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The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, September 07, 1901, Image 1

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UFFAUX Sept 6 6While While President McKinley was receiving in in the Temple of Music this afternoon he was approached by a man with a a dark moustache and with one hand covered with witha withD
BUFFALO intention of hands with him he fired a shot which entered the presidents right breastlodging breast breastlodging breastlodging
D a handkerchief As the man extended his hand to the president a apparently with the intention shaking
lodging against the breast bone Another shot was fired at once which entered the presidents abdomen The assailant was immediately arrested and was thrown to the groundand ground groundand groundand
and quick as a flash twenty men were upon him When rescued he was covered with blood from a gash in in his face faceCries faceCries faceCries
Cries of lynching were heard on every hand but the police managed to get them the man n out of the he grounds and locked lckedIiim him up in a station house houseashQrt a short distance from the grounds groundssp groundssLater groundsLater groundsLater
p Later he was was w sremove removed rlo to tofhe lnepoHce the police he hecrdquarters h dquatters dquartersDetective dquattersDetective I > C CI CDetective
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Detective Geary was near the president and he fell f 1I into his arms armsAm armsAm armsAm 7 7The
Am i shot asked ask d the president presidentj presidentThe
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The officer opened the presidents vest and seeing seeingth the blood blo 9 d replied replied repliedeYes T TYes s sYes
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Yes 1 am afraid you are Mr President PresidentThe v vThe 4 4The
The president was at once taken to the emergency emerg ncy hospital where a bullet which whichhad had lodged against the breast bone was removed Later the president was reported as resting easily easilyThe easilyThe easilyThe
The prisoner declared that he is is Fred Nieman of Detroit His true name afterward was ascertained to be Leon Le Czolgosz z When arrested he was asked why he had shot the president president presi presic
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1 am an anarchist and have done my duty dutyjMjHt dutyThe v vThe
The presidents physici physiciarrissued jMjHt issued the following bulletin at 1 oclock Saturday morning morningoThe morningThe morningThe
The president is is free from pain and resting well Temperature 1002 > pulse r > 120 i20s respiration r n 24 24At 24At A Ar v V t > > kF v vAt
At 3 a m the following bulletin was issued The president continues to rest well Temperature T e per ure 1016 pulse pulseUOresprati 110 respiration n24 n24J 24
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b Dark Deed of Anarchist Ih Iht Ihtlls t tas
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Into Grief GriefDay reT reTDay 7
Day o of Rejoicing a oic and Good ood oo Cheer at a Buffalo BuffaloTurned BuffaloTurned u a o oTurned
Turned Into Mourning 1ourni g and nd DespairShot DespairShotfired
fired While People Were Paying Their TheirRespects TheirRespects ThgirRespects
Respects to Chief Executive ExecutiveTJTTALO x xecutivePALO cutiV0 cutiV0BUFFALO
TJTTALO PALO N Y SEPT 6 6Just Just a briof twentyfour twon four hours ago the thenewspapers thenew theIi
BUFFALO Ii newspapers new p pers of tho city ci blazor blnzorod od f orvli fon in all the pomp in headline headlinetype headlinetype headlinetype
type Tho Proudest Day in Buffalos history History1Tonight historyTonight Iistory IistoryTonisht
Tonight in sackcloth and ashes in insombro sombre typo Posurrounaoaby surrounded by grue gruecome grue60rne gruesome
come borders of black tho same newspapers are telliiuj tollinr in funereal tones to toa toa toa
a horrified populace the deplorable details do tails of the blackest day in the his history history history ¬
tory of Buffalo BuffaloPresident BuffaloPreaident BuffaloPresident
President MftKinloy the idol of the American people the nations chief chiofexecutitia chiefexecutive chioiexecuti8
executive and the citys honored lionorcdgU6t guest lies prostrate suffering suff ring the pangsirflieted pangs pangsinflicted pangsirJiieted
inflicted by the bullet of a cowardly assassin nssa5 n while J his s life hangs in the thebalance thebala1ct thebalance
balance balanceOut bala1ctOut balanceOut
Out ti J Delaware avenue at tho homo of John G Milburn president of oftho ofthe ofthe
the PanAmerican exposition c o ition with ith tearful face ce and heart torn by con conflicting conflicting conflicting ¬
flicting hopes and fears site the be faithful fa ul wife whose devotion is known to toall toall toM
M all the nation nationIt
It was a few moments after 4 p m while President McKinley was washolding washoldin washolding
holding holdin a public reception in the Temple of Music on the PanAmerican PanAmericangrounds PanAmericangourfi PanAmericangoundu
grounds that the cowardly attack was made rnano with what success time alone alonecm alonecm aloneem
cm toll tollStanding t11ftnding tellStanding
Standing in the midst of crowds numbering thousands surrounded by byevery byevery byevery
every rvidLnco of good will pressed by a inotly throng of people showered showeredwith showeredwith showeredwith
with rxpressioius of love und loyalty loyal besieged by multitudes all eager to toclasp toclasp toclasp
clasp his hands handsamid amid these th e surroundings and with the everrecurring everrecurringplaudit everrecurringplaudit everrecurringplaudit
plaudit of an army of sightseers sight seers ringing in his oars the blow of tho thoassassin thon88suin theassaasin
assassin came and in an instant iu nt pleasure gave way to t pain admiration to toagony toagon toagony
agony folly turned to fury and pandemonium followed followedTonight fonowedTenicht followedTonight
Tonight a surging swaying < < eager multitude l throngs the citysmain citysmainthoroughfares citys main mainthorouhfuos mainthoroughfares
thoroughfares choking the streets in front of the principal newspapers newspapersscanning newspaporsseannmg newspapersscatntttg
scanning the ih bulletins with otxt ouxious 8 OU8 eyes es and groaning or cheering in turnat turn turnst turnct
st each cac succeeding bulletin as the nature of the message sinks or or buoys buoystheir buoystheir buoystheir
their hopes hopesASSASSIN hoif hopesASSASSIN 6 6ASSASSIN
ASSASSIN IN CITY PRISON PBIS01TDown PRISONDown PRISONDown
Down at police headquarters surrounded by sternfaced inquisitors of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Inw IB is a mediumsized media nrsiaed mar of commonplace appearance with his fixed fixedgaze fitodgaze fixedgaze
gaze directed on tho floor who proso his lips firmly together and listens listenswith listonswith j jwith
with an air of at med ed indifference to the persistent stream of questions questionsarguments quostionsargumnto1 questionsarguments
arguments objurgation and admonitions admoni ions with which his captors soek to toindoo toindu toindar
indoo indu > or compel him m to talk talkIt talkIt talkIt
It was wa just after the 1e daily dail organ recital in tho splendid Temple of ofMusic QfMUli pfMuoic
Music that the dastardly attempt was made madePlanned madeP1911D madePlanucd
Planned P1911D d with all the diabolical ingenuity and finesse of which anarchy anarchyor
u or nihilism is capable the wouldb would assassin al8 5sin carried out the work ork without withouta
a hitch and should his designs fail and the president survive only to Divine DivineProvidence DivineProvirlcnce DivineProvidence
Providence can bo attributed that beneficent rcmilt rcmiltThe rlmltThe ro + ult ultThe
The president though well guarded by United States secret service servicedot sorvicedehtCtivcs
1 dot detectives ctives was fully expired to such an attack as occurred He stood at atthe attllC atf
f the edge of the raised dais upon which stands the great grontpip pipd organ at the theeast th theast theeast
east side of the 1e magnificont structure Throngs of people crowded in at atthe attho atthe
the various entrances s to gaze upon their executive perchance to clasp his hishand hishand hishand
hand and then file their w wv v out through the good natured mob that every everyminute ever evermin ry rymtnutc
minute min f swelled sw < > 1td and multiplied at the points of ingress and egress to the thebuilunp thebUll thebmhitg
builunp builunpThp bUll bmhitgnc i 1J 1JThl
nc Thp president Pr > i nt was in a cheerful mood and was enjaving e vi1g to the full the thehe thoheart thehearty
he heart hearty rty fvidonrf il p of Rood ood will which verywherp mot hi his gaze Upon his hisrit hiJi hiertbtt
rit rtbtt i it l stu U tuod > ud d John G ililburn of Buffalo president of the PanAmerican PanAmericanexposition IanAmoricnnexposition PanAmori can canexposition
exposition chatting with the president and introducing introduci him to persons ofp ofn of ofnote ofnote
note n o te who approached approachedn Upon t Fon the presidents pr > idcnt8 left stood Mr Cortelyou CortelyouContinued CortclyonContinued CorteyouContinued
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Name r am of o the e Anarchist AnarchistConfessed is Leon sou Czolgosz zo osz and Has HasGoldman as asConfessed
Confessed that a the e Teachi eac if gs s o of mma mmaioldman mmi6olthuau
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Goldman induced Him to Commit CommitUETALO Committhe Commitue
the ue frightful r o u Deed DeedUFFALO Dee DeeUFFALG
UETALO N Y SEPT G GWhile While the wounded president was ns ingborne nsLii nsU
U borne from the exposition hospital to the Milburn residence between betweenrows betweenrows betweenwith
rows of onlookers onlookersbeing with bared heads a far different spectacle w wrows was wasbeing Wbbeing
of his assailants journey from the scene cf cfhis cfhis rfhis
being witnessed along siong the route
The trip was made so quickly that the theprisoner t sueprisoner le leprisoner
headquarters
his crime to police
prisoner was safely safe landed within the wide portals of the police station and andthe anJtho an d dthe
the doors closed before anyone was as aware of his presence presenceTho presenceThe r
The news of the attempted assassination had in the thespread meansrolie meanwffi1 e a nspread aspread
it ifrom from mouh mouhto 14 14to
Like wildfire s mou mouto
spread broadcast by b the t e newspapers
to mouth Then bulletins began to appear on the board boar < L1 aS a s Newspaperow Newspaper NewspaperRow r rRow
was made that the prisoner had been beentaken bt < ll lltaken
Row R Rtaken ow and when the announcement was
taken to police headquarters only onl y two blocks distant from f om the newspaper newspapersection newspapersection newspapersection
section the crowds surged snrge down toward the Terrace eager for a glimpse of ofthe oftIle ofthe
the prisoner prisonerAt
At police headquarters they were met by a strong cordon of ponce poncewhich police policewhieh policewhich
Pearl street and admittance admittancewas
which was drawn up across acr 88 the pavement on
was denied to any but officials authorised to take part in in the examination examinationof examinatiolof
of the prisoner prisonerIn
In a few minutes the crowd had grown frol fro > i tens to hundreds and andthese andthese andthese
these in turn quickly swelled to thousands t110 S8nds untijthe street was completelyblocked completely completelyblocked completeblocked
blocked with a mass of o humanity humanityIt
j It was at this juncture that th t someone raised the cry of Lynch him himsingle himJ himLike himLike J
crowd if ignited by the thesingle thesingle
taken and the whole as
Like a fl latV1 t the cry was up
him Hang hiinT hiinTCloser him himCloser himCloser
single match thus applied reechoed the cry Lynch
Closer the crowd surged forward Denser the throng became as new nevarrivals nfvarrivals newarrivals
arrivals swelled each moment the swaying multitude The situation was wasbecoming wa wabecoming waabeoomins
becoming critical when wlt n suddenly suddenly the big doors were flung open and a squad squadof
of reserves advanced with solid front drove the crowd back from the curb curbthen curbtilCU curbthen
then across ac oss the street and gradually succeeded in dispersing them fromabout from fromabout rom romabout
about the the entrance to the station stationInside stationIn8ide stationInside
Inside the station stati stationhouse 1lhol1S0 house were assembled District Attorney Penny Su Superintendent Superintendent Suerinterident ¬
perintendent p erinterident of Police Bull Captain Reagan of the First precinct and andother nd ndother
pother other officials The prisoner at first proved quite communicative cOlll cam tiaicatie so much muchso
so in fact that little dependence could be placed on what he said He Hefirst Hefirst liefirst
first gave his hi name a as Fred Nieman said his home waS in Detroit and thathe that thathe thathe
he had been in Buffalo about a week He said he had been boarding boardin at a aplace apl aplace
place pl ca in Broadway BroadwayWOUIDBE BroadwayWOULDDE BroadwayWOULDBE
WOUIDBE KTJBDBBBS flTAKBS S CQNPESSIoLater CpSTEESSIOar CpSTEESSIOarLater
Later this place was wa located a ai as John jowak saloon a Raines la lahotel lavr lavrhotel lavhotel
hotel 1078 Broadway Here the prisoner occupied room Ko No8 8 Nowak JSTowakthe Nowakthe i ithe
the proprietor said he knew very little about his guest He came there thereho therthe thereho
ho declared last Saturday T saying say Dg that he had come to see the PanAmeri PanAmerican ¬
had been alono aloneat at all alltimes alltimes alltimes
can exposition and that his home was in n Toledo He
times about Nowaks place and had bad no visitors visitorsIn
In his room was f cund a small traveling bag of cheap make It con contained contained contamed ¬
With these facts in hand hanItho handtho handtho
tained an empty cartridge box and a few clothes
tho police went at the prisoner with renewed vigor in the th effort to obtain obtaineither obtaineither obtaineither
either a full confession or a straight account of his identity and movements movementsprior movementsprior movementsprior
prior to his arrival in Buffalo Buffalolie BuffaloHe BuffaloIzre
lie at first admitted that he was an anarchist in sympathy at least but butdenied butdenied butdenied
denied strenuously the attempt on the president was wasthe the result of a acerted o ryj ryjcerted 1icarted
certed plot on the part of any anarchist society At times he was dand d dand < JH j jand
and again indifferent But at no time did he betray the remotest romotostremorse rfmot0stremorsc remotestremorse
S SHe
remorse remorseHe remorsclie ri rirofused
He declared the deed was not premeditated but in the therefused t11 t1erefused
refused to say why he perpetrated it When charged by Di DiPenny DiPcnny flg flgPenny
Penny with being the Instrument of an organized band of ofContinued cfContinued f fContinued
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