Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18
AT TEMPT IS MADE
TO ASSASlNAT
COL. ROOSEVELT
WAS LEAVING HOTEL TO AD-
DRESS LARGE GATHERING
AT AUDITORIUM. # 55t
LIFE SAVED BY MANUSCRIPT
ASSASSIN WAS CRANK ON THIRD
A. TERM SUBJEcT-cLAlMS RE-
IN: ID. VENICE FOR M'klNLEY.

/. MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1S.-Colonel,
Roosevelt was shot and
slightly wounded Tuesday night as he
was leaving the Gilpatric hotel for
the auditorium to make a speech. The
wound was superficial and the colonel
went on to make his speech after see
ing the assailant arrested and taken
to the police station. Henry F. Co.
chems seized the would-be assassin
and held him until policemen came.
Mobs surged around the man, who ap-
parently is. radical on the subject Of
Roosevelt running for a third term.
The police succeeded in protecting the
assailant from the mob. The assas-
sin, who is small Of stature, admit.
ted firing the shot, saying "any man
looking for a third term ought to be
shot +. .ss .:.s !:. A.:
Roosevelt completed his speech lat
s:45 and was taken to Emergency
hospital, where six physicians exam
iasas the wound ana idsssdi n d takss
an xray photograph, Rooseveat's
vas pEohably sayea mann.
lslsIilppt nf hia speech. Fhss bullet
ptFuG he, ,saanssseri s.af aasailant,
who afta hour, xalnsnatsons told
tAa: polsee that his me d sses John,
ssnrank. s7p, East Taush aistrsst,; III New ID
York wags preyented ffsom astsi;ang the
sseaa aaot ~ Il NAM sensY
If Rseasyslns nei. 81 lsgs
haa inst etspped iat65 ID sautomohsle
wish shs mi Mod: disisl saE a
was standing nearby; II y ieapsB unto TIE
man's shoulders. - soaring nsm .tos Ire
ground Captain Ii: o stsiraard pfsazal.
!sWaukee;;i on the front seat Sofs the: bar,
leapedao the assassin ,dtsarmlng him.
s.Lynch his,'' went up ffrom the crowd
but Roosevelt who scarcely & moved.
when the bullet struck him, told. the
mob to spare the assassin.
A positive statement that Roosevelt
was not seriously injured was made
by Dr.. Frederick Stratton Of Milwau-
kee, who examined the colonel and
declared there was no cause for
alarm. 555 G.5 ii =3ss
"The wound is. a superficial one z
said the physician. The bullet is inn
:bedded in the muscular tissue. The
bullet positively did not reach his
lung and there is no truth in the re-
ports that he was dangerously hurt 4
His Proclamation.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 1s.--A
written proclamation found on
Schrank's clothing reads
"sept. Is, 1912, 1870 a. M In a
dream I saw President Mex Kinley sit
up up in a Monks attire in whom / rec
ognized Theodore Roosevelt. The
dead president said:
This is my murderer, avenge my
death.
sept. IL, 1912. 80 az n. While
writing a poem someone tapped me
On the shoulder and said, let not q
murderer take the presidential chair.
2Avenge my death.
81 could plainly see NJ Kinley'ss =
features.
Before the Almig ghty God. 4 swear
| this above writing Is nothing but the
truth.
Another note found in the mans
pocket reads:
so long as Japan could rise to. the
greatest power of the world desnite
lher surviving a Tradition more taaI
l2, 900 years old, as General Nogs ss
inobiy demonstrated ii Ii the duty q
1.-THE United States of America to up
1hold the third term tradition. re
aevery third termer be- regarded 4
4 trait 81 to the Am egs eassse. 1sst !
! lbe the right and duty Of every ssze,
Ito forcibly remove q third terasaeI
Never let q third term party emblem
4 appear On the OF ficial ballot
4 am willing W die for my country
/ Cod has called ne to be his instrs
4 ment. 80 help me 60
Signed
nnursnt Guilty.
German, strone tower III on