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President McKinley Shot at Pan American Exposition
President McKinley was shot at the Pan American grounds in Buffalo while greeting the public in the Temple of Music. The assassin, Leon Czolgocz, fired two shots, one hitting the president in the breast and the other in the abdomen. Surgeons operated as the nation prayed for his recovery. Czolgocz was captured by bystanders and police.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Leon *Czolgocz
Temple of Music
United States Secret Service
John G. Milburn
Smpulee
Son
Megro
Leon Czolgoss
Cleveland
Emma Goldman
United States
Exposition Grounds
I. W. Buchanan
Milburn
Niagra Falls
Barber
Miss Duncan
Mrs. Milburn
Buchanan
Cortelyou
Exposition Hospital
Naval
Penny
Bull
Fred Nieman
Detroit
Broadway
John Nowak
Raines Law
Nowak
Washington
Milburn House
Edward VII
Czolgosz
Secret Service
Ireland
Gallagher
Canton
White House
Czolgoas