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President McKinley Shot at Pan-American Exposition
President McKinley was wounded by an assailant during a reception at the Temple of Music in Buffalo. A second bullet struck the abdomen and the attacker was restrained by guards and bystanders, with chaotic scenes at police headquarters and the hospital. The assailant, Leon Czolgosz, a Cleveland resident, confessed to an anarchist motive linked to Emma Goldman.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Temple of Music
United States Secret Service
John G. Milburn
Mr. Cortelyou
Cortelyou
Mitourn
Milburn
Presi
Bult
Buffalo Police Department
No. 13
Exposition Hospital
Roswell Parke
Ka's Saloon
Broadway
Nowaka
Toledo
Leon Czolgosz
Cleveland
Emma Goldman
United States
Gerorge B. Cortelyou
Detroit