Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-07
One Bullet in Breast Was Extracted. But
the Other, Which Entered Abdomen,
Has Not Been Found.
President Is Still Conscious and May Recover, ,Altho
Doctors Have Little Hope---Assassin in
Hands Of Police---City Is Wild.

middle age. The police are keeping him
in close custody and are trying to find |
out more definitely who he is and why
he did the shooting. In another section
Of the country there is no doubt as to
what would be done with the man now
in the hands of the police.
The president and party had made
visit to Niagara Falls in the morning re-
turning to this city about noon to hold
a reception in the Temple of Music
where according to his well-known DEM
as an American citizen To receive his
fellow citizens with warm shake
ofsthe hand. Without guard other than
the detectives that always attend tn~
president and apparently w;,1our an
enemy in the world he was wickedly
shot down by the most dastardly Of as
sassins, the anarchist who hates al, gov
ernment and its every manifestation.
AssAsslN's DESCRIPTION.
The would-be assassin is Pole,
named Fred Nieman about % years
old, and stands five feet nine inches
high. He weighs 100 pounds, has dark
brown hair, blue eyes, smooth face, and
regular features with prominent nose.
He speaks very good English and has
at times claimed to come from Cleve.
land, Chicago and Detroit. but has told
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a matter of conjecture. 1t is not yet
known whether he was born in this
country or not.
LATER DETAILS.
Particulars of the Dreadful Crime
The Second Ball Removed.
BuBffalo, N. y. Sept. 6.-The man
who shot the president was Fred Me
man, German about 30 years old, who
until recently lived in Detroit, Mich.
Nieman came here several months ago
and boarded at No. 1925 Broadway, in
the German settlement He went to
the exposition today and visited the
Temple of Music where the president
was holding q reception. AS the line
f
OF guests passed before the president
Nieman came up to be preseated. He
& concealed a 38 calibre revolver In a
handkerchief which he held in his right
hand. When Nieman was in front OF the
president he shot once. The bu,e.
struck the president, who at first Oil
not seem to realize what had happened.
He staggered back into the arms OF
force. AS he staggered. the man shot
a second time, the bullet that time
striking him in the abdomen. Several
members of the Seventy third company
of Sea coast artillery detailed at the
exposition. We're acting as aisle guards
or ushers. A corporal and several men
leaped upon Nieman and bore him
Ito the floor at the same time dis
arming him. AS they did SO
the city dectives fell upon him and
Nieman was taken in charge by the city
officers and removed to headquarters.
? The president was taken to the hos
! pital on the Exposition grounds where
> the bullet that had lodged against his
breast bone was removed quickly. Later
a consultation of surgeons was held and
another operation was performed which
the surgeons said resulted in the sue.
8 Fcessful removal of the second ball from
t the walls of the presidents stomach
After the president had recovered
: somewhat from the shock of the opera
: tion he was taken in an ambulance t,
: the home of John G. Milburn. the presi
n Adent of the Exposition Company, which
g had been placed at the disposal IT Mr
n and Mrs. Mckinley on their arrival her
d several days ago, and which had beef
8 their home during their stay in tn
q city, S::s.
n The surgeons refuse to discuss tn
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