A safiyar ranar Juma'a, 6 ga Satumba, 1901, McKinley ya yi ado kamar yadda ya saba, sannan ya bar Gidan Milburn don yin yawo a cikin unguwa. Shugaban ya kusan tsallakewa ba tare da tsaro ba; lokacin da 'yan sanda da sojoji suka lura da shi ya fita, sai suka hanzarta bayansa. Czolgosz kuma ya tashi da wuri da niyyar yin layi don karɓar jama'a a Haikalin Kiɗa; ya isa ƙofofin baje kolin a karfe 8:30 na safe, a lokacin da ya ga Shugaban ya wuce a cikin karusarsa a kan hanyar zuwa tashar jirgin ƙasa don ziyarar zuwa Niagara Falls. McKinleys sun yi tafiya ta jirgin ƙasa zuwa Lewiston, inda suka sauya zuwa trolleys zuwa Niagara Gorge. Lokacin da jam'iyyar ta kai ga karamar hukumar Niagara, sai suka canja zuwa ga motoci don ganin abubuwan gani.
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