Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee), “This day in history — Sept. 6”
byIn 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. (McKinley died eight days…
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Tribune Chronicle (OH), “Honoring President McKinley then and now”
byHis assassin was Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. His mugshot is on display at the McKinley Birthplace Home in Niles. Continue Reading
New York Daily News, “The 1920 Wall Street bombing: Authorities blamed agitators for the deadly explosion amid the first Red Scare”
byAuthorities kept unmasking Red plots all through 1921. NEW YORK ANARCHISTS REORGANIZED, the papers said. REDS OF AMERICA UNITED UNDER ONE HEAD. AGENTS SOWING…
New York Daily News, “Teddy Roosevelt’s road from ‘damned cowboy’ to first NYC-born president”
byYoung Leon Czolgosz was a silly Cleveland millworker who fancied himself an anarchist. “I done my duty!” he cried as horrified mobs fell upon…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Eyewitness 1892: Frick returns to work via streetcar”
byFrick, the chairman of Carnegie Steel, had been sitting at his desk in the Hussey Building on Pittsburgh’s Fifth Avenue when he was attacked…
The Daily Beast, “The Unabomber Is Back to Terrorize America”
byHe resigned abruptly two years later, and, by 1971, had moved to a remote cabin in Lincoln, Montana, where he lived as a recluse…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Eyewitness 1892: Attack on Frick hurts Homestead strike”
byThe shooter, an anarchist named Alexander Berkman, also stabbed the chairman of the Carnegie steel company with a homemade dagger. Frick survived but Berkman’s…
USA Today, “Buffalo builds on architecture tourism”
byThat 1901 Pan American Exposition is where anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinated President William McKinley. Continue Reading
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Let’s learn from the past: Assassination attempt on Henry Clay Frick”
byThe news received national attention and ignited public criticism of Frick. One dissenter, Russian anarchist Alexander Berkman, devised a plan to assassinate Frick and…
CBS Pittsburgh, “Renowned Actor Commemorates 125th Anniversary Of Battle Of Homestead”
byTwo weeks later Frick would survive an assassination attempt after being shot in his downtown office by the anarchist Alexander Berkman — sympathy for…