After leaving private practice , Lynch was exclusively employed working for railroad interests , including the Connotton Valley Railroad and the Pittsburgh , Akron & Western Railroad . He also was among the owners of the Canton and Massilon Electric Railway , an intercity line . After McKinley 's assassination in 1901 , Lynch was one of the founders of the McKinley National Memorial Association , which was responsible for the construction of the McKinley National Memorial . From 1903 to 1906 , he served as a city councilman in Canton . He practiced law up to his final day , February 6 , 1907 , when he died in the middle of a trial in Lisbon , Ohio
McKinley 's assassination
Assassination of William McKinley
William A. Lynch