Heard the Shots That Killed McKinley

     Miss Bessie Johnson[,] daughter of William F. Johnson residing at No. 807 Jackson street [sic], was standing in line awaiting to shake hands with President McKinley at Buffalo the day he was shot. She said she was standing about the two hundredh [sic] person in line who were patiently awaiting their turn to shake hands with the President when she heard the two shots and then the police officers came out of the Temple of Music and closed the doors.
     She says she will never forget the scene so long as she lives. The people were excited and were angry and wanted to lynch the assassin who was taken away by the police in a closed cab.