James B. Parker Revisited

By Daryl Rasuli - January 15, 2002

The man who knocked McKinley's assassin to the ground at the Temple of Music was feted in the press and honored by fellow citizens, until the case came to trial. Daryl Rasuli tells what happened next, and why it is important.

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