Conditions Favorable [excerpt]

     A number of Batavians were in the Temple at the time of the tragedy. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dolbeer were among the first to be admitted and they passed down the line and shook hands with the President, who greeted them pleasantly. They passed on and had gone about twenty feet when Mr. Dolbeer turned and looked across to where the President stood shaking hands with someone. He turned to go on and the next instant heard two shots in rapid succession. They looked back and saw the men throw the assassin to the floor and hold him there. There was no outcry or disturbance. The people seemed stunned, although it was surmised that the attack had been on the President, it was not known at once that it was so. Mr. and Mrs. Dolbeer passed on out and were about the last to leave the building before the doors were closed.
     Mrs. N. B. Calteaux and Miss Mary Casey of Batavia and Miss Margaret Casey of St. Louis were in the line in the order named, Mrs. Calteaux being the fifth behind Czolgosz. They heard the shots, saw the President fall into the arms of those near him and saw the murderer thrown down and afterwards taken away.
     William H. Coon who was in the line farther back heard the shots and saw the assassin seized.
     Hon. R. A. Maxwell was at the door sending in his card when he heard the shots.