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Chapter I. Chapter II. Chapter III. Chapter IV. Chapter V. Chapter VI. Chapter VII. Chapter VIII. Chapter IX. Chapter X. Chapter XI. Chapter XII. Chapter XIII. Chapter XIV. Chapter XV. Chapter XVI. Chapter XVII. Chapter XVIII. Chapter XIX. Chapter XX. Chapter XXI. Chapter XXII. CHAPTER I. 1 CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President by Oliver Remey and Henry Cochems and Wheeler Bloodgood The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, by Oliver Remey and Henry Cochems and Wheeler Bloodgood This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt Author: Oliver Remey Henry Cochems Wheeler Bloodgood Release Date: April 30, 2007 [EBook #21261] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION *** Produced by V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: THEODORE ROOSEVELT]. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President by Oliver Remey and Henry Cochems and Wheeler Bloodgood2 THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION of EX-PRESIDENT Theodore Roosevelt Written, Compiled, and Edited by OLIVER E. REMEY HENRY F. COCHEMS WHEELER P. BLOODGOOD Published by THE PROGRESSIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Copyright. 1912, by O. E. Remey, Milwaukee LIBRARY EDITION. A Library Edition of this book is in the hands of the printers and will be issued shortly. This edition will be bound in hard cover. The volume will be neatly bound and suitable for public and private libraries. The Library Edition will be limited in number. Those who desire a copy will be mailed a copy as soon as the edition is off the press, if they will send one dollar to the Progressive Publishing Company of Milwaukee, Wis., Room 600 Caswell Block, Milwaukee. The demand for this edition is rapidly exhausting it. THIS HISTORICAL NARRATIVE IS DEDICATED TO EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE GREATEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Theodore Roosevelt Frontispiece Shirts Worn by the Ex-President 18 Page of Ex-President's Manuscript 24 X-Ray Photograph Showing Bullet 32 John Flammang Schrank 40 Page One of Schrank's Letter 50 The Attempted Assassination of ex-President by Oliver Remey and Henry Cochems and Wheeler Bloodgood3 Page Two of Schrank's Letter 60 Capt. A. O. Girard 70 Elbert E. Martin 80 Automobile in Which Ex-President Roosevelt Was Shot 90 Johnston Emergency Hospital 100 Judge August C. Backus 110 District Attorney Winifred C. Zabel 120 Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood 130 Dr. R. G. Sayle 140 John T. Janssen, Chief of Police 150 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt 160 Members of Sanity Commission 170 Hotel Gilpatrick 180 Schrank in County Jail 190 Henry F. Cochems 199 James G. Flanders, Schrank's Attorney 236 TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. Preface 9 Chronology 11 The Attempted Assassination of ex-President by Oliver Remey and Henry Cochems and Wheeler Bloodgood4 Chapter I. The Shot is Fired 15 Chapter I. 5 Chapter II. Speaks to Great Audience 25 Chapter II. 6 Chapter III. Roosevelt in the Emergency 51 Chapter III. 7 Chapter IV. Careful of Collar Buttons 57 Chapter IV. 8 Chapter V. Arrival at Mercy Hospital 64 Chapter V. 9 Chapter VI. Gets Back into Campaign 74 Chapter VI. 10 [...]... Precedent 235 PREFACE At 8:10 o'clock on the night of Oct 14, 1912, a shot was fired the echo of which swept around the entire world in thirty minutes An insane man attempted to end the life of the only living ex-president of the United States and the best known American The bullet failed of its mission Col Theodore Roosevelt, carrying the leaden missile intended as a pellet of death in his right side, has... high office the most beloved public figure in our history since Lincoln fell, and the most respected citizen of the world As was said in an editorial in the Chicago Evening Post: "There is no false sentiment here; there is no self-seeking The guards are down The soul of the man stands forth as it is In the Valley of the Shadow his own simple declaration of his sincerity, his own revelation of the unselfish... nominally, they stole that nomination from me, but really it was from you (Applause.) They did not like me and the longer they live the less cause they will have to like me (Applause and laughter.) But while they do not like me, they dread you You are the people that they dread They dread the people themselves, and those bosses and the big special interests behind them made up their mind that they would rather... assassinate Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt in the city of Milwaukee Col Roosevelt had dined at the Hotel Gilpatrick with the immediate members of his traveling party The time having arrived to leave for the Auditorium, where he was due to speak, he left his quarters, and, emerging from the front of the hotel, crossing the walk, stepped into a waiting automobile Instantly that he appeared a wild acclaim of. .. Arriving at the side of the car, the revolver, grasped by three or four hands of men struggling for possession, was plainly visible, and I succeeded in grasping the barrel of the revolver, and finally in getting it from the possession of a detective Mr Martin says that Schrank still had his hands on the revolver at that time The Colonel then said: "Officers, take charge of him, and see that there is no... commitment orders that in the event of recovery Schrank shall face trial on the charge of assault with intent to kill November 25, 1912 Schrank is taken to the Northern Hospital for the Insane, Oshkosh, Wis., by deputies from the office of the sheriff of Milwaukee county CHAPTER I 28 CHAPTER I THE SHOT IS FIRED RELATED BY HENRY F COCHEMS AFTER THE SHOOTING At 8:10 o'clock on the night of Oct 14, 1912, an... contribution to the history of the United States This book is written, compiled and edited by Henry F Cochems, Chairman of the national speakers' bureau of the Progressive party during the 1912 campaign, and who was with Col Roosevelt in the automobile when the ex-president was shot, Wheeler P Bloodgood, Wisconsin representative of the National Progressive committee, and Oliver E Remey, city editor of the Milwaukee... followed all incidents of the shooting closely The story told is an historical narrative in the preparation of which accuracy never has been lost sight of CHRONOLOGY October 14, 1912 At 8:10 o'clock P.M., John Flammang Schrank, of New York, a paranoiac, shoots ex-President Theodore Roosevelt in the right side with a 38-caliber bullet as the ex-President is standing in an automobile in front of Hotel Gilpatrick,... unselfish quality of his devotion to the greatest movement of his generation, will be the standard by which history will pass upon Theodore Roosevelt its final judgment This much they cannot take from him, no matter whether he is now to live or to die." To the men of America, who either love or hate Roosevelt personally, these words from his speech must carry an imperishable lesson: "The bullet is in... Schrank's bullet, the ex-President was given an ovation which shook the mammoth Auditorium, Milwaukee [1] Stenographic Report from The Milwaukee Sentinel The audience seemed unable to realize the truth of the statement of Henry F Cochems, who had introduced Col Roosevelt, that the ex-President had been shot Col Roosevelt had opened his vest to show blood from his wound Even then many in the audience did . TO EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE GREATEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Theodore Roosevelt Frontispiece Shirts Worn by the Ex-President. the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore