The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

taries, uttered a sharp exclamation,
and pointed to the coloneIs breast.
Look, Colonel" he said, there Is
hole In your overcoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down,
saw the hole, then unbuttoned the
big brown army coat which he was
wearing and thrust his hand be-
meath it.. When he withdrew it, his
fingers were stained with blood.
Colonel Roosevelt was not at all
dismayed by this discovery.
1T looks as though ! had been
hit" he said, "but I don't think it's
anything serious"
Colonel Roosevelt began to speak
in firm voice, somewhat lower than
his usual tone and except that his
characteristic gestures were less en-
phatic than usual, there was nothing
about the man to indicate his condi-
ton. After he had been speaking a
few moments, however, his voice
sank somewhat, and he seemed to
stand rather unsteadily. DR.. Terrell
and Colonel Lyon stepped up to him
and the doctor insisted that he stop.
II am going to finish this speech
said the colonel emphatically. I'm
all right, let me alone"
Mr.. Martin, to whom Colonel
Roosevelt perhaps owes his life, told
the story of his adventure.
"I walked down stairs with the
colonel and out to the car he said,
"and had taken my seat before any
thing happened. AS Colonel Roose-
welt was standing in the car waving
his hat to the crowd, the flash of
metal caught my eye. did not
stop to think what was doing, and
before I really knew it, had jumped
over the side of the car and had my
arm around the mans neck. Every
thing seemed to happen at once.
There was flash, sound OF a
shot and was on the ground with
the man. I threw one arm around
his neck and held him fast. At the
same time I caught his gun hand
with my free hand and wrenched
the revolver from him. He strug-
gled for minute, but, in spite of the
fact that he was acting like a mad
man, he did not keep up the fight
long, and, with the help of Captain
Girard, l soon had him under con-
troll. .-r
II picked the man up and held
him where Colonel Roosevelt could
see him. ..
1.-The poor creature said the
colonel.
Schrenck had on his person a
complete description of the cOlOnePs
itinerary, which was written on the
back of sheet of note paper taken
from the Bismark hotel and cafe at
Nashville, Tenn.
A written proclamation found on
the clothing of the man who did the
shooting reads:
September Is, 1912.
September Is, 1901, 1880 a. m.
In a dream I saw President Nc
Kinley sit up in monks attire in
whom I recognized Theodore Ro0se-
welt. The dead president said,
This is my murderer; avenge my
DEATH
September H., 1912, 1880 a. m.
writing poem, some one
tapped me on the shoulder and said:
Let not a murderer take the presi
Dental chair. Avenge my death
II could see plainly Mr.. McKin-
ley's features.
Before the Almighty God, I
swear the above writing is nothing
but the truth"
Another note found in the mans
pocket read:
$50 long as Japan could raise to
the greatest power of the world, de-
spite her surviving a tradition more
than two thousand years old, as
General Nogi so nobly demonstrat-
ed, it is the duty of the United
States of America to uphold the
third term tradition. Let every
third termer be regarded as a traitor
to the American cause. Let it be
the right and duty of every citizen
to forcibly remove third termer.
Never let a third term party emblem
appear on the official ballot.
81 am willing to die for my
God has called me to be
his instrument, so help me God.
In German strong tower is our
Cod" 4
"INNOCENT GUILTY."
The shooting was the result of a
laid plan by Schrenck,
which was often frustrated, but in
which he finally succeeded, accord
ing to his story.
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