians was the only in
dication of the condition of the presi-
dents wounds:
The president is rallying and is resting
comfortably At 1880 p. m. temperature
1904 degrees; pulse 124; respiration a.
psI Signed by P; M Rixeys M B. Mann r.
Countersigned by George B. Cortelyou,
secretary to the president.
The president, though well guarded by
United States secret service detectives,
was fully exposed to such an attack as
occurred. He stood at the edge of the
raised dais upon which stands the great
pipe organ at the east side of the mag
niticent structure. ThrOngs of people
c" JWded IT, Il the various entrances, II
gaze upon their executive. p1rchaEcl 10
clasp his hand. The president was in a
cheerful mood, and was enjoying to the
full the hearty evidences ct good will
which everywhere met his gaze.
1t was shortly after 4 p. m. when one
of the throng which surrounded the pres
idential party, a medium sized man of
ordinary appearance and plainly dressed
in black. approached as if to greet the
president. Both Secretary Cortelyou and
President Milburn noticed that the man S
hand was swathed in bandage or hand
kerchief. He worked his way amid the
stream of people up to the edge of the
dais until he was within two feet OF the
president. President Mckinley smiled
bowed and extended his hand in that
spirit of genialffy the American people
20 well know, when suddenly the sharp
above the hum OF voices.
There was an instant of almost COM
piete silence. The president stood stock
still, look of hesitancy, almost of be-
wilderment on his face. Then he retreat
ed a step, Whine a pallor began to steal
over his features. The multitude, only
had happened, paused in surprise while
necks were craned and all eyes turned
as one to the rostrum
The president retained the full exercise
of his faculties until placed on the oper-
ating table and subjected to an anaes-
thetic Upon the first examination it
was ascertained that one bullet had ia
ken ERECT in the right breast Just below
the nipple, causing a comparatively harm
less wound.
The other took effect in the abdomen
about four inches below the left nipple,
four inches TO the left of the navel and
about on a level with it,
Upon arrival at the exposition hospital
the second bullet was probed for. The
walls OF the abdomen were opened, but
the ball was not located. The incison
was hastily closed, and after a hasty
consultation it was decided 70 remove
the patient to the home of President
Milburn. This was done the automobile
ambulance being used for the purpose.
Arriving at the Milburn residence, 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 teIe-
phoned to the hcme of President Mil
burn, where Mrs. Mckinley was rest
ing, Immediate steps were taken TO spare
her the shock of q premature statement
of the occurrence before the true condi-
ton of the president should be ascer-
tanned. Guards were stationed and no
one was permitted 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 gently as
possible. She bore the shock remarka-
bly, well and displayed the utmost forti-
While the wounded president was be-
ing borne from the exposition to the
Milburn residence between rows of on
lockers with barred heads a far different
spectacle was being witnessed along the
route of his assailants journey from the
scene of his crime to police headQuar-
tiers. The trip was made so quickly that
the prisoner was landed safely within
the wide portals of the police station
and the doors closed before any one was
aware of his presence, the news of the
attempted assassination having in the
meanwhile been spread broadcast by the
newspapers. Like Wildfire ii spread from
mouth to mouth. Then bulletins began
TO appear on the boards along Newspa-
per row, and when the announcement
was made that the prisoner had been Ia
ken to police Headquarters, only two
blocks distant from the newspaper sec
ton, the crowds surged down toward
terrace. 4 RllmnSP
prisoner.
Then came a commotion. With the Leap
of a tiger three men threw themselves
forward. as with one impulse, and sprang
toward the WOuld-be assassin. Two OF
them We're United States secret service
men, who were on the lookout, and whose
duty 1t was to guard against just such
a calamity as had here befalIen the pres
ident and the nation. The third was a
bystander, Negro, who had only an in
slant previously grasped the hand of the
president. AS one man the trio hurled
themselves upon the presidents assailant
In a twinkling he was borne to the
ground, his weapon was WreSted from his
eTasp, and strong arms pinioned him
down.
The crowds that a moment before had
stood mute and mOtionless as in bewil-
dered ignorance of the enormity of the
thing, now, with a single impulse, Surged
forward, while a hoarse cry welled up
men charged forward to lay hands upon
the perpetrator of the crime.
The crowd surged forward regardless
of consequences. Some of those nearest
the doors fed from the edifice in fear
of a stampede, while hundreds of others
from the outside struggled blindly for
ward in the effort to penetrate the crowd
ed building and solve the mystery. In
side on the slightly raised dais was en-
acted within those few moments a trag-
edy so dramatic in character, so thrilling
in its intensity that few who looked on
will ever be able to give a succinct ac-
count Of what really TRANSFERRED. Presi-
dent Mckinley, after the first shock OF
the assassin's shot, retreatcd a step,
then, as the detectives leaned upon his
assailant, he turned, walked steadily to
a chair, and seated himself, at the same
time removing his hat and bowling his
head in his hands.
In an instant Secretary Cortelyou and
President Milburn we're at his side. His
waistcoat was hurriedly opened, the
president meanwhile admonishing those