Pella Chronicle (Newspaper) - September 13, 1901, Pella, Iowa IT BY AN ASSASSIN on 07 ' the ANARCHIST SPEEDS President McKinley's Condition Is He Is Besting president am not 1 assure Nevertheless his outer garments were nastily and when the trickling stream of crimson was seen to wind its way down his spreading its telltale stain over the white surface of the their worst fears were Mad Rush for The force of exposition guards were on the scene by this time and an effort was made to clear the The crush was The spectators crowded down the stairways from the and the crowd on the floor surged forward toward the while despite the strenuous of. the police and the throng without struggled madly to obtain Assailant Turned Over to The president's assailant in the meantime had been hustled to the rear of the building by the guards where he was held while the building was cleared and later he was turned over Bull of the Buffalo police who took the prisoner to the police station and afterward to police President Removed to As soon as the crowd in the Temple of Music had been dispersed sufficiently President was removed in an automobile taken to the exposition hospital where an examination was The best medical skill was within a brief several of Buffalo's best known practitioners were at the patient's Probe for President McKinley retained the full exercise of his faculties until placed on the operation table and was subjected to an Upon the first examination it was ascertained that one bullet had taken effect in the right breast just below the causing a comparatively harmless The other took effect in the about four inches below the left four inches to the left of the navel and about on a level with It. Upon arrival at the Exposition the second bullet wound was probed The walls of the abdomen were but the bullet was not Conveyed to The incision was hastily and after a hasty It was decided to remove the patient to the home of President This was an automobile ambulance being used for the Arrived at the Mil burn all the persons outside of the medical nurses and officials Immediately concerned Were excluded and the task of probing for the bullet was begun by Dr. Roswell Official Bulletin At 8:30 o'clock a representative of the Associated Press was admitted to the where Secretary gave him the official bulletin prepared by the Secretary Cortelyou said that a telegraph office would be established at once in the residence and that bulletins giving the public the fullest Information will be issued at short At the house were Secretary President in Sept. 8.-President was shot and seriously wounded by a would-be assassin while holding a reception in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American exposition a few minutes after 4 o'clock Friday One shot took effect in. the right the other in The first is not of a serious and the bullet has been The latter pierced the wall and has not been Mrs. received the news of the attempted assassination with the It was shortly after 4 p. m. when one the throng who surrounded the presidential a medium-sized man of ordinary appearance and plainly dressed in approached as if to greet the Both Secretary Cortelyou and President noticed the was swathed in a bandage or Assassin Presses The reports of the differ cs to which 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 bowed and extended his hand in that spirit of geniality of the American people so well known when suddenly the crack of a revolver rang out loud and clear above the hum cf the shuffling of a myriad of feet and the vibrating waves of applause that ever and anon swept here end there over the There was an instant of almost complete President McKinley stood stock a look of bewilderment on his Then he retreated a while the palor began to steal over his Shot Startles The only partially aware that something serious had paused in while necks were craned and all eyes turned as one to the lostrum the great tragedy was being Then came the With the leap of a three men threw themselves as with one and sprang toward the would-be Two of them were United States secret service who were on the lookout and whose duty it was to guard against such a calamity as had here befallen the president and the The third was a palm the hand of the president Furry As one the trio hurled elves upon the president's assailant In r twinkling he was borne to the his weapon wrested from his grasp and arms pinioned him Deed Maddens The multitude which thronged the edifice began to come to a realizing f of the awfulness of the scone of which they had been unwilling A spread and to a hum of then crew to a babel of sounds and later to a pandemonium of The crowds that a moment before mute and as in bewildered ignorance of the enormity of the now with a single impulse purged forward toward the stage the horrid while a hoarse cry welled up as 1,000 men charged forward to lay hands upon the perpetrator the bastardly Confusion For a moment the was The crowd surged regardless of the Men shouted and women screamed and children Some of those the doors fled from the edifice in fear of a while hundreds of others from outside struggled blindly forward In an effort to penetrate the crowded building and solve the mystery the excitement and which every moment grow and swelled within the congested Interior of the Scene Could Not Be Inside on the slightly raised dais was enacted within those few feverish moments a so dramatic in so thrilling in intensity that a looker on would be unable to give a 6uccinct account of what really did Even the actors who were playing the principal role of with blanched faces and trembling limbs and beating and brains throbbing with a tumult of conflicting emotions could not give a lucid narrative of the events as they really President But of the multitude which witnessed or bore part in the scene of turmoil and there was but one mind which seemed to 1 tain its one hand which remained one eye which gazed with flinching calmness and one voice which retained its even tenor and faltered at the most critical They were the mind and hand and the eye and voice of President Walks to a After the first shock of the assassin's he retreated a and as the detectives leaped upon his he walked steadily to a chair aud seated at the same time removing his hat and bowing his head in his In an instant Secretary Cortelyou and President at his His waistcoat was hurriedly the president meanwhile admonishing those about him to remain calm and telling them not to be 1 Didn't Realize you are cried his me I think answered the that Czolgosz advanced toward him with extended Nowak looked at the prisoner disdainfully and to accept the why did you commit this terrible Who originated this devilish It was not replied I originated the It was my It was my r Assassin Was Sept. 7.-Czolgosz's boyhood was spent He was never considered able to and all through early life was peculiar in his Among his own brothers and sisters he was considered and no one who knew him here ever dreamed he would have courage enough to do what he did Portraits printed today show a young man with almost innocent in Its The consensus of opinion is that the killing of the president by the young man is not the result of a premeditated plot of which he was a but rather a sudden inspiration of a not mind that may have been influenced by the urging of more desperate men seeing Leon's apparently easy used him as an instrument in a deed that has shocked the civilized HE HOLDS HIS OWN ROBUST PHYSIQUE IS STRONG POINT IN HIS MRS. IS SHE SPENDS A FEW MOMENTS AT PATIENT'S WORDS OF CHEER Devoted Husband Urges Her to Bear Up Bravely for Her Sake and His PENALTY UNDER THE PRESIDENT WILLIAM Shot by Leon Czolgosz Holding a Reception in the Temple of Pan American Sept. 5. Ten-Year Prison Term the Maximum Punishment if President Telegrams Four in. Telegrams poured in by hundreds and Secretary Cortelyou was busy Two with were placed in the which was quickly transformed into a busy Would Lynch While the wounded president was ber lng borne from the exposition to the residence between rows of onlookers with bared a far different spectacle was being witnessed along the route of the assailant's journey from the scene of his crime to The trip was made so quickly that the prisoner was safely landed and the doors closed before any one was aware of his News of the attempted assassination spread like and several thousand people massed in front of the station crying A force of reserves drove the crowd from the KEEPS UP President's Condition is Such as to Give for His Ultimate Sept. 7.-President McKinley maintains a good measure of his and those who watch at his bedside hold higher hope for his ultimate The shock from the wounds inflicted upon him by Leon F. Czolgosz seems less than and that Is regarded as highly favorable to It is admitted the crisis in his condition has not yet and there is the gravest danger until it has been safely Several bulletins came from the chamber of the wounded president during the night and at an early hour this and they all indicated a spirit of The president rested and there are no alarming conditions in his temperature or and the spirits of the sufferer are strong and Mrs. McKinley bears up bravely in her and the physicians in attendance feel but little concern on her When she saw the president had rallied from the operation and suffering but little she was content to leave his side during the and rest The surgeons who operated on the president are in constant with a corps of the most skilled nurses and is They have not publicly the president's condition other than to issue bulletins from time to but it is understood they believe the president will recover unless complication not now anticipated come to sap his strength and With a common Impulse to save the sufferer the annoyance that noise would Inflict HIS SLUMBER NOT Dastard Who Shot the President Sleeps Without Thought of His Sept. 7.-Leon who shot the submitted to six It was save so far as his own late was for while he told nothing that would implicate any one else he went over the scene when he shot the president again and completing jt confession as ample as the law ever He even went to the extent of illustrating the in which he shot the president and told with manifest pride how he deceived the president and his protectors and of the bandaged hand that held the He was in the hands of shrewd who set trap upon trap to snare but the effort to break him down Sept. 8.-A tele graph operator of reliability here Is responsible for the statement of a telegram signed was sent through a branch telegraph office here to the Temple of last If the telegraph records can be obtained it is thought a valuable clew to the attempted assassination of the president will be THE Considered Him New Sept. 7.-President McKinley's recovery would mean his would-be assassin could be confined in the prison for ten the maximum penalty under the 1 enal code of New York The death of the president would result in the trial of his assailant for and his conviction mean death in the electric Sept. 7.--The officers feel there is little assistance which the federal law branch can give in prosecuting the man who shot President It was stated today by a leading official that the federal law made no provision for assaults upon the the latter being only a citizen in the eye of the federal MOVE TO CRUSH New Jersey to Pass a Law That Will Wipe Out Conspiracies in That New Sept. 7.-The World tomorrow will print a statement from Governor Voorheis of New Jersey in which he says the time has come for us to call a halt to anarchy and all anarchists in the It will be stopped in New A law is being prepared and will be enacted by the next legislature beyond the remotest shadow of doubt that will fill the It will allow us to prosecute the participants in any conspiracy in New that results directly or indirectly in the assassination of any ruler N. Sept. 9.-The president's condition is extremely and the crisis will probably come in 24 While the physicians hold out hope and the developments arc medical experience with similar wounds causes much Inflammation Although the patient's condition has been the physicians do not desire to buoy the country with false They fear at the first sign of the country must steel itself for the Bullet Secondary For the time being the bullet Is a secondary While it had not been absolutely all agree that it is lodged in the fleshy muscles of the that if necessity it could be easily located with the ray and Must Recover from They agree also It is now of more importance that the president should recover from the shock of operation than that the bullet be They dread peritonitis after septic poisoning and suppuration of the When Crucial Point The crucial point will come within 48 possibly One of the attending physicians says if no signs of inflammation appeared before tomorrow he would consider the chances of ultimate recovery exceedingly Several of his are not Ether Still President McKinley was doling drowsily throughout the He lias not fully recovered from the effects of the The result is although perfectly rational when he dosos much of the Absolute quiet and freedom from excitement are regarded as the great Not even Secretary Cortelyou is allowed in the sick Mrs. McKinley Sees With the exception of the physicians and Mrs. alone crossed the President McKinley asked to see and the physicians did not have the heart to refuse his She was there but a few Sept. 7.-Later information concerning the identity of Czolgosz develops he is the son of Paul it is now lives at 306 Fleet street this The the public the ' other members of the family are SISTERS HEAR THE Mrs. Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley Show Much Bravery in 0., Sept. 8.-The news of the attempted assassination of the president was broken to his Mrs. A. J. Duncan and Miss Helen by the son of Mrs. Tears were but both ladies bore up under the and showed much They had both feared an attempt upon the life of their brother and their fears were at last awfully Canton Moved to 0., Sept. 8.-The news of the attempted assassination of the president caused a great shock hero Before many minutes a surging crowd of anxious persons had gathered in the vicinity of the president's and many call ed to inquire as to the president's To all comers the parlor who has charge of the household in the absence of the replied that no word whatever had been received at the McKinley home up to 6:30 p. m. She said the first they heard was some one on the street shouting dent has been A spirit of gloom hangs over the Strong with tears in their stand on the street discussing the awful affair and eagerly watching for new bulletins and fresh editions of the Abner Starts for Sept. 8.-Abner a brother of the left Friday in a special While here he received a telegram from Benjamin chief operator at the white which stated the estimate chances of the president's recovery about neighborhood where the residence is A detachment of the Fourteenth United States Infantry surrounds the but the sentries found no work to The physicians fear that septic poisoning has set and it is for the first symptoms of this that the physicians are JOIN IN NATION'S Messages of Sympathy Received from Crowned Heads and Republic Warner Kansas Sept. 7.-Major chief of the Grand Is prostrated by the attempted assassination of the He has cancelled his engagement to respond to the address of welcome at and will not attend the Sept. 7.-Messages of sympathy over the shooting of dent McKinley have been received from the London chamber of Lord Emperor King George of King Christian of President of Premier Laurier of Emperor and Empress of President President Lieutenant Governor New South Italian Ambassador Baron Ambassador Mexican M. De French minister of foreign Ecumenical Methodist the people of Lima and the constitutional convention of the Peruvian King Prince Count foreign minister and M. De finance St. Lord Lansdowne and scores of Sept. 7.-The Ecumenical conference gave up the first hour of its session today to prayers for and eulogies of and resolutions respecting President A resolution adopted expressing the conferences intense indignation at the dastardly attempt made upon the life of the president and its profound sympathy with the American nation in Its deep anxiety over the and directs that messages of respectful sympathy be sent to Mr. and Mrs. Sept. 7.-The Trades union congress at Its last session today adopted resolutions of sympathy with the United Sept. 7.-A telegram was received this evening from Charles G. comptroller of the now in saying that strong hopes are entertained for the recovery of the c I Sept. 7.-The pope has directed Cardinal the papal to express to the government the feeling of deep indignation of his holiness at the attempted assassination of the president and prayers for bis who lives at home with his father and a soldier now serving in the who is on his father's farm located on the Chagrin Falls and Jacob of The family are and evidently very the father having left home Saturday morning looking for The stepmother cannot speak but gave out the following interview through the medium of an She left home about 60 days We heard from him a few weeks He was then in and wrote us he was going and stating that in all probability we would not see him The stepmother failed to recollect the name of the city from which the letter was but states it was from some place in The family had not heard from him The stepmother denied Leon was a disciple of Emma Goldman or was In way Interested in her They had always considered the boy partially Up to three years ago he had worked at the Cleveland rolling but he had quit on account of poor Since that time he has been While living on a near his father had not asked Leon to having always him too weak for manual Regarding the shooting of the Mrs. Czolgosz can't believe Leon is the he is the biggest coward you ever saw in your Mrs Czolgosz is an intelligent looking but failed to show any decided emotion when confronted with the account of Leon's horrible Her home was neat and but Paul the moved into Cleveland two weeks ago to secure He has not yet heard of his son's Two uncles both live In Recognized the N. Sept. 7.-WaIter a New York formerly of was taken Into the room where Czolgosz was being examined and after glancing at the prisoner he he knew him in Cleveland two years At that time Nowak was a reporter for a foreign paper and in common with him and a number of his countrymen formed a social organization that later developed into a socialist club and he withdrew from it. He states that he remembers some of the radical resolutions adopted by the club and brought to him for use in his He had always found it necessary to alter them materially to make them proper for He said that Czolgosz was without sufficient intelligence to organize such a crime as the prisoner had been guilty of. Nowak Eald after coming from the room where the conference was held the world or the murder of any person in or out of New Con- minutes seated at his and she ies before the and the charge will be if convicted they will suffer just the same punishment as If they had been convicted of aiding and abetting in an ordinary case of - asked her to be brave ror both she faltered and almost broke Almost Immediately thereafter she was led from the room by Dr. Takes No The president has taken no nourishment since he was Water is given him at but no food of any The physicians say lie has plenty of reserve strength to draw for the neither nourishment nor artificial stimulants are No medicine except digitalis has been and that was given to quiet the Vice President Vice President Roosevelt reached the residence shortly after 1 I o'clock He was escorted io the bunk and was soon asleep and by a squad of mounted and THINK IT IS A Police Working to Unravel the Murderous Sept. 7.-Czolgosz, the man who shot the slept in comfort after his He was locked up at No. 1 police after he had been interviewed by the officers of the law and a watch of two men was placed over He went to his he seemed without regret and undis turbed by the prospect of punishment for his This morning Czolgosz was and copies of his pictures are being made as rapidly as and will bo distributed The police machinery of the entire country has been set in motion to expose the plots the president's life if a plot there Czolgosz insists he alone planned the but his statement is not accepted as It is believed confederates accompanied him to Buffalo and assisted in the execution of the The police and secret agents are working privately and Insist the prisoner is There is a suspicion that one of the the remainder of the way by bicycle He remained at the residence half an and then went to the home of Ansley whose guest he will be during his 4 Cabinet Members in By evening all the members of cabinet except Secretaries Hay and Long had They will remain until the result of the wound is they discussed the possibility of the vice president being called upon to act as chief magistrate during the disability of the but all the precedents are against such a course while the president Sept. 7.-The scene about the Milburn house at midnight was prisoner's confederates accompanied In addition to the a him to the Temple of and by walking in front of him concealed the hand which carried the The attention of the police who were with the presidential party was directed toward the man who reached the president just before Czolgosz corps of police was on but they paced deserted A few shaded lamps burned in the Milburn one marking the room where the It was the opening of the day named as the critical and the watchers were keenly alert for the ex- His motions were and one ' Those in the sick rosm of the secret service men kept his reported that the patient was still doing hand on his arm until after he Ifad shaken hands with the A description of the man is now in the hands of the police of the entire and he will undoubtedly be run Czolgosz is kept in absolute seclusion by the and none save the officers have seen There are reports of other arrests here and at other but the police decline to confirm WHAT THE PRESIDENT General Agreement That Stricken Chief First Thought of His Wife After Sept. 7.-Hundreds of telegrams of regret continue from all over the and ail express a fervent hope for the recovery of the None of the telegrams have been made The relatives of the president have hurried and with them have come a large number of men in public Sept. 7-King directed the British charge d' affaires at Washington to express majesty's deepest sympathy at this dastardly and to inquire after President McKinley's Charles T. Yerkes has secured control of the projected with a capital of Work will be commenced Sept. 7.-On many of the material particularly the utterances of President McKinley and how he was witnesses of yesterday's tragedy fail to The action of the tragedy was very and its commission was followed by a scene of confusion in which it was difficult either to see or hear with It is conceded that the president did not say God Forgive after he was and agreed that his first audible speech was the reference to his trust Mrs. McKinley will not be informed of at I hope it will not be Milburn Sept. 7.-Mr. Milburn come from his house at 10:40 p. and joined the newspaper men at press He was in good and said that the last reports from the doctors were very is proceeding satisfactorily and if the president maintains his strength for 24 hours we feel he will surely I practically feel
