Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-17

1t the station. entered an automobile
and was driven to the hotel. He took
dinner in private dining room on the
main floor with the members of the
party on his private car.
LEFT HOTEL AT EIGHT.
After dinner Colonel Roosevelt went to
his room on the second floor of the hotel
and shortly before eight o'clock he started
for the Auditorium. His automobile stood
In front NJ the door and about IL was a
big crowd. waiting to catch q glimpse
Of the colonel az he started off.
With the colonel were Philip Roosevelt.
q young cousin. Mr.. Cochens. Mr..
and Captain Girard.
The crowd pressed close about the
colonel and gave a cheer as he appeared.
As the party approached the automobile
Colonel Roosevelt's companions stood
aside and ne stepped into the car. Martin
entered directly behind him, and sat on
the further side Of the car.
Colonel Roosevelt stood up, waving his
hat in answer to the cheers of the crowd
The assassin was standing in the crowd
a few feet from the automobile. He
pushed his way to the side Of the car
and raising his gun fred.
Martin caught the flash. and leaped over
the car a second after the bullet sped on
Its way
MARTIN FEELS ASSASSIN.
Colonel Roosevelt barely moved as the
shot was fired. Before the crowd knew
what had happened. Martin, who Is six
feet tall and a former football player,
Lad landed squarely on the assassin s
shoulders and had borne him to the
ground. He threw his right arm about the
mans neck with a deathlike grip and
with his left arm. seized the hand that
held the revolver. In another second he
bad disarmed him.
Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly looking
on. as though nothing had happened. Mar
tin picked up the man 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.
Here he is." said Martin, look at him.
colonel" All this happened within few
second and Colonel Roosevelt stood gaz-
ing rather curiously at the man who at
tempted his life before the stunned crowd
realized what was going on. Then howl
OF rage went up.
Lynch him! XIII him." cried a
hundred men. The crowl pressed IN
on them ana Martin and Captain c.
rard. who had followed Martin over
the side OF the automobile. were
caught with their prisoner in the
midst Of a struggling throng of mad
dened men. 1t seemed for the mo-
ment that he woull be torn to pieces
by the Infatuated men. and It was Col
onel Roosevelt himself VINO inter-
vened in his behalf.
ROOSEVELT SAVES THE MAN.
He raised his hand and motioned to
the crowd to fall back. stop. stop!"
he cried. ."stand back; don't hurt him.
The men in the crowd at frst were
not disposed to heed his words but at
length fell back and permitted Martin
and Girard to carry tine man into tho
hotel After n short struggle. the as
sassin gave UP AMI was carried with
out resistance out Of the reach of the
|crowd.
Are you hurt. colonel" a hundred
voices called out
"Oh, no.. he responded with a
smile. Missed me that time. I'm
not hurt a bit"
II think we'd better be going on,
he said to the other members of his
party, "or va will be late"
No one In the party including Col
onel Roosevelt himself entertained thu
slightest notion that the colonel had beer
shot. He felt no shock or pain at thu
time and II was assumed that the bulle
went wild. AS soon as Colonel Roosevelt
had assured himself that the assassin wa'
safe in the hands Of the police, he gav'
orders to drive on to the Auditorium.
They had driven hardly one of the foul
blocks from the hotel to the Auditorium
| when John McGrath. another Of Colone
Roosevelt's secretaries. uttered a sharI
| exclam ation and pointed to the colonel''
breast.
Look. colonel" he said. there is :
hole in your overcoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down. saw thu
| hole. then unbuttoned the big brown
| army coat which he was wearing ant
| thrust his hand beneath it When h
| withdrew 1t, his fingers were stained will
blood
Colonel Roosevelt was not at all dis
mayed by his discovery.
TT looks as though had been HIT" h
said, but 1 don't think 1t Is anything Sc
| rious."
| DR.. Scurry Terrell OF Dallas. Texas
Colonel Roosevelts physician, who hal
entered the automobile Just before i
started off, insisted that the colonel re
turn to the hotel. He would not hear o
IL, however, and the car was driven OF
to the Auditorium.
As soon as they reached the buildin
Colonel Roosevelt was taken into
dressing room and his outer garment
were removed Or. Terrell with the he'll
of DR.. John Stratton OF Milwaukee ant
DR.. 8. s. sorenson Of Racine. Wis. VIII
were in the audience and came to tn
dressing room on call from the plat
form, made a superficial examination O
the wound. They agreed that 1t was i'm
possible to hazard a guess as to the ex
tent of the colonel's injuries and tina
he should ty all means 60 at once to
hospital.
WILL SPEAK OR DIE. HE SAYS.
IT will deliver this speech or die. on
or the other" was the colonels reply.
| Despite the protests Of his physician
the colonel strobe out of the dressing
room and on to the stage. large crowd
packed into the big building. cheere'
loudly as he entered and without wor'
to indicate what had happened went t
his seat. For several minutes, the crowd
no man of whom suspected that tn
colonel bore a bullet in his body. KEEP
up its cheering.
| Then Mr.. Cochens stepped to the from
of the platform and held up his hand
There was something in his name
| which had its effect upon the crow
| ouA <ha cheerinp died sliddeulv aUay