The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-10-24
FIRES At ROOSEVELT
W0uId-Be Assassin Wounds Colonel
al Milwaukee Hotel.
Colonel Proceeds to Hall and Makes
Brief Address. Then Rstires
to Private Car.

Milwaukee, Wis.-CoIoneI Theodore
Roosevelt was shot in the abdominal
region shortly before o'clock Monday
night, while sitting in his automobile
in front of the Gilpatrick House in
Milwaukee, about to start for the an
ditorium to deliver his scheduled adj
Dress According to latest accounts
the bullet is imbedded in the muscular
tissue and the wound is not serious
The attempted assassination and all
its accompanying scenes were dra-
matte in the extreme The would-be
murderer was John Shrenk, of New
York city, man apparently demented
on the subject of the third term He
was captured and locked up
Unconscious Of his wound, Colonel
Roosevelt proceeded to the auditor
ium, and when his condition was dis
covered, in spite of the protest of his
physician, he made stirring address
on the subject of his attempted muir
DER Weakened from loss of blood
and at the conclusion of his speech he
was taken to the Emergency hospital,
where, after an examination by ply
sicians, the nature Of his wound was
ascertained- 1t was not considered
serious enough to compel a stay in
Milwaukee, and at II so a. m. he was
taken aboard his special train on a
slow run to Chicago
The colonel announced that be
would spend the night on the train and
IA L g..
indianapolis to fulfill his engagement
/ there
Chicago Colonel Roosevelt arrived
in Chicago at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
morning The colonel was said to be
resting easy. He had experienced no
discomfort during the trip from Mil
waukee- He had slept all the way.
His temperature was normal and his
pulae a.
That the wound was not more SER
ious was due to the fact that the bull
let was spent from passing through
the colonel's army overcoat, spectacle
case and the manuscript of his con-
templated speech.
Henry F. Cochems seized the as
sassin and held him until policemen
came up. A mob surged around the
man, who apparently is a radical OF
the subject of Roosevelt's running fol
another term for president
The assassin, who is small of sta
ture, admitted firing the shot and sail
that "any man looking for a thir'
term ought to be shot
In notes found in the mans pocket
at the police station were statement
that the man had been visited in
dream by the spirit of William Nc
Kinley, who he said, indicating Roose
Welt, ''This is my murderer; aveng
my death
The colonel felt no pain at the tim
the shot was fired and was not awar
: that he was shot until he was on hi
, way to the auditorium His attentio
was then called to the hole in hi
overcoat, and he found that he wa
not badly hurt A superficial exam
ination of the wound was made whe
he reached the auditorium, and tire
physicians agreed he was in no imme
diate danger
! Colonel Roosevelt's life was probabl
saved by the manuscript of his speec
which he made The bullet struc
: the manuscript, which retarded il
force as it passed through into th
flesh
The assassin was prevented froI
firing a second shot by Albert H MAJ
tin, one of Colonel Roosevelt's two see
? retaries. Colonel Roosevelt had jus
stepped into an automobile when tn
, assassin pushed his way through tn
: crowd to the street and fired Ma
$ tin, who was standing in the car wit
{ the colonel, leaped to the man
n shoulders and bore him to the grount
A wild cry of Lynch him" went U
: from the crowd Colonel Rooseve
spoke to the people and told them
x spare the would-be assassin
J, In spite of the entreaties of phys
: clans, Colonel Roosevelt insisted upc
; delivering his address,
}, 81 will make this speech or di
!, one or the other"