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Maniac Fires Bullet Into Third Party Leader’s Breast While He Waves to Crowd of Milwaukee Admirers
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,” Fie Insists Fill
the Crowd Is Quieted
MILWAUKEE. WIS.. Oct. 13*.
Colonel Theodore 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
Gilpatrick 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 12:60 Colonel Roosevelt, declaring
that he was feeling fine, left for Chi
ea<n tri hie private car. The colonel
•aid he will remain In Chicago long
•nwuirh to allow surgeons to remove the
beaUet. and then leave to fill his cam
paign engagement.".
Here Is the Hole
The Bullet Made.
"I do not care a rap about being shot,
not s rap.” said Colonel Roosevelt in
hts speech upon arriving at the Audi
torium to make his speech.
"Friends." he began. "I shall have to
a.ak you to be as quiet as possible. I
don’t know whether vou fully under
stand that I have just been shot, but It
takes more than that to kill a Bull
M oose
’But for'U’intely I had my manuscript
(holding up manuscript showing where
the bullet had gone through), so you
see I wtts 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 buA-t is in me now. so that
I can not make a very long speech. But
I will try my best
"And no a. friends. I want to take
advantage of this incident to say hs
solemn a word of warning as I know
how to my fellow Americans. First of
all. I want to say tills about myself;
1 have altogether too many Important
things to think of to 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 ’ay my concern is for many other
things it is not in the least for my
own life.
"1 want you to understand that 1 am
ahead of the game, anyway No man
has had a happier life than I have had
-a happy life in every way I 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 I
am shot or not. It was just as when 1
was colonel of my regiment. 1 always
felt that a private was to be excused
for feeling at times some pangs of
anxiety owing to his personal safety,
but 1 can not understand a man fit to
be colonel who can pay any heed to his
persona! safety when he I* occupied, as
he ought to be occupied, with the ab
sorbing desire to do hie duty
"I am saying this byway of intro
duction. because 1 want to say some
thing very serious to our people and
especially to the newspapers. 1 don't
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HOW COLONEL ROOSEVELT WAS SHOT
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i hoto ij lagriiin, showing ( olonel 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 <'olonel
Roosevelt, and the arrow points to the drawing of the assassin.
know who the man was who shot me,
tonight. He was seized by one of my
stenographers. Mr. Martin, and I sup- !
nose is in the hands of the police now
He shot to kill me. I am just going to
show .von. (Colonel Roosevelt then un
buttoned his coat and vest and showed
his white shirt badly stained with
blood.) Now, friends. 1 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. I 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 amt when 1 got up to bow. he
stepped forward and shot me tn the
breast.
Shot While Waving
Hat to Crowd,
Colonel Roosevelt was leaving the
Hotel Gilpatrick shortly after 1 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 eat, stood up
and waved his hat. As he did so,
Schrank raised his pistol and tired,
point blank
Albert Martin. one of
secretaries, who was standing beside
him. jumped over the side of the auto- j
mobile, hurled himself on the would-be I
assassin, pinned him to the ground and I
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 heat. "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
• ionless.
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 lite
party, carried Schrank into the hotel I
and called for the pe'ice
t'olone Roosevelt was then besieged i
with questions of whether or not l.e
was hurt.
No. he tvsponc.ed ' imssed me that
I me I'm not hurt a bit.”
No one in tin patty seemed to real
a Roosete ■ had been shot, .mu
•' er. t e olom •unii.l that the police '
na<t taken • haig. of the man who had I
shot. h« ordered the motor car to pro-
• H' the auditorium As the car j
g.c tnder wuv one of Ro.iae Veit's 1
[ iet i ies uttered a cry and pointed to I
tne < oloiu I e breast
Look." he said 'Tlier- '.a I. bullet 1
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■'.•oil Rooseye't looked down «a w '
■ i'* tio.i then unbuftoio a tin big. I
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15. 191*2
|WHERE THE BULLET LODGED!
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Photu-diagi am made from an X - ra> plate furnished by Dr. John S. Derr, surgeon in the famous Grace case.
An X-i’ity photograph of the human thorax, showing the position of the bullet in Colonel Roose
velt s chest as revealed 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 hi»= discovery.
"It looks as though I had been hit.”
be 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 oft. 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.
A« soon as they reached the building
i ’olonel Roosevelt was taken into a
dressim; r om nnd ins outer garments
removed Dr. Torrell, with the help ot
other doctors who were In the audito
rium. came to the dressing room on a
■ all from the platform and made a su
pertieinl examination They ugrem
thut it was InilK'Siiible to haxaid
guess as o tilt extent of the colonel
injuries, ami that he should by a.
1 means go at once to a hospital
I will dellv- r tills speech or die, one
or the other.” was Colonel Roost velt’a
■ eply
Dtsplte lie protests of hi* phj s
dan* the colonel strode out of th*
lire** ng room and onto stgn.> V
<rst. toe 0 PM red into he big le.li'd
llg let *>:l OU')' •• h( iltlflvd aim
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: Socialist Shoots •
• T, 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 •
• stieei reading a newspaper telling •
• of the attempted assassination. A •
• man standing nearby, hearing a •
• newsboy calling the extra, became •
• x< ted. •
• Long live Debs!" he shouted. •
• and. drawing a revolver, tired •
• twice at Blown. <me bullet struck •
• Brown in the Hip. •
• •
• Beveridge May
Finish Campaign •
» •
• I XDIAXAPOLIS. IND Oct 15 •
• Ml.- ’t .1 Beveridg' gubernatorial •
• candidate on the Progressive tick •
• et has been summoned to Chien- •
• go by w ire for consultation. It i« •
• •xi > ted In will be asked to carry •
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- |Sp»-. t tin * th# lelmiel Hole * bllllttt
111 ho body kept up V- cheering
I I I. Mr < ' llslllt » epjifl <> lt,« .
front of the platform and held up his
hand. There was something in his
manner which had its effect upon the
crowd, and the cheering died suddenly
away.
"I have something to tell 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 inquhingly at (’olonel
Roosevelt.
"Tell us. are you hurt ."
Men and women shout-d wlld.y.
Some of them rose. from their seats
and Hushed forward to look more elose,
iy at the . iiloik 1
Colonel Roosevelt lo«f and Walked tv I
the edge of the platform t> quiet the
crowd. He raised his hand and in
stantly there »u» silence.
"It's true.” he said.
Then slowly he unbuttoned ins coat
and placed his hand on his breast.
These In the front of the crowd could
catch sight of the blood-stained gar- I
I nient,
"I'm Seine to ask you t > oe i. p>
quiet.’ mid Colonel Roosevelt, and i
p ease excuse me from . iikilig you ~ i
I -ry long speed I'l do I e b-H I can i
mt you then i» n bu let >n mi 1
itiodi Rut it's nothing I'm nm hu>:
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 plead.
The plea in police court amounted to
a plea on arraignment. The court is
without power to sentence to the pent- ;
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 ple.i
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 i
prison at Waupun befo e nightfall.
Crowd Orderly,
Attempts No Violence.
Schrank walked into the court und°r
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 raid 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.
Sehrank stared at a group of news
paper men who stood outside the door
of his cell at the police station hei'e 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. "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 1 had put a bullet
in the heart of the man who is seeking
a third term as president.
"They tel! me I have failed. Well, I
suppose my life is wasted. I shall
.never have another opportunity. I have
-tone 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 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. "I
knew that I must kill Roosevelt. This
is not a personal affair with me. I 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 j
shooting at the ex-president until ab
solutely certain that he was dead, but
that the crowd frustrated him.
The police are convinced that
Schrahk 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 appealanee Schrank is short, stout
and shabbily dressed. The most re
markable pert of his features is his
eyes. They are red-rimmed, blue ana
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Didn’t Think of
Escape After Shooting.
In his confession Schrank said i
he expected to be tom limb from ’ t ,
after killing Roosevelt.
“I did not think of escape aftet
ward,” he said. "I did not think t a s
was a chance in the wot Id. I expecte :
that I would be torn to pieces before i
would have time to fire at myself, eve.
if I had planned suicide.
"My intention was to shoot repeat*
at Roosevelt until I knew he was .
and by that time it would hav, b,
too late for me to do anything to m..
self or for myself.
"Suicide—that is a coward's <ic a t ,
Now I am ready to die.”
Sphrank said he fired the shot be
cause he was convinced that Ro .s. .
velt was trying to be the first Ameri.
king.
"7 he trouble with this country s ' h,
said, "that too few people are on tl*
square. There are probably lOO.ihhi
peop’e who know it is their dun 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 n»
must have no kings here. There are
thousands who would have been glad
if I had succeeded. They would have
rejoiced in secret.
"I wish I had been successful If I
were given another chance this after
noon I would take better aim and kill
this man. He is the most dangerous
man in the world today.”
Schrank w'as asked if he felt no re
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.”
Sehrank made incoherent remark’
about another completing his task.
He was asked if he meant that there
was an accomplice who would try to
shoot the colonel.
“I did not say there was an accom
pl‘?e, 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
what this one man’s ambitions are.
They will see to it that he never real
izes them.”
Schrank protested that he had not
been actuated by personal motives In
his attack upon Colonel Roosevelt. H"
said that his hatred of the ex-president
dated back to the time when he was
police commissioner of New York city
and compelled millions to obey the
Sunday closing law.
The proclamations addressed to the
people of the United States were found
in Schrank's pockets. In them h
claimed to have been inspired to kih
Colonel Roosevelt by visions. Once he
wrote he saw in a dream President Mc-
Kinley pointing to a figure as his mm
derer, and the figure was Colon?
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