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The Execution of Leon Czolgosz

Back in the day on October 29th, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was executed by the electric chair for the murder of President William McKinley. The self-proclaimed anarchist assassin had wrapped a .32 caliber revolver in a handkerchief on September 6th, 1901 as he waited for his target. President McKinley was receiving greeters at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, when Czolgosz approached him as if to shake hands and fired two shots that would prove to be fatal. The former mill worker who suffered a breakdown three years before the shooting was apprehended and confessed soon thereafter. Referring to the President, Czolgosz said, “I didn’t believe one man should have so much service and another man have none.” Investigators suspected that the assassination was a broad anarchist conspiracy and arrested Emma Goldman and others. However, many anarchist organizations were leery of Czolgosz and distanced themselves from him.

Those taken into custody in connection to the case were eventually released as a lack of evidence supported Czolgosz’s insistence that he acted alone.

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