The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-18

his left arm seized the hand that held
the revolver. In another second he
had disarmed him.
Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly look.
ing on, as if nothing had happened.
Martin picked the man up as if he
were a child and carried him the few
feet which separated them from the
car. almost to the side of the Colonel
Here he is" said Martin, "look at
him, Colonel"
All this happened within a few sec.
onds, and Colonel Roosevelt stood
gazing rather curiously at the man
who attempted his life before the
stunned crowd called what was go.
ing on. Then a howl of rage went up.
Lynch hint" Kill him!" cried a
hundred men.
The crowd pressed in, and Martin
Martin over the side of the automo.
bile, were caught with their prisoner
in the midst of a struggling throng OF
maddened men. 1t seemed for the
moment that he would be torn to
pieces by the Infatuated men, and it
was Colonel Roosevelt himself who
interviewed on his behalf.
Don't Hurt Him!" Cries Roosevelt.
The Colonel raised his hand and mo-
toned to the crowd to fall back.
nG4.~V CAoaID 10 1riaI EcO%anI
backl Don't hurt him!"
The men in the crowd at first were
not disposed to heed his words, but at
length they fell back and permitted
Martin and Captain Girard to carry
the man into the hotel. After a short
struggle the would-be assassin gave
up and was carried without resistance
out of the reach of the crowd.
Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hundred
voices called out.
ooh, no." he %respoded, with a
smile. missed me that time. I'm
not hurt a bit"
81 think we'd better be going on"
the Colonel said to the other mem
bers of his party, cor we will be late"
No one in the party, including Col
onel Roosevelt himself, entertained
the slightest notion that he had been
shot. He felt nc shock or pain at the
time, and it 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 police, he
gave orders to drive on to the audi.
forum.
The party had driven scarcely one
of the four blocks from the hotel to
the Auditorium when John McGrath,
another of Colonel Roosevelt's secre.
taries, uttered a sharp exclamation
and pointed to the Colonel's breast.
Look, Colonel" he cried. There is
a hole in your o%vercoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down, saw
the hole, then unbuttoned the big
brown army coat which he was wear
ing, and thrust his hand beneath it
When he withdrew it, his fingers were
stained with blood.
Colonel Roosevelt was not at all
dismayed by his discovery.
"It looks as though l had been hit. ;
he said, "but l don't think it is any
thing serious"
DR.. Scurry Terrell, of Dallas, Tex.
Colonel Roosevelt's physician, who
had entered the automobile just be
fore it started off, insisted that the
Colonel return to he hotel. He would
not hear of it, however, and the cal
was driven on to the Auditorium.
Wounded and bleeding, he went to
the Auditorium and delivered one
hours address. But the moment he
had finished he was rushed to the
Emergency Hospital, where six physi
clans were waiting.
The bullet passed through a roll OF
papers-the manuscript of the Col
onel's speech-which he carried in
his inner coat pocket.
An x-ray of Colonel Roosevelt's
wound shows the bullet lodged in the
chest wall and did not penetrate the
lung.
The Colonel left. the hospital al
11:25 T. NJ. He was able to walk un.
assisted.
81 am feeling bully" he said.
He left for Chicago at midnight on
his special train.
Assassin Trails Roosevelt for Week.
The would-be assassin is John
Schrank, of No. $40 East Tenth
street, New York. He was caught
Immediately and was saved from the
lynching by a frenzied crowd.
Il went to the Coliseum in Chicago
last Saturday night to kill Roosevelt
said the prisoner to the police without
a culver. 81 waited around the en-
trance l thought lie would come ou1
OF, but he fooled me. He came Out
by another door. 1t made me mad
that l missed him. l was bound Ia
get him here"
In an incoherent manner he ram
bled on to Chief of Police Jannsen O.
having wanted to kill Roosevelt be
cause he did not believe any Presi
dent ought to have more than two
terms.
The prisoner gave every appearance
OF being crazy. He mumbled to him
self and looked ~wild-eyed.
In his pockets the police found {
letter addressed to the people, in i
Schrank wrote of what he called {
dream that came to him in which he
saw Roosevelt as the assassin O.
President Mckinley. He advertet
IN a letter to his idea that no Presi
dent ought to serve three terms.