Roosevelt Shot

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 128, 17 October 1912, Page 5

Roosevelt Shot

PATIENT'S CONDITION NOR ML. ABSOLUTE REST I'KESL'RIBKD. By Cable—Press Association -Copyright. Chicago, October 15. Mr. Roosevelt, was taken to the hospital here, urriving by a upccia) train. Surgeons have not'extracted the bullet yet. It is deeply embedded in the wall of the chest, but, the lungs were not penetrated, and the patient's condition is normal.

An operation has been deferred pend ing further investigation.

Letters were found on his assailant which seemed to indicate that he believed himself to be an instrument of the Almighty to remove Mr. Roosevelt. The hitter's political campaign will have to be abandoned, absolute rest being prescribed. As Mr. Roosevelt descended from the train, snapshotters took him by flashlight. "Gosh! Shot again!" was his jovial comment. TOE ASSASSIN CHARGED. POSSIBLE POISONED BULLET. New York, October 15. At Milwaukee, Sehrank appeared before the court, charged with having attempted to kill Mr. Roosevelt. He pleaded guilty and asked for a speedy trial. The judge expressed the belief that there was a possibility of the bullet being poisoned. Doctor do not believe the suggestion.

LATER REPORTS. THE WOUND SERIOUS. Received 10. 10,20 p.m. New York, October 15. Mr. Roosevelt rested easily till midnight, when he became restless. Physicians admit that the wound is more serious than they first thought. Earlier messages stated that there was no anxiety, but that he would probably be confined to his room for a couple of wee) u ROOSEVELT. 'fflcnel Theodore Rooaet .'lt. President o' .tbe United States from 1001 to 1909. Ike on October 27, 1858 the son of a !\i.7 York merchant, aid educated at Harvard, i.c cpent some 'years in the Far West. Returning Thst- he entered tne Xew York Legislature in 1881, and soon made a name as a fearless Republican. He next did good work on the National Civil Service Commission and as a Police Commissioner of New York. Then, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he had much to do with making the fleet ready for the war with Spain in 1898, in which he took part with distinction, commanding in Cuba a force of rough riders raised by himself. After the war he was elected Governor of New York State, and in 1900 Vice-President of the United States. On the murder of President McKinley in September, 1901, Roosevelt filled the vacancy, and in 1904 was elected by an enormous majority. In August, 1902, he embarked on a bold campaign for control of trusts and railways, and he has been called the most powerful statesman of modern America. He was largely responsible for the conclusion of the RussoJapanese peace treaty of 1905, and for his efforts in this direction was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908. In 1909 Colonel Roosevelt went on a big gameshooting expedition in Africa, and on his return in 1910 made a tour of the chief cities of Europe, finally representing the United States as Special Ambassador at the funeral oi King Edward VTT. 'He has been twice married, and has a family of four sons and two daughters. PREVIOUS SIMILAR CRIMES. 1806.—April 14, President Lincoln, shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre, Washington; died following day. 1881.—July 2, President Garfield, shot by Charles Jules Guiteau at Washington; died September 19. 100] —September 6, President William McKinley, shot by Czolgosz at Buffalo Exhibition; died September 14. 1903.—September 1, a lunatic named Weilbrenner attempted to kill Colonel Roosevelt, then President.