The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-16
POLICE TRANSCR|bE THE CONFESSION OF SCHRANK ID CHIEF Explains Ideas Which Led Up to Attempt to Kill
 The Colonel TELLS OF HIS DREAM
 ABOUT M'KINLEY Says He Believes Country Is Facing Civil War to Keep Colonel
 Roosevelt From Having
 Third Term

Roosevelt From Having
 Third Term
 Milwaukee. october 15-The police to- night completed the work of transcrib- ing the confession of John Schrank, given to Chief of Police Jannsen last night The detailed confession is as follows; Q. What object did you have in follow ing around and trying to meet Theodore Roosevelt?"
 A. Well. because I have been reading history and following up history and have seen that this man Roosevelt Is trying to break one of the old time estab- lished traditions of the country, calling 1t a third term, which he has no right to. He can create a third party and create all the offices. but to, nominate himself and I think that 1t is absolutely neoes- sary to establish now and have the third term tradition to exist and not be vio- lated by anybody"
 Q. "Well. what did you have in mind to do when you went around in these different places?'
 A. ''I had in mind to meet him and he escaped me every time. He escaped me in Atlanta and Chattanooga
 Q. He escaped what?"
 A. He has not come the way I ex- pected; he did not come the way I ex- pected. If he goes in hall today and speaks in a hall and he come in this way or that way, he goes out a different way and the man got away" e. What did he escape from?"
 A. From the places I wanted to meet him..
 Q. Why did you want to meet him?''
 Wanted to Kill Him
 A. Because I wanted to put him out of the way; a man that wants third term has no right to live"
 Q. That is, you wanted to kill him D.. A. 'I did"
 Q. Have you any other reason in wanting to kill hlm?'
 A. 'I have"
 e. What is that?'
 A. 'I had dream several years ago in which Mr. Mckinley appeared to me and told me that MT. Roosevelt was prac- tically his real murderer and not Czolgoz or whatever his name was; Mir. Roose-
 
 the real murderer of President McKin- ley in order to get the presidency of the United States, because the way things were at that time he was not supposed to be President, all the leaders did not want him; that's the reason they gave him the vice presidency, which Is political suicide; that's what | am sore about, to think Mr. Mckinley appeared to me in a dream and said: This is my murderer and nobody else '' Q. Did you speak with anybody in New York about this before you left?'' A. No, sir Q. You .made your mind up all your self"
 Owns Property in New York A. Yes. because l am alone, although own property in New York; Q What property?'' A. 'I own property at 493 East Eighty first street"
 @. What does it consist of?"
 A. Tt consists of an apartment house with 10 tenants; it is estimated at s25, ,OoO :" O. Did you attend any political meet ings in New York before you left?' A. 'I attended several, yes, sir; ever since I was coming across the country: attended political meetings in Evansville Ind, of the three political parties" |. e. "Who furnished you with funds that
  A. q beg your pardon. l was just tell ing you l have property and had the money"
 Q Did you ever meet Czolgoz or know him in his lifetlme?"
 A. No. sir; no, sir.''
 Q. "Did you know John Most when he was alive?" A. No, sir"
 e Did you ever hear him talk?"
 A. No, sir"
 Q Did you hear Emma Goldman"
 Not an Anarchist
 A. No. sir: I am not an anarchist or socialist or democrat or republican,; I just took up the thing I thought it was best to do'' c. You are not member of any party"
 A. No, sir. l thought there should be an example of the third term if 1t should exist any longer. MT. Grant was refused and he was satsfitd. This man vas refused and he is not satisfied. It's gone beyond limits. If he keeps on doing this after election he can't pos sibIy carry a solid western state The next thing we will have civil war be- cause he vii say, The scoundrels and thieves and crooks stole my nomination and now they will steal my election, and they will take up arms in all the western states. We are facing a civil war just to keep him In third term in an illegitimate place"
 Q. Where did you get all this idea from?"
 A. q have been reading history all the time"
 c. You don't find that anywhere in history that they stole his nomination ard are going to steal his election" A. q don't have to read that in his- tory. You must know in the Chicago convention 1t was in every paper ev- .erybody could read it.'
 Q You read it in the paper, then?"