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 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.