at one time been engaged
to be married to Miss Elsie Ziegler, New York, one of the victims of
the General Slocum steamboat disaster, in which over a thousand lives
were lost.

As he spoke of the girl his voice softened and his eyes sought the
floor of his cell. His lips seemed to quiver slightly, the first
evidence of remorse since his arrest.

Asked if the fact that the girl had lost her life during the disaster
had anything to do with the act he clenched his hands and with an angry
jerk of his head almost shouted his answer to the questioner.

"She had nothing to do with it," he exclaimed. "She was a beautiful
girl and I want you to understand that her soul is cleared from any
part of this act."

The five sets of finger prints were taken by the police at the request
of police departments of other cities.

The warrant under which Schrank was arrested read as follows:

"John Schrank, being then and there armed with a dangerous weapon,
to-wit, a loaded revolver, did then and there, unlawfully, wilfully
and feloniously make an assault in and upon one, Theodore
Roosevelt, with said loaded revolver, with intent, then and there,
him, the said Theodore Roosevelt, unlawfully, willingly and
feloniously and of his malice aforethought to kill and murder."

The crime with which Schrank still is charged reads as follows:

"Assault with intent to murder or rob. Section 4376. Any person
being armed with a dangerous weapon who shall assault another with
intent to rob or murder shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison not more than fifteen years nor less than one year."

CHAPTER IX.

APPEARS IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

November 13 Schrank appeared in Municipal court before Judge August C.
Backus. Two sessions of court, lasting only a few minutes each, were
necessary to dispose of Schrank's preliminary hearing. At 10 o'clock
the court heard Schrank's plea of guilty, and took recess until 2
o'clock, when the following physicians were appointed to look into the
prisoner's mental condition: Dr. F. C. Studley, Dr. W. F. Becker, Dr.
Richard Dewey, Dr. W. F. Wegge, and Dr. D. W. Harrington, all of
Milwaukee.

The court also appointed Attorney James G. Flanders to represent
Schrank.

At both sessions of the court, Schrank appeared perfectly at ease,
walking inside the bar with a jaunty air, chin up and a curious look on
his face. His appearance had changed considerably sinc