TIM MAGUIRE
I Love Lucy is a television sitcom that originally aired on
CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total
of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons.
The series starred Lucille Ball (1911-1989) and her husband
Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) (above) along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley.
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.”
The president died on September 14 after his wound became
infected. Caught in the act, Czolgosz was tried, convicted, and
executed by the State of New York seven weeks later on
October 29, 1901.
President McKinley greeting well-wishers at a reception in
the Temple of Music minutes before he was shot.
Leon F. Czolgosz (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)
Site of McKinley murder marked by "x" in lower right.
SANDY KOZEL
John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (left ) (June 4, 1935 – August 23, 2003)
was an American serial child rapist and Catholic priest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He was reassigned to several parish posts involving interaction with
children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.
Geoghan was convicted of sexual abuse, laicized, and sentenced in
2002 to nine to ten years in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center,
a maximum security prison.
Less than a year later, he was murdered there by Joseph Druce
(above right) an inmate serving a life sentence.
SANDY KOZEL
At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electrocution
in history is carried out against William Kemmler, who had been convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe.
Electrocution as a humane means of execution was first suggested
in 1881 by Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist.
DAILY EVENING EXPOSITOR, Fresno, California, Aug. 6, 1890.
Alfred Porter Southwick
(May 18, 1826–June 11, 1898)
