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Source: Collier’s Source type: magazine Document type: article Document title: “A Protector of Presidents” Author(s): St. Clair, Labert Date of publication: 17 January 1914 Volume number: 52 Issue number: 18 Pagination: 25 |
| Citation |
| St. Clair, Labert. “A Protector of Presidents.” Collier’s 17 Jan. 1914 v52n18: p. 25. |
| Transcription |
| excerpt |
| Keywords |
| presidents (protection); Secret Service. |
| Named persons |
| Leon Czolgosz [misspelled below]; William McKinley; James Sloan, Jr. |
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A Protector of Presidents [excerpt]
Until after President McKinley was shot, the President never had a personal bodyguard. Then came Sloan and others and systematic protection. No man ever will be able to approach another President as did Czolgoz. He carried a revolver wrapped in a handkerchief. Every man who now approaches a President must have both hands in plain view.