Show CRANK SHOOTS SHOO S ROOSEVELT A ESCAPE MAN WHO HAD TRAILED PRO LEADER FOR DAYS TRIES TO MURDER HIM colonel roosevelt insists upon ad arf aging audience declaring hie his injuries trivial and refuted refused to go to hospital until he had finished speech milwaukee wl colonel theodore roosevelt wa was shot anil and lightly slightly wound ed monday night 13 a he waa leaving the Oll Gli patrick hotel for the coliseum to make a speech the wound waa was superficial and the colonel went on to the hall and began his speech alter after he bad had seen the assassin arrested and taken to the police elation station henry F cochems with others seized the assassin and held him until policemen came up the man who hot shot colonel roose hotl gave bis his name ae as john Sc hranko and his address as new york city in an incoherent manner he told chief janneson Jan at police headquarters of having baying wanted to kill roosevelt because he did not believe any president ought to have more than two terms the gave every appearance of being crazy he ile mumbled to him self elf and looked wild eyed in his hi pockets the police found a letter ad dressed to the people in which wrote of at what he called a dream that came to him in which he be saw aw roosevelt ae as the assassin of pres ident he ilo asserted in the letter that no president preal dent ought to serve three terms informed the police that be bad had followed colonel roosevelt around the country for the jut week to kill him ae As colonel roosevelt stepped into an automobile on his way from the hotel to the coliseum Coll veum bis his assailant fired the bullet crashing into the ex x presidents Dreal dents right aide side jolt below the nipple when the would be assassin assa sein war ov overpowered er powered colonel roosevelt called out dont hurt him im all right upon being driven to th tm coliseum colonel roosevelt was implored by his big frienda friends to give up the speech and go to a hospital but he declared he was wa a not hurt and that he waa going to made that speech even it it was his hi last list one roosevelt Rooi evelt talked for fifteen ral minute before he gave the slightest indication that he felt the fleet effect of the bullet then a sudden twinge of pain made him clutch hia his right side the audience was quick to observe it and a protest ran through the hall for the colonel to atop stop roosavelt frowned now this la is all a trivial affair he cried anyone who knows mo me must realize that I 1 would not top stop tor for a thing like ahti I 1 may have a right to feel sore with a bullet in me but if it you saw me in battle leading my regiment you would not want 0 to stop you would encourage me to go ahead no matter what happened napp ened in opening bis his colonel roosevelt said 1 I hall shall have to rk ask you to be aa an quitt quiet as possible I 1 do not at know whether you fully filly understand that 1 have just acon shot but it takes more than thin that to kill a bull moose out but fortunately I 1 had my manu script th holding up manuscript show allow ing the audience where the bullet had gone through glo so to you see I 1 was going to make a long speech and friends the hole Is in it that tie its bullet went through and it probably saved it from going into my heart the bullet Is in in me ine now so that I 1 cannot make very long speech but I 1 will try my best 11 colonel roosevelt ws wis w Is cheers cheor ed at the conclusion of hi hs when he was taken to the hoi coital ajtal later in the evening the colonel iden tided his assailant at police head quarter quarters while the colonel wai ai on hi b Is v ay to the hospital which Is ten block away from the auditorium message was as sent to mrs roosevelt at oyster day telling sr of the shooting she was informed that the wound was slight and that the colonel had gone ahead abe ad with his speech suffering no disco in fidure other messages were hurried out to various other others of at tho the colonels family famay including congressman nicholas longworth in washington colonel roosevelt wan was able to resume bis his journey and reached CM chi bago at 3 39 30 tuesday morning hav hay ing spent a night and pert sport need no discomforts during the trip from milwaukee A 41 2 9 I 1 7 t 4 r 14 THEODORE afim OR |