Putnam patriot., 1912-10-18
ROOSEVELT SHOT BY A CRANK
 IN MILWAUKEE
The Would-be Assassin is John Schrank, Formerly a Saloon
 keeper, From New York
BULLET WOUND IN CHEST

MllWdukt'0, OCL 1o.--At t1eSp peFaLe at tempt to kill Theodore Roosevelt was made here when bullet aimed direct. ly at the heart of the eX-President and fired at short range by wouId-be as- sassin spent its force in bundle of manuscript containing the address which Colonel Roosevelt was to deliv- CT, and only slightly wounded the third party candidate for President.
 The assailant, who afterward said he was John Schrank, of No. 307 East 10th street, New York, was all but lynched by the excited crowd which witnessed his attempt on the life of the exPresident. It was only by the use of the clubs of four stalwart po- licemen and the revolvers of four Of the Police Department detectives that the man was rescued from the crowd and hurried to Police Headquarters.
 At 10.30 o'clock Col. Roosevelt was sitting on the operating table talking politics with the physicians while they were awaiting the arrival of an X-ray machine
 The bullet lodged in the wall of the stomach It didn't enter abdomen. as shown by X-ray photograph. Four surgeons were summoned from Chi cago-Drs. John B. Murphy Arthur Bevan. A. R. Ochsner and L. L. McAr- thur-while Col. Roosevelt was wait ing in his private car at the Milwau- kee station. He walked to this car from his automobile unassisted At two o'clock a. m. Col. Roosevelt de- cided to go to Chicago without wait ing for the surgeons. The X-ray pho tograph showed Roesevelt,s wound to be more serious than was at first sup posed.
 Col Roosevelt Jeff the hospital at 11.25 p. n. He was able 10 walk unas- sisted
 .I am feeling fine" he said.
 The would-be murderer fired twice ht Mr. Roosevelt When one of the bull lets struck the victim is not known.
 Exciting and violent scenes fol- lowed the shooting Thousands who had gathered in the streets to cheer the one time President on his way 10 the Auditorium where he was to speak became panic stricken when the report of the shots floated over the crowd Women and men tainted Po- life from all the surrounding precincts were hurried to the scene of the shoot ing Kill the murderer" and other hysterical words were heard when the news spread
 Henry r. Cochems, chairman of the ht1p of ha Df.y,cr sive party, who was in the automo- bile which was waiting for MT Roos. welt. jumped from the running board as the shots rang out and grabbed the assailant
 Fighting desperately the man tried to escape. He threw Cochems aside like a baby. but several policemen jumped and had the mans s arms pinned by his side before he could raise the smoking revolver for the third time He fought desperately. cursing Mr Roosevelt and insisting he be left alone.
 1t was all that the four policemen who had him between them could do to keep him from releasing himself. They were hampering in their work by the closeness Of the mob, which surged about them Men struggled to get at the would-be assassin and scat tering cries of Lynch him." soon grew into ugly roars.
 The crowd cheered the colonel to the echo as the automobile worked its way through the crowd surrounded on all sides by policemen and detectives.
 The arrival of more policemen pre- vented the assailant from being taken from the scaptors and being torn to pieces. The police had to club back the crowd. The assailant finally was hustled cursing and screaming, into a patrol wagon Hundreds of men dashed after the wagon, bowling threats at the prisoner.
 Before ten o'clock tremendous crowd which was yelling for Schrank's blood, appeared in front of the jail, and their numbers and persistence so alarmed the officers that fearing a lynching, they removed him to a hiding place.
 When the colonel entered the auto mobile before the assa1lant was hus- tied into the wagon, he stood up in 1 the car and Eaved his hat. He held on hand over his breast. He asked | the man who fired the shots be brought before him. When the man i was escorted to his vehicle still fight l ing the policemen, MT. Roosevelt l asked him why he had fired at him. | The man made no answer.
 At the police station the assailant 1 who later gave evidence of dementia, | said his name was John Schrank, and his address No. BIO East Tenth street New York. He said he is a Socialist 1