Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-10-18
COLONEL CAFES CALMLY AT AS
SASSlN, NOT REALIZING HE
HAS BEEN WOUNDED.
WOUND CONSIDERED NOT SERIOUS
Delivers His Milwaukee Speech After
Showing BIood-stained Garments,
But Unable to Finish-Tak-
en- to Hospital In Chicago.

His automobile stood In front Oh INC
hotel and the crowd gave a cheer as
the colonel appeared. AS the party
reached the automobile Colonel Roose-
yelt's companions stood aside and he
stepped into he car.
Colonel Roosevelt stood up, waving
his hat in answer to the cheers of the
crowd. The assassin was standing in
the crowd a few feet from the anto-
mobile. He pushed his way to the
side of the car and raising his gun,
fired.
Bore Assassin to Ground.
Martin, Roosevelt's stenographer'
caught the flash of the revolver as
the shot was fired and leaped over the
car second after the bullet sped on It's
way. Colonel Roosevelt barely moved
as the shot was fired. Before the
crowd knew what had happened Mar
tin, 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 death-iike grip and
with the left arm, seized the hand that
had held the revolver. In another Sec
ond he had disarmed him.
Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly look
ing on, as though nothing had hap
pened. Martin picked the man up as
though he were y child and carried
him a 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 gaz-
ing rather curiously at the man who
had attempted his LIFE, before the
stunned crowd realized what was go
ing on. Then howl of rage went up.
Crowd YeIIs "Lynch Him."
Lynch him, kill him." cried a humid
red men. The crowd pressed in on
them and Martin and Captain Girard,
who had followed Martin over the side
of the car and were caught with their
prisoner in the midst of a struggling
throng Of msddened men. 1t seemed
for the moment that the assassin
would be torn to pieces by the infur-
lated crowd and it was Colonel Roose-
welt himself who interfered on behalf
OF the man.
He raised his hand and motioned
imperiously to the crowd to fall back.
stop! Stop!" he cried; stand back;
don't hurt him.
The crowd at first was not disposed
to heed his words, but at length fell
back and permitted Martin and Cap
tain Girard to carry the man into the
hotel. After short struggle the as
sassin gave up and was carried without
resistance out of the reach of the
crowd.
"Missed Me That Time"
Are you hurt, colonel?" a hundred
voices called out.
"Oh, no." he responded with a smile.
missed me that time. I'm not hurt
a bit"
81 think we'd better be going on,
he said to the other members of his
party, "or we will be late"
No one in the party, including Col
onel Roosevelt himself, entertained the
slightest notion that the colonel had
been shot. He felt no 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 onto the Auditorium
They had driven hardly one Of the
four blocks from the hotel to The
Auditorium when John McGrath, an
other of Colonel Roosevelts secre
taries, uttered a sharp exclamation
and pointed to the coloners breast.
Hole in Your Overcoat.
Look, colonel" he said, There is ;
hole in your overcoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down, saw
the hole, then unbuttoned the big arm,
coat which he was wearing and thrus
his hand beneath. When he with
drew it, his fingers were stained witt
blood.
Colonel Roosevelt was not at all dis
mayed.
1T looks as though l had been hit,
he said. "but l don't think it is any
thing serious"
DR.. Surry Terrell of Dallas, Tex
Colonel Roosevelt's physician, VIII
had entered the automobile just befor
it started off, insisted that the colone
return to the hotel. He would not hea
of it and the car was driven to tn
Auditorium.
AS soon as they reached the built
ing Colonel Roosevelt was taken int
a dressing room and his outer ga
ments were removed DIR. Terrell
with the help of DR.. John Stratton {
Milwaukee, and DR.. S. S. SorresoI
Racine, Wis, who were in the aud
ence and came to the dressing ROOF
on a call from the platform, made
superficial examination of the woun'