The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-15

| YER In another second he had dis
armed him.
Col. 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 colo
mel, Here he is" said Martin, look
at him, colonel"
All this happened within a few sec
onds and Col. Roosevelt stood gazing
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! Kill him!" cried a hun
dred men. The crowd pressed in on
them and Martin and it seemed for
the moment that the man would be
torn to pieces by the Infatuated men.
and it was Col. Roosevelt himself who
interviewed in his behalf.
| 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 first
were not disposed TO heed his words,
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Martin and Capt. Girard to carry the
man into the hotel. After a short
struggle the assassin gave up and
was carried without 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
bit"
Il think we'd better be going on"
he said to the other members of his
party, 'or we will be late"
No one in the party, including Col.
Roosevelt himself, entertained the
slightest notion that the colonel had
been shot. AS soon as Col. Roosevelt
had assured himself that the assassin
was safe in the hands of the police he
gave orders to drive on to the Audi
forum.
They had driven hardly one of the
four blocks from the hotel to the audi
forum when John McGrath, another
of Col. Roosevelt's secretaries, uttered
sharp exclamation and pointed to
the colonels's breast.
Look, Colonel" he said, there is a
hole in your overcoat."
Col. Roosevelt looked down, saw the
hole then unbuttoned the big brown
army coat which he was wearing and
thrust his hand beneath 1t. When he
withdrew it, his fingers were stained
with blood. Col. Roosevelt was not
at all dismayed by his discovery. 1T
looks as though | had been hit" he
said, but | don't think IL is anything
serious"
DR.. Seurry Terrell of Dallas, Tex,
Col. Roosevelt's physician, who had
entered the automobile just before it
started off, insisted that the colonel
return to the hotel. He would not hear
OF 1t, however. and the car was driven
on to the Auditorium. AS soon as
they reached the building Col. Roose-
welt was taken into a dressing room
and his outer garments were removed.
Physicians agreed that il was impos-
sible to hazard a guess as to the ex.
tent of the colonel's injuries and that
he should by all means go at once to
hospital.
Then Mr.. Cochems stepped to the
front of the platform and held I'D his
hand. There was something in his
manner which had its effect upon the
crowd and the cheering died suddenly
away. Il have something to tell YOU"
said Mr.. Cochems, land | hope you
will receive the news with calmness."
His voice shook as he spoke and a
deathlike stiffness settled over the
throng.
"Col. Roosevelt has been shot. He
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but such was the stiffness that every
one heard. A cry of astonishment and
horror went up from the crowd, which
was thrown into confusion in an ms
tant. Mr.. Cochems turned and looked
inquiringly at Col Roosevelt. Tell
us, are you hurt?"
Men and women shouted wildly.
Some Of them rose from their seats
and rushed forward to look more
closely at the colonel. Col. Roosevelt
rose and walked to the edge of the
platform to quiet the crowd He rails
ed his hand and instantly there was
silence. Its true" he said. Then
slowly he unbuttoned his coat and
placed his hand on his breast. Those
IN the front of the crowd could catch
sight OF the blood-stained garment.
I'm going to ask you to be very
quite, said Col Roosevelt, "and please
excuse me from making you a very
long speech. III do the best I can,
put see there is a bullet in my body.
But it's nothing. I'm not hurt badly"
A sigh OF relief went up from the
crowd and then an outburst Of tumul-
tuous cheering. Thoroughly treasured
oy the coloners action that he was in
no serious danger the people settled