The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-22
But Letters and Documents
Are Not important
Free Heir to Property Netting
Him Income Of SIG a Week.
Fond Of Aunt
brooklyn Eagle

longed to the Homicide Squad un-
der Police Commissioner Bingham,
made an examination some time
60. Of the effects Of John Schrank,
the man who shot Roosevelt. at las
tooper street. That is where Schrank
made his headquarters while in town.
and Edward Lauringer. the proprie-
tor, was his "attorney," rent collector
and general business man. Roddy
collected a lot Of letters, deeds, mort
cages and tax bills, besides some cor
reSpOndence that was found in a room
that had been assigned to Schrank.
The documents taken by the detec-
tive filled a small black leather bag.
which was the property Of Schrank.
Roddy had a long talk with Laurin-
ger about the man, and learned from
nlm enough TO convince the police
mar that Schrank had long premedi-
tated an attack on Roosevelt and facts
to show that it was from Lauringer
mat Schrank got the money for his
tour West. He got it by subterfuge,
and there is no indication hal the
man who gave him the money had the
sllghtest 1de that he intended to use
II Tor such a purpose. All of the evil
dence collected in Brooklyn and Man
haitian about Schrank show that he
had no c~Onfederates or advisers, and
HAS In wac TIC O1 q Grams
VINO had become nerved to the deed
by %broodlns- Schank, Roddy things,
IS insane. His family history showed
insanity. His grandfather. a pros
porous brewer in Germany, had be
come violently insane before his
death, and his father was also a luna
tic IN his later years. The man who
intended to a~ssassinate Roosevelt had
been showing signs of the family faint
more than usual of late. He came to
this country with his uncle and aunt.
Domlnick and Ann FIammang. about
,Wenty-nlne years when he was
Q small boy. He was devoted to his
reiatlVes, and they gave him a good
ordinary schooling. He was more
than ordinarily sharp, mentally, in his
young days, and he was an omnivor-
Gus reader.
The Flammangs lived in his boy
mood at $40 East Tenth street, Man
naetan' "here they Kept a saloon.
They later moved to an apartment
house. at 433 East Eighty-first street.
which tlammang bought, and it was
While there five years ago. that his
aunt Anna died. He was very fond
OF her, and her death was a shock to
MN. Ills uncle followed her in death
N February. 1911. The aunt was
buried IN E~Eergreens cemetery and
the uncle was cremated. His ashes
have not been inferred, but remain
IN an undortaker's shop in
Soon after the death Of his aunt
Schrank, who was also known as
Flammang, became acquainted with
the proprietor of the Old Homestead
a bier staube.' at the corner of
cooper street and Central and
not far from the Evergreens ceme-
terry. Schrank began to display his
Nagarles. He WAS in the habit Of
visiting the grave in Evergreens. and
frequently sat there ra36ipr ,r4;1
almost nghtfall. Then he would %
to some nearby saloon and eat a light
luncheon. ON the death Of his uncle
he fell heir to the property on Eas4
Elshty.flrst street, which is worth
about $4,000 and which brings him
an income of about Sic a week.
OF late he had been rooning at the
White house, a respectable lOdeing
house at 156 Canal street. which IS
Flatbush. But he had not been seen
much since the first of September, for
soon after that he went away on >
trip, with the Intention, it is now be-
lleVed, of shooting Roosevelt. There
is no Information from his friends as
to where he secured his revolver
Schrank had given no intimation Of
his purpose when he went away He
was known to have been opposed to
, Eoosevelt's candidacy. but the idea
that he intended murder never enter
, ed his friends minds. For Schrank
was of a very quiet disposition. and
{ was thought to be harmless. II ie
; plain that his attack upon Roosevelt
was long premeditated. Defective
Roddy found that out last NIGHT
Among the mans effects were rorpb
drawings Of cartoons. which indicated
j, that he was Just as much a hatar ~
: the William as the man he
. regarded as the German eunero..e
prototype in America. He apparen4,
viewed the emperor as a desDot anS
roosevelt as a man who We
to be a king and despot. too Cnas
MS drawings showed the German VI
peror astride the world, like . Ha9nl
s hunsa; nTandishlng a sword aloft. He
r mao frequently declared ia ~. fhe