Scatter Brained

WILLIAM MCKINLEY—SEPTEMBER 6, 1901
What You Already Know:
 He was shot by an anarchist.
What You Might Not:
 Th
  at it’s Leon Czolgosz, and it’s pro-
nounced CHOL-gaush. McKinley also died because his doc-
tors couldn’t fi nd the bullet. As it happened, McKinley was 
shot  at  the  Pan-American  Exposition  in  Buff alo, New York. 
Oddly enough, a short distance from where he was attacked, 
an early X-ray machine was on display. Had anyone put two 
and two together, fi nding the bullet would have been a cinch. 
But no such luck; McKinley died after languishing in misery 
for several days.