6, 1901. He died eight days later of an infection from his wounds. His assassin, Leon Czolgosz, one of eight children, was born on May 5, 1873, in Detroit. In 1889, Czolgosz’s family moved to ...

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8. -- Emma Goldman, whose writings and speeches Czolgosz says inspired him to attempt to assassinate President MoKinley, was in St. Louis on Friday, the day the crime was committed.

Slaves do not own their own labor. The maximum tax rate on a 19th century plantation slave’s labor was 50%, as half of his ...

This murder apparently fascinated Leon Czolgosz who lived on a family farm just outside of Canton, Ohio. Family members recounted how Leon poured over the details of the crime every night for weeks.

As McKinley stood in a receiving line at the Temple of Music, a Polish born anarchist named Leon Czolgosz shot the President twice. Although one bullet bounced off a button, the second hit ...

On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American ...

He ultimately succumbed to his injuries. We actually have the gun on display that Leon Czolgosz used to assassinate President McKinley. That was in the Temple of Music which is where Fordham Drive ...