The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
ROOSEVELT WAS SHOT
Nv a Crank at Milwaukee on Menday
Evening. Bullet In Ms Chest.
Wound Not Dangerous One.
The Latest:

main absolutely quleC. <As pAS
cautionary measure to guard agalns'
lock-jaw, tetanus anti-toxine was ad'
ministered. No attempt Will Dc
made to probe for the bullet or re-
move it at this time.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 15-Colone
Theodore Roosevelt, former presl'
dent of the United States, was sho'
here by a man named John Schrenck
who is said to be a socialist, as ne
was entering his automobile to star'
for the Auditorium where he was tc
speak. The shooting occurred about
3 o'clock in front of the Hotel Gil
natrick, where the colonel had been
resting. A man named Albert ~
Martin pounced upon the would De
assassin and pinioned him to the
ground and afterwards turned him
over to the police.
Colonel Roosevelt was Wounded III
the breast, but the bullet was after.
wards found to have only penetrated
the outside wall of flesh, and while
It still remained in the body 1t Is
stated to have been but a superficial
wound.
The positive statement that Colo
mel Roosevelt was not injured SER
iouslv was made by DR.. Frank A.
Stratton, of Milwaukee, one OF the
physicians who examined the Colonel
saving there was no cause for alarm
as to the coloners condition.
"The wound was a superhciai
ore" said DR.. Stratton. "The bullet
is imbedded in the muscular tissue.
All that we did at the hospital was
to put on an antiseptic dressing.
"You may say Colonel Roosevelt
is not in a dangerous condition.
There is no truth that the bullet
penetrated the abdominal wal.
IF the bullet had reached his
lungs, it would have been evident,
and he would have coughing spells:
Colonel Roosevelt's life probably
was save by manuscript OF the
speech which he delivered. The bull
let struck the manuscript which re-
tarded, its force as, it passed through
the flesh.
The assassin was prevented from
firing second shot by Albert E.
Martin, one of Colonel Roosevelt,s
two secretaries. Colonel Roosevelt
had just stepped into an automobile
when the assassin pushed his way
through the crowd in the street and
fred. Martin, who was standing in
the car with the colonel leaped onto
the mans shoulders and bore him to
the ground. Captain A. o. Girard,
of Milwaukee, who was on the front
seat Jumped almost at the same time
and almost in an instant the man
was disarmed.
A. wild cry of lynch him went up
from the crowd. Colonel Roosevelt
spoke to the people and told them to
SPARE the assassin. The man was
taken into the hotel and held there
until he was removed to the pollce
station.
In spite of the entreaties of physi-
clans, Colonel Roosevelt insisted up
on delivering his address.
II will make this speech or die,
one or the other" he said.
Harry F. Cochem, one of the Wis
consin progressive leaders, told the
great crowd which had assembled in
the auditorium that Colonel Roose-
velt had been shot and asked the
people to be calm. The crowd was
thrown almost into a panic by the
announcement but Colonel Roosevelt
calmed the people by rising and as
suring them that he was not badly
hurt. .
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 foot ball player, had 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 death-like grip
and with his left arm seized the
hand that held the revolver. In an.
other second he had disarmed him.
Lynch him, kill him." cried q
hundred. men. The crowd pressed
in on them and Martin and Captain
Girard, who had followed Martin
were, caught with their prisoner in
the midst OF struggling throng of
maddened men.
The men in the crowd at first
were not disposed to heed his words,
but at length fell back and permit
ted Martin and Captain Girard to
carry the man into the hotel. After
q short struggle the assassin gave up
and was carried without resistance
out OF reach of the crowd.
.'Are you hurt, Colonel?" hun
dred voices called.
"Oh, no." he responded with a!
smile. Missed me that time. I'm
not hurt bit"
No one in the party, including
Colonel Roosevelt himself. enter
tanned the slightest notice that the
Colonel had been shot. He felt no
shnrk nr main at Qny time. and 1t
was assumed that the bullet went
wild.
.As soon as Colonel Roosevelt had
assured himself that the assassin
was safe In the hands Of the people
he gave orders to drive to the audi
tOrium.
they had hardly driven one Of the
-four blocks from the hotel to the
auditorium when John McGrath, an-a
other Of Colonel Roosevelts secre-
y