Leon Czolgosz shoots William McKinley, 1901
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Join Free<html-blob><table><tbody><tr><td>-President McKinley visits Niagara Falls, NY, and returns to Pan-American Exposition</td></tr><tr><td>-Leon Czolgosz allegedly visits Niagara Falls, then returns to exposition and waits with crowd </td></tr><tr><td>4:00 p.m. -- Public reception begins.</td></tr><tr><td>4:07 p.m. -- Czolgosz shoots McKinley twice (in chest and abdomen). Is immediately taken into custody.</td></tr><tr><td>4:18 p.m. -- McKinley arrives by ambulance at emergency hospital on exposition grounds.</td></tr><tr><td>5:20 p.m. -- McKinley begins receiving anesthesia.</td></tr><tr><td>5:29 p.m. -- Surgery begins. Dr. Matthew D. Mann serves as chief surgeon.</td></tr><tr><td>5:30 p.m. -- Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, in Isle La Motte, VT, learns of attack.</td></tr><tr><td>6:50 p.m. -- Surgery ends.</td></tr><tr><td>7:00 p.m. (approx.) -- Mrs. McKinley, at Milburn residence, learns of assassination attempt.</td></tr><tr><td>7:32 p.m. -- McKinley placed in ambulance. Taken to Milburn residence for recovery.</td></tr><tr><td>8:15 p.m. -- Vice President Roosevelt arrives by yacht at Burlington, VT. Boards train for Buffalo.</td></tr><tr><td>10:40 p.m. -- Official bulletin states McKinley is rallying satisfactorily and is resting comfortably.<br><br><p>Courtesy of <a href=http://mckinleydeath.com/resources/timeline.htm>http://mckinleydeath.com/resources/timeline.htm</a></p><p>List of McKinley assassination witnesses:</p><p><a href=https://tinyurl.com/TBHM-McKinleyWitnessess>https://tinyurl.com/TBHM-McKinleyWitnessess</a><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></html-blob>
