A Seattle Girl Near M’Kinley When Shot

     From Seattle people who were at the Pan-American exposition at the time of the assault on the pres- to [sic] this city, describing the terrible affair.
     Among the letters received was one from Miss Violet Abrams, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abrams, of this city. She, with her father, mother and sister, has been East for three weeks. Miss Abrams is well known in musical circles of Seattle, and she was to have sung at the great reception to the president that day.
     Miss Abrams was in the Temple of Music on the unfortunate afternoon. She says in her letter:

Heard the Fatal Shots

     “Just as the crowds arose, and the singing began, there was a sound of the assassin’s shots. I thought at first the balcony had broken down, so intense was the commotion, but the the [sic] balcony had broken down, so intense was the commotion [sic], but the news spread like wildfire that the president had been shot. When the crowd learned of the dastardly deed hundreds of men tried to break into the circle near the wounded man, but were restrained by the police and the exposition guards.”

Expressions of V ngeance [sic]

     Miss Abrams, in her letter, says also that the multitude was at first astounded, then horrified, but in a few moments broke out into expressions of vengeance. “Lynch him, lynch him!” was the cry all over the grounds, and, she says, that if the assassin could have been seized his life would have been a matter of a few seconds.

All Flags at Half-Mast

     Miss Abrams further says her father was one of the most enthusiastic in favor of vengeance. A short time after the president was shot, she says, that a report spread about the exposition grounds that he was dead, and all flags were promptly lowered to half mast and the fountains in the grounds stopped playing.
     Mr. Abrams and his family are expected home next week from Buffalo. Miss Abrams adds in her letter that she will never forget the turbulence of that sad afternoon.