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President William McKinley was shot as he shook hands with supporters at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, N.Y. After he was shot, McKinley said, “Be careful how you tell my wife.” The president, who was six months into his second term, was shot twice and underwent surgery immediately. He seemed to be recovering, but one if his wounds developed gangrene and he died on Sept. 14. McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was executed by electrocution a little more than six weeks later, on Oct. 29, 1901.
The Alle-Kiski Valley’s legacy has been blessed with brave pioneers and military heroes, prosperous business owners, inventors and successful political leaders, civic leaders and athletes. And then … there’s Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, who spent several years as a teenager working in a Natrona glass factory, shot President William McKinley on