PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SHOT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2095, 17 September 1901, Page 3

PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SHOT.

he I WASHINGTON, September 6. ! President William M'Kinley, who has 011 been staying at Buffalo, in the State of m " New York, was to-day shot at and wounded ,rn twice hi the stomach. n ' d " ! LONDON, September 7. be President M'Kinley was holding a reception, when his assailant, approaching. irt offered to shake hands, and fired a revolver to concealed in a handkerchief in his left ■w hand. The President, falling into the arms of a detective, asked "Am I shot?" us The soldiers and police prevented the byln" standers lynching the prisoner. The ; se would-be assassin declared that he was an ot Anarchist, and had done his duty, be The President was placed in a hospital to in the Exhibition grounds, with four phyer sicians in attendance. <*• One bullet, which struck against the d " breastbone, was extracted. The wound made in the abdomen by the second bullet l • was sewn up. The bullet was not dis- ";' ! coverable. g. ' The crime created the utmost horror, and re ' caused deep gloom throughout the States, ic It evoked in Canada earnest sympathy foist the American President and people. ?* I WASHINGTON, Saturday Night. 1( j 1 President M'Kinley was standing on the I edge of the dais at the time he was shot. 1. He was in the best spirits owing to the it hearty public greetings. Czolgosz, the )f assailant, amid a dense throng, approached d President M'Kinley, smiling, and extended II his hand. Then he brushed the Presiis 1 dent's hand aside and fired. l " I For a moment there was complete '" [ silence, the President looking bewildered ~ and turning deadly pale. '(. Then there was a tremendous commotion, „ the crowd surging forward to lynch Czol- >. 1 gosz, men shouting, and women and child clren shrieking and trying to escape by the cl ; doors, fearing a stampede. s j The soldiers and police made desperate ' c ! efforts to rescue Czolgosz, whom a secret police negro waiter had felled to the ground. s A later message states that the second P bullet perforated both walls of the stomach. The assassin has been identified as Leon 1 Czolgosz. He was born in Detroit, in c the State of Michigan. He in twenty-eight ! years of age. When rescued from the 1 crowd his face was cut and covered with t blood. 2 I While being arrested he wrenched his 1 hand free, and tried to again lire on the j President, but was disarmed. [ The President walked to a chair and sat ' down, trying to reassure inquirers, and dej daring that he was not badly hurt. He ' j j expressed regret at the incident, as it might [ ! possibly result in injury to the Exhibition. . - j He begged those around him not to alarm >■ j Mrs M'Kinley. Seeing Czolgosz strug- ■ ! gling. he said: "Let no one hurt hiin. v I The physicians report that the bullet 1 glanced off the upper breast bone without ' l penetrating it. The other bullet pene- r I trated the abdomen sin below the left " ! nipple, and to the left of the median j line. The openings in the walls of the j stomach were closed with silk satures with- ; out damage to the intestines. The other abdominal organs are uninjured. ' Czolgosz declares that he had no con- | federate. He decided to commit the deed three days ago. Tie maintains an impenitent attitude, and shows no signs of insanity. He asserts that Anarchist lectures and literature prompted him, believing the . .American form of government wrong, and •' that the best remedy was to kill the President. Two Anarchists have been arrested at Cieveland, where the police believe the plot was hatched. Five have been ar- c ' rested at Chicago. '' Mr Grigg, ex-Attorney-General, recently P repeatedly begged President M'Kinley to ,J take precautions; but the President re- " fused, laughingly declaring that Americans were too intelligent and loyal to injure the j President. The man who immediately preceded Czolgosz at the reception held the President's hand an appreciable time. A detective, j regarding this as a suspicious action, laid his hand on the man's arm until he was q well past the President. The police believe I that this man was a confederate, and are trying to trace his whereabouts. Friday's operation lasted an hour. The bullet took a downward course, and lodged j n in the muscles of the. back. If inflammation appears, the Rontgen rays will be used to locate it. It is believed that it will be . easy to extract the bullet. The intestines were lifted through the tl; irrision made, carefully examined, and pronounced uninjured. The kidneys are safe. President M'Kinley asked to see his wife. Both were brave, and spoke little. The.y sat with their hands clasped. He quietly remarked: "We must bear up; better for both." With tears in her eyes she bowed ' n assent and retired. Czolgosz is unmarried, and is one of a n larpe family living at Cleveland, who are " ret'cent as'to the man's past. The police believe that there was a deliberate, plot, accomplices accompanying the would-be assassin to Buffalo. Two dyna- de mite bombs were discovered buried at ca Chicago. F» NEW YORK, September 7. nu The Anarchist group at Paterson, New co; Jersey, disavow sympathy with the crime. Detective Ireland was standing opposite 0 f the President, and watched Czolgosz ap- lai proach. The assailant is an innocent- tei looking, boyish fellow of twenty-eight. He Un is perfectly calm. An Italian preceding him stayed before the President until Ireland pushed him along. When releasing the President's hand Czolgosz straightened Himself, and his face assumed a scornful and contemptuous look as he fired at thr President, who remained standing for three minutes. Al When the ambulance officer opened the sir] President's vest and felt around his breast he asked the detective if something just under the skin was not a. bullet When co\ his belief was confirmed the President said : 23

fy j "Well, we got one, anyhow," and then er j fainted. ! Czolgosz's stepmother assert? that her e . son left home two months ago and went to j Indiana. He wrote that perhaps he would is never see the family again. He was discontented, too weak to work, a big coward, and afraid of his own shadow. s! Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the VicePresident, is at Buffalo. ! j OTTAWA, September 8. 3s ! Owing to the attempt on the life of u- President M'Kinley the precautions in Canada in connection with the Duke of Corn--1(j wall's visit are being redoubled, is WASHINGTON, September 9. iy The maximum penalty for the crime of '" which Czolgosz is guilty is imprisonment for a decade, nnlesj the President dies. What started Czolgosz's craze to kill was a lecture by Miss Emma Goldman at Cleveland, declaring that all rulers should be exterminated. The prisoner came to Buffalo vaguely resolving to do something heroic. The resolution to shoot the Presis dent seized him on Tuesday, and proved 'f i Irresistible. He bought a .32 calibre rect volver, and was several times near Mr M'Kinley on subsequent days, but the great concourse made him afraid that if arrested i '•- he would lose his chance. He therefore ! ■ concealed the pistol in a handkerchief, and 1 waited in the first line of spectators in the j t Temple of Music, facing President M'Kin- I e ley. He trembled until he came right up to the President, shooting through the • handkerchief. He intended to kill. He j " admits being an Anarchist and a disciple 1 of Goldman, but was not connected with j those who sent Bresci to Italy. | 1 The prisoner eats and sleeps well. He makes no inquiries about his victim's con- '' dition. He signed a confession to the - police. His parents are Russiau Poles. 1 They arrived in the Stales in 1359. The : young man was educated in a. public school j nt Detroit. He was latterly employed as j a wireworker at the Cleveland mills. A ! number of Anarchists in Western cities were among his friends. Misfortune made him ■ morose and envious. According to the 'Herald,' the President, when unconscious or semi-unconscious, moans, but when conscious he bravely con- | ceals his suffering. He had not enjoyed complete health since an attack of influenza in 1899, and at one period showed symptoms of Bright's disease. He remarked to his wife on her first visit: " This is not our first battle. We have won more desperate ones, and though the conditions are critical I hope we'll win now."' Dr M'Gurney thoroughly examined the ' patient on Sunday, and reported that j there was not a single unfavorable symp- j torn, and not the slightest indication of j peritonitis. \ The bulletins are causing general mani- ] festations of joy throughout America. ( The promptness in dealing with the J wound 111 the stomach on Friday was due Jto the fear that postponement might be f fatal. [ The examination of two friends of Czol- t gosz did not indicate the existence of any c plot, ( The jiolice are trying to trace the woman t Goldman. Her last whereabouts was J Toledo, in the State of Ohio. ' The Anarchists of New Jersey are raising , funds to defend Czolgosz. j f Other advices show that Czolgosz had I j admitted discussing beforehand with some r friends the shooting of the President. d The day was very warm, and many visit tors at the reception were wiping their , t brows with handkerchiefs. This led to j il the fact of the assassin carrying one in his j s hand passing unnoticed. WASHINGTON, September 9. The secret police have traced the origin of the plot to Cincinnati, where two arrests have been made, It was originally planned to kill Mr M'Kinley at the Cleveland (Ohio) encampment, but Czolgosz refused, owing to the nearness of the place to his (the Presi- n dent's) home. The woman Goldman was seen at Buffalo tl on the 2nd inst. She was living near Czol- k: gosz. She will probably be arrested in hj New York. If Two hundred Italian Anarchists at Giiin- E fry Hollow, in the State of Pennslyvania, ly celebrated the attempted assassination. V Two thousand Socialists in Chicago re- '*' jeclod of sympathy with the I wounded President. ' The Socialists of the State of Massachu- t,! setts denounced the crime. '» cr The Commissioner for Immigration re- rjv commends a regulation demanding the pro- | 0 duction of a. municipal certificate as to the f 3 place of origin of immigrants, and showing m that they have been law-abiding citizens iU and not associated with Anarchists. be