Roosevelt Shot

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 127, 16 October 1912, Page 5

Roosevelt Shot

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. WOUNDED IN THE BREAST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Milwaukee, October 14. A Socialist shot Mr. Roosevelt. The wound is not likely to be fatal.

ASSAILANT ESCAPES. A PLUCKY CAMPAIGNER. Received 15, 8 p.m. New York, October 15. Mr. Roosevelt was wounded in the breast. He was shot outside his hotel when en route to deliver a political address at the Milwaukee Auditorium. He refused to allow the doctors to examine him, and spoke to a huge meeting with the bullet still in his body.

Towards the end of his address he became weak from loss of blood, and was removed to his hotel. His assailant disappeared.

"TOO MUCH FUSS." MOB TRIES TO LYNCH ASSAILANT. A CRAZY SOCIALIST. Received 15. 0.15 p.m. New York, October 15. Mr. Roosevelt was removed to a temporary hospital. His wound is pronounced to be not fatal. He declares that too much fuss is being made about a trifling matter.

The announcement, while the meeting was in progress, that Roosevelt had been shot threw the audience into a panic. The chairman begged them to remain calm, and Mr. Roosevelt continued his speech, He was visibly weaker towards close, and the audience frantically cheered him when he refused to sit down. Mrs. Roosevelt heard the news- while attending a threatre in New York.

Mr. Roosevelt's assailant is named John Schrank. He was a resident of New York. The mob tried to lynch him, but the police prevented him. When arrested he declared that any man seeking a third term of office ought to he shot.

•When searched at the police station, documents were found in his possession showing that ho had had a dream, wherein President McKinley's spirit had visited ■ him and indicated Roosevelt as McKinley's murderer, and asked him to take vengeance on Roosevelt. Schrank is undoubtedly crazy.