The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-17
Shooting Occurred in MilzVaukee When He Started
for the Auditorium to Deliver His Speech Monday
Night--Speaks for Hour and Half With Bullet in
His Breast---Manuscript of His Speech in His
Pocket Probably SaUed His Lite---The Assailant
Was Caught and Would Have Been Torn to
Pieces But for the Coloners Pleadings to the
Crowd--Colonel Now i'm Chicago Hospital.

but Colonel Roosevelt calmed the
people by rising and assuring them
he was not badly hurt. Then he be-
seemed to be growing weak and mem
bers of his party arose to help him.
He motioned them to sit down
Let me alone, I'm all right" he
said.
The shooting occurred in the street
in front of the Hotel Gilpatrick. Col.
Roosevelt reached Milwaukee shortly
after o'clock and making his way
through the crowd which had gather
ed at the station, entered an automo-
bile and was driven to the hotel. He
took dinner in a private dining room
with members of the party on his
private car.
After dinner Col. Roosevelt went
to his room on the second floor OF the
hotel and shortly before s O'Clock he
started for the auditorium. His au-
tomobile stood in front of the door
and about it was a big crowd waiting
to catch a glimpse of the Colonel as
he started off.
With the Colonel were Philip
Roosevelt, a young cousin, Mr.. Coch-
ems, Mr.. Martin and Capt. Girard.
The crowd pressed close about the
Colonel and gave a cheer as he ap-
peared. AS the party approached the
automobile, Col Roosevelt's compan-
, ions stood aside and he stepped into
the car. Martin entered directly be-
hind him and sat on the further side
of the 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 auto
mobile. He pushed his way to the
side of the car and raising his gun
fired.
Martin leaped over the car a sec
ond after the bullet sped on it's way
Colonel Roosevelt barely moved as
the shot was fired.
Before the crowd knew what had
happened Martin, who is six feet tall
and a former football player, had
landed squarely on the would-be as
sassin's shoulders and had borne him
to the ground He threw his right
! arm about the mans neck with a
death-like grip with his left arm seiz-
ed the hand that held the revolver.
In another second he had disarmed
him.
Colonel Roosevelt stood calmly
looking on as though nothing had
happened. Martin picked the man up
as though 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 few sec
onds and Colonel Roosevelt stood
gazing rather curiously at the man
who had attempted his life before the
stunned crowd realized what was go
ing on. Then a howl of rage went
up.
Lynch him! Kill him." cried a
hundred men.
The crowd pressed in on them and
Martin and Girard, who had followed
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, and it was Colonel Roosevelt
himself who intervened and motion
ed to the crowd to fall back.
stop, stop" he cried. Stand
back; don't hurt him"
After a short struggle the assassin
gave up and was carried without re-
sistance out of reach of the crowd.
Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hum
dred 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.''
They had driven hardly one of the
four blocks from the hotel to the au-
ditorium when John McGrath, anoth-
er of Colonel Roosevelt's secretaries,
uttered a sharp exclamation and
pointed to the Colonel's breast.