McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: Public Opinion
Source type: magazine
Document type: news column
Document title: “News of the Week”
Author(s): anonymous
Date of publication: 3 October 1901
Volume number: 31
Issue number: 14
Pagination: 443

Citation

“News of the Week.” Public Opinion 3 Oct. 1901 v31n14: p. 443.

Transcription

excerpt

Keywords

Leon Czolgosz (trial); Leon Czolgosz (sentencing).

Named persons

Leon Czolgosz; William McKinley; Truman C. White.

Notes

Ellipses (“. . .”) appear below as given in the original document. Omission of text within the excerpt is denoted with a bracketed indicator (e.g., [omit]).

Document

News of the Week [excerpt]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

DOMESTIC.—Leon F. Czolgosz was placed on trial at Buffalo for the murder of President McKinley; the jury was empanelled and the prosecution introduced a large part of its evidence . . . . [omit]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

DOMESTIC.—The assassin of President McKinley, Leon Czolgosz, was found guilty of murder in the first degree at Buffalo, after a trial lasting less than nine hours and covering a period of two days . . . . [omit]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

DOMESTIC.—Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley, was sentenced by Justice White, in Buffalo, to be put to death in the week of October 28; he declared in court that he had no accomplices in the murder . . . .

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