Show mm TO KILL HILL COLOMO COLONEL ROOSEVELT ex president t shot in the breast by john shrank while in milwaukee an attempt was madeko assassinate assa sinate colonel monday clenine cven even ine iniz in milwaukee as aa hu started from his betel to address its in audi ardiente ente at the auditorium A As he stepped into an automobile a 2 pilot was fired h a poorly attired stran man vrho ho edged his hia way through the crowd to tle the motor car the stranger took deliberate aim and sent the bullet crashing crabbing into the ex presidents right side eide just below the nipple the shooter was reined by elbert H bartin the ex presidents steno gr captain alfred G gerard of milwaukee a rough rider under roosevelt As he was abolt about to fire another that the rev revolver biver a thirty eight calibre wai wag knocked from his hie hand by colonel ol onel cercil lyon of texas who IB 18 accompanying roosevelt on his trip lyon jumped out of the automobile and started to choke the would be assassin as BaBBin roosevelt who had stag staggered ered hadi back into the auto when the shot was fird find raised himself up and stood looking at lyon lon vho aho ho wis was sitting on the shooter eho oter the ex president cried with a gesture dont hurt him im all right colonel Koos eielt elt ut sit hack in the motor car as aa an im menis crowd ro d that bad bitne qed the hooting celled to him with rare presence of mind the colonel waving his hit cried out aly good friends I 1 to not hurt im going on to the hall to speak good luck the colonel then turned to the chauffeur art and in a calm voice oice remarked now aist ast run thi the car up to the auditorium tha ex president did r rol t tasy t it i v tai ti 1 a ilo had la 11 L abo chot t u until antil he pot got to the auditorium five blocks away and until lie he took hie hib carefully tare care fulli prepared manuscript from hia pocket before the large crowd thought tho ight the bullet had simply grazed his ide when 1 he c produced the paper with a hole through the center of it the who had been called and the audience insisted that the colonel atop at once and go to the hospital but despite the pain which the wound in his big breast caused him colonel roosevelt talked to the crowd for oer an hour at the hospital huc pita later an examination proved tint thit the bullet had lodgie in the breast and the wound is not thought to be serious john nR the man who shot sh ot the colonel is said eld to be unbalanced dentally ten tally lie he gave cave as his big reason for the fc hooting that in a dream which timo came to him he be saw roosevelt be as the lapain of 0 president mckinley end and that he be had been called to avenge the dead president further farther than no preel preal clont debould be permitted to terre serve bore tharl avro taimi |