The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-15

The manuscript of his speech, a steel spectacle case and thick over and probably saved the co1onePs life. The speech and case were in the right hand breast pocket of his small coat. The bullet went through the thick wad of manuscript. clipped off an end of the case and entered the co1onel's body just beneath the 10th rib.
 pr. TerrilI, the physician travelling with Go. Roosevelt was indisposed, and had remained Vat the hotel. He was in his room on the fourth floor when he heard the shot and was told that somebody had been killed. The doc tor rushed from his room, lost his balance and fell down stairs. sustain demanded to know what was the mat ter when he reached the automobile.
 .'Oh nothing" replied Roosevelt
 The shooting of Roosevelt Is a story mer president. He insisted on speak ing before an audience at the Aud itorium, in Milwaukee, after the bull let had lodged in his body. The colonel had hardly begun to speak, last night. when an elderly lady in the crowd arose in her seat and Sa1d:<
 Colonel Roosevelt, please go back and let the doctors dress your wound
 With snap of his teeth the Colonel replied: Dear Madam, it is very nice of you. but I am not hurt If you saw me on horseback you would think I am pretty strong now
 IL E colonel. also interrupted him. VI
 Stop: begged the young man celonsl- He plunged into his attack of the two old parties. The bitter arraignment of his opponents contin-l wards the end, as the speaker grew weaker from loss of blood his tone changed and he interpolated new phrase in his parting sentence-an ap- s11 ri he 1n1r7 1af for goodness, charity, generosity, to bring nearer the day when social and industrial justice shall be achieved in this great land of ours.''
 Then having finished his speech, the colonel submitted to the entreaties of his friends and was taken from the Col. Roosevelt arrived at Milwaukee shortly before 6 o'clock last night. It had been planned to take dinner on his special car, but owing to the en- to 8 hotel.
 Afterward he was escorted to the J. Roosevelt, Ebert J. Martin and Col. Cecil Lyon, members of the colonel's party, accompanied him from the ho- tel and, contrary to the usuGl custom, allowed him to enter the machine first. | All had followed the colonel into the automobile and Roosevelt wasS stand ing in the tonneau for last greeting to the crowd when the shot rang out. The Bull Moose leader swayed slight | ly but, recovering himself, he, turned to Cochems and said, Not a word. They've missed me. Don't say a word.'' But Martin, the co1onePs stenOgraph- l CT, had already thrown himself upon
 the would-be assassin and borne him 1 to the ground. Col Lyon Jumped from the machine, followed COchenas and the two wrested the pistol from the hands 1 of the assaifant.
 | hundred was making a rapid advance ! upon Schrank. Cries of Lynch him, '' | ''kiH him. were raised, but Roosevelt | with a wave of his hand, urged the crowd to be quiet. Bring the man to
 me-" he said. Don't hurt him. 1 But Cochems, Martin and Captain A. i dragged their prisoner to the kitchen
 of the hotel and held him there until
 the local police took him to cell
 Roosevelt ordered the driver of the | machine to continue to the auditor | iun.
 Against the entreaties of his friends
 duced by Cochenns. who warned the | crowd that the colonel had met with
 an accident, but asked them not to
 worry as it was not serious.
 The colonel then began to sway to
 and fro from weakness, caused by his
 loss of blood, and the members of his
 from the place to the emergency hos
 pital.
 In. the meantime the would-be as
 sassn was taken to the police sta | ton. He gave his name as John
 Schrank, of New York.
 | ''Why did you shoot the colonel?, | he was asked.
 | s.I read the stories about him in the | New York World and the Herald D
 replied Schrank, -fand I thought it
 was wrong to seek another term. I l followed him from Montgomery and Chattanooga and Atlanta and all through the south waiting for a l chance.
 ''I have followed him since septem-
 Sept. 14 1900, is the date on which
 President Mckinley died, having been short by Czolgocz on Sept 6. 1 Schrank had s157 in his pockets, some
 newspapers and copy of Roosevelt s 1 itinerary on his present trip. He was | plainly dressed in gray check suit,
 was about 36 years old and showed | the effect of the strain incident to his | long pursuit of the colonel 1 Fearing that their prisoner would be 1 lynched, the authorities spirited him off to the county jail where he is now i held under heavy guard.
 At the emergency hospital, Roosevelt
 walked into the operating room unas- l sisted and submitted to an anesthetic. An x-Ray photograph showed the missile lodged against the wall of
 the chest on the right side and just l beneath the 10th rib. It was deemed advisable not to probe for the shot