10 September

The Honduras Packet leaves London with the first emigrants.

Gregor MacGregor and Poyais Acquitted

Gregor MacGregor sold bonds, land and passage to Poyais, a Central American country that did not exist. Most of the settlers who sailed there died.

Emma Goldman is arrested in Chicago; she is later released without charge.

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.

Judge Caverly sentences both to life imprisonment plus 99 years.

Leopold and Loeb Convicted

Two rich Chicago students killed Bobby Franks, 14, in 1924 to prove they could commit a perfect crime. A pair of glasses gave them away.