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ASSAlLANT PLEADS GUILTY
Schrank Calmly Hears Charge Of A.
tempted Murder.

tempted Murder.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct 16. - John
Schrank, Colonel Roosevelt's assailant,
entered plea of guilty to charge of
attempted murder when he had pre-.
liminary arraignment before Judge M.
B. Neelen in the district court.
Judge Neelen held Schrank to the
criminal court for trial under bonds
of $500. Tentatively the date for trial
was set for the November term.
Judge Neelen Immediately after the
arraignment ordered Professor E. w.
Somer, head of the chemical depart
ment of Marquette university, to make
a chemical test of the bullets remain
ing in the would-be slayer's revolver.
Judge Neelen announced that this
action was taken to determine imme-
diately if the bullet which entered
Colonel RooseYelt's body had been
poisoned The judge said that his &C
ton was prompted by memories OF the
bullet which killed President McKin-
ley and also by a personal desire to
give the surgeons at Chicago every
possible aid.
States Attorney label definitely an
nounced that Schrank would not be
brought to trial until after the cleo
ton on Nov 5. He said the trial
would be opened some time between
Nov. IL and Is.
Mr.. label, who is said to be the
only Socialist states attorney in the
country, gave three reasons for his de-
cision.
He said, first, that 1t was only rea-
sonable to await the result of Colonel
Roosevelt's injury; second, he had no
desire to crowd the defendant, and
third, gave it as his opinion that it
would be unwise to call the case dur
ing the final struggle in the presiden-
tial campaign.
|, eff Schrank is insane" said Mr.. Ia
bel, at seems that there is method in
his madness when he selects for the
scene of his crime state where~there
8 no capital punishment.
also, I am informed in messages
from New York that there has been
90 insanity in Schrank's family as far
as can be traced. In addition the man
presents none of the usual surface in
dications of insanity"
Schrank looked little the worse for
a night spent in a cell at the centra!
station reposing on plank for bed.
He called for cup of coffee and
something to eat. He was glvsn d
sandwich, which he ate, though he
said his appetite was not very kesn.
"How do you feel, Schrank'" was
asked the prisoner, as he sat In his
cell.
"Oh, pretty well, considering every
thing" he answered. I'm not used to
sleeping on a bed quite SO soft as
this one," he added, pointing to the
wide board on which he was sitting.
The assassin still sticks 10 his story
visin which came to him some time
ago.
Asked as to whether it was his de
sire to kill the former president
Echrank said it was not.
Schrank Is a s1ugle man and saws
he had but one sweetheart. She was
Emily Zeigler, who, he said, lost her
life in the disaster which befell the
steamer General Slocum in New York
a number of years ago.
Schrank appeared unperturbed over
the consequences awaiting him. He
talked nationally. Asked as to his
politics, he said he susually voted the
Democratic ticket, but that sometimes
he voted as Republican.
Much interest centers in the chemi-
cal. tests on the bullets, which were
started by Professor Sommer. Profess
sor Sommer said that the result would
not be known for some time.
Schrank, when questioned on this
point, denied emphatically that he had
used poisoned bullets and asserted
with a confident air that the chemical
tests would reveal nothing Of this ma
ture.