THE SHOOTING OF MR ROOSEVELT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 6

THE SHOOTING OF MR ROOSEVELT.

/ fULLIPARTICULARS BY MAIL. ■;., ; HIS ASSAILANT. ''.•■ SAW M'KINLEY IN A DREAM; '■■' 'American'.papers'-.which', arrived yesterlay contain'full accounts of the shooting .af Mr. Roosevelt.at Milwaukee :on Octo- .: 'bcr 14. .'...The following report is ■ taken ■■ from the. San Pranciscp "Weekly Chron-: dele"s— '.. -.:"*"/'■''.'•■' • : ; Colonel Theodore Roosevelt' was shot in ;/the. chest and -slightly;wounded' to-night, .just as he': was., leaving ..the Gilpatrick . Hotel,to go to. the Auditorium, where ho '•■■' was to'deliver, a. political address. Tho '■bullet, which Was nred,:by John Sehfonk, an 1 under-sized' German; apparently a 'lunatic, lodged in. the muscles.lt did not .; ■. : the .chest ': cavity. -:' An X-ray /-(showed•'the-/projectile;lodged in the tis- '■';•. JBues.-.y'.'v'./'-'-'''''-' ■';' .■-.V'.'-:' 1 -"-".'. ■'. ..The Colonel 'did.not ,know at first that lie,had.been:shot. ..In.spite of his-'wound;. > 'ho-carried out his : .programme,' and deliv-, '■.:'. ered.an- address ;'to a.great crowd/ It was, . -only after./delivering his address, that he 'consented to an',.'• examination o£ his ' ■ :,woundr.;:H6 'went; to.the .hospital, where '■', .the. X-ray photograph was taken a'nd the, Wound, was .dressed. The .Colonel left on .'■'■. his special train for Chicago late at night. ■;;■;'/ :.-■'■•■'./' ..''Lynch Him." ', '■'•'..., ■ . V. Schrenk was overpowered beiore ■■ ; he vibbuldfiie a second-shot and was rushed 'away, to: the police:station, iwith a crowd ' - in/pursuit .crying "Lynch; hi in!" , : Inyesti- : . 'tgation v sh6ws..that he/had been trying for : '-.weeks'to.'get a chance to. kill the Colonel. ■ -, fHe3s' ruled/by-the mania-that Roosevelt . Jehould be assassinated; ■■■'■■■'■• '~ '.'■ [ The assassin .was.-prevented from^.firing V secpnd<-shbt by /Albert--H. -Martin,- /one . jof .Colonel; Roosevelt's:,.two .'secretaries. ' (Colonel Roosevelt had just stepped "into .- lan automobile, when, the assassin pushed ■ !his way through- the /crowd- to the, street ".'■i.vand; fired., Martini who was standing. ' n the'..;car'with, the .Colonel; leaped to.the man's shoulders and ; bore-him to : : the ' ground.;.' .-..-' \-\'<'■,:■.'.-}.■'■ .'■■'''..-. : ~.-.-,.,'. , The shooting' took'■'■ place in: the street ' InifrontVof- the 1 Hotel. Gilpatrick. Colonel : ®oosevelt,.reached Milwaukee, shortly after '..''iS o'clock, and/:making-,his/way. through /..'■'/the'crowd that'had gathered at the sta- :.' [tion,>/entercd.i.an .automobile : and,:'-. was, ■ .Hriven'to'the dihner.in/a iprivatb>'diningrroom/:ori:/the'Vm.'iin: floor. / (with/memhers r o.f-/,thd.i 1 partj ; ;on ; his, pri•:Svatecar.:r-: , : ; :V.:,;., : W> ; ,--''--;:/ v ' ~ ,'.:'-. After dinner,.Colonel'-.Roosevelt',; went i'to his room oh 'the.second:flqor. of', the iihoteL.and shortly before 8 o'clock, he start- : led/for the Coliseunij-,,„His automobile . 6tood in, front of/.the door/and about.it ,:was a crowd of'several, hundred persons, jwlio, were- waiting :tb/,catch; a glimpse, of ~ tthe^Colonel. as ho .started oft.-'*/ I .With.-the"-'Colonel-were Philip ,Roose-' ; :Velt ; , /a'/yo!u^;/(Mnsin;.-;Mr./'Coch^ : ; iMartin, c -/and' Captain A. ; O. Girard. : Tho . croivd pressed' close, about .the ..Colonel/anil: ; Sgoye^a.cheer.: ■.-'■■'/-/'. ''■-',"■■' '"■ -. Assassin .Fires at Close Range.. . ; Martin'entered direotly behind him and : the further side of the car. .. .'.'. Golonel/Roosevelt stood, up,-waving, his, ' Eat in,.&nswer.to thovcheers of .the crowd. .The assassin/was-;standing' in the crowd ■ :-tt few. fb'et from the'a'utomobile.:,He pushled'his»wayVto.theVside;:.of the car; and, ,- iaising: his, gun/: fired/; :(•:•' c ./l Marti.u 'caugiit.the; flash'of- the TeYolver; Bas •. the /shot, was fired,/ and •leaped over. phe, catf.'a'-'second:aftef the bullet,sped ; »n'^ l its;.-'w : E.iiitevelf'barely -: linb'yed'is was fired/Before the [crowd knew, what- had happened .Martin.: /- who is.six'feet tall.and a fdrmer' football player, had landed, squarely on the as. passin's shoulders/'und had borne bm. to "."{the .gtound. .'He'.tnrew; 'his. right arm • Wbout' the -man's :neck': with a .death-like Igrip, and with' the left arm seized the. Miand hcldjhthe revolver. . In /another-second'.he :had4di'sarmed him. ;l .Cblonel/Rbbsevelt-stbod:calmly looking »nras-thoughi nothing had 'happened; Mar;:ttin.' picked the man up, as though he : rweroia .• child,- and -carried him -.the. few -. • Jfeb't which e'eparated ithem from "the car,': '.'•almost to the:side";of/ the Colonel. ■' ' ,i • "Here he isj".;,said Martin,; "look- at ihim,. Colonel." './'//. ,:; All this happened within a few seconds, .and C9louel Roosevelt, stood gazing rather' ; louriously ;atithe:m.an;Who;had'attempted ,!his life before . the'. stunned crowd rea:,'4ised;;whati.was going :bn...Then a howl ,: *f .up. ;• ,v'":' ; /.//' .' :. : ••'' / Colonel Saves Shooter. : /'■/■ "Lynch him! 'Kill bim!" cried a hun<dred:, men.. .-The ci»wd pressed" in on them, and Martin and Captain. Girard, who...had. followed Martin;over the side -, jof the''automobile, were caught with jtheir.. prisoner in, the /midst of a strug- - cling;.throng- of -maddened men.. .It seemed for the moment that the assassin would be torn to pieces by the infuriated .lorowd, and it was Colonel Roosevelt him- ■ aelf who interfered on.lehalf of-the man. He raised his hand and motioned nnroeriously to'the/crdwd'tofalLback.:: ' "Stop! Stbp.!";he cried. "Stand back! . Don't r hurt him!" The. crowd at first,was not disposed' to heed his words, but, at length fell '.' back and permitted Martin and Captain fiirard-to.cawy,the.man-onto the.hotel. '(After a short struggle, the' assassin gave kp,;.and was carried- without -.resistance . tout/of:.the/fea,ch of,;the',crowd., ~',.. j "Are •'-. yo.u hurt, . Colonel ?" a' hundred .liroioes.,.called : out..-';. : / '~ [ <'Oh, noi" ho responded, with' a 6mile. ' ["Missed me,that time. I'm not hurt a .-"|bit.""-" f "I think we'd better be going on,"-he .gaidto the other. ; members,of. the party, /'or we will be'latb";; :;■-" ■'-'■';'. '• No one in:-thb/party;};including ; Colonel ■::. ißoosevelt.himselJ/^n.tertained'ithe' slightiest notion'",that' : He felt no shock br/pain 'at-the time;: and it was assiinied/that the.Mlet'weht wild. /■ ]As -soon aSjCblbnel.'Roosevelt'had'assured 'mimself that;'the assassin/'was-safein'.the- . (hands of the/poliee: ; ho/gaye' orders to drive, •ion ttt the. Auditorium..': '~'/'" .'/ I "There is ai'H'olo'-Jn/jyour: Overcoat." . V They.had drivenjhardly/o'he';of;the four blocks from the hotel to/the,. Auditorium, When John M'Grath;-'.another of Colonel Soosevelfs secretaries,- uttered a sharp ■exclamation and pointed to the Colonel's • /breast. ' •' I "Look, Colonel," he 'said, "there is a Jhole in your overcoat." : Colonel Roosevelt looked , down, saw', )the hole, then' unbuttoned the':big-army: (coat which he was wearing, and. thrust this hand beneath it. When he-with-idrew it, his fingers were staiued, with; '/■ Hood. ">' / ; '<- '':■'■ i Colonel Roosevelt was not at ail dis)inayed. "It looks as" though I had: been I hit," he said, "but I don't/think it :is .[anything serious." ■'•• c..' • / 1 Dr. Scurry Terrell, of Dallas, Tex., Xlolonol Roosevelfs physician, who-, had .'.'entered the automobile just before it 'started off, insisted that the Colonel return, to the hotel.'/ He would not hear, lof it, and the car was driven to thp Audi-i /torium. "■'•'. i As soon as they, reached .the.building Colonel RooSevelt was takcn.into a dres-(eing-room, and his outer garments''were . Iremoved. 'Dr. Terrell, with the help of iDr. John Stratton, . of Milwaukee/and Dr. S. S. of Racine, Wis., who were in the audience and camo to the dressing-room on a call from the platform, made a superficial examination of 'the wound. They agreed that it was impossible to hazard a - guess as to.the extent of the Colonel's injuries, and that he fshould by all means'go at once "to a hos.•pital. ■ ..■/■■ i 'J will, deliver this speech'or die, one >er the other,' was ■ Colonel. Roosevelfs reply. Despite the protests of his physicians, tho Colonel strode but of tho 'IressingTOom and to the stage. Several thousand persons, packed into the big building, cheered loudly as he entered, and, ■Without a word to indicate what hod happened, went to his seat, i'or several minutes tho crowd, no man of whom suspected that the Colonel bore-a buliet in . his body, kept up its cheering! V - Crowd Told "of Shooting. ~ '/ Then Cochems stopped to the front of - the platform and help up.; his band. Thore was something/in his iiianiier'th'at hid its effect upon the crowd, and the cheering die.d ' suddenly/ away. ; . > ; ■;■ "1 have Something to tell you," faid Cochems, "and I hope you will receive the news with calmness." His 'voice shook as he spokQ- and, a

deathlike stillness settled over the throng. "Colonel Roosevelt has been 'shot; he is wounded," ho said, in a low lone, but such was the stillness that everyone heard' it. : :' A cry of astonishment and horror went up from the crowd, which was thrown into confusion in an instant. Cochems turned and looked inquiringly at Colonel Roosevelt. : ..'-., ■ _ . Men and women shouted wildly. Some of them rose from their seats' and' rushed forward to look more closely at the Colonel. : ! Colonel Roosevelt, rose and "walked to the edge of-the platform to quiet, the crowd, then raised his:hand, and instantly there was silence. "It's true," ho said. Then slowly he unbuttoned his coat and placed his 1 hand on his. breast. Those: in the frontof ■■ the crowd .could catch , sight of the .bloodstained, garments. ■ ■;.. "I'm going to: ask yon*.to be very quiet," said Colonel Roosevelt.. "And please excuse me from making you a very long speech. I'll do the best I can, but, you see, there's a bullet in. iny.body. But if s nothing. I'm not hurt' badly." A sigh of relief went up from the crowd, and then an outburst of tumultuous cheering. Thoroughly reassured by the Colonel's action that he was in no serious danger, .the people; presently settled back in their seats to hear his speech. '. Colonel Roosevelt, began, to speak in a firm voice, .somewhat lower than its usual tone, and except that his chance gestures were less emphatic than usual, there was nothing about the man to indicate his iSmdition'. After he had been speaking, a few moments, however, his voice sank somewhat and he seemed to stand rather unsteadily. Dr. Terrell and Colonel Lyon'stepped up to him, and the doctor insisted that he should stop.' . "I'm going to finish this speech," said the Colonel, emphatically. "I'm all right, let ma alone." Taken to the Hospital. Dr.'.Terrell, and Colonel Lyon, sat down again. The Colonel continued his speech, evidently with increasing effort, but he succeeded in. making himself heard, and talked for. more than an hour. Then he was rushed to'his automobile and-flashed through! the streets .to . the ..' emergency hospital.. ■.'.-'■■■.'■ The operating room had been placed in readiness to receive Colonel Roosevelt, and six of the leading surgeons of Milwaukee were awaiting his arrival. . Colonel Roosevelt _ Was undressed and placed on.the operating table, although.he insisted he was not badly hurt, and that 'the doctors were taking it too seriously.' An examination of the wound showed that the bullet had' entered the fleshy part of ■ the right breast, half-way between the collar-bone and:lower rib. .The physicians found that they knew no, more after their examination; than before as to the location of the'bullet, and it was decided to send for an X-ray machine to. determine Ito what depth the missile had penetrated.' While he was waiting for the X-ray machine, Colonel Roosevelt sat up on the operating-table ■ and talked politics and joked with the physicians; •' ;; In the meantime, ;hidden away in an inner room of:the police station, Roosevelfs assailant was being subjected, to a rigid examination; He refused stubbornly,to give an account of himself, and, would -say nothing .except that "I; will' tell you'to-morrbw." . •■/' ' .„■' I After a long siege, however, the police forced from him' the statement that he was John Schrenk, of. 370 East. Tenth Street, New York.- Clippings 'found in the man's' pockets showed that he had studied. Colonel Roosevelfs itinerary carefully, with the evident intention of selecting the place at which he might accomplish what he had in mind. ; The/assassin had on. his .'person a complete description of the Colonel's itinerary, which was written on • the back of•a sheet of note-paper-taken from the 'Bismarck Hotel and'cafe'at Nashville, Tenn.. Shortly after midnight Mrs. Roosevelt received, a telegram, which had evidently been dictated by her husband, assuring her that hewas in no danger, and making light of the attempt on his life. The telegram read:— : "I-am'now in the American . Hospital. ; The bullet'did not hit-any--; '. thing vital, and I think they will find - it somewhere-around, it is no more .' serious than the injury the boys received. My: voice, is holding out well, - ; and. I will go on with the- trip. Don't worry. Love to all,, ■'• ■'•. ,; /'THEODORE ROOSEVELT." , : V "To Avenge M'Kinley.'! ; :An examination of the:'effects of Schrenk,show' that he has ; long been obsessed '. with a "divine" mission V slay Roosevelfc, In his rambling'talk he says he had a commission from the late President M'Kinley to slay Roosevelt if he attempted to secure a third term. He explains his -act by saying he wa9 called upon to avenge M'Kinley,. upon whose, assassination Roosevelt mounted to power. Schrenk, in his.tplk/says it is-the duty of all citizens who love the Republic, to kill third-term aspirants, us their success would mean an eventual monarchy. ■:. His papers contain many inflammatory articles, against the instituted'authorities, and excerpts from rabid speeches by anarchists and Socialists, ■ advocating- extreme' measures against prominent men. There also are: clippings Telating. to the assassinations of rulers; - ' ' ■ ■ • The police believe he has been following Roosevelt, around the country awaiting an opportunity to shoot him. So far as can be learned to-night, Schrenk was act-' ing upon his own initiative. '• The man, talked. freely- after' his ( first stubborn refusal to give his name when he. was. arrested by Sergeant' Mooney at the'Gilpatrick Hotel. ... According to his story, ho formerly ran a saloon at 370 East Tenth-Street, between Avenues B and C, Now York city. Ho 'was born in Erding, Bavaria^ two hours out of Munioh, the capital.' l He is 86 years old, and came to the United .States with his parents when he was 9 years old, "He bad been'engaged in the saloon business, as proprietor: and as on employee'of imembers, 'of his family, nearly'.all'.'bis life, untilvhe;decided that ■it was.'his duty to kill. Colonel Roosevelt. I He said he had .been personally, acquainted'with! Roosevelt since the/former was ■ Police - Commissioner of .Now York in ,189b;-' ;He said he' was first attracted''to him as a political-personage;dnTin'gr the convention in/Chicago., Then'he said he began to thint seriously of'him as a menace to his country when:, he'cried "thief" at that convention'..'He looked upon his plan to start a third 1 party as a menace to the country, he said. He said that his knowledge of histoTy, gained through much reading, convinced him that Roosevelt was engaged in a dangerous undertaking. He declared that he was convinced that if he was defeated at the fall election he'would again cry "thief" and that his action would plunge the country into a'bloody civil war. A Dream. He said ho deemed it his duty after much, consideration to put Roosevelt out 'of'the!way.' Ho was living at his' home address at that time, he said, but soon after he had a dream, in which foTmer President M'Kinley appeared to him. He was told by M'Kinley in this dream that it was not Czolgosz who murdered .him, but Roosevelt. He said M'Kinley in this dream told him that the blood was on Roosevelt's hands and that Roosevelt had killed him so that he might become President. ■."-.- Schrenk said he was sorry he had causdeeply impressed by what ho read in the newspapers than others, and that after having this dream he was moTe convinced than ever that he should free the country from the menace of Roosevelt's ambition. - Schrenq said he was soTry he had caused all- this trouble for the good people of Milwaukee and Wisconsin, but ho was not sorry that hocarried out his plan. . When Schrenk was searched at the Central Police .'Station he had 144 dollars 10 cents of the 800 dollars which he said he had when he arrived at Charleston.