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Maniac Fires Bullet Into Third Party Leader’s Breast While He Waves to Crowd of Milwaukee Admirer
I DON’T CARE A RAP ABOUT BEING SHOT, SAYS T, R. IN SPEEDS
Colonel Prevents Lynch
ing as Crowd, Real
izing Attempted As
• sassination, Goes Into
a Frenzy—“l’m Not
Hurt,” He Insists 'Fill
the Crowd Is Quieted
MILWAUKEE. WIS.. Oct. 15.
Colonel Pheodore Roosevelt was
shot in the breast by John
Schrank, of 370 East Tenth street.
New York, as he entered the au
tomobile in front of the Hotel
Gilpatriek to start for the au
ditorium where he was to speak
last night. Colonel Roosevelt in
sisted on going to the hall, there
quieted the crowd that heard he
had been shot, spoke from 8:20
until 9:45 o’clock, though appa
rently weak, and then was taken
to tile emergency hospital.
The physicians had an X-ray
taken of the wound and declared
it was superficial and that Colo
nel Roosevelt was not seriously
'injured. 'Pile bullet was not re
moved.
At 12:50 Colonel Roosevelt, declaring
that he was feeling fine, left for Chi
cago in his private car The colonel
said lie will remain in Chicago long
enough to allow surgeons to remove the
bullet, and then leave to fill his cam
paign engagements.
Here Is the Hole
The Bullet Made.
"I do not care a rap about being shot,
nob a rap.” said Colonel Roos, volt in
his ep. A h upon arriving nt the Audi
torium to make his speech.
"Erlend ." he began, "I shall have to
. ask you to lie as quiet as possible. 1
don’t know wh< ther you fully under
stand that I have just been shot, but it
takes more than that to kill a Bull
M oose
especially to the newspapers. I don’t
He was seized by one of my
brt ast."
“But fortunately I had my manuscript
(holding up manuscript showing where
the bullet had gone through), so you
see 1 was going to make a long speech.
And, friends, the hole in it is where the
bullet went through, and it probably
saved the bullet from going into my
heart. The bullet Is in me now. so that
I can not make a very long speech But
I will try my best
"And now, friends, I want to take
advantage of this incident to sav as
solemn a word of warning as 1 know
how to my fellow Americans. First of
all. 1 want to say this about myself:
I have altogether too many important
things to think of tn pay any heed or
feel any concern over my own death.
Now. I would not speak to you insin
cerely within five minutes of being shot.
I am telling you the literal truth when
I say my concern is for many other
things. It is not in the least for my
own life
' I want, you to understand that I am
ahead of the game, anyway No matt
has had a happier life than I have had
—a happy life in every way. I have
been abl« to do certain things that I
greatly wished to do and 1 am interest
ed in doing other things I can tell you
with absolute truthfulness that I am
very much uninterested in whether 1
mn shot or not It was just as when I
was colonel of my regiment. I always
felt that a private was to bo excused
for feeling at times some pangs of
anxiety owing to his personal safety,
but I can not understand a man tit to
be colom l who can pay any heed to his
personal safety when he is occupied, as
he ought to be occupied, with the ab
rorbing desire to do his duty.
1 am saying this byway of Intro
duction, because 1 want to say Some
thing very serious to our people, and
espe< jallj to the newspapers I don’t
know who the man was who shot me
tonight, lb was seized by one of my
.stenographers Mr. Martin, and 1 sup
pose is it. t* hands of the police now.
He shot to kill me. I am just going to
show you. (Colonel Roosevelt then un
buttoned his coat and vest and showed
h.s whit, shirt badly stained with
blood.i Now. friends, I am going to
be as quiet as possible even if I am not
able to giv,. the challenge of the bull
moos* quite as loudly. Now, 1 don’t
know who he was or what party ho
represented He was n coward. He
stood In the darkness tn the crowd
■ iroun I the automobile and when they
cheered and when I got up to bow. he
stepped forwai.l and shot me in the
br. ast
Shot While Waving
Hat to Crowd.
‘ Koos, v. : w - avme the
' ■ ■ ■ ift< i - o'. k
ast night to stait forth. auditorium,
oread pressed around \ im,'' h.'erirm
end attempting to shake his hand The
Fchrank raised hfs pistol , in .| m..|
fX'in! blank.
Alb l rt Mtrtin, one of RoosiVi'i
twirt- ■ tlu pistol out h >
R-. this tim< -hi crow d r. H «
s . *-s doti of incident* s< m i t
I
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“SPIRIT OF M’KIN LEY I
ORDERED HIS DEA TH"
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Oct. 15. This written “proclama
tion" was found in the clothing of Schrank when searched at
the police station:
“September 15, 1901. 1 :30 a. in.—ln a dream I saw Presi
dent .McKinley sit tip in a monk's attire in whom I recog
nized Pheodore 'Roosevelt. The president said, ‘This is my nnir- j
derer, avenge my death.’
“September 12, 1912. 1:30 a. in., while writing a po.ni
some one tapped me on the shoulder and said. ‘Let not the
murderer take the presidential chair. Avenge my death.'
"I could plainly see Mr. McKinley's features.
"Before the Almighty God I swear this above writing is
nothing but the truth.”
Another note found in the man's pocket reads:
"So long as Japan could rise to the greatest power of the
world, despite her surviving a tradition more than 2.000 years
old. as General Xogi so nobly demonstrated. it is the duty of
the I nited States of America to uphold the third term tradi
tion. Let every third termer be regarded as a traitor to the
American cause. Let it be the right and duty of every citizen
to forcibly remove a third termer. Never let a third term par
ty emblem appear on the official ballot.
“I am willing to die for my country. God has called me
to be His instrument, so help me God.
(Signed > “INNOCENT GUILTY.”
(Written in German) —“A strong tower is otir God.”
I
"Here he is, colonel: take a look at
him," Martin said.
Roosevelt looked curiously at the,
shivering little maniac, and, as the
crowd’s anger grew, raised his hand
and shouted:
“Stop! Stand back! Don’t hurt him."
The crowd moved back with military
discipline, and Martin and Captain
Girard, of Milwaukee, who was with the
party, carried Schrank into the hotel
and called for the police.
Colonel Roosevelt was then besieged
with questions of whether or not lie
was hurt.
“No," he responded, "missed me that
time I’m not hurt a bit."
No one In the party seemed to real
ize that Roos. velt had been shot, and
i when the colonel learned that the police
had taken charge of tile man who had
shot, he ordered the motor car to pro
ceed to tile auditorium. As the car
got under way. one of Roosevelt’s sec
retaries uttered a cry and pointed to
the colonel's breast.
"Rook." he said “There is a bullet
hole in your overcoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down, saw
the hole, then unbuttoned the big,
brown army coat which he was wear
ing and thrust his hand beneath it.
When he withdrew it his fingers were
stained with blood.
Colonel Roosevelt was not dismayed
by his discovery.
“It looks as though I had been hit,"
lie said, "but 1 don't think it is any
thing serious."
Insisted on Going
To Hall for Speech.
Dr. Scurry Terrell, of Dallas, Texas,
Colory I Roosevelt's physician, who had
entered automobile just before it
started off. insisted that the colonel re
turn to the hotel. He paid no attention
to the suggestion, however, and the car
was driven on to the auditorium.
As soon as they reached the building
Colonel Roosevelt was tnki n / into a
dressing room and his outer garments
removed. Dr Terrell, with the help of
other doctors who were in the audito
rium, came tn the dressing room on a
call from the platform and made a su
perficial examination. They tigreed
that it was impossible to hazard a
guess as to the extent of the colonel’s
injuries, and that he should by all
means go at once to a hospital.
"I will deliver this speech or die, one
or the other," was Colonel Roosevelt's
reply.
Despite the protests of his physi
cians, the colonel strode out of the
I dressing room and onto the stand A
| large crowd packed into the big build
ing cheered loudly as he entered and
without a word to Indicate what had
happened went to his seat. For several
minutes the crowd, no man of whom
i suspected that the colonel bore a bullet
. | In his body. k< pt up its cheering.
. | Then Mr. Coehems stepped to the
front of the platform and held up his
I hand. There was something in his
; manner which had its effect upon the
. crowd, and the cheering died suddenly
a wax.
“I have something to tell you." said
Mr * oc tic ms. "and I hope you will re-
' .0. the i> ws with calmness."
His voice shook as he spoke and a
dtit’’' a'- scath'd ov<-r (hr
Cry of Horror
At the News
“Colonel Roos, vi-lt has been * <>t
He is wounded.” He spok. in a low'
tone, but sitch was the stillness that
very on» < \ .
Plum nt at., hot r r went uj from th.
.•Ad. w■ i 11 '.. tti town into confu
sion in an Instant. Mr. t'oehema turned
. •■■<•••■ inquiring!} at r 0 |<me|
I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1912.
Assassin Came Here
To Shoot Roosevelt
For two days, while Colonel Roose
velt was in Atlanta, John Schrank
lurked in the city with revolver ready
to commit the deed he came to near ac
complishing in Milwaukee last night.
According to the statement of the
assassin, the Auditorium-Armory here
was the place he had picked as the
scene of Colonel Roosevelt's death. But
here his nerve failed him, or a streak of
sanity flashed through his maddened
brain.
Hi- purpose held, though, and from
Atlanta he followed the former presi
dent to Chattanooga. Evansville. In
dianapolis and Chicago. Not until he
reached Milwaukee, though, had his
nerve been screwed to the sticking
point.
Schrank first planned to stage the
assassination in New Orleans, but later
changed l.is plans and went to Charles
ton, S. where he awaited the date of I
the colonel's arrival here.
Was in the Auditorium.
V hen Roosevelt came to Atlanta
Schrank also reached the city. He was
at the Auditorium the night of the
Bull Moose chief’s dramatic address
there. His revolver was in his pocket.
The scheme was in his brain, but the
nerve was not in his heart.
Ten thousand persons- heard the colo
nel speak that night Thousands more
stormed the Auditorium in vain for ad
mission. Even after being turned away
tin y strove madly for a glimpse of the
former president.
So dense was the throng, so eager
was their desire to see the Progressive
candidate, that Chief Beaver# in person
was called on to escort the colonel to
ills carriage, and then, though aided by
a squad of police, he had ditliculty in
forcing a passage through tin- crowd.
In this surging, noisy crowd the as
sassin had every onnortunitx to ear.v
out his plan Atlanta was spar, d the
shot, but when the Roosevelt train de
picted for Chattanooga, Schrank fol
lowed.
Those in the front of the crowd c ould
catch sight of the blood-stained gar
ment.
"I'm going to ask you to be x.ry
quiet/ said Colonel Roosevelt, "and
please excuse me from miking you a
very long speech. I’ll do the best I can.
but you see there is a bullet in my
body But it’s nothing* I’m not hurt
badly."
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Colonel Roosevelt began his
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audience that he had just been
shot.
"But." he said, “it takes
more than that to kill a bull
Jjjoosc. ”
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I FAILED IN MY LIFE’S |
WORK, SA YS ASSASSIN
MILWAUKEE, \\ IS., Oct. 15.—. John Schrank, the man who last
night, tried to slay Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, stared at a group of
newspaper men who stood outside the door of his cell al the police
station here this morning and asserted that his life had been wasted
because Roosevelt will live.
“Suicide?” he said, with a note
of wonder in his voice; “J never
thought of it. 1 did not expect to
survive Theodore Roosevelt more
than ten minutes. I thought the
; mob would lynch me. That, of
course, was of no consequence to
me. The work of my life would
have been finished if I had put a
bullet in the heart of the man who
is seeking a third term as presi
dent.
"They tell mo I have failed. Well, 1
suppose my life is wasted. I shall
never have another opportunity. I have
done my best. More than that no man
can do. Some men must be failures. If
I am chosen to be one of them, what
can I.do atfout it?"
This morning Schrank spoke more
coherently than he did last night just
after the shooting. He slept during
part of the night, though his guards
awakened him frequently to ask ques
tions. His answers were at times in
coherent.
Long Ago Planned
To Slay Roosevelt.
Today he reiterated his statement
that he had long ago determined to kill
Roosevelt.
"From the time of the Republican
convention in Chicago,” he said, "I
knew that I must kill Roosevelt. This
is not a personal affair with me. 1
have acted for America.”
Then Schrank repeated his assertions
of the night before, that he was led to
conclude that the death of Roosevelt
was necessary to avoid civil war.
John Schrank made a new confes
sion to the police today. He declared
that it had been his intention to keep
shooting at the ex-president until ab
solutely certain that he was dead, but
that the crowd frustrated him.
The police are convinced that
Schrank is a maniac. They are mak
ing a rigid investigation of his past
life, to see if he had any accomplices,
but are convinced that he acted alone
in his attempt to kill the former pres
ident, after following him about the
country. ,
In appearance Schrank is short, stout
and shabbily dressed. The most re
markable part of his features is his
eyes. They are red-rimmed, blue and
watery. At times they have a wild, in
coherent look, and at others he gives a
meaningless stare, as though their own
er is unconscious of what is going on
around him.
Didn’t Think of
Escape After Shooting.
In his confession Schrank said that
he expected to be torn limb from limb
after killing Roosevelt.
"I did not think of escape after
ward, he said. "I did not think there
was a chance in the world. I expected
that I would be torn to pieces before 1
would have time to fire at myself, even
if I had planned suicide.
"My intention was to shoot repeatedly
at Roosevelt until I knew he was dead,
and by that time it would have been
too late tor me to do anything to my
self or for myself.
"Suicide—that is a coward’s death,
Now I am ready to die.”
iBHYMI, JR. .FREED
BFNEGR£SDEATH
Commoner’s Son in Yacht
Which Run Down Skiff,
Drowning Oarsman.
LANCASTER, VA„ Oct. 15—Willl.m
J. Bryan, Jr., of Nebraska, who has 1,-,’.,,
spending some time at Hayfield, his f at h
er-in-law’s Virginia estate, was absolved
from all blame for an accident in Cart >
creek, when Abe Carter, an aged
was drowned after his skiff had been r
down by a yacht in charge of Mr Brio,
and a party of friends.
Mr. Bryan and party left Hayfield in >
steam yacht bound down the Rappahan
nock river for Washington. They were
overtaken by night and decided to U
into Carters creek and spend the night ~
Livingston.
While approaching that village, with ah
lights up, Mr. Bryan, who was standi-e
on the prow of the yacht to observe the
buoys along the channel, saw a man - w
ing a skiff across the path of the vacht
He ordered the yacht's engine revere
and cried a warning to the man. w hi, '1
came too late, the yacht striking the
skiff, overturning it and sending the oc
cupant to the bottom. The body « aa
found today.
Coroner James summoned a jury and
heard the evidence. He exonerated "
Bryan party and they left for Washington.
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RETURNS STOLEN GLASSES
NEW \ORK, Oct. 15.—Some residen- t
Brooklyn, conscience-stricken after twen
ty-three years, returned by mail to To
uty Tax Commissioner R. T. 1,. Howt-'a
pair of opera glasses which had b. f n
highly prized because they were a gi-"-
from Mr. Howe to Mrs. Howe before : l •
marriage.
The glasses have been little used in t »
duafjer of a century. and are In as
chased y aS When they were F»-