On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shaking
hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York,
when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached
him and fired two shots into his chest.
The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward,
saying “be careful how you tell my wife.”
Leon F. Czolgosz
(May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)
President McKinley greeting well-wishers at a reception in
the Temple of Music minutes before he was shot.
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