The San Francisco call. [volume], September 07, 1901, Image 2

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It was just after the daily or
gan recital in the splendid Tem
ple of Music that the dastardly
attempt was made. Planned
with all the diabolical ingenuity
and finesse of which anarchy or
nihilism is capable, the would-be
assassin carried out the work
without a hitch, and should his
designs fail and the
PEAXS FORTH MELODY
WHILE THE ORGAN
surrounded by the stern faced in
quisitors of the law, is a medium
sized man of commonplace ap
pearance with his fixed gaze di
rected on the floor, who presses
his lips firmly together and
listens with .an air of assumed in
difference to tfie persistent
stream of questions, arguments,
objurgations and admonitions
with which his captors seek to
induce or compel him to talk.
ASSASSIN ACTS
The multitude, only partially
aware that something serious
had -. happened, > paused in sur
prise, while necks were craned
and all eyes turned as one to the
There was an. instant of almost
complete silence. The President
stood stock still, a look of hesi
tancy, almost of bewilderment,
on his face. He then retreated a
step, while a pallor began to
steal over his features.
President McKinley, smiled,
bowed and extended his hand in
that spirit of geniality the Ameri
can. people; so well know, .when
suddenly, sharp crack of a re
volver rang out loud and clear,
above the : huni of voices, the
shuffling of myriad feet and vi
brating waves of : applause ; that
ever and anori swept here and
there over the assemblage.
of ; the dais until he was within
two feet of the President.
rostrum, where a great tragedy
was being enacted, j '
Then came a . commotion.
Three men threw themselves for
ward as • with one impulse and
sprang toward the would-be as
sassin. Two of them were United
States secret service men who
were on the lookout, and whose
duty it was to guard against just
such a calamity as had here be
fallen the President and the na
tion. The third was a bystander,
a negro, who had only an instant
previously grasped the hand of
the President. In a twinkling the
assassin was borne to the ground,
his weapon was wrested from
his grasp, and strong arms pin
ioned him down. •
Then the multitude which
thronged the edifice began to
come to a realizing sense of the
awfulness of the scene of which
they had been unwilling, wit-
John G. MilburnN. of Buffalo,
president of the Pan-American
Exposition, chatting '. with the
President and introducing him
especially to persons of note who
approached. Upon ' the Presi
dent's left stood Secretary: Gor
telyou. ; . y *
PRESIDENT EXTENDS
HAND TO COWARIXLYr
, : ANARCHIST WITH : GUN
;-dt was shortly, after 4^ p/t m.
when one of the throng which
surrounded "the ;•;. Presidential
party, a medium sized man of or
dinary appearance and plainly
dressed in black, approached, as if
to ¦greet, the President. Both Sec
retary Cortelyou and President
Milburn noticed that the man's
hand was swathed in a bandage
or handkerchief. Reports of by
standers differ as-to which hand.
He worked his way amid the
stream of people up to the edge
survive, only to divine Provi
dence can be attributed that ben
eficent result. » -
The ; President, though well
guarded by United States Secret
Service detectives, was fully ex
posed to such an attack. -as oc
curred. He stood at the edge of
the raised dais upon which stands
the great pipe organ: at the east
side of the magnificent '•¦structure.
Throngs of people crowded virT at
the various entrances to gaze
upon their executive, perchance
to clasp his hand, and then file
their way out in the. good ,na
tured mob* that every minute
swelled and multiplied at the
points of ingress and egress to
the building.
The President was in a cheer
ful mood and was enjoying to
the full the hearty evidence of
good will which everywhere met
his gaze. Upon his right stood
SCENE OF THE DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
(DRAWN FROM A DESCRIPTION BY TELEGRAPH.)
For thb moment the confusion
was terrible. The crowd surged
forward regardless of conse
quences.. Men shouted and
fought, women screamed and
children cried. Some of those
nearest the doors fled from the
edifice in fear of a stampede,
while hundreds from the outside
struggled blindly forward in the
effort to penetrate the crowded
building and solve tfte mystery
of the excitement and panic
which every moment grew and
swelled within the congested in
terior of the edifice.
PRESIDENT REMAINS
vv- IN 'MOST TRANQUIL
STATE OF KEEND
Inside, on the slightly raised
dais was enacted within those
few feverish moments a tragedy
so dramatic in character, so thrill
ing in its intensity that few v/ho
looked on will ever be able to
give a succinet account of what
really did transpire. Even^hose
who attended the President canie
but with blanched faces; trem
bling limbs and beating hearts,
while their brains throbbed with
a tumult of conflicting emotions
which could not be clarified into
a lucid narrative of the events a3
they really transpired.
Of the multitude whicH wit
nessed or bore a part in the scene
of turmoil and turbulence there
was but one mind which seemed^
to ..retain its equiliSrium, one
sion, then grew to a babel of
sounds and later to a pande
monium of noises.
WITH A SINGLE
, raOTTLSE CROWD
SURGES FORWARD
The crowds that a moment be
fore had stood mute and motion
less, as in bewildered ignorance
of the enormity of the tragedy,
now with a single impulse surged
forward toward fhe stage of the
horrid drama, while a hoarse cry
welled up from a thousand
throats and a thousand men
charged forward to lay hands
upon the perpetrator of the
crime.
nesses. A murmur arose, spread
and swelled to a hum of cor.fu-
Officers of the Law
Lose No Timer irt'Jail
ing the Prisoner.
Attempt Is Made to
Lynch Fiendish
Assassin.
Saved Fran the
Enraged Pop
ulace^ •
Continued on Page Thw«.V
President William McKinley is shot twice by an anarchistic pupil of Emma Goldman. The at
tempted assassination occurs during a public reception in the Temple of Music at Buffalo Exposition
Two bullets enter the President's body, one penetrating the breast, which was subsequently ex
tracted, and the second, which causes a more serious wound, enters the abdomen. Wounded Chief Exec
utive is first cared for by physicians of Emergency Hospital of the Exposition, and later removed to
the home of Director General nilburn'. %
Avhile the assailant is being taken in the custody of the police to jail attempts are made to
lynch him by the enraged populace. >:
. * A £ three °' cIock this (Satuirday) morning a bulletin is sra^
ing that his temperature and : pulse are'improved. -
STORY OF TERRIBLE CRIME TO LD IN BRIEF.
To-night a surging, swaying,
eager multitude throngs the
city's main thoroughfares, chok
ing the streets, in front of the
principal newspapers, scanning
the bulletins with anxious eyes
and groaning or cheering in turn
at each succeeding announce
ment as the nature of the mes
sage sinks or buoys their hopes.
Down at police headquarters,
It was a few moments after 4
p. m. while President McKinley
was holding a reception in the
Temple of Music on the Pan-
American grounds, that the cow
ardly attack was made, with what
success time alone can tell.
SHOT WHILE BEING
GREETED BY MANIFOLD
EXPRESSIONS OP LOVE
Standing in the midst of thou
sands, surrounded by every evi
dence of good will, pressed by a
motley throng of people, show
ered with expressions of love and
loyalty from enthusiastic multi
tudes, all eager to clasp his
hands — amid these surroundings,
and with the ever-recurring
plaudits of an army of sightseers
ringing in his ears, the blow of
the assassin came and in an in
stant "pleasure gave way to pain,
admiration to anger, folly turned
to fury and pandemonium fol
lowed.
Out on Delaware avenue, at
the home of John C. Milburn,
president of the Pan-American
Exposition, with tears on face
and heart torn by conflicting
hopes and fears, sits the faithful
wife, whose devotion is known to
all the nation.
BUFFALO, Sept 6.—
President McKinley
was shot and seri
ously wounded by a
would-be assassin
while holding a reception in the
Temple of Music at the Pan-
American grounds a few minutes
after 4 o'clock this afternoon.
One shot took effect in the right
breast, the other in the abdomen.
The first is not of a serious na
ture, and the bullet has been ex
tracted- The latter pierced the
abdominal wall and has not been
located.
When Serious Nature of
Wounds Appear an
Uproar Ensues.
President Strives to
Calm Enraged
People.
Many Witness the
Assault on
Guest.
JOYOUS
TUDflMP
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE THE VICTIM
OF MOST COWARDLY ANARCHIST
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THE SA^FRAXCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.'
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