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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-03
A LAKELAND NAN WHO
BOUGHT an 1LnsTEE

The Times-Union oE Friday has
the following communications from
Hon. ). L. Morgan of this city. Re-
ferring to the part Az TOOK with his
regiment in the battle of 0luatee,
Of special interest now in view 81
the near approach Of the day when
the monument will be unveiled on
that field BY the Confederate veter-
ans Of Florida:
Editor Times-Union d copy
et your paper issued some time about
tho list Of July, there appeared j
mrite-up Of the battle Of olustee Civ
ing what ] suppose was Intended to
be detailed report Of All the ciffer-
ent Confederate commands engaged
therein; but, from some cause. tae
article failed to mention Fourth
Georgia cavalry In Sundays paper,
sept. 20, appears another partial
write-up which takes notice Of Col.
Smith and his cavalry, but It too
fails to make mention Of the Fourth
Georgia.
Now, il you arc making history, !
beg to state that the Fourth regi-
ment 81 Georgia cavalry was there.
col. D. Il. clinch il command, and
was engaged with the enemy from
early III the morning until victory
was won. COL. Clinch was, however,
shot through the leg about 8ss0 p.
M, after which Capt Brown assumed
command
For the satisfaction Of any one
who may desire to know tho source
of my information. ! beg to state
that was member Of the Fourth
Georgia cavalry; was with the regi-
ment until some time in the after
noon when, the engagement having
become general. was ordered to take
First platoon Of Troop 6 to left Of
Infantry line and act as fankers.
Was later reinforced by squad Of
cavalry under sergt. c. G. Buchanan,
now Of Wayeross, Ga. ! win say
further, and for the purpose az
above, that commanded the out
posts after the battle until The dawn
81 the following day. when the cav
airy having moved forward, I drew
Ia my posts ana we were with the
cavalry following up the enemy all
day and until late at night.
So far as ! know ! am the only
commissioned officer OF the regiment
now living and for this reason have
taken it on myself to write you q
few facts connecting the Fourth
Georgia with the battle Of 0lustee.
IF the publications named IN the
foregoing are intended to form any
part Of the records Of the battle Of
Olustte, I desire this letter. or such
portion Of it as may be necessary to
do justice to the Fourth Georgia cav
airy. to be applied in like manner;
but if the said publications viii not
form any part Of the records Of the
battle, beg that you viii simply
consign this letter to your waste
basket. Yours very truly,
81. K. MORGAN.
Lakeland. Sept SO"
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va Ara Authorized to Annonnce


LII p r. cA4A4H
as candidate for mayor. city Of
Lakeland, primary election, oct "A,
1912 Respectfully solicits the snp-
port Of the voters
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large, city Of Lakeland. primary cleo
ton Oct I'll 1912. Your votes and
support viii be appreciated
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We Are Authorized to Announces
N. Al. HIGGINS

as candidate for Councilman-at-
large, city Of Lakeland, primary cleo
ton, oct. "a, 1912 The support Of
the voters viii Be appreciated
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NOTICE.

have rented space IN e. S. Nc
CIashan's store. next door to the
postoface where I will be ready on
Monday next to receive work from
my old, as well as new customers
Shoes soled ana heeled and ali kinds
Of repairing done.
9-S0-6p-1w PHILIP FISCHER.
SET STRAWBERRIES; plant fall
gardens. See D. B. Dickson. 1O-S-17
DRESs AEING
done at home. Satisfaction guaran-
teed The Misses Yarnall. Address
41s Lake Ave-. corner Lime st.
10-2-2p.
LOST On Sunday afternoon, Be.
tween sos South Missouri avenue
and Mr. Higgins easaence. an ola
style revolving pin. Finder return
to sos South Missouri avenue, and
receive reward. 10-2-tf.
PLANT beans, Irish potatoes, peas,
lettuce beets, turnipa etc Fresh
seed. b. b Dickson 10-4-11
WANTED Position as etenogra-
pher or Office girl Have had lit.
tie experience IN both. Age 81 Have
taught three terms. willing to com
Taence with moderate salary Must
have work at once Address Ruth
Thorp, Auburndale. Fla 1o-s-5p.
ONION seed and sets, seed rye and
other seasonable seeds. D. B. Dick
son, 10-s-17
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Phone 25S Red for quick delivery.
9-14-1mo.
ONION seed and sets, seed rye and
other seasonable seeds q B. Dick
son. 1O-4-1f
The Famous Boy Scout and Ex-
celsior shoes for boys and little
gents. sold at Bailey's 9-26-tf,
WOOD you ike some wood. Phone
25S Red.
Best stationery at lowest prices In
in town Lakeland Book store.
7-24-tf
If you want to be the best dressed
ioan in town, be sure to buy a Royal
tailored suit If It don't fit and il
not perfect, don't take It.
go. MURRELL & SHARP
LooK-A fine chance for tic
right man to raise truck, Everything
furnished. Fine land, T. H. Fiscn-
er, north end Scott lake.
o~30-4p-1w
FERTILIzE Use good, tried and
true brands See D. B. Dickson.
1O-sr17
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We Are Authorized to announce
II. b. MENDEnIEfAIT

as a candidate for councilman-at-
large He will appreciate the sup
port Of all who believe him to be able
to fill his position satisfactorily
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We &c AnthoElEad 70 Annonnce


as q candidate for councilman-at-
large city Of Lakeland. primary cleo
ton. Oct. q, 1912 WIN appreciate
the support Of the voters.
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FOR RENT Three unfurnished
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street. 10-2-St.
NOTICE.
TWO FURNISHED ROOMS In
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avenue. 9-2-tf.
FOR RENT One or two nice cool
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FOR RENT.
Three furnished rooms for light
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FOR RENT Turnisneu rooms,
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FOR RENT one nice furnished
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9-1O-ts
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q c no
POLITICAL ANNOUNCED INT
- 4
FOR MAY0R

we are Authorized So Announce
JOHN MCKEE
candidate for mayer. city ~
leland. primary election Oct a.
Ii the race to win. and win appre
ciate your support.
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We are Authorized to Announce
r.. COUNCIL

as candidate for councilman-at-
large. city Of Lakeland. primary cleo
ton, Oct. 1t. 1919. The support Of
the voters viii be appreciated.
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We Are Authorized to Announce
G. +. KENNEDY
as a candidate for Councilman-at-
large, city Of Lakeland, primary cleo
ton. Oct. 81, 1912 He will appre-
ciate the support Of the voters.
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NAM PLUMBINe AND


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SET STRAWBERRIES; plant fall
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SEVERAL nice front rooms and
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Henry Bacon. 9-26-tf
BAILEY has just received big
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PLANT beans, irish potatoes. peast
lettuce, beets, turnips. etc Fresh
seed. D. B. Dickson. 1O-S-17
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DRE0 kKTN

SET STRAWBERRIES: plant fall
gardens. See D. B. Dickson. lO-s-17
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done at home. Satisfaction guaran-
teed The Misses Yarnall Address
419 Lake Ave-, corner Lime st.
n . -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
Would-Be Slayer a Peaceful Property Owner at
Times and Maniac at Others

NEW YORK, oct. John Schrank,
who tried to assassinate ex-President
Roosevelt In Milwaukee Monday even
ing was in his early days in this coun-
try an ardent admirer of Herr Most, the
anarchistic Socialist. When Most was
arrested and sent to Blackwelrs Island
few years ago, Schrank became his
open and ardent disciple. preaching in
St Marks place on The Rights Of the
DoWntrodden" When Most died
Schranll tried to start fund for a
monument to the anarchist
In the lunch room at the White House
hotel AT No 1856 Canal street. where
Schrank lived for. a time, were found
photographs Of Presidents Lincoln
Garfield, Mckinley and Roosevelt
AT The Homestead" No. 14S Cooper
street Brooklyn, where Schrank lived
for several years. he never ceased to-
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premises became his property upon the
probating of Dominick Flammang's VIII
Sohrank Is John FIammang."
visit by reporter to the Cooper
street address of John Flammang' dis
closed the fact that he and John
Schrank were the same person. There
is a three story hotel there known as
The Homestead" and its proprletors
are two brothers, Herman and John
Laninger. Herman Laninger said ne
knew Schrank well. He outlined some
interesting details of the life in Brook
lyn Of Colonel Roosevelt's assailant
"Schrank was always a fine fellow
around here" said Herman Laninger
He spent much time in what we call
the public room. part Of the barroom.
He never drank to excess and always
seemed tractable and friendly enough
with those that frequented the room He
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talk about President Mckinley and his
assassination. 1t was the one subject
which always opened Schranks gloom
uttering mouth.
Until last January Schrank seemed to
have plenty of money, having inherited
the entire estate of his uncle. Dominick
Flammang. But last February he went
TO work. as lunchman and porter in a
Brooklyn saloon for 50 a week After
four weeks work he cult and then sued
the saloon keepers for $1i. When Judge
Strahl decided the case against him
Schrank wrote him a threatening let
ter, in which he told Judge Strahl that
he was the oppressor OF the poor peo-
pie and rich mans Judge" and that
he (Schrank) had been appointed" 70
even the poor peoples score against
Judge Strahl.
In Schrank's quarters were a numbet
of cartoons from various anarchistic
and Socialistic organs tending to show
that this is rich mans country" "A
poor man can not get justice here, "
Down with the rich" and many others
of that nature on which Schrank fed
his eyes daily.
Sole Heir of Aunt.
Schrank was the nephew of Mrs
Dominick Flammang The Flammangs
executed a joint will or February rs.
1906. which not only made Schrank the
executor of their estate. but also their
sole heir This will was admitted to
probate by Surrogate Cohalan on March
II, 1911. Dominick Flammang having
died on February 1911, two years
after his wife's demise
Part of the property conveyed to
| Schrank upon the death of Dominicll
Planning, who was better known UNI
der the Americanized spelling of F'lem-
ing. was the five-story tenement house
at No. 433 Eas Eighty first street
Schrank stated in Milwaukee that in a
valse left at a Charleston, s. c.. hotel
could be found the deed to this house.
and that It was valued at $500
A search of the records in the tax
department has showed that the prop
erty is still listed under the name OF
/ Dominick t'lammang. The property is
appraised at $4,000 and carries a mort
gage OF $4,000, taken out on December
! 49, 1908. with the Title Guarantee and
! Trust Company.
1t has been learned that the interest
payments on this mortgage had always
been made promptly by a John Flam-
mang. who gave his address as No 14S
| Cooper street Brooklyn. Neither the
tax office nor the Title Guarantee and
| Trust Company has ever had any deal
ings with John Schrank under that
name although the Eighty first street
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17

you owe me- l did not know what he
was talking about. l said: We don't
owe you any $11 or any other money.
Get out of here
" oh, yes, you do he said, you hired
me for So a week and owe me 81 more
for allowances, and l want that extra
weeks wages and the 81 more Get
out of here. and get out while the going
is good told him. He left, muttering,
and saying he was going to sue US.
Judge Threw Out Case.
Sure enough, he went on March to
the municipal court on Gates avenue
and by swearing he was not worth more
than 500 he got a free summons for
Havestroh and me. He sued us for the
81 he had demanded from me. He got
two summonses and he served one of
them on me, but he never served Have
stroh."
The unserved summons for Have
stroh was found yesterday by the po-
lice in the pocket of an old suit Of
Schrank's clothes in his former quar-
,ers at No. 156 Canal street. 1t helped
Inspector Faurot's men to trail
Schrank's movements in part, which
they did in answer to request of that
nature from Chief of Police Thompson
of Milwaukee.
The case was set down by Judge
Jacob f. Strahl for March IS" Thur
mann said, "and after trial, in which
Schranks conduct showed he was
either a crazy man or well on his way
to being one, Judge Strahl threw the
case out of court, deciding 1t in our
favor"
Thurman referred the reporter to
Harold A. Seaton, an attorney at No.
373 Fulton street, Brooklyn, in whose
charge the saloon keepers case had
been. Mr.. Seaton told of Schrank's
frequent visits to his Office in an at
tempt TO force a settlement of his suit.
"Schrank is certainly crazy" Mr..
Seaton said. He got his summons re-
turnable on March IA and then the trial
was set for March %. Well. in those
two weeks he almost pestered me and
my employees TO death. He also fright
ened my stenographer SO badly | could
hardly keep her in the office for fear
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it is stated that all of the differences
had been reconciled except one, and
that is whether or not the carmen. as
whole, shall all go back to work OF
whether those under charges shall re-
main suspended until a board Of arbi-
tration either reinstates them or de-
clares them disqualified.
The carmen want all of the strikers
to go back while the company con-
tends that the men under charges, whe,
it is alleged, helped to destroy the
company's property during the strike
rioting, must not be reinstated until II
board of arbitration passes on theit
cases. There are about 20 men under
charges.
If the strike is not brought to an emo
today, Colonel NJ J. O'Leary probably
will ask that a regiment of troops be
sent here at once. and he will take
charge of the situation himself. Colo
mel OLeary says that the cars must rur
if the company is not at fault. and they
will be given ample protection. 1t !:
not believed here that the carmen VII
yield on the point of portion OF the
men going back. and ag eneral sympa'
thetic strike is threatened in the ever.
the military take charge Of the city.
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that Schrank would do her bodily harm.
HE would come around, sometimes as
many as three times a day, and yell at
me, L want this case settled / want
my money. I'll get that $11 or youll be
the worse for it, He seemed fearful At
that time that the case would be de-
cided against him.
well. l finally got pretty tired of
having him come in that way and caus-
ing such turmoil So l told him one
day that if I ever saw him around the
place again l would not only kick him
out, but would have him arrested and
see to it that he got a nice long SEN
tence to a place where he could make
threats and speeches to his hearts con-
tent. He never came into my office
again
A visit to Judge Strahl's home was
productive of evidence that Schrank
was not seized with his first impulse to
do harm when he assaulted Colonel
Roosevelt in Milwaukee Monday night
Three days after Judge Strahl had de-
cided his case against him Schrank
wrote the judge threatening letter.
Il remember this man Schrank very
We'll" said Judge Strahl. Not only
because of the Wildness of his state
ments in the court room last March,
out because of the threatening letter he
wrote me, dated March 81, He sent 1t
to my house here, at No. S07 Putnam
avenue, That fact showed me that he
was really a potential bad man. be-
cause he had gone to the trouble Of
looking up my private address rather
than sending me the letter to the court
house address he already knew
This letter was not signed by
Schrank, but ! knew it was from him
because of the handwriting and be-
cause he mentioned certain facts that
mad occurred in the court room when
heard his case. They were facts pecu-
liar to his case, because in no other case
had | had so much trouble to keep ii
complaining witness tied down to the
material facts.
"Miseducated," Says Judge.
81 was not very much impressed by
Schrank in the court room. He seemed
to me at times to be very weak and at
others to be extremely arrogant. If I
may coin the word, he appeared to me
to be 'mseducated, to be a man who
had misapplied all he had learned fror,
his books. He was undoubtedly of a
studious turn Of mind.
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"FeW Men of Such
c aliber in Any Land

LONDON, oct. 11.-"The Heroic
mold" is the title under which Tho
Pail Mall Gazette voices its COM
ment upon the attempted assas sination
of Theodore Roosevelt and high tribute
was paid to the wounded American. 1t
said,
Not only the American people, but
the civilized world viii rejoice at the
escape Of Colonel Roosevelt from the
maniacal attack which has befalen
him, The amazing and chara cteristic
GOODNESS with which the ex-president
bore the assault and it's consequences
must touch every instinct which re.
spends to chiyalry and self-control.
The picture of a statesman insisting
on proceeding with his address, with
bullet freshly imbedded in his breast.
Is almost too staggeringly dramatic for
our British ideas to comprehend We
have not the atmosphere of new. hetreo-
genous, uncouth democracy which
would create such an inspiration.
But Colonel Roosevelt knows his
people, and he believes he is fighting a
battle of character against corruption
chance had come to give the world as
surance Of a man, and Roosevelt is a
man, let US take what views we may
of his methods. his temperament or of
his opinions The movement OF which
he has become the head represents the
craving OF the American people for
honesty, courage and decisive govern
ment in their affairs. They need a
Hercules to clean the Augean stables
of their politics and to cut the bonds
which strange both government and
Justice.
The scene which shows Colonel
Roosevelt first protecting his would be
slayer and then proceeding with his
unstaunched wound to deliver his ad
dress viii be stamped deeply upon the
retina of his countrymen. There are
few men in any land Of such caliber
and we may be sure that many thou
sands who had intended bestowing their
SURFACES elsewhere will now ask them
selves if it is we'll to pass him by"
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voted. He did not talk Socialism over
here at ALL
visit to the Flushing avenue saloon
of Havestroh & Thurman brought out
number of the peculiarities of
Schrank and his inability to stand
any kind of discipline. Thurman told
reporter his personal experiences
with Schrank.
I'VE got this man Schrank through
an advertisement. He started as lunch
man at SO a week, worked a week at
that, then we made him waiter, and
then, because he was too stupid or
clumsy to be a waiter we made him
lunchman again. He worked for us un-
til about March /.
ION March he came to me and said
he wanted his money and would quit
the job, as he was disguised with it,
He said we were knuckling him down,
and a poor man did not have even a
fair chance to earn a living.
When he came to our place he was
apparently down and out In fact, he
said he was all in, that he didn't have
a penny, and simply had to go to work
at anything he could get, although ne
was used to mental effort rather than
physical He tried to make us under
stand that he was a person in re-
duced circumstances wno deserved a
great deal more from this world than
he had got.
Thought Him Weaklins
Il always thought Schrank was a
weakling. OF course, l did not look
into his antecedents. You don't have
TO do that for lunchman or waiter.
But l figured it out that there must be
crazy streak in his family some
where. We took pity on him when he
fell down on his job here and let him
stay and fed him for couple of days
| beyond his time to quit.
But it got so that we just had to
turn him out. He was very abusive
| finally; he said we were grinding the
| lives out of our employees, and that
kind OF stun | wanted to hit him, but
he was such weakHng | did not have
the heart to do it.
After he had left us maybe two or
three days he came around one morn
| ing and said to me: I want that $11
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lived with us for two or three years up
to last January. and always paid his
rent promptly.
when Schrank left here last Janu-
airy he left a valise in which were sew
eral papers. Later on he returned here
1T was in February, l think-and left
some more papers. These papers have
been taken to police headquarters in
Brooklyn.
Some of these papers that | know
of were deeds to various pieces of prop
erty, probably some of the property he
inherited from his uncle, Dominick
Flammang others related to certain
mortgages on these properties; still
others were letters, some in German and
some in English.
HE Talked of Mckinley"
Although Schrank was a very quiet
man in his demeanor. he always talked
great deal of President Mckinley He
seemed to regret that President Nc
Kinley had been ASA ssinated as some
thing that he himself could have obvi-
ated. He was an ardent admirer of
Mckinley. He would talk about him
when no other subject of conversation
could start him going
Last February he came to me and
told me he was in financial straits that
his business affairs had gone very bad
ly. So he said he would have to go to
work at whatever offered itself He
answered a newspaper advertisement
was at No. 246 Flushing avenue, in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. 1t
is kept by Edward Havestroh and The
odore Thurman.
The last time | saw him was in
September, a little over a month ago.
He told me he had just borrowed 1850
from a friend but he did not tell me
what he was going to do, except that
he had to go away. He told me he had
been working as a translator on a
German newspaper, and was living at
No. 1856 Canal street.
l. AT that time he appointed me his
rent collector for the tenement house at
No 433 East Eighty-fir street, which
he said his uncle had left him. The
rents from that house amount TO $14S a
month.
Not Known as Voter.
"Schrank never seemed to me to be
man who would harm anybody. All
of his friends here were very much
startled to think that he had shot Colo
mel Roosevelt. Why. it was utterly I'M
| like anything we had ever dreamed of
him. He was never an ardent admirer
of any particular candidate. and, SO
far as | know. he never registered or
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AUGUSTUS PEACE
HANGS ON 20 MEN

AUGUSTA, GA, Oct. lit will be
known before this afternoon whether
Augustus street car strike is to end AZ
once or whether the men now striking
will remain out of the employ of the
company permanently.
The board of mediators submitted a
report last night to Chairman F.
Pope. of the citizens meeting, in which
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Cor motor ride through the parks to-