The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-06
SCHRANK IS INSANE.
AIMED AT THIRD TERM, HE TELLS
EXPERTS, AND NoTAT RoosE-
WELT AS PARTY CHIEF.
HOPES He AWOKE NATION
Unanimous Verdict of Alienists Given
at Milwaukee Contains Several
Thousand Words-Colonels Assas-
sin Says He Does Not Fear Death.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov 23.-The COM
mission of alienists investigating the
mental condition of John Schrank re-
ported unanimously that the assail-
ant of Colonel Roosevelt is insane.
The conclusions reached by the
commission are as follows: John
Schrank is suffering from insane de-
fusion, graniose In character and Of
a systematized variety. In our opin-
ion he is insane at the present time.
On account of the connection existing
between his decisions and the act
with which he stands charged we are
OF the opinion he is unable to confer
intelligently with counsel on the con-
duct Of his defense"
Schrank was committed to the
state hospital for the criminal in
sane at Oshkosh by Judge Backus.
Prisoner Listens lntentIy.
The prisoner listened intently to the
report OF the commission Of alienists,
which was read by the chairman, DR..
Richard Dewey. The report consisted
of several thousand words and started
by setting forth the personal and fam
fly history of the defendant. 1t con-
tains a long statement to Chief OF Pc
lice Jansen on the day following
Schrank's arrest. The concluding part
consists of a lengthy address by
which he apologized for causing un-
pleasantness in asking them to pass
a verdict on a case which should have
been tried by higher than an earthly
court He went on to review the de-
lusions, with which he claimed to
have looked into the dying eyes OF the
late President Mckinley and added:
when a voice called TO me to
avenge his death l was confident that
my life was coming soon to an end
and I was at once happy to know that
my real mission on this earth was to
die for my country and the cause Of
republicanism
Aimed at the Third Term.
'The shot at Milwaukee which Gre
ated an echo in all parts of the world
was not a shot fired at the citizen
Roosevelt, not a shot at an eX-presi-
dent not a shot at the candidate of
a so-called progressive party, not a
shot to influence the pending cleo
ton, not shot to gain for me notorie-
ty: no. 1t was simply to establish once
and forever the fact that any man who
hereafter aspired to n third presiden-
tial term will do so at the risk of his
life IF I cannot defend tradition,
canont defend the country in case OF
war: you may as we'll send every pa
triot to prison.
81 hope that the shot at Milwaukee
has awakened the patriotism Of the
American nation, that it has opened
their eyes to the real danger anG
shown them the only safe way out Of
it. as Is proved by the election returns
in the great Democratic party.
Has No Fear of Death.
st have been accused Of having sc
lected a state where capital punish
ment is abolished. / would say / die
not know the laws of any state
travelled through. and it would be RI
diculous for me to fear death after
the act, as I expected to die during
the act and not live to tell the story
If | knew that my death would have
made the third term tradition NOR,
sacred I am sorry | could not die fol
my country.
Prison for me is like going to war
Before me is the spirit of Georg'
Washington; behind me that of Nc
Kinley."