The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-15
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am 36 years old I came to this country with my parents when g years old and have been engaged in the sa- loon business either as proprietor or enploye almost all my life.
 'I have been personally acquainted with Roosevelt ever since he was police commissioner of New York. l was first attracted to him as a politi- elan when the convention met in Chi cago. I didn't think of him seriously as a menace to the country until he cried Thief at that convention. l looked upon his plan to start third party as a, danger to the country.
 ed through much reading, convinced me that he was engaged in a danger ous undertaking. I was convinced that if he was defeated at. the fall election he would again cry Thief and that his action would plunge the country into a bloody war decided, after
 to put him out of the way-s As soon
 as I had a. dream in which Former President Mckinley appeared to me. ! was told in this dream that it was not Czolgocz who murdered him but Roosevelt. Mckinley, in this dream, told me that his blood was on Roose- killed him so that he might become president. I was more deeply impress ed by what read in the newspapers.
 ssOn Sept. 21, decided at the White House Hotel, in New York, on the first steps to kill Roosevelt. had $500
 went got to Charleston and I left my bag at the E1OSlToy E1OuSe.
 sNot being able to carry out my plans in Charleston, proceeded to
 Atlanta, Evansville, Ind, Indianapolis sand Chicago but I failed to get the
 waited for Roosevelt at the Northwes-
 tern railway station but he did not
 to get him but he went out of another
 entrance. During all this time was
 travelling under the name of Walter
 Rose On Saturday, I decided that I
 newspapers and learning that Roose>
 welt was going to stop at the Gi1pat-
 rick. I made ready to shoot him.
 Schrank admitted to newspapermen.
 today, that he does not care what becomes of himself and reiterated his statement that he was sorry his bull let had not put an end to the third party leader. A5 st i T am not worried about what. they are going to do with me-" the pris- oner said that is the most trivial ry that my intentions were not req 1ized and that I failed to kill Roose- welt. I can stand the consequences
 of lrny act. No man has a right to a. third term.a
 Schrank talked freely. to newspaper men and, Jail attaches, today. Asked if he had ever had a sweetheart. he i'm. mediately stated that. he had and her name was Elsie zeigler, but he
 added:
 eShe went down on the General Slocurn and have never felt right since.''
 The would-be slayer related the vfr- tues of Elsie Zeigler, who he said was a beautiful girl and whom he. had planned to marry when everything was right
 = Have you every had another sweet heart?'' asked a reporter Mo- said Schrank, that would not be right to Elsie.''
 .sWhen she went down on the Gen eraI slocun, I thought of suicide and did not know how I could live with ont her., he continued. 7''I resolved to be true to Elsie and have never had another sweetheart.''-
 r:.Schrank told jail officials, today. that he was hungry. A plate of saul sage was brought and cup of cOf- of the food and left it untouched saying that his appetite had failed him.