The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-27
SCHRANK INSANE,
PHYSICIANS SAY
Not Capable of Comforting
With Counsel.
IS COMMITTED TO AN ASYLUM
Crazy and Positive Ideas of
the W0uld.Be Assassin
Of Roosevelt.
THIRD TERM HALLUCINATION

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 23.-John
Schrank, who shot Colonel Roose-
welt here, last October, late this af-
ternoon was committed to the
Northern hospital for the insane
near Oshkosh, until cured, follow
ing the unanimous decision of the
commission, appointed to inquire
into his sanity, that he is insane.
The conclusions reached by the
commission are as follows:
First-John Schrank is suffering
fro insane delusions. grandiose in
character and of systematized va
riety.
"Second-In our opinion he is
insane at the present time.
"Third-On account of the con-
necton existing between his delu-
sions and the act with which he
stands charged, We are of the opin-
ion he is unable to confer intelli-
gently with counsel on the conduct
of his defense.
Richard Dewey, NJ. D., chair
man; w. L. Becker, NJ. D.. d. w.
Harrington, NJ. D.; Frank Sturley,
NJ. D.; William F. Wegge, NJ. d.,
commissioners"
Schrank was conducted from the
county jail to the City Hall by
strong guard. but without being
handcuffed. The prisoner was pale,
although he appeared not to be ex-
cited. He listened intently to the
report of the alienists, which was
read by the chairman, DR.. Richard
Dewey.
The commissions report consists
of several thousand words, and
starts out with setting forth per-
sonal and family history of the de-
PENDANT. Other portions of the re-
port bear upon the present physi-
cal state of the prisoner, neurology
cal data and winds up with many
exhibits, consisting Of numerous
written communications of the de-
PENDANT.
The report also contains a
lengthy statement made to CHIEF of
Police Jansen on the day following
Schrenk's arrest.
The concluding portion of the
commissions report consists of
lengthy address by Schrank to the
commissioners, in which he apolog-
lied for causing unpleasantness in
asking them to pass a verdict in a
matter which should have been bet
ter tried by a higher than earthly
court.
He then goes on to review his de-
lusions, in which he claims to have
looked into the dying eyes of the
late President Mckinley, when a
voice called to me to avenge his
death. was confident that my
life was coming soon to an end, and
| was at once happy to know that
my real mission on this earth was
to die for my country and the
cause OF Republicans" Continuing,
he says:
THE shot at Milwaukee which
created an echo in all parts of the
world was not a shot fired at the
Citizen Roosevelt, not shot at an
eX-President, not shot at the can
didate OF so-called Progressive
party, not a shot to influence the
pending election, not a shot to gain
for me notoriety; no, it was simply
to once and forever establish the
fact that he who hereafter aspires
to a third Presidential term will do
so at the risk of his life. If |
cannot defend the country in case
OF war, you may as we'll send every
patriot to prison.
81 hope that the shot at Milwau-
kee has awakened patriotism of the
American, nation; that 1t opened
their eyes TO the real danger and
showed them the only safe way out
OF 1t, as provided by the election
returns in the great Democratic
rarty. The North, South, East and
West are once and more solidly
united and proudly can We prove to
the nations OF the world that the
spirit of 1776 is still alive and
shall never die, and that self-goy-