Telegram from George A. Cortelyou to E. A. Hitchcock

This telegram relates details, issued by the President's Physicians, about the shooting and operation on President William McKinley.

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Form No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION INCORPORATED nLGRAH company COMP AMV I 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSITSand DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison. and the Company will not holditself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Inrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED MESSAGE, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th & F. Streets, Washington, D. C. 398 Dt bt 216 paid Government Buffalo NY sept 6th Hon E A Hitcock Secretary of the Interior Washington DC -The following Bulletin was issued by the Presidents Phys ic ians at 7 pm. The President was shot about four oclock, one bullet struck him on the upper portion of the breast bone glancing and