Photographic portrait of Loran Lewis, one of the defense attorneys for accused assassin Leon F. Czolgosz at the murder trial on the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley in 1901.

Criminal defense lawyers--New York (State)--Buffalo

Lewis, Loran L., 1825-1916

McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Assassination

Czolgosz, Leon F., 1873-1901

Trials (Assassination)--New York (State)--Buffalo

Black-and-white portrait photograph of Loran Lewis, one of the defense attorneys in the trial of anarchist Leon F. Czolgosz for the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley in 1901. Lewis, who was a former Justice of the New York Supreme Court (but was forced to step down due to the constitutional age limit), was appointed by the court, along with other local attorneys to defend Czolgosz. They subsequently lost the case because Czolgosz refused to cooperate with his attorneys. The prosecution easily won the trial and Czolgosz was sentenced to death. Former Judge Lewis is depicted in this portrait with a full beard and short hair, dressed in a suit with a bow tie. The background is plain and softly shaded.

American Monthly Review of Reviews, v.24, no.4 (October 1901) p. 390.

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1901-10

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