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2 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 I ' ~ i “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." The ATLANTA Tonight 8:15 Special Ma! nee Tuesday 2:50 TUESDAY NIGHT MADAME SHERRY With ADA MEAD Nights 25c to $2: Matinee 25c to s*.so GRAND Tonight at 3:30 I Keith Vaudeville VALERIE BERGERE AND HER CO. 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Prices start with $2.95 and go up step by 'll ‘">or> ami Him i Th. most step to smart Norfolk styles at sls. ‘ ►•iHi u«- lihvp • vi'i Mhown <t<» hii<J \ * Ready to Wear-Second Floor ''uvenib Section, Second Floor.) J; 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. AWAKEITAFTER23YEARS- 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»-