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Leon Frank Czolgosz (/ ˈ tʃ ɒ l ɡ ɒ ʃ / CHOL-gosh; [2] Polish: [ˈlɛɔn ˈt͡ʂɔwɡɔʂ]; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was an American laborer and anarchist who assassinated United States President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, in Buffalo, New York.
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison is a 1901 silent film produced by the Edison Studios arms of Edison Manufacturing Company. The film is a dramatic reenactment of the execution of Leon Czolgosz by electric chair at Auburn Correctional Facility following his 1901 conviction for the assassination of William McKinley .
The Czolgosz family moved several times as Paul Czolgosz, Leon's father, sought work throughout the Midwest. [5] As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labor dispute in 1893. Thereafter, he worked irregularly and attended political and religious meetings, trying to understand the reasons for the ...
Czolgosz was quickly tried and convicted in the Erie County Superior Court and, exactly 45 days after McKinley's death, executed, his body afterwards being dissolved in acid. [10] Parker was not called to testify, though his attempt to save the president was later lauded in a speech given by Booker T. Washington . [ 9 ]
Edward Anthony Spitzka (June 17, 1876 – September 4, 1922) was an American anatomist who autopsied (29 Oct 1901) the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley. [1] In 1881, his father Edward Charles Spitzka , a famous neurologist and medical specialist in mental diseases, testified to the insanity of Charles Guiteau ...
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MILAN — Leonardo Del Vecchio broke ground in the eyewear industry, but his influence then expanded to the financial and political worlds throughout his life. Here are some reactions to the death ...
Leon Czolgosz: 29 October 1901 Murder of U.S. President William McKinley: James P. "Whitey" Sullivan [53] 24 March 1903 Murder of Matthew Wilson during a bank robbery William "Goat" Hinch [53] 6 July 1903 Murder of Matthew Wilson during a bank robbery Patrick Conklin 9 September 1903 Murder of wife, Mary Mamie Cassidy