e up to me he yelled, 'What in h----l is the matter with you?'
and hustled me away.

"As I cannot speak good English, I could not explain that I had meant
Schrank and not Roosevelt. I was so excited when the police took me
away that way that I went immediately home.

"If I could have explained myself that patrolman would have heard
something from me for the way he clubbed me on my head. My hat was
smashed in.

"I came home, disgusted with the treatment I had received by the
police. The next morning I read all about Martin capturing that man and
it made me mad, for I was the first one to grab him and prevent him
from shooting any more."

Buskowsky is a Bohemian and has been in America seven years, during
which period he has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Bull Moose
leader.

Affidavits corroborating what is set forth in statements presented were
made by Donald Ferguson, of Goldfield, Nev.; Arthur W. Newhall, 812
State street, Milwaukee; Jacques R. Thill, 574 Jackson street,
Milwaukee, and Sergeant Albert J. Murray, Milwaukee police department,
and Abraham Cohen, 519 North avenue, Milwaukee.

CHAPTER XIV.

A SECOND EXAMINATION.

Report of questions propounded by District Attorney Winifred C. Zabel,
of Milwaukee county, and Wheeler P. Bloodgood, to, and answers given
by, John Flammang Schrank, at the county jail, of the county of
Milwaukee, Wis., in the presence of Sheriff Arnold, Donald Ferguson,
Francis E. Davidson and others, commencing at 12:50 P.M. on the 16th
day of October, 1912. Reported by Alfred O. Wilmot, court reporter,
District court, Milwaukee county.

Mr. Zabel:

While you were living in New York what newspapers did you read?

A. I read the New York Herald and I read the New York World, and the
New York Staats-Zeitung, a German paper.

Q. That is a German publication?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Is that a morning paper?

A. Yes, sir; also evening edition.

Q. Did you read any of the Hearst publications?

A. No, sir.

Q. The New York American?

A. No, sir.

Q. New York Journal?

A. No, sir.

Q. What you read in the New York World and what is the other news----

A. Herald.

Q. And New York Herald did anything you read in those papers impress
you in any way?

A. Well, it did in a way impress me, that means, I thought whatever I
read in the paper was pretty much right, what the people were talking
about this building of the new party and deserting the old party. You
can