Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-10-16
En- p PRESIDENT Roosevelt
Shot While i'm Milwaukee.
His|Wound is Not Thought to be Dangerous Though
More Serious than Suspected at FIrst---IIs AS
R sailant in Custody Pleads Guilty

not disposed to heed his words, but
at length fell back and permitted
Martin and Capt. Girard to carry the
man into the hotel
Assailant Gives Up.
After a short struggle the assassin
gave up and was carried without re-
slstance out of reach Of the crowd.
Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hun
dred voices called out.
ooh, no." he responded with a
smile. "Missed me that time. Pm
not hurt a BIT"
81 think we'd better be going on"
he said to the other members of his
party, cor we will be late.''
No one in the party, including Col
Roosevelt himself, entertained the
slightest notion that the Colonel had
been shot. He felt no shock or pain
at the time and it was assumed that
the bullet went wild. AS soon as
Col. Roosevelt had assured himself
the assassin was safe in the hands of
the police he gave orders to drive on
to the auditorium.
They had driven hardly one of the
four blocks from the hotel to the au-
ditorium when John McGratn, ano-
ther Of Col. Roosevelt's secretaries,
uttered sharp exclamation and
pointed to the Colonel's breast.
Look, Colonel" he said, "there
Is hole in your overcoat."
Discovers Blood.
Col. Roosevelt looked down, saw
the hole, then unbuttoned the big,
brown army coat, which he was wear
ing, and thrust his hand beneath it.
When he withdrew it his fingers
were stained with blood.
Was Not Dismayed.
Col. Roosevelt was not dismayed
by his discovery
1T looks as though I have been
hit" he said, "but | don't think it is
anything serious"
isIexas, Col. Z ose 5s| Hfelt,s q pifgs l!,
who had entered the autc:nbile just,
before 1t started off, insisted that the
Colonel return to the hotel. He paid
no attention to the suggestion. AS
soon as they reached the building
Col Roosevelt was taken into dress
ing room.
Determined to Speak.
DR.. Terrell, with the help If two
other doctors who were in the audi
torium, came to the dressing room
on call from the platform and
made superficial eXa mination. They
agreed 1t was impossible to hazard a
guess as to the extent of the Colonel's
injuries, and that he should by all
means go at once to a hospital.
II will deliver this speech or die,
one or the other" was Col. Roose
velt's reply.
Col. Roosevelt rose and walked to
the edge Of the platform to quiet the
crowd. He raised his hand and in
,stantly there was silence. Then slow
ly he unbuttoned his coat and placed
his hand on his breast. Those in the
front Of the crowd could catch the
sight Of the blood-stained garment
I'm going to ask you to be very
quiet said Col. Roosevelt, "and
please excuse me from making a We
long speech. I'll do the best | can,
but, you see, there's bullet in my
body But it's nothing. I'm not hurt
badly"
The crowd gave an outburst of
tumultuous cheering. Thoroughly
treasured by the Colonel's action that
he was In no serious danger, the peo-
pie settled back into their seats to
hear his speech.
Says Saw Mckinley in Dream.
A written proclamation found in
the clothing Of John Schrank, the
man who did the shooting, reads:
September IS, 1912.
September IS, 1901, 1.30 a. m.:
In dream | saw President Mckinley
sit up in a monks attire, in whom
recognize Theodore Roosevelt. The
President said: This Is my murderer,
ayonge my DEATH
September 12, 1912, 1.3O a. H..
VIII. 0" writing poem, some one tap
ped me on the shoulder and said
Let not murderer take the Presi-
dental chair Avenge my death.
81 could plainly see Mr.. McKin-
ley's features.
the above writing is nothing but the
truth
Another note found in the mans
pocket read:
$50 long as Japan could rise to the
greatest Power of the world despite
her surviving a tradition more than
TWO thousand years old, as Gen. Nogi
SO nobly demonstrated, 1t Is the duty
or the United States of America to
uphold the third-term tradition. Let
every third-termer be regarded as a
traitor to the American cause. Let
1T be the right and duty OF every citi-
zen to forcibly remove q third-ter-
mer. Never let a third-term party
emblem appear on the official ballot.
II am willing to die for my coun-
try. God has called me to be His
instrument, so help me God.
lS1gned) innocent Guilty"
Written in German
"A strong tower Is our God"
Worse Than at First Thought.
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