John E. Gerin
M.D. (December 10, 1849 – February 15, 1931) was the physician at
Auburn State Prison in
Auburn, New York under warden
George W. Benham
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. Gerin performed the autopsy on
Leon Czolgosz.
History
Gerin was born in
Cobourg
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Canada West in 1849 and attended
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where he attained his
M.D. In 1901 he performed the autopsy on
Leon Czolgosz. In 1913 he was charged with brutality and indifference to suffering.
He died at his home in Auburn in 1931 and is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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People from Auburn, New York
Physicians from New York (state)
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Assassination of William McKinley
1849 births
1931 deaths