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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Assassin Gives Name.

In the meantime, hidden away In the
inner room OF the police station Colonel
Roosevelts assallant was being subjected
10 rigid examination. He refused
stubbornly to give an account Of himself,
and would say nothing except that "I
Will tell you tomorrow"
After long Siege. however. tho po-
lice forced from him tho statement that
ho was John Schrank. OF 37o East Tenth
street New York.
Clippings found In the mans pockets
showed that he had studied Colonel
Roosevelts Itinerary carefully, with the
evident intention OF selecting the place
at which no might accomplish what he
had in mind.
II was said at the Gilpatrick hotel,
while Colonel Roosevelt was at dinner.
short dark man OF about 30 years
made four attempts TO gain admission
to the dining room. being turned away
each time. Those who saw him said
that he bore no resemblance 90 Schrank,
From this circumstance. the report
gained circulation that two men were
engaged In tho attempt to take Colonel
Roosevelts life. The police tonight were
unable TO gain any evidence To bear ont
this theory.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Martin Tells Story.

Mr.. Martin. to whom Colonel Roose-
Welt perhaps owes his life. told the story
tonight OF his adventure.
II walked downstairs with the colonel,
and out TO the car" he said "and
had taken my seat before anything hap
pened As Colonel Roosevelt was stand
ing In tho car waving his hat to the
crowd: the flash Of metal caught my
eye. I did not stop TO think what I was
doing, and before really knew II.
Jumped over the side OF the car md had
my arm around the neck Of a man had
hardly seen. Everything seemed to hap
pen at once.
There was a Hash, a sound Of shot
and ] was on the ground with tho man.
threw one arm about his neck and
held him fast. At the same time.
caught his gun hand with my free hand
and wrenched the revolver from him
He struggled for a minute, but In spite
OF the fact that he was acting like a
madman, he did not keep up the fight
long. and. with the help OF Captain
G!rard. I soon had him under control.
81 picked the man up and held him
where Colonel Roosevelt could see him.
1.-The poor creature said the colonel.
'I put the revolver into my pocket and
began to drag the man out OF the crowd
which was on us In a minute, struggling
-. AZ Of hn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Has Wife and Children.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-John Schrank
formerly lived at the address given in
the Milwaukee dispatches, He is a
laundryman who left here about a
month ago. He has a wife and child.
The police are investigating his story.
Up TO late hour little had been
learned of Schrank. The information
that he formerly lived at $40 East
Tenth street was obtained from Mrs.
Steve Antko, who lives at No, 270 on
the same street. Mrs. Antko said the
description of the man who shot Roose-
Velt seemed to tally with that of the
man she knew. She said Schrank s wife
was conducting a laundry on avenue A,
but up to a late hour the woman had
not been located
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
FALSE CRITICS
|NFLA|NED WEAK
MIND, HE SAYS
Colonel, Despite the Painful
Wound, Makes Speech De-
nouncing Journalistic
Attacks on Him.
LETTERS PROVE HIS
ASSAILANT Is INSANE
Crowd Eager to Hang the
Assassin, but Colonel Re-
strains Them, Saying
He Is Not Hurt.
LETTERS PROVE HIS
ASSAILANT Is INSANE
Continued From Page One.)

colonel, raising his voice TO high
pitch. To hear him speak, with al
the vigor be has displayed in his whole
campaign. no one would have imagined
had he net known it, that the plucky
candidate carried a freshly fired oul
let. ,
platform and then TO the other, all the
time closely following the lines of his
prepared speech. As his talk was
mainly alon lines he has pursued IN
previous speeches in the middle west,
he knew it we'll enough to keep from
referring to his notes.
II do not care rap about being sno1,
not a rap said Colonel Roosevelt In his
speech tonight .
Friends he began. 'I shall have TO
ask YOU 10 be as quiet as possible. DO
ihat | have lust been shot, but II takes
more than that to kill a Bull Moose
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Defends Own Charges.

~ am not speaking for myself at all;
give you my word. I do not care a rap
about being shot, not a. rap 7 have
had a good many experiences in my time
and this is only ono of them,
What I do care for Is my country,
wish I were able TO Impress on our
people the duty TO feel strongly, but to
speak trutbfully OF their opponents, i
say now I have never said on the stump
would not defend in the library. 7 have
said nothing that I could not substan-
tiate and nothing I ought not TO have
said. nothing that, looking back. I would
not say again. | am all right "
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Pioneer Woman Dies.
,ociaI to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune. =.
BLACKFOOT. Idaho, Oct. Itmr, :
fliza beth Burrell. one Of the pioneer =, :,
idents OF this territory. passed aWsy n
terday at the home OF her daugnter :, :,
Ben boiling, at the age Of 90: hi, =,
rell was the widow OF Presto Sursrst
"a me west as a soldier under Genelau uo,
Sannor Sa,n and was for some years s'a.Irr ly,
~ oo'I.s Salt Lake city. Later Mr., burs
a, moved to this section. where he ,s,rs vas
Tvs in commercial and public aha1IT, LII,
tne t,me Of his death. Services w,m
held al the Baptist church to,nIyttis tins
I.ao p. NJ. the Rev, JeNel oi"''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
LETTERS SHOW THE
&SSASSIN INSANE

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct 14.-Tbeo-
dore Roosevelt was shot in the breast
here tonight by an unknown assassin
just as he was leaving the Hotel Gil
patrick for the Auditorium. The ex-
tent of his injury is unknown. With a
bullet in his body, Colonel Roosevelt
went to the Auditorium to make his
speech. He refused TO permit physicians
to examine the wound until he had
finished his address.
A written proclamation found on tho
clothing Of the man who did the shoot.
ing reads:
"September Is, 1912.
September is, 1901, 1:30 a. IN. In
dream 1 saw President Mckinley sit
up in a monk attire in whom L rec.
ognized Theodore Roosevelt. The dead
president said: This is my murderer,
evenge my death
"September 12, 1912, 1850 q. m,
while writing poem, some one tapped
me on the shoulder and said: Let not
murderer take the presidential chair
Avenge my death.
"I could plainy see Mr.. Mckinley Is
features.
"Before the Almighty God, I swear
this above writing is nothing but the
truth. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Identifies Assassin.

''He didD Z get me and | made my
Speech said the colonel with a smile.
Late tonight Stenographer Martin
went to police headquarters to identify
the prisoner. He gave one quick glance
at him and exclaimed:
"That S the man who fired the
shot,
Martin at once recognized the man
as having pushed his way through the
crowd at Saginaw, Mich, last Mon
day, when Roosevelt left the automo-
bile to go on to his train, The fellow
hinged at the ex-prcsident and Martin
threw him back with violent toss.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Blarnes Political Foes.

In an exclusive interview today Coz
ernor Carey placed the blame for I'd
outbreak upon political antagonist
that his political enemies had nd
stopped al melting the mutiuies in I'd
prison but had given protection TO til
escaped convlcts and had interfere
with the efforts Of the posses to recat
ture them. Under the old leasing syi
tenn, which he abolished, he said ce,
tain politicians Of Wyoming and Col<
rado had received munificent graft an
it was because OF the taking away
this source Of revenue from them thu
they had melted the coDvicts. many
whom were their friends, to open acf
OF violence in order to cast discredi
upon his administration. The COVE:
nor had no hesitancv in attaching III
blame in a great measure TO Robert
Forsythe and John Baird, two member
Of the state board of charities and col
rection, but IN exactly what manne
they had participated he refused 4
state, declaring that The investigation
which he had started would deterUiq
the facts in the case ''and place som
persons behind prison bars
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Wound Examined.

An examination OF the wound showed
that II had been made by bullet OF
large size II entered the fieshy part OF
the right breast. half way between the
collar bone and the lower rib. The ply
sicians found that they knew no more
after their examination than before as TO
the location of the bullet. and it was
decided to send for an X-ray machine TO
determine 10 what depth tho missile had
penetrate
While he was waiting for the X-ray
machine Colonel Roosevelt sat up on the
operating table and talked politics and
joked with the physiclans
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Eleven Men at Large.

Eleven convicts are still at large. TIL
are reported 20 have reached Sna
river. just over the line In Colorado.
effort has been made By Wyoming poss
to capture them. The men are W
armed. The convicts are divided, all
them making Tor the noted Hole In
Wall section a. the iuncture OF Col
RADIO. Wyoming and Utah.
The men have tcrrorized the count
through which they have passed, demau
ing food and firearms at every far
house they come across. No effort b
been made as yet by the sheriffs Of Roi
and Moffitt counties 10 run down
bandits.
Tomorrow a posse OF cowboys will
organized and hope TO capture them.
The Hole In the Wall was Arst ma
notorious by Black Jack Kstchum a
his gang. who de:ied the officers OF
three states for years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15

and Colonel Roosevelt stood gazing
rather curiously at the man who had al,
tempted his iifc before the stunned
crowd realized what was going on, Then
a howl OF rage went up.
Lynch him. kin HIM" cried hun
dred men Tho crowd pressed in on them
and Martin and Captain GIrard- who had
followed Martin over tho side Of the auto
mobile were caught with their prisoner
in the midst OF n struggling throng Of
maddened men. II seemed for tho mo-
ment that the assassin would be torn TO
pieces by the infuriatcd crowd, and IT,
was Colonel Roosevelt himself who Inter-
fcred on behalf Of the man.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Colonel Saves Assassin.

"The colonel saw the man was in dan
ger and 1t was his act which saved him.
He told the crowd TO stand back, and
they did. Captain Girard and I dragged
him into the hotel and turned him over
to the police.
We came back to the automobile and
started for the Auditorium AS we were
riding along, McGrath called the coloners
attention to a hole In his overcoat.
Colonel Roosevelt unbuttoned his coat
why, I'm bleeding, he said, ''but he
insisted that his wound was not serious
and that he must not disappoint the
crowd at the Auditorium. So we drove
on"
Martin exhibited the revolver which he
had captured from the assassin. 1t was
a large weapon. evidently newly pur-
cha sod OF 2S calihre
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
THREE CHINAMEN ANDl
WHITE MAN KlLLEl

NEW YORK. Oct l4.-Three Cnln
men and a white man were lnstans
killed and three white men were serlou
iv wounded in a shooting aftray IN Cnin
town today, - a
According to the police, members OK
On Leon tong appeared In front Q.
Hin sing tong headquarters and opsnl
Are. A fusilade from members Oh Ill III
clans Followed. The white man ~.
and the three injured were oysta"os'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Starts for Auditorium.

After dinner Colonel Roosevelt went to
his room on the second floor Of the hotel,
and shortly before 8 o'clock he started
for the Auditorium. His automobile
stood in front Of the door and about IL
was a crowd of several hundred per-
sons, who were waiting to catch q
glimpse OF the colonel as he started off,
With the colonel were Philip Roose-
welt, young cousin, Mr.. Cochems, MT,
Martin and Captain Girard. Tho crowd
pressed close about the colonel and gave
a cheer.
As the party reached the automobile
Colonel Roosevelt's companions stood
aside and he stepped into the car
Martin entered directly behind him and
sat on the farther side OF the car
Colonel Roosevelt stood up, waving his
hat In answer to the cheers Of the crowd
The would-be assassin was standing IN
tho crowd few feet from the automo-
bile. He pushed his way to the side Of
the car and, raising his gun, fred
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
BLAMES PEOPLE |
OUTSIDE Of THE,
PRISON WALL!
Governor Carey of Wyt
ming Declares Outbreaks
of Convicts at Rawlins
Due to Antagonism.
BY Interna tional News Service

BY International News Service.
IN AWLINS. Wyo., Oct. l4.-DecIa
- irg that the prison outbrea.
IN of Saturday and Sunday,
which twenty,seven of the mo
desperate convicts in the Institute
made their escape was directly d,
to "the actions of people outside Il
prison walls and that the prisone
received aid inside the prison by ci,
zens whom he said he hoped To pla
behind prison bars, "where they b
long was the accusation made I
night by Governor John NJ. Carey at
mass meeting of citizens here.
Township people thronged the Ia
and in actions and words condemn
Governor Carey's administration, d
claring that the leniency with viii
the prisoners have been treated "
! the cause of the outbreak.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Caught in Portland.

PORTLAND. Or, Oct, 14,-Russell
Harris. a convict who escaped from
penitentiary at Rawlins, Wyo., Aug
81, with Pope Tyrel. Stephen Brown Z
Clarence Amsbary. was arrested q
early today. Harris, describing vari.
incid gnts Of the prison life az Rawli
declared "rd rather serve a life term
decent Jail than go back there.
sold conditions there drove the boys
the recent outbreak Harris was So
irg a term for robbery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Wilson Distressed.

"It Is with the greatest distress that
hear this" said Governor Wilson. but
I rejoice that Colonel Roosevelt. apparent
y has escaped serious injury"
Colonel Roosevet's SON, Theodore, Jr.,
heard OF the attack OH his father late
tonight and hurried to Progressive head
quarters TO meet his mother and walt
details from Milwaukee.
Mrs. Roosevelt probably will leave for
Chicago tomorrow. George p, Roosevelt,
a cousin OF Colonel Roosevelt, made this
announcement late tonight, saying the col
onel's wife would spend the rest Of the
night at his Fifth avenue home,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Talks of His Duty.

'1t was just as when ! was colonel of
my regiment. l always felt that pri-
vatc was 10 be excused for feeling at
times some pangs of anxiety about his
personal safety, but ] cannot understand
man nt 10 be a colonel who can pay
any heed to his personal safety when lie
with the absorbing desire to do his duty.
81 am in this cause with My whole
heart and soul: believe in the Progress
siVe moyemept--a movement for the bet
termeut Of ma nkind, the movement for
making life little easier for all our
people, q movement to try to take the
burdens of the men. and especially the
women In this country. who are most
oppressed. ] am absorbed in the success
OF that movement. I feel uncommonly
proud of belonging TO that movement
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Not Known in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. l4.-The
would-be assassin of Colonel Roosevelt
who wrote notes Oh stationery of the
Bismarck hotel here, never registered
at that place under that name. The
hotel has no writing room and station
cry is procured only from the clerk. so
it is believed probable Schrenk might
have stayed at the hotel recently I'm,
der another name. No one at the hotel
rememhers q man of his description.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
81 Am Sincere" He Says.

Now. would not speak to you insn-
cerely within FIVE minutes of being shot.
/ am telling you the literal truth when
/ say that my concern is for many other
things. It is not In the least for my
own life.
II want you 10 understand that ] am
ahead of the game anyway. No man
has had happier life than ] have had.
2 happier life in every way. / have been
able to do certain things that | greatly
wished TO do, and | am interested In DO
Ing other things. | can tell you With
absolute truthfuness that I'm very much
runinterested In whether am shot or not.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Ordered From Hotel:

"He 3 at dinner and you cam see
him. returned the clerk curtly as he
critically surveyed the caller.
"Well, I've got to see him. mum
bled the stranger. "I've got to see
him.
The clerk bluntly ordered the unwel-
come visitor from the hotel and he
shuffled out. He evidently waited
around the street in throng that hung
around to see the colonel as he left for
the Auditorium.
1t was shortly before o'clock when
the ex-president, to the cheers of the
waiting throug, walked out Of the hotel
and stepped into touring car. He
had Just got into the tonneau and
turned around to sit down when from
the opposite side of the car, facing the
street, came fash and loud report.
Leaning over the car was the i'll
visaged stranger, who had shuffed, an
hour before, into the hotel looking for
the colonel In his hand was smok,
ing revolver. After firing the first
shot, the would-be assassin leveled the
weapon again at Roosevelt and was
about to fire again when Martin, the
e1-president stenogaPher, a strap.
ping fellow, leaped at him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Shot Is Fired.

Martin caught the flash OF the revolver
as the shot was fired. and leaped over
ans a wsy secoco bareS
moved as the shot WAS fred. Before
the crowd knew what had happened.
Ma rtin, who Is ak feet tall and a former
football player. had landed squarely on
tho assassin's shoulders and had borne
him TO the ground. He threw his right
arm about the mans neck with a. death
the hand that held the revolver. In
another second he had disarmed him.
Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly looking
on as though nothing had happened.
Martin picked the man up as though he
were a child and carried him the few
feet which separated them from the car
almost to the side OF the colonel.
him, colonel.
All this happened within a few seconds
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Jumps ON Assassin.

Martin knocked the revolver from
the fellows band as he crossed his
hand to the trigger The revolver,
failing to go off, fell into the street.
Colonel Lyon jumped from the automo-
bile and gripped his wiiry hands about
the neck Of the man whom Martin had
felled, Lyon choked the shooter, and
was for finishing him on the spot.
| Colonel Roosevelt had fallen back
against the cushioned seat of the auto
mobile when the shot struck him,
Hastily jumping up he called out to
Lyon. "Don't hurt him. Let me talk
to him.
needed. Lyon. with Martin and Cap
tain Gerard. the rough rider, dragged
the shooter through the startled crowd.
which set up cries of 'fLynch him!"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15
Note in His Pocket.

Another note found in the man s
pocket reads:
$50 long as Japan could rise to the
greatest power of the world despite her
surviving tradition more than two
thousand years old, as General Nogi
80 nobly demonstrated, it is the duty
of the United States of America to up
hold the third term tradition. Let ev-
cry third-termer be regarded as a
traitor to the American cause. Let it
be the right and duty Of every citizen
to forcibly remove a third, ,termer
Never let a third-term party emblem
appear on the official ballot.
"I am willing to die for my country
God has called me to be his instrument
so help me God.
(signed) "INNOCENT GUILTY"
"a strong tower is our God"
(Tbe last sentence is In Germany
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15

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Price, 25c, soc and sl.00 per bottle.
Sold by Schramm-J ohnson, Drugs, five
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-15

Salt Lakers In New York.
Special 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Oct 14.-MartiniQue. L.
v, Sheaver; Imperial. f, w. Short,