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i 1 i ii-ii ii i iivm irAiii i bp- ii -a i jTOL NO. 19,983. YORK, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1912-TWENTY-VoUR PAGES. ONE CENT MANIAC Sullet In Right Breast, Doctors Say Wound Is Not Serious.

LUNG MOT PENETRATE!) ilobsevelt Walks from Hospital Unassisted, and Starts for Chicago. MANUSCRIPT WAS A SHIELD AssassinVAim Good, but Papers In. the Colonel's Pockets Save Him. CALM ON OPERATING TABLE Talks Politics with Physicians While Waiting for X-Ray 1 Machine. COLONEL CHECKS CROWD Don't Touch Mm," Says, as Ruth It Mtde for Hit Assailant Secretary Martin Fells Maniac Sftciol TW fTrer Ytrk MILWAUKEE, October 14.

XoL Theodore Roosevelt was shot and wounded in the right breast in front of the Hotel Gilpatrick shortly before 8 o'clock to-night. Col. Roosevelt was about id enter his automobile to go to the Auditorium for his evening address, when a man rushed up and fired at close range. The bullet entered the flesh under the right nipple, but its force was broken by the manuscript of the speech which Col. Roosevelt had prepared for this evening.

He at first declared he had not been wounded, but on the way to the hall a hole was noticed in his overcoat and it was found that his shirt was covered with blood. i Nevertheless he insisted on delivering1 his speech', and went on, for fifty minutes, even though his weakness, becanje so apparent that physicians insisted that he should stop. Talked Politics at Hospital. After his speech he was taken to the, Hospital to have his examined. At 10:30 o'clock Col.

Roose-velt was sitting on the operating table talking politics with the phy- slcians while they were awaiting the arrival of an X-ray machine, CoL Roosevelt left the hospital at M. He was able to walk unassisted. "I am feeling fine," he said. Surgeons It Slight CoL'Roosevlt left at for Chicago! Before he left surgeons whei had attended him gave out the, following statement: "CoL Roosevelt is suffering from I a superficial flesh wound in the right east There is no evidence of in-f Viry. tK the lungs, The bullet is probablyvsomewhe7e in the chest twalL Thereis, only one wound and no sign of injury to the lung.

The bleeding is insignificant.5' The wound has. been sterilized externally with gauze by Dr. R. T. Fkyle, the con-A suiting surgeon of the Emergency HospitaL The bullet passed through Col Roosevelt's army overcoat and other clothing and through a manu- ipt and spectacle case in his breast pocket, and its force was nearly spent before it penetrated the.

chest. The appearance of the wound also showed evidence of a much-spent bullet. "CoL Roosevelt is not suffering His condition is so good that surgeons did not object to his continuing his journey to Chicago in his private car. In Chicago he will be placed under surgical care, "The. X-ray photograph has been finished and the Colonel Is feeling fine.

He is seeing the newspaper men, and presently will go to his car to start for Chicago. Dr. F. L. TERRELL, Dr.

R. G. FAYLE, "Dr. JOSEPH COLT BLOOD- GOOD of Johns Hopkins. "Dr.

F. A. STRATTON." The X-ray of CoL Roosevelt's wound shows that the bullet lodged in the abdominal wall and did not penetrate the lung. Just as the Roosevelt special train was leaving here a sudden change in plans was rnade and the engineer was ordered to hold the train. It was stated that the bullet penetrated three inches of the abdominal wall, and the wound is more serious that at first thought This was shown by the X-ray photograph which has just been developed.

A special train was to bring from Chicago four surgeons. They are Drs. Jbhn B. Murphy, Arthur. Bevan, A.

R. Ochsner and L. McArthur. It was finally decided at 12:45 that CoL Roosevelt should gof on to Chicago, and the train started. The positive statement that CoL Roosevelt was not injured seriously was made by Dr.

Strat-ton, who said that there was no cause for alarm as to the Colonel's condition. 'The wound was a superficial one," said Dr. Stratton. The bullet is imbedded In the muscular tissue. All that we did at the hospital was to put on an antiseptic dressing.

You may say Col. Roosevelt is not in a dangerous condition. There is no truth in the report that the bullet penetrated the abdominal wall. If the bullet had reached his lungs it would have been evident ind- he would have had coughing spells." How the Shooting Occurred. The man who did the shooting said he was John Schrank of 370 East Tenth Street, New York City.

Papers found on him showed he had been following Col. Ropsevelt for some time, and that he was a crank on the subject of the third term. As no secret had been made of the plans of Col. Roosevelt, a crowd was in front of the hotel to see him leave for the Auditorium. When he came out a cheer was set up and to it he responded smilingly, raising his hat and bowinr.

Several persons pushed to the front to see him better or to try to shake his hand, as is usual. There were cries of encouragement from all sides. No special pains had been taken to protect the Coloqel under the circumstances, and the members of his party Philip Roosevelt, a cousin Henry F. Cochems, the Bull Moose leader here; Albert H. Martin, one of his secretaries, and Capt.

A. O. Gi-rard of this city were not on guard. When the party had crossed the sidewalk to the automobile CoL Roosevelt's companions stood aside and let him step in, Mr. Martin.

enterea immediately after him. There was ano'her cheer and Col. Roosevelt faced the crowd and raised his hat, smiling, A stocky man had been standing at the edgebf the sidewalk pnly a. few feet from the ColoneL Vhen he pushed his way forward little attention paid to him because many admirers of the Colonel have done such things. tor rvex MtrrnED LITE rasCB.

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Col. Roosevelt, in fact, looked benevolently upon him and smiled. The man suddenly produced a pistol and' fired point-blank Football Player Fella Man. The fellow still had his pistol raised and seemed about to fire again, but here Mr. Martin saved his chief.

He had seen pistol and had leaped forwara to shield the Colonel. 6o late for that, he jumped just as'the shot was fired and landed on the assailant. Martin, who is six feet, tall and a former football player struck squarely on the man's -shoifders and bore him to the ground. He threw his right arm about the man's neck with a deathlike grip and with his left arm seized the hand that held' the pistol. In another second he had disarmed the fellow.

CoL Roosevelt had barely moved when the shot was fired, and stood calmly looking on, as though nothing had happened. Martin picked the man up as though he were a child and carried him the few feet which separated them from the car, almost to the side of the Colonel. Roosevelt Averts Lynching. "Here he is," said Martin, "look at him Colonel." All this happened jwithin a few seconds, and CoL-Ropsevelt stood gazing rather curiously at the man who attempted his life before the stunned crowd realized what was going on. Then a howl of rage went up.

"Lynch him! Kilt him!" cried a hundred men. The crowd pressed in on the man and Martin: and Capt Girirdr "who had jfoBpved Mr. Martin over the side of the automobile, were caught, with their prisoner Jn the midst of a.strug-gling throng of maddened men. It seemed for the moment that he GREAT BEAR. BPROO WATER, SOe.

per cM at gt-lP(ri botu-" 1 V.V y- U.t' i i -v v- 4 fits? EO DORH OOS LT Crank's Reasons for the Shooting in Two Documents. MILWAUKEE, Oct. 14. A written proclamation found In the clothing of the man who shot Col. Roosevelt to-night read: September 15, 1912, 1:30 A.

M.ln a dream I saw President McKinley set up in a Monk's attire in whom I recognized Theodore Roosevelt. The President said: "This is my murderer; avenge my death." September 12, 1912, 1:30 A. M. While writing a poem some one tapped me on the shoulder and said: "Let not a 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 Nogi so nobly demonstrated. It is the duty of the United States of America to uphold the third term tradition. 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 party emblem' appear on the official ballot. 1 am willing to die for my country. God has called me to be his instrument, so. help me God.

INNOCENT GUILTY. Written in German at the end of this note was: "A strong tower is our God." would be torn to pieces, and it was Col. Roosevelt himself who intervened. He raised his hand and motioned to the crowd to fall back. Stop, stop!" he cried.

"Stand back! Don't hurt him!" The' crowd at first was not disposed to heed his words, but at length fell back and permitted Mr. Martin and Capt. Girard to carry the man into the hotel. After a short struggle he gave up and was taken without resistance out of the reach of the crowd. "Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hundred voices called out "Oh, "no! he responded, with a smile "Missed me that time; I'm not hurt a bit" -J I think we'd better be going on," he said to the other members his party, "or we will be Colonel Learns He Is Wounded.

No one in. the party, including CoL'r Roosevelt himself', entertained, the slightest notion that he had been shot He felt no shock or pain at the time, and it was as- Krrptak Trl Fm wt tm atrlUk ttauiig at Bpeacefa. 7 '4 ft- i -i'y isy sumed that the(bullet went wild. As soon as Col. Roosevelt had assured himself that the assassin was safe in the hands of the police he gave orders to drive on to the Auditorium.

The party had driven hardly one of the four blocks-from the hotel to the Auditorium when John McGrafh; another, of CoL Roosevelt's secretaries uttered a sharp exclamation ana, pointed to the Colonel's breast rK Look, Colonel," he said. "There is a hole in your overcoat" CoL Roosevelt looked down, saw the hole, then unbuttoned the big brown army coat which he was wearing and thrust his hand beneath it When he withdrew it, his 'fingers were stained with blood. He was not at all dismayed. "It iooks as 'thoughVI had, been hit," he I don't think It is anything Dr. Scurry Terrell 'of Dallas, Tex CoL Rooseyelf physjkaan; who had enteral the automobile just before it started, insisted that the Colonel re- XIAItXJUUrs BKXAKPAST COCAr SsceUt for UsM.

luocJw turn to the hoteL He would not hear of it however, and the car was driven on to the Auditorium. Speaks Despite Doctors Protest As soon as they reached the building, CoL Roosevelt was taken into a dressing room and his outer gar- nts were removed. Dr. Terrell, witnsjne neip or ur. jonn btranon of MuVaukee and Dr.

S. S. Soren-zon of Raqne, who had been in the apaence and came to the dressing room on a call fronTthe platform, made a superficial examination of the wound. They agreed that It was impossible to 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 Col.

Roosevelt's reply. Despite the protests of his physicians, he strode out of the dressing room and onto the stage. Audience Shocked by the Newt. A large crowd packed into the big building, 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 suspected that the Colonel bore a bullet in his body, kept up its cheering Then Mr. Cochems stepped to the front of the platform and held up his hand.

There was some thing in his manner which had its effect upon the crowd and the cheering died suddenly away. i have something to tell you, said Jklr. Cochemv4and l-nope you will receive the news with calmness." voice shook as he spoke and-a deathlike stillness settled over the throng. "CoL Roosevelt has been shot He is wounded." Shows His Blood-stained Shirt. He spoke in a low tone, but such was the stillness that every one heard him.

A cry of astonishment and horror went up from the crowd, which was thrown into confusion in an instantv-Mr. Cochems turned and looked inquiringly at CoL Roosevelt. "Tell us, are you hurt? Men and women shouted wildly. Some of them rose from their seats and" rushed forward to look more closely at the ColoneL CoL Roosevelt arose and walked to the edge of the platform to quiet the crowd. He raised his hand and instantly 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 could catch a sight of the blood stained garment. "I'm going to ask you to be very quiet," said CoL Roosevelt, "and please excuse me from making 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," he went on I A Sigh Of relief went Up roml the crowd, and then an outburst of tumultuous cheering. Thpr-oughly reassured by the Colonel's action that he was in no serious danger, the people settled back in their seats to hearhls speech. CoL Roosevelt began to speak In a firm voice, somewhat lower than its usual tone, and except that his gestures were less emphatic than usual there was nothing about the man to indicate his condition. -r After he had been speaking a few minutes, however, bis voice sank somewhat and he seemed to stand rather unsteadily.

Dr. Terrell and CoL rilLyon stepped up to him and the doctor insisted that he stop. "1 'm going to finish this speech," said the Colonel, ener- Would-be Assassin Is John Schrank, Once Saloonkeeper Here. A MANIAC ON THIRD TERH Obsessed with Belief That H8 Was Commjssioned to Re- move Peril to Nation. HAD dream of Mckinley Martyred President, He Says.

Told Him That Roosevelt Had Him Slain. STARTED ON COLONEL'S TRAtU Went South After Buying Re volver and Followed ex-President Closely. WAS BAFFLED IN CHICAGO Then Ha Went Early to Milwaukee tnd Planned Carefully to Make 8uro of Hit Victim. Social TW Ar rw Ytri TimtM. MILWAUKEE, Oct.

14. For time. th man who ehot ex-Prestdaot Rooaevelt refused to give nam, but ho flnaJly admitted that ho wa John Schrank of 370 East Tenth Street. Ner Tork. f' In matins full confession bo tolJ -of a carefuSy laid plot to aboot Jthm Colon, oftan froatratod.

bnt finally oecesafuL The man talked freely after hla first refusal to girt his nam. He formrly ran a saloon at 410 East Tenth Street, between Arennes and New Tork City. I was born In Erdlnf, Bar aria, two hours out of Mnnlra, the capital I am 36 years old and came to this country when 9 years old, with my parents. I have been en- tag-ed In the saloon business as proprl- etor and aa an employe nearly all my life, an til I decided that It was my duty to kill CoL Roosevelt. I have been personally acquainted with Roosevelt since the former Preal- dent was Police Commissioner of New York in 1895.

I was first attracted to him as a politician daring- the convention in Chicago. Then I began to think -seriously of him ss a menace to hit country, when he cried 'Thief at that convention. I looked upon his plan to- tart a third party a danger to the country My knowledge of history, gained through much reading, convinced ma that Roosevelt was engaged In a gerous undertaking. I waa convinced that If he waa defeated at the Fail elec- tlon be would again cry Thlef. and that his action would plunge the coan- try into a bloody rlvil war.

Drttart MeKJalvy- Cmmm tm Hla. "I deemed It my duty, after rcnch consideration of the situation, to put him out of the way. I waa living at my home address at the time, but soon, after I had a dream in which former President McKinley appeared t9 ma. I was told by McKinley in this dream that it was not Cxolgowx who murdered him, but Rooeevflt. McKinley.

in this dream, told me that hla blood waa on Roosevelt's Band, and that -Rooaevelt had kUlod him so that he might become President. I waa more deeply Impressed by UWH others, and after having tbl dren what I read in the newsoaDera than was more convinced than ever that should free the country from the menace of Roosevelt's ambition. On tjept. 21 I removed to the White Hotel at l.VJ Canal Street, near the Bowery. I did this as my first step in a plan to kill Roosevelt.

I went soon afterward to a gun store on Broadway and purchased a revolver. I then purchased a ticket to Charleston, 8. C-. and went to that city by steamer. My flnrt plan was to.

catch the Rooeeveit party in New Orleans, but I found that to be impossible. Btmrtm Cvlaaal'a Trail. I accordingly went to Charleston, and npoa my arrival there $300 left. I left a bag at th Hoaley Houaa In that city. which the dox in wMcb tb revolver bad purchased, had been packed, a deed to property on Eighty-first Street, "in New Tork.

worth $23,000, and my natural ixatloa papers. That bag- La tbera now. "Not being able to carry oat nty plaa In CharUetown I proceeded to Atbuita. Ga-, thence to Chattanooga. Tann-.

and from tbera to jEvansvtli and Indianapolis. Ind. and to Chicago. aach oo of then cities I trlti ii ii i i 2 from the shock and is In no jjaln. ii AV.

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