Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sakatare Hay ya kasance a Fells lokacin da aka harbe McKinley
Leon Czolgosz, wani ɗan tawaye, a ranar 6 ga Satumba a Buffalo. Tare da Mataimakin Shugaba Roosevelt da kuma yawancin majalisar ministocin da ke gaggauta zuwa gadon McKinley, wanda aka yi masa aiki (wanda aka yi tunanin nasara) ba da daɗewa ba bayan harbi, Hay ya shirya zuwa Washington don gudanar da sadarwa tare da gwamnatocin kasashen waje, amma sakataren shugaban kasa George Cortelyou ya bukaci shi ya zo Buffalo. Ya yi tafiya zuwa Buffalo a ranar 10 ga Satumba; da ya ji labarin dawowar Shugaban, Hay ya amsa cewa McKinley zai mutu. Ya kasance mai farin ciki bayan ya ziyarci McKinley, ya ba da sanarwa ga manema labaru, kuma ya tafi Washington, kamar yadda Roosevelt da sauran jami'ai suka warwatse. Hay yana shirin komawa New Hampshire a ranar 13, lokacin da aka ji labarin cewa McKinley yana mutuwa. Hay ya kasance a ofishinsa kuma washegari da safe, a kan hanyar zuwa Buffalo, tsohon Rough Rider ya karbi Hay ta farko da ya fara a matsayin shugaban kasa, ya sanar da Shugaba Roosevelt game da mutuwar McKinley.