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worldofoysters t1_jebjk2x wrote
Reply to TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life by archfapper
Leon Czolgosz shot the President but really it was the doctors who killed him, with their comical incompetence - McKinley was shot in the stomach and was appearing to recover, before an infection (probably caused by the botched operation) finished him off.
worldofoysters t1_jd53std wrote
Reply to TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
Fun fact: Zangara tried to assassinate FDR because he had toothache and thought it might help (the guy was madder than a box of frogs)
worldofoysters t1_jeblnrb wrote
Reply to comment by archfapper in TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life by archfapper
Oddly enough, Hay's Secretary of State - John Hay - had also been Garfield's Assistant Secretary of State and close acquaintance. And also a much younger man, Hay was also a secretary to Lincoln, and surrogate son, and present at his deathbed.
Probably the only man to have been present at the deaths of three US presidents