THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ***
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[Illustration: THEODORE ROOSEVELT].
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
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
Chapter I. The Shot is Fired 15
Chapter II. Speaks to Great Audience 25
Chapter III. Roosevelt in the Emergency 51
