On this date, September 6, 1901, the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shaking hands with the public when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. The President died on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds.
William
McKinley who was a devout Christian forgave his assassin but Leon Czolgosz
still had to pay with his life. He was executed on October 29, 53 days after the crime and 47 after the president’s
death. He was guilty beyond any doubt at all, thank God the Justice
System was swift and sure at that time.
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Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with
a concealed revolver. Clipping of a wash drawing by T. Dart Walker.
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