The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-10-17

In the pockets of the prisoner were
found memoranda indicating that he
had been following the colonel for
weeks waiting his opportunity. The
first item in the schedule the man
had prepared was a Carolina speak.
ing date of Roosevelt for Septem-
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Twenty minutes after the shooting
a tremendous meeting was called to
order at the Auditorium Every square
foot in the great hall was filled.
Roosevelt arose to speak He was
smiling-but he was pale.
AN attempt has just been made to
kill me-" he said. Il am carrying the
bullet in my body now, and so will
have to cut my speech short"
You're child of destiny" cried
an aged woman who was seated near
the front.
Story Told by an Eyewitness.
One version OF the shooting was told
by Z. W Williams, a travelling sales
man, who declares that he was an
eyewitness to the attempted murder
Il was standing in front OF the Xii
patrick hotel" said Williams. with a
part OF the crowd which was waiting
for Colonel Roosevelt TO come out Of
the Fitzpatrick hotel An automobile
was standing in the street waiting to
receive the Roosevelt party, which
was guarded by a Gordon or police
Suddenly cheer went up and
word went from mouth TO mouth:
He's coming Hardly a second later
there was a fash, a sharp report, an
instant Of silence and then an angry
roar. Word came: Roosevelt has
been shot by u man named Gilchrist.
Immediately the cry went up;
Lynch him; he's a Socialist and q
number Of men ieaped upon the would
be assassin. His revolver was taken
from him and he was on the point OF
being severely beaten when the police
took him into custody"
Saw Colonel Fall Into Automobile.
Il saw Colonel Roosevelt fall into
the automobile, while his friends sup
ported him. The chauffeur was Or
dered TO drive away and the police
beat way through the crowd.
The shooting occurred about eight
O'Clock, just before the time for the
meeting at the Auditorium was SEIZED
uled.
Later l returned to my hotel, the
Plankinton, where / learned that Gil
christs bullet had only grazed the
colonel's left arm and that after he
had been given medical attention he
had proceeded to the Auditorium"
Moses Annenberg, a newsdealer at
the fitzpatrick hotel, who also saw the
shooting, said:
Colonel Roosevelt had just stepped
from the hotel into his automobile to
90 to the Auditorium to speak. A car
was passing. A Socialist stepped from
the rear platform as the car came
to a standstnl and fired two shots.
Neither took effect.
Colonel Roosevelt tried to break
from his machine and pursue the fel,
low, but two detectives grabbed him
and two others caught the man who
fired the shots. The crowd tried to
take the man from the detectives and
there were cries OF Lynch himl'
Shoot him with his own gum Other
police officers came 70 the rescue,
however, and the man vas taken 10
the police station"
Wilson Told Of Shooting.
Princeton, n. j., Oct l5.-When
Governor Wilson was told Of the re-
ported shooting q Colonel Roosevelt.
he asked the newspaper men for more
details and seemed relieved when he
learned that the colonel had not been
seriously injured
Il am greatly distressed to learn of
the shooting OF Colonel Roosevelt"
he said Il rejoice that the wound is
not serious"
Men outnumber the Women.
Washington, Oct l4.-There are