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Source: Evening Herald Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Dastard Deed” Author(s): Benedict, Bernard C. City of publication: Syracuse, New York Date of publication: 7 September 1901 Volume number: 25 Issue number: 7576 Pagination: [2] |
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| Benedict, Bernard C. “Dastard Deed.” Evening Herald 7 Sept. 1901 v25n7576: p. [2]. |
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| Keywords |
| Bernard C. Benedict; McKinley assassination (eyewitnesses); McKinley assassination (eyewitness accounts: Bernard C. Benedict); McKinley assassination (public response: Buffalo, NY); Leon Czolgosz; Pan-American Exposition (impact of assassination). |
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| Bernard C. Benedict; William McKinley; Roswell Park; Presley M. Rixey. |
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Dastard Deed
Comprehensive Story of the Shooting and Subsequent Events.
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PRESIDENT REMAINED COOL
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Spectators First Motionless with Horror, Then Frenzied with Desire for Vengeance.
B, Sept. 7.—I
was within fifty feet of President McKinley when he was shot. Two shots were
fired in rapid succession. The Temple of Music was crowded and the President
was shaking hands with everyone. A man had a handkerchief wrapped about his
hand as though to hide a wound. Suddenly those near by were startled to hear
two reports in rapid succession and saw the President grasp his breast.
The would-be assassin was knocked down and beaten.
It is a great wonder he escaped with his life. An automobile ambulance came
almost instantly and, escorted by mounted police, the President was taken to
the Emergency hospital on the grounds.
Doctor Rixey came almost immediately and soon
after Doctor Park, the noted specialist, was brought by special train from Niagara
Falls.
I saw the President’s assailant taken out of the
hall. A detail of United States regulars held the people in check with rifles
while he was taken to the carriage in waiting. Several attempts were made to
get at him, but in vain. The driver lashed his horses across the bridge and
escaped, followed by a dense crowd of angry people. The prisoner appeared to
be about 25 years old, smooth face, 5 feet 7 inches in height.
Last night the illuminations were curtailed, but
everything was still on the Midway.