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Source: Times and Democrat Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Saw Two Presidents Shot” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Orangeburg, South Carolina Date of publication: 27 November 1908 Volume number: 40 Issue number: 57 Pagination: 1 |
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| “Saw Two Presidents Shot.” Times and Democrat 27 Nov. 1908 v40n57: p. 1. |
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| Keywords |
| E. S. Kennedy; McKinley assassination (eyewitnesses); E. S. Kennedy (public statements); presidential assassinations. |
| Named persons |
| James A. Garfield; Charles J. Guiteau [misspelled below]; E. S. Kennedy; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt. |
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Saw Two Presidents Shot
The Unique Experience of Mr. E. S. Kennedy.
Alton, Ill., Nov. 24.—E. S. Kennedy, of East
Alton, has sworn off calling on presidents for he is probably the only man in
the United States who has seen two presidents of the United States assassinated.
When President Garfield was shot by Charles Giteau Mr. Kennedy was standing
within a few feet of the chief executive and ran to his aid.
“I was right on the spot when President McKinley
was assassinated. I was in the line of people who were shaking hands with the
president. I saw a fellow with his arm in a sling. I was looking right at him
when he shot the president.
“I didn’t see Roosevelt just because I was afraid
I might see another president killed.”