Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-24
.SCHRANK'S BAIL is $4,000
Rumor That Moving Picture Men
Sought Release of Would Be AS
sassin Causes Action.

MiIwaukee.-The bail of John
Schrank, who tried to kill Col. Theo-
dOre Roosevelt, was increased from
$500 to $4,000 by Judge Backus
Of the municipal court This action
was taken, it is said, upon a rumor
that moving picture men were ar
ranging to furnish $500 for
Scnhrak. 1t was reported that ar
engagements were being made to bail
the man out, keep him under guard
while the pictures were taken and
then surrender him.
John Schrank will not be tried
until after election, and I have au-
thOrized no statement to the con-
trary," declared Dist Atty. label.
HE will not be called into court
sooner, for various reasons.
1.-The first is we do not know yet
how the coloneI's wound will result.
1t may be possible-although l doubt
it-that it will be necessary to bring
the colonel here as a witness and nat
uralIy we would have to await his re-
cOyery. Secondly, I would not try
any man during the heat of the cam
paign when his trial is likely to be
affected by political feeling. A man
has a right to a fair and impartial
trial. In the third place, I would not
take up any of Mr.. Roosevelt's time
| until after the campaign"
"Schrank will not be released, IS
said ME-. label. His bail can be in
t creased to any amount the court
thinks constitutional. In a case like
this when the bail has been raised by
! parties for commercial purposes, the
court would be justified in setting
bail at any amount And further
more, the next intimatiOn that l re-
! ceive that these picture men are pre-
pairing to raise bail or do anything
| else improper, I will bring them be-
| fore Judge Backus for contempt Of
court The men can and should he
punished for it."
Schrank has stated that he was
| close enough to Col Roosevelt at
! Chattanooga, Tenn, to have shot
! him, but that his nerve failed him
on that occasion. He could also
have attacked the former president
at a reception in Chicago, but did not
do so because it would look awful
bad"
The letter which was found on the
man who fred at the ex-president is
clearly the work Of an unbalanced
mind. 1t is in a neat, careful hand
writing, but the misspelling Of one
or two words shows that it was writ
ten by one not fully familiar with
the English language. It is as fol
lows:
Sept. 10, 1912. To the People OF
the United States
Sept Is, 1912: $50 a. m. In 6
dream l saw President Mckinley SIT
up in his coffin pointing at a man in
& monks attire in whom l recognized
Theodore Roosevelt. The dead presi-
dent said this is my murderer, avenge
my death.
Sept Il, 1912; 1880 a. m. While
writing a poem someone tapped me
on the shoulder and said let not g
murderer take the presidential chair
avenge my death 1 could clearly SEE
Mr. McKinley's features.
Before the Almighty God, I swear
that the above written is nothing but
the truth. So long as Japan would
rise to be one of the greatest powers
of the world despite her surviving
tradition more than 1900 years old
as Gen. Nogi so nobly demonstrated
1t is the duty of the u s. A. to up
hold the third term tradition. lie
every third termer be regarded as
traitor to the American cause; lie
it be the right and duty of every citi
zen to forcibly remove a thirt
termer.
ITO prevent it better than to de
fend- Never let a third term part,
emblem appear on an official ballot
am willing to die for my country
God has called me to be his instru
ment. So help me God
Fin Feste Burg list Unser Colt.
INNOCENT GUILTY