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President McKinley Shot at Pan American Exposition
Buffalo dispatch reports President McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music during a Pan American exposition reception. He faced two wounds, one in the chest and one in the abdomen, with the latter not yet located. The suspect is Leon Czolgosz, an avowed anarchist aided by a crowd, later interrogated at police headquarters.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Temple of Music
Police
The
Law
United States
Secret Service
John G. Milburn
Mr. Cortelyou
Cortelyou
Milburn
Secretary Cortelyou
Exposition Hospital
Pearl Street
Fred Nieman
Detroit
Leon Czolgosz
Cleveland
Emma Goldman
W.just
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Schwab
Pittsburg
Gompers
Mitchell
C. M. Schwab
W .E. Corey
Carnegie Steel Company
Veryl Preston
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Harry White
Garmentakers’ Association
Jenks
Industrial Commission
Ralph M. Beasley
National Civic Federation
United States Steel