The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
ROOSEVELT SHOT BY
A CRANK
Receives Bullet in Right
Breast---Wound Not Dam
gerous But Is Severe

Theodore Roosevelt was sho
Monday night at Milwaukee a
he as entering an automobile u
be conveyed to the Coliseum, wher'
he was billed for a sIeeth. Ih'
wound is not a dangerous one ant
unless ccmplicatioLs set in it il
thought he will be out of hospita
in 10 days. Late reports are tha
he is resting easily and propped vi
by pillows he is able to Ceyote {
large part of his time to reading.
The shooting tcck place in the
street in mont of the Hotel Gil
Iatrick. Colonel Roosevelt reach.
ed Milwaukee shortly after o.
clock, and making his way through
the crowd that had gathered at the
station, entered an automobile and
was driven to the hotel. He took
dinner in private dining roomo
the main floor with the members
of the party on his private car.
After dinner Colonel Roosevelt
went to his room on the second
floor of the hotel, and shortly be-
fore O'Clock he started for the
Auditorium. His automob stood
in front Of the door, and about it
was crowd of several hundred per
sons, who were waiting to catch
a glimpse eff the colonel as he
started Off With the colonel was
Philip Roosevelt, young cousin;
Mr. Martin Mr.. Cochems and Cap
tain Girard. The crowd pressed
close about the co onel and gave
a cheer as he appeared. AS the par
ty reached the automobile Colonel
Roosevelts companions stood "a
side and he stepped into the car.
Colonel Roosevelt stood up, wav-
ing his hat in answer to the cheers
OF the crowd. The assassin was
standing in the crowd a few feet
from the the automobile. He
pushed his way TO the side of
the car and, raising his gun, fired.
Martin caught the flash of the re.
volyer as the shot was fired, and
leaped over the car a second after
the bullet sped en- its way. Colonel
Roosevelt barely moved as the
shot was fired. Before the crowd
knew what had happened, Martin,
who is six feet tall and former
football player, had landed square
ly on the assassins shoulders and
ad borne him to the ground. He
threw his right arm about the
mans neck with a death like grip
ard with his left arm seized the
hand that had held the revolver.
In arother second he had disarm-
ed him.
No one in the party including
Colonel Roosevelt himself entertain
ed the slightest notion that the
ccionel had been shot He felt no
hock or pain at the time, and it
was assumed that the bullet went
wild. AS soon as Colonel Roose-
welt had assured himself that the
assassin was safe in the hands OF
the police he gave orders to drive
on to the Auditorium.
They had driven hardly one of
the four blocks from the hotel to
the Auditorium when John McGrath ,
another of Colonel Roosevelt's sec :
retaries, uttered sharp eyclama- /,
lion and pointed to the colonel's
breast. I
Look, colonel" he said, there i,
S a hole in your overcoat."
Colonel Roosevelt looked down, /,
saw the hole, then unbuttoned the !,
zig army coat which he was wearing :
md thrust his hand beneath it.
When he withdrew it his fin :
,ers were stained with blood.
The surgeons attending the col b
mel state that the bullet struck :,
10 vital organ. The point of en- :,
rance was to the right of and ;,
ne inch below the level Of the
light nipple. The range Of the bull
ct was upward and inward. The :,
istar6e, four inches, deeply on
he chest wall. There is no evidence
+ the bullet pentrating the lung.