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the Auditorium to deliver MS speech
And as soon as coffee had been served
Colonel Roosevelt, Martin o. K. Davis,
Mr.. Cochems and the others hurried
out through the lobby to the waiting
automobile Mr.. Cochems was walking
closest to the candidate. A cheer from
the faithful greeted Colonel Roosevelt
rs he stepped out into the street. He
raised his hat and bowed to the right
and left, while the police made a lane
for him, and he had reached the step
Of his car and was climbing In when
Schrank broke from the crowd and
stepped to the side of the automobile. !,
Colonel Roosevelt was just about to
sit down when Schrank, now almost
within reaching distance of the colo
mel, drew a revolver and fired, seem
fngly point blank at the colonePs
heart. The colonel was just letting
go of the side of the auto to Settle in
the touueau when the cheers of the
crowd were silenced by the shot
Colonel Roosevelt stood up in the
car uncertainty, turned about bit as
a man would who was hesitating about
which way to go, and smiled reassur-
5ngly, but the next moment he was
reaching under his coat and rubbing
his right breast.
8 The crowd, quickly recovering now
Eom its first. shock, rushed wildly
M Schrank. As the black mass
cIcsed IN upon schranK C5roner R0ose-
velt sank back in the seat, and it was
then he directed the chauffeur to hurry
away to the hall.
Some of those about the car and
others still later in the hall were
quick to note the blood spots on Colo
mel Roosevelt's hand, which had been
stained with his blood as he reached
under his coat toward the wound.
The manuscript of his speech had
doubtless done much to save his life.
When he had come upon the platform
at the Auditorium and drew the manu-
script from his pocket during his first
few words, the torn sheets of paper,
showing many stains of blood, showed
also that the bullet had gone through
the manuscript.
"You see," cried the colonel, holding
I'D the manuscript so that his audience
could see the bullets hole through the
sheets of paper, at takes more than
that to kill bull moose"
He attempted to go on with his
speech then, but first he digressed to
assure his audience that his wound
was not serious "Give all assurances
Doocaua1t ha oo1Jo6 ont ond
he told friends that after he had de-
Iivered at least part of his talk he
would submit to thorough examina-
ton and have the bullet extracted. His
surgeons in the meantime had consent
ed to permit Mr.. Roosevelt to proceed
with his talk.
When the colonel advanced again to
make his speech he was greeted by an
ovation the like of which seldom has
been heard.
After the colonel's short address
DIR. Eaton and members of the colo
nel's party closest to him accompanied
the candidate to the hospital.
At the hospital the doctors said that
although Colonel Roosevelt's injury is
serious, they did not think it danger
Ous The doctors made immediate ar
rangements to use the X-ray so as to
locate the bullet exactly. From su-
perficial examination, they said, they
do not think the bullet pierced the
lung.
Schrank after shooting Colonel
Roosevelt had a narrow escape from
being lynched by the mob, who tried
to drag him away from the police. As
soon as the police, however, had got
him clear of the mob that swirled
about him they rushed Schrank to po-
lice headquarters.
The police who were searching him
first came across the memorandum o.
the Roosevelt tour and other notes
which showed that Schrank had been
following the colonel's every move fn'