: Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination An Authentic and Official Memorial Edition Containing Every Incident in the Career of the Immortal Statesman Soldier Orator and Patriot by Everett Marshall - McKinley William 1843-1901; McKin

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THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

A graphic and vivid description of the Shooting of the President by Leon Czolgosz, an Anarchist, at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo--Two shots fired from a derringer concealed by the assassin under a handkerchief which looked like a bandage--Different accounts by eye-witnesses--Assassin seized by James F. Parker, a colored man--Saved from the mob by the President's words, "Let no one hurt him"--Scenes among the horror-stricken crowds in the Temple of Music--The President taken on a gallop to the Emergency Hospital--Description of his wounds--How the great man bore the ordeal 33

PRESIDENT McKINLEY'S FIGHT FOR LIFE.

The fateful week at the house of President Milburn of the Exposition where President McKinley lay wounded--His coolness, bravery and cheerfulness--Physicians and country hopeful--President shows signs of recovery--How he was nourished--Scenes in the President's apartment--His sudden relapse--Hopes of the nation dashed by the news 41

DEATHBED SCENE OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

Friends and officials called back--President regains consciousness after first relapse--Pathetic parting between the President and Mrs. McKinley--The farewell Kiss--"God's will, not ours, be done," his last words to her--"Nearer My God to Thee"--Dr. Rixey remains to the end--Unconscious for hours before dissolution--A Christian deathbed scene that will remain forever, a beautiful and inspiring memory 57

THE STORY OF THE ASSASSIN.

Description of Czolgosz the assassin--A Pole by birth--Boasted that he was an Anarchist and believed in killing the rulers of all nations--Became an Anarchist under the teachings of Emma Goldman--How and why he went to Buffalo--Followed the President for three days seeking an opportunity to kill him--A monstrous confession--His father and mother found in Cleveland--Poor and ignorant, but nothing known against them--People who knew the assassin tell of his belonging to Anarchist clubs and always preaching Anarchy 65

EMMA GOLDMAN, WOMAN LEADER OF ANARCHISTS.

Description of the woman from whom the assassin learned the teachings of Anarchy--Text of Emma Goldman's speech which Czolgosz says inflamed him to commit assassination--Emma Goldman's career as an Anarchist in New York and Europe--Her arrest in Chicago--Arrest of the "Free Society" branch of Anarchists in Chicago 76

ANARCHISM AND ITS OBJECTS.

Definition of anarchy--No two Anarchists agree--Some of the leaders who have talked, written and acted anarchy in this country and in Europe--A hellish doctrine that has caused many of the world's greatest men to fall by the hands of assassins--Complete history of anarchy from Proudhon to the present day--Review of anarchistic agitation and murder--Story of the Haymarket assassinations in Chicago 89

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