Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-15
C0L0NH ROOSEVELT TARGET 0F 4 MADMANS BULLET
police he gave orders to drive on to the Auditorium.
 Noticed Hole In Overcoat

Noticed Hole In Overcoat.
 They had driven hardly one of the four blocks from the hotel to the Auditorium when John McGrath, an other of Col. Roosevelt's secretaries uttered a sharp exclamation, and pointed to the coloners breast.
 Look, colonel" he said, there is hole in your oyercoat."
 Discovered Blood Inside His Coat.
 Col. Roosevelt looked down. saw the hole, then unbuttoned the big brown army coat which he was wearing and thrust his hand beneath it. When he withdrew it, his fingers were stain ed with blood.
 Col Roosevelt was not at all dis mayed at his discovery.
 Tt looks as though I had been hit, but I don't think it is anything seri- ous," said he.
 Refused to Return to Hotel.
 Dr. Scurry Terrell of Dallas, Texas, Col. Roosevelt's physician who had en- tered the automobile just before it started off insisted that the colonel return to the hotel. He would not, however, and the car was driven on to the Auditorium |.
 Physicians Urge Him to Go to Hos
 pital.
 AS soon as they reached the build ing, Col. Roosevelt was taken into dressing room and his outer garments were removed. Dr. Terrell with the help of Dr. John Stratton, of Milwau- kee and Dr. s. s. Sorensen, of Racine, Wis, who was in the Auditorium and came to the dressing room on a call from the platform made @ superficial examination of the wound. They agreed that it was impossible to hazard guess as to the extent of the colonel's injuries and that he should by all means go at once to a hospital.
 "WiII Deliver This Speech or Die."
 q will deliver this speech or die, one or the other" was Col. Roose- velt's reply.
 l Despite the protest of his physicians the colonel strode out of the dress ing room and on to the stage. A large crowd packed into the big building cheered loudly as he entered and with out word to indicate what had hap pened went to his seat. For several minutes the crowd, no man of whom suspected that the colonel bore a bullet in his body, kept up it's cheer ing.
 News Broken to Audience.
 Then MT. Cochems stepped to the front of the platform and held up his 1 hands. There was something in his manner which had it's effect on the crowd, and the cheering died sudden ly away
 i T have something to tell you," said ] Mr. Cochems, "and 1 hope you will re- ] hn xrif aa1 Inn 1 His voice shook as he spoke and a deathlike stiffness ..s settled over the 1 throng.
 Colonel Roosevelt has been shot. He 1 is wounded"
 A Cry of Astonishment. He spoke in a low tone but such 1 was the stiffness that everyone heard l cry of astonishment went up from the crowd, which was thrown into con- fusion in an instant. MT Cochems turned and looked inquiringly at Col onel Roosevelt:
 ] 'Tell us, are you hurt?"
 Shows Blood Stained Garments.
 Men and women shouted loudly Some of them rose from their seats and rushed forward to look closely. Colonel Roosevelt rose and walked t the edge of the platform to quiet thu crowd. He raised his hand and in. stantly there was silence.
 Its true," he said. Then slowly he unbuttoned his coat and placed his hand on his breast Those in front o the crowd could see the blood stained garments.
 Bees to Be Excused from Long SpeecF
 I'm going to ask you to be yer, quiet" said he, and please excuse mt ], from making a long speech. I'll d. , the best I can, but you see there's { l bullet In my body. I'm not hurt bad ly." ) A sigh of relief went up from thu
 crowd and then an outburst of tu 1 multuous cheering. Thoroughly reas } sured by the colonels action that h,
 was in no serious shape, the peopl
 leaned back in their seats to hear hi
 speech.
 } His Gestures Less Emphatic.
 Colonel Roosevelt began to speak il a firm voice, somewhat lower than it
 usual tone, and except that his char acteristic gestures were less emphati than usual, there was nothing abou the man to indicate his condition. After he had been speaking a fev moments, however, his voice sanl somewhat and he seemed to stan,
 rather unsteadily. Dr. Terrell an,
 Colonel Lyon stepped up to him ant
 the doctor insisted that he stop. "l'm Going to Finish This Speech" 'Tm going to finish this speech, , said the colonel emphatically. I'm al right; let me alone" , pr. Terrell and Colonel Lyon sa
 down again. The colonel continued hi [ speech, evidently with increasing eff
 fort, but he succeeded in making him
 self heard and talked for more bha
 an hour. Then he was rushed to hi automobile and flashed through tn , streets to the emergency hospital. , Placed on Operating Table.
 The operating room had been place
 in readiness to receive him and six c
 the leading surgeons of Milwauke , were awaiting his arrival I Colonel Roosevelt was undresse : and placed upon the operating tabl, F although he insisted that he was nc , badly hurt and that the doctors wer f taking it too seriously. . x-Ray Machine Used.
 An examination of the wound show
 ed that 1t had been made by bulle of large size It entered the f1eshy pal u of the right breast half way betwee i the ccllarbone and lower ribs. Tn ' physicians found that they knew T
 more after this examination than be . fore as to the location of the bulle ! and it was decided to send for a = X-ray machine to determine to whs U depth the missile had penetrate While he was waiting flor the X-ra $ machine, Colonel Roosevelt sat up c e the opera ting table and talked polite
 and joked with the physicians
 Assassin Gives Name of John Schren q In the meantime, hidden away in q
 inner room in the police station, Co E. onel RooseVelt's asailant was beif ', submitted to rigid examination. F refused to give an account of himse ls and would say nothing except that
 will tell you tomorrow"
 After q long siege however the pt , lice forced from him the statemel l' that he was John Schrenk of 370 Fla le Tenth street. New York. n Goes to Presbyterian Hospital.