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Show EX-PRESIDENT HAS A NARROW ESCAPE MAN WHO HAD TRAILED PROGRESSIVE PRO-GRESSIVE LEADER FOR DAY8 TRIES TO MURDER HIM. Colonel Roosevelt Insists Upon Addressing Ad-dressing Audience, Declaring His Injuries Trivial, and Refused to Go to Hospital Until Ho Had Finished Speech. Milwaukee, Wis Colonel Theodore Roosevelt waa shot and slightly wounded wound-ed Monday night at he waa leaving the Gllpatrlck hotel for the Coliseum to make a speech. The wound waa superficial and the eolond went on to the hall and began his speech, after he had seen the assassin arrested and taken to the police elation. Henry F. Cocboms with others seized the aeaassln and held him until policemen police-men came up. The man who shot Colonel Itoose-retl Itoose-retl gave his name as John Schrank, and bla address as New York City. In an Incoherent manner he told Chief Jannesoo at police headquarters of having wanted to kill Roosevelt because be-cause he did aot believe any president ought to have more than two terms. The prUoner gsve every appearance of being crazy. He mumbled to himself him-self and looked wild eyed. In his pockets the police found a letter addressed ad-dressed "To the People," In which Bcbrank wrote of what he called a dream that came to him In which he aw Roosevelt aa the assassin of President Pres-ident McKlnley. He asserted In the letter that no president ought to serve three terms. Schrank Informed the police that be had followed Colonel Roosevelt around the country for the last week to kill him. Aa Colonel Roosevelt stepped Into an automobile on his way from the hotel to the Coliseum, his assailant Bred, the bullet crashing Into the si president's right aide, Jtut below the alpple. When the would be assassin was overpowered, Colonel Roosevelt called out: "Don't hurt him. I'm all right." Upon being driven to the Coliseum, Colonel Reoaevelt waa Implored by bis friends to give up the speech and go to a hojpltal, but he declared ho waa aot hurt and that he waa going to 1 made that speech, even If It waa hla 1 last one. Roosevelt talked for fifteen minutes ' before he gave the slightest Indica- 1 tlon that he felt the effect or the bullet. Then a sudden twinge ot pain made 1 htm clutch bla right aide. The audi- nee was Quick to observe It, and a 1 protest ran through the hall for the 1 colonel to atop. Roosevelt frowned. "Now. this la all a trivial affair," he cried. "Anyone who knows me must realize that I would not atop for a thing like this. I may have a right to feel sore with a bullet In me. Rut : If you saw me In battle leading my ' regiment you would not want me to ' top. You would encourage me to go 1 head, no matter what happened. In opening his speech. Colonel Roosevelt said: ( "I shall have to ask you to be as ( Quiet as possible. I do not know whether you fully understand that I have Just been ahot. but It takes more fhaa that to kill a Bull Moose. ' "But, fortunately, I had my manuscript manu-script (holding up manuscript, showing show-ing the audience where the bullet bad gone through); so, you see, I was going go-ing to make a long speech. And, friends, the hole la In It that the bullet went through, and It probably aaved It from going into my heart. The bullet Is In me now, so that I cannot make a fery long speech. But 1 will try my best." ' Colonel Roosevelt wis wildly cheered cheer-ed at the conclusion of ais address. When he waa taken to the hospital Later la the evening the colonel identified iden-tified hla assailant at police head Quarters. While the colonel wai on bis way to Pe hospital, which Is ton blocks away from the Auditorium, a message was eat to Mrs. Rooaevelt at Oyster Ray. tolling her of the shooting. She was reformed that the wound was alight aad that the colonel had gone ahead with his speech, suffering no dlsoom-Kure. dlsoom-Kure. Other messages were hurried wit to various others of the colonel's fealty, lacludlng Congressman Nlcho lea Long worth In Washington. Colonel Rooaevelt waa able to re tutao his journey and reached Chi- eago at 1:39 Tuesday morning, hav- w lag spent a restful night and epert- Q need no discomforts during the trip a from Milwaukee. f, |