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Source: New Brunswick Times Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “M’Kinley’s Guard Dead” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: New Brunswick, New Jersey Date of publication: 7 January 1914 Volume number: none Issue number: 5 Pagination: 7 |
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| “M’Kinley’s Guard Dead.” New Brunswick Times 7 Jan. 1914 n5: p. 7. |
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| John McCauley (death); John McCauley. |
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| Leon Czolgosz; John McCauley [variant first name below]; William McKinley. |
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M’Kinley’s Guard Dead
Jack McCauley, Soldier of Fortune, Caught Czolgosz.
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 7.—Jack McCauley, soldier
of fortune, died at Kansas City, Mo., of typhoid fever.
McCauley, when a guard at the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo, N. Y., stood beside President McKinley when he was shot by Leon
Czolgosz. McCauley held Czolgosz until other officers arrived. For his bravery
he received a special medal from the exposition officers and a letter of thanks
from congress.
McCauley served in the Spanish-American war, both
in the regular and volunteer service. He served in the Philippines as a regular
and was a member of Company C, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana volunteers,
organized in this city. He also took part in revolutions in Mexico and South
America.