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Show Reported Alten.pl to lrerrSle Toai of M.KIol.jr. A guard st McKlnlev. tomb at Canton, Can-ton, Ohio. Sunday night Dr.d on what he claimed was a man aeeklng by stealth to reach the v. alt la which the body of I'reeident McKlnley lies. The ofllcers say the man Is sincere and give him a good neme, but they generally gen-erally believe the lonllness and strain of the situellon nnnerved hltn. and that he waa frightened and In a condition condi-tion to glvs full credence tostlmulated Immaginaliou, One of the ofilcers however how-ever bullevee Ihe (.rlvates story. following fol-lowing le the account given out. Private Dcprend wes on guard doty on lop of the ' vault at a point commanding com-manding the entrance below and tha approach from the rear. Shortly before 7:30 o'clock he saw what he took to be Ihe face of a man peering from behind a tree, about forly feet from his poat. He eatchqd It for twenty niinutea, fas aaya, and at 7:45 eew lha man hurry to the tree ten feet neerer. He challenged the man to ball, but thie waa not heeded, aud tha fellow approached nearer. Drprend leveled hla gun and aimed to shoot for effect, but just at that Indent In-dent another man, who came toward htm from the opposite side, csught the gun, threw II up and the bullet . waa spent In the air. Thie same men strnck Deprcnd oa the right side of the abdomen with knl'e or other sharp weapon catting aa 'L'-shsped gssh la bis overcoat aa Inch and a half long each way, and a email ona in bla blouse, Tha flesh wss not broken, but was bruised under the clothes. Deprend la the struggle fell and rolled down tba aids of the vault. When the guarda reached the scans no trace of tba Intruders oould ba found. |
