Talk:Leon Czolgosz
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Who is good and who is bad??
Which is William McKinley and which is Leon Czolgosz?? 66.32.95.37 17:26, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Date of birth ???
Where is there any evidence that Czolgosz was born on 1st January (or any other day, for that matter)? I've looked in vain for this information for years. JackofOz 22:40, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Hmmm. As I suspected, there is no evidence. I also suspect this has been copied from one of those terribly irresponsible websites like MSN that purport to contain accurate biog info, but where only the year of birth is known, the date defaults to 1st January. Now, it's possible he really was born on 1 Jan, but I feel it's now safe to eliminate this ring-in. Feel free to update if any evidence ever comes to light. But we have to be eternally on our guard for exposure to such historio-chronological inexactitude. Cheers JackofOz 11:42, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Corrections made
I made three changes to the main article on 1/25/2005.
1) corrected the assertion that Czolgosz had a nervous breakdown. There was no diagnosis made and no way to really determine whether this was the case.
2) corrected "speeches" of Goldman to one speech which is all that he is known to have attended.
3) added "as far as we know" to point about LC not belonging to any groups. He left home in July, traveled between Cleveland, Buffalo, and Chicago for six weeks. Little is known about his activities or associations during that time.
These and other matters are treated in depth in a fictional context in my historical novel The Anarchist (Willowbrook Press, 2001). The book includes end notes with a discussion of materials available to researchers.
Free Society Quote
I added the quote from the Free Society newspaper thinking that it was useful to show that his fascination with violent protest forced the rest of the anarchist community to not trust him. Adios EightBitRiot