| Show WATCH TIMEPIECE WORN WHEN HE WAS SHOT TREASURED BY NEPHEW prominent resident of fort worth falls he r to H stone rel Is magnificent example of goldsm th s art fort worth it was discovered the other day that the heavy gold watch which was carried by president william mckinley when he was shot by the anarchist czolgosz at buffalo Is owned and in the possession of a fort W orth man a nephew of the vie tun of the assassin s bullet the nephew Is A J duncan secre tary and general manager of the catl zens light and power company he Is a son of one of pies dent mckin ley s two sisters his mother mrs A J duncan was formerly miss sarah E mckenley she now lives at the family house in cleveland 0 with the other sister both women are more than 70 years old it had long been the understanding in the mckenley and duncan families that A J duncan was to receive wll mckenley s watch as a cousin inherited the grandfather s timepiece but none of the members of the two families had any idea under what tragic circumstances the watch would fall into mr duncan s hands after the buffalo tragedy and the subsequent death of president mckin ley the watch was left in the moeses slon of mrs mckenley until her death more than a year ago then it was turned over to mr duncan as had been originally understood the watch until a few weeks ago e with mr duncan s mother in cleveland shortly after his election to the presidency the first time mr mckenley had the watch specially made for him in canton 0 while not a large watch it is heavy as it contains a large amount of gold decoration the timepiece is open faced with gold numbers embossed on the face on the rear ot the watch Is the na dional emblem an eagle supporting a shield bearing 13 stars the figure Is not engraved but is embossed on the back of the watch the whole watch is the result or careful and ing workmanship and is a magnificent example of the goldsmith s art at cached to a beautifully rolled gold link chain is a b ack ivory seal with dent mckinley s monogram mr duncan is attached to the watch by many ties biot only is it for him a family heirloom but it is a relic of historic value he keeps the watch carefully guarded all of president mckinley s person al effects are now in the of members of the duncan family most of them are in their cleveland and new york homes the collection em braces the pres dent s books paint ings furniture and everything was intimately connected with his vate life in the course of time mr duncan expects to have many of the books and art subjects brought to bis fort worth home |
