4. It might have been premature to call a 1901 murder "The Crime of the Century," but as it was the assassination of a president, it's understandable. Who was the president?
From Quiz Crimes of the Century
Answer:
William McKinley
McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, and loved shaking hands with as many people as possible. His head of security was concerned about him, as there had recently been several assassinations of heads of state in Europe by anarchists, but McKinley refused security measures that would remove him too much from the public.
After delivering an address at the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, McKinley descended into the crowd to shake hands. Anarchist Leon Czolgosz, who had had assassination on the mind since becoming fired up by a speech given by Emma Goldman, hid his gun in a handkerchief, and waited his turn in line to shake the president's hand. When his turn came, he shot McKinley twice in the abdomen.
McKinley's condition seemed to improve in the days after the shooting; the vice president felt confident enough to continue with plans to take a camping trip to the Adirondacks. But gangrene had set in, and the president was becoming septic. On the morning of September 13, relatives and friends were asked to come to his death bed. McKinley died the next day.
Nine days later, Czolgosz was found guilty at trial, and executed in the electric chair on October 29, 1901.
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