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Maniac Fires Bullet Into Third Party Leader’s Breast While He Waves to Crowd of Milwaukee Admirers I
I DON'T CARE A RAP ABOUT BEING SHOT, SAYS T, R. IN SPEECH
Colonel Prevents Lynch
ing as Crowd, Real
izing Attempted As
sassination, Goes Into
a Frenzy—“l’m Not
Hurt." He Insists Till
the Crowd Is Quieted !
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. Oct. 15.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was
shot in the breast by John
Schrank, of 370 East Tenth street,
New York, as be 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 the 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. The 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
•aid he 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,
not a rap," said Colonel Roosevelt in
his speech upon arriving at the Audi
torium to make his speech.
“Friends," he began, "I shall have to
ask you to be as quiet as possible. I
don’t know whether you fully .under
stand that I have just been shot, but it
takes more than that to kill a Bull
Moose
"But fortunately I had my manuscript
(holding up manuscript showing where
the bullet had gone through), so you
see I was going to make a long speech
And. friends, the hole in It is where the
bullet went through, and it probably
saverj the bullet from going into my
heart. The bullet is In me now, so that
1 can not make a very long speech. But
1 will ’ ■ v my best
"And now, friends, I want to take
aiv'ntage f this Incident to say as
sole on a word of warning as 1 know
how to my fellow Americans. First of
all, 1 want to say this about myself:
I hate altogether too many important
things to think of to pay any heed or
feel anv concern over my own death.
Now, J would not speak to you insin
cerely within five minutes of being shot.
I am telling you the literal truth when
I eny 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 man
has had a happier life than I have had
—a. happy life in every way. 1 have
been able 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
em shot or not. It was just as when I
was colonel of my regiment. 1 always
felt that a private was to be excused
for feeling at times some pangs of
anxietv owing to his personal safety,
but I can not understand a man fit to
be colonel who can pay any heed to his
personal safety when he is occupied, as
he ought to be occupied, with the ab
sorbing desire to do his duty.
“I am saying this byway of intro
duction. because I want to say some
thing very serious to our people, and
especially to the newspapers. I don’t
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i|~how Colonel roosevelt was shot
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I’hoto-diamam, showing Colonel Roosevelt standing in an auto waving to a crowd, just as he appeared in Milwaukee last night, with
a drawing of the assassin in the position in which he stood when he fired, as described by the dispatches. The cross indicates' Colonel
Roosevelt, and the arrow points to the drawing of the assassin.
know who the man wan who shot ins
tonight. He was seized by one of my
stenographers. Mr. Martin, anti I sup
nose is In the hands of the police now.
He shot to kill me. I am Just gping to
show you. t Colonel Roosevelt then un
buttoned bls coat and vest and showed
his white shirt badly stained with
blood.) Now, friends, I am going to
be as quiet as possible, even if I am not
able to give the challenge of the bull
moose quite as loudly. Now. 1 don’t
know who he was or what party he
represented. He was a coward. He
stood in the darkness In the crowd
around the automobile and when they
cheered and when 1 got up to bow. be
stepped forward and shot me in the
breast
Shot While Waving
Hat to Crowd.
As Colonel Roosevelt was leaving the
Hotel Gilpatrlck shortly after 8 o’clock
last night to start for the auditorium,
where he was to make a speech, a
crowd pressed around him. cheering
and attempting to shake his hand. The
colonel stepped into the car, stood up
and waved his hat. As he did so,
Schrank raised his pistol and fired,
point blank.
Albert Martin, one of Roosevelt s
secretaries, who was standing beside
him, jumped over the side of the auto
mobile. hurled himself on the would-be
assassin, pinned him to the ground and
twisted the pistol out of his hand.
Ry this time the crowd realized what
had happened, and the swift-moving
succession of Incidents seemed to rouse
their anger to white beat. "Lynch
him!" was the cry one raised, and in a
moment the shout was taken up by a
hundred men.
Martin bodily lifted Schrank up and
set him on his feet before Roosevelt,
who was still standing, silent and mo
tionless.
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 ami Captain
Girard, of Milwaukee, who was with the
party, carried Schrank into the hotel
hnd called for the police.
Colonel Roosevelt was then besieged
with questions of whether or not he
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 Roosevelt had been shot, and
when the colonel learned that the police
had taken charge of the man who had
shot, ho ordered the motor ear to pro-
•■*•<! to the auditorium As the ear
got under way, one of Roosevelt’s sec
retaries uttered a cry and pointed to
the colonel's breast
Look.” he said "There Is a bullet
hole In your overt oat."
t’o’onel Roosevelt looked down, -aw
the hole, then unbuttoned th* big,
brown anpy * •it which he w.i- vv*,n
it a and thrust hla hand l<< ne.i'h It
When he withd .a It tils Is a, I,
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«’••.»*».•. It'onvea wa t I. .; .a-niy.ij
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1912.
|WHERE THE BULLET LODGED
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I hoto-diagram made from an X-ray plate furnished by Dr. .John S. Derr, surgeon in the famous Grace case.
Aii X-ray photograph of the human thorax, showing the position of lhe bullet in Colonel Roose
velt s chest ,-is rovenled by the X ray photographs taken at the hospital in Chicago todAy. The X-ray
located the bullet in the right breast between the eighth and ninth ribs. The X-ray photograph here
shown is not of Colonel Roosevelt.
by his discovi ry.
"It looks ns though I had been hit,"
he said, "but I don't think It is any
thing serious,"
Insisted on Going
To Hall for Speech.
Dr. Scurry Terrell, of Dallas, Texas,
Colonel Roosevelt's physician, who had
entered the 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 ear
was driven on to the auditorium.
As soon as they reached the building
Colonel Roosevelt was taken into a
dressing room and his outer garments
removed Dr Terrell, with the help of
other doctors who were In the audito
rium. came to the dressing room on a
call from the platform and made a s i
perticlal examination. They agleii
that it was impossible to hazard >
gues- as to the extent of the colonel
injuries. and that h» should by ah
means g i at once to a hospital.
’ I W ill delivi r this sp< ■ ch or die, one
or the other," was Colonel Roosevelt's I
repb
Despite the protests of his physi
i > lans the colonel strode out of the
dressing room and onto the stand. \l
l.irg. <rowd packed into the big build- I
Illg eh'-eied 100 i as he entered and
without a word to indicate what had I
happened went t tin - it l'<>r sew-r.c! |
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: Socialist Shoots •
• L R> Enthusiast •
• •
• <'LEVELAND, OHIO, Oct. 15. •
• Charles Brown, an enthusiastic •
• Roosevelt follower, was shot and •
• severely wounded by a political <»
• enthusiast here today. •
• Brown was standing on the •
•st re.-t reading a newspaper telling •
• of the attempted assassination. A •
• man standinc nearby, hearing a •
• newsboy calling the extra, became •
• excited •
• "Long live Debs!" he shouted. •
• and. drawing a revolver, fired ♦
• twice at Brown Ont bullet struck •
• Brown in ■ , •
: Beveridge May
Finish Campaign •
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•. INDIANAPOLIS, IND Oct 15 •
• Vlbert .1 Beveridge, gubernatorial •
• ■ . •
• et, iiiiH been summoned to t’hlca •
• g<> ;>> wtr< fin <-on*ultatlon. It i» »
• ■ to carry’ *
• on Re.iMCvelt s campaign Hiner- •
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•us| • < t- I th it the < lonel bore i bullet 1
I In hi- li <ly, kept up its • ■herring
i I'll. |) Mr Cue hi ties Stepped to Hit I
front of the platform and held up his
hnnd. There was something in his
manner which had Its effect upon the
crowd, and the cheering died suddenly
away.
“I have something to toll you.” said
Mr. Cochems, "and I hope you will re
ceive the news with calmness."
His voice shook as he spoke and a
deathlike stillness settled over the
throng.
"Colonel Roosevelt has been shot.
He is wounded." He spoke in a low
tone. but such was the stillness that
every one heard him. A cry of aston
ishment and horror went up from the
crowd, which was thrown into confu
sion in an instant. Mr. Cochems turned
and looked inquiringly at Colonel
Roosevelt.
"Tell us. are you hurt?"
Men and women shouted wildly.
I Some of them rosa from their seats
and rushed forward to look more close,
ly at the colonel.
Colonel Roosevelt rose and walked to
I the edge of the platform to quiet the
crowd He raised his hand and In
stantly there was silence.
"It’s true," he said.
Then slowly he unbuttoned his coat
and placed his hand on his breast.
! Those in the front of the crowd c ould
i catch sight of the blood-stained gar
m< nt.
"I'm goln '<> ask you to be Very
quiet." s ild < olonel Rooaevelt, "and
! phase > xvuae me from making you a
i t erx long apt i ch. 111 do the heat I can.
I tint you see there Is ic bullet in my
iimtc But it's nothing I'm not hurt
I Uadh
I FAILED IN MY LIFE’S
WORK, SA YS ASSASSIN
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Oct. 15.—John
Schrank, who tried to kill Colonel
Roosevelt, today pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
"I am guilty as charged. That is all I
have to say,” was his answer when
Judge N. B. Neleen, In police court,
asked him to
The plea in police court amounted to
a plea on arraignment. The court is
without power to sentence to the peni
tentiary. Accordingly plans were made
to transfer Schrank hastily to a guard
ed chamber in the municipal court,
where he will be asked to enter his plea
again. If he does so, he will be given
the maximum sentence of fifteen years’
Imprisonment. It is expected that he
will begin serving his term In the state
prison at Waupun before nightfall.
Crowd Orderly,
Attempts No Violence.
Schrank walked into the court under
heavy guard. His passage from the cell
to the court through the crowded
streets was accomplished without In
cident. Although throngs of curious
people watched, there was no attempt
at violence.
The would-be assassin took his stand
before the police court bench with un
ruffled demeanor.
As the charge against him was read.
Schrank listened gravely. He displayed
no sign of emotion, even when the
clerk emphasized the words “with in
tent to murder."
Waupun is 60 miles from Milwaukee.
The sheriff is said to have picked his
men to accompany Schrank. He wil’
probably make the trip in an automo
bile. The state prison officials have
been notified to be prepared to receive
Schrank.
Sch’ank stared at a group of news
paper men who stood outside the door
of his cell at the police station here this
morning and asserted that his life had
been wasted because Roosevelt wil!
live.
“Suicide?” he said, with a note of
wonder In his voice; "I never thought
of it. I did not expect to survive Theo
dore 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 piesident.
"They tell me I have failed. Well. I
suppose my life is wasted. I shall
never have another opportunity. I have
done my best. More than that no man
cltn do. Some men must be failures. If
I am chosen to be one of them, what
can I do about 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
onvention in Chicago,” he said. ”1
knew that I must kill Roosevelt. This
is not a personal affair with me. I
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 ana
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coherent look, and at others he give? i
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er is unconscious of what Is going on
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Didn’t Think of
Escape After Shooting.
In his confession Schrank said that
he expected to be tom 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 tom 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 for me to do anything to my.
self or for myself.
Suicide—that is a coward's death.
Now I am ready to die.”
Schrank said he fired the shot be
cause he was convinced that Roose
velt w as trying to be the first American
king.
"The trouble with this country is. i IP
said, "that too few people are on the
square. There are probably i00.n0.:
people who know it is their duty t,
keep this blatherskite from becoming
king. The third term is the first step
in this ambition.
“I Wish I Had
Been Successful.”
“All good Americans know that we
must have no kings here. There are 1
thousands who would have been glad I "
if I had succeeded. They would have
rejoiced in secret.
“I wish I had been successful If ]
were given another chance thi? afte-- ■
noon I would take better aim and kill S
this man. He is the most dangerous ■
man in the world today.” fi
Schrank was asked if he felt no re- K
gret.
"I regret that I did not kill him." he
replied. "That Is what I feel. It was
the greatest failure of many failures of
my life.”
Schrank made Incoherent remark;
about another completing his task.
He was asked if he meant that there
was an accomplice who would try- tc
shoot the colonel.
"I did not say there was an accom
plice. except that all men who know
what this country w-ants and what
Roosevelt wants are my accomplices I
mean there are many men who know K
what this one man's ambitions are. K
They will see to it that he never real- K
izes them." K
Schrank protested that he had not K
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his attack upon Colonel Roosevelt He R
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