VaudevilleDada t1_jeart1g wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:35 PM 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 Yup, and all three are covered at length in Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation, though Lincoln's understandably gets the lion's share of her attention. Permalink Parent 6
VaudevilleDada t1_jeart1g 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
Yup, and all three are covered at length in Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation, though Lincoln's understandably gets the lion's share of her attention.