Published, 1912."PREFACE.At 8:10 o'clock on the night of Oct. 14, 1912, a shot was fired theecho of which swept around the entire world in thirty minutes.An insane man attempted to end the life of the only living ex-presidentof the United States and the best known American.The bullet failed of its mission.Col. Theodore Roosevelt, carrying the leaden missile intended as apellet of death in his right side, has recovered. He is spared for manymore years of active service for his country.John Flammang Schrank, the mad man who fired the shot, is in theNorthern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis., pronounced by acommission of five alienists a paranoiac. If he recovers he will facetrial for assault with intent to kill.This little book presents an accurate story of the attempt upon thelife of the ex-president. The aim of those who present it is that,being an accurate narrative, it shall be a contribution to the historyof the United States.This book is written, compiled and edited by Henry F. Cochems, Chairmanof the national speakers' bureau of the Progressive party during the1912 campaign, and who was with Col. Roosevelt in the automobile whenthe ex-president was shot, Wheeler P. Bloodgood, Wisconsinrepresentative of the National Progressive committee, and Oliver E.Remey, city editor of the Milwaukee Free Press, who necessarilyfollowed all incidents of the shooting closely.The story told is an historical narrative in the preparation of whichaccuracy never has been lost sight of."