4 March

The jury halts the civil case; the Claimant is arrested for perjury and sent to Newgate.

Tichborne Claimant Convicted

A bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga said he was a lost English baronet. A grieving mother believed him; two juries and 188 court days did not.

McKinley is inaugurated for his second term.

McKinley Assassination Executed

Buffalo, 1901: a young anarchist hides a revolver under a handkerchief in the president's receiving line. Eight days later McKinley is dead.

Frederick and Margaret Seddon go on trial at the Old Bailey.

Frederick Seddon Executed

An insurance man took over his lodger's savings for an annuity. Weeks after she fell ill and died, the arsenic in her body sent him to the gallows.