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Source: Philadelphia Record Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Killed by Attack on President” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date of publication: 11 September 1901 Volume number: none Issue number: 10783 Pagination: 1 |
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| “Killed by Attack on President.” Philadelphia Record 11 Sept. 1901 n10783: p. 1. |
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| Keywords |
| Robert A. Thompson; McKinley assassination (personal response); McKinley assassination (related tragedies). |
| Named persons |
| William McKinley; Robert A. Thompson. |
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Killed by Attack on President
Shock to Previously Healthy Man in York County Proves Fatal.
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York, Pa., Sept. 10.—Robert A. Thompson, of Red
Lion, aged 80 years, died last night as the result of shock produced by the
news of the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
“It is more than I can bear; it will kill me,”
he exclaimed on hearing the news. He was in the best of health previously, but
soon became ill and doctors were unable to save his life.