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Friday, December 16, 2005


THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD WORK LIKE THIS ONE

Leon Czolgosz
Timeline
1873 Leon Czolgosz born of Polish parents, Detroit.
1881 Family moves to Cleveland, OH.
1898 Nervous breakdown.
Aug 1898 Czolgosz quits his factory job.
6 May 1901 Travels to Cleveland to see his anarchist hero, Emma Goldman, speak.
29 Jul 1901 An Italian-American anarchist assassinates King Umberto I of Italy. The incident entrances Czolgosz. On his arrest later, a clipping of the Umberto assassination was found on his person.
31 Aug 1901 Rents a room above a saloon in Buffalo, NY.
2 Sep 1901 Purchases a .32 Iver-Johnson revolver for $4.50, Buffalo NY.
5 Sep 1901 Sees McKinley speak at the Pan-American Exposition.
6 Sep 1901 While shaking hands at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, President William McKinley is shot twice in the abdomen at point-blank range with a .32 caliber revolver. He dies a week later. The assassin, an anarchist by the name of Leon Frank Czolgosz, actually is a lone gunman (for once).
14 Sep 1901 McKinley dies at 2:15 am.
23 Sep 1901 Eight hour, twenty six minute trial for the assassination of McKinley. Thirty four minutes later, guilty verdict.
29 Oct 1901 Leon Czolgosz electrocuted, 7:12 am, Auburn prison in New York. Three jolts, 1700 volts each. "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people--the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime."
29 Oct 1901 Sulfuric acid poured into Czolgosz' coffin.

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