d separated." * * * * * *

"We would at once realize that we are surrounded by a pack of
hungry wolves ready to destroy this hated Republic, ready to
destroy Monroe Doctrine, ready to annex the Panama Canal and the
great land of the brave and free, the home many millions free
people, the dream of all heroes and martyrs for political freedom
to 1848 would have ceased to be owing to the ambitions of one man,
and one man's rule. I hope that the shot at Milwaukee has awakened
the patriotism of the American nation."

"I have been accused of having selected a state where capital
punishment is abolished. I would say that I did not know the laws
of any state I travelled through. It would be ridiculous to fear
death after the act as I expected to die during the act, and not
live to tell the story, and if I knew that my death would have made
the third term tradition more sacred, I am sorry I could not die
for my country."

* * * * *

"Now, Honorable Men of the Jury, I wish to say no more, in the name
of God go and do your duty, and only countries who ask admission by
popular vote and accept the popular vote never wage a war of
conquest murder for to steal abolishes opportunity for ambitious
adv. (adventurers).

"All political adventurers and military leaders have adopted the
career of conquering heroes wholesale murder, wholesale robbers
called national aggrandizement. Prison for me is like martyrdom to
me, like going to war. Before me is the spirit of George
Washington, behind me, that of McKinley."

(The last sentence the prisoner explained, was written hastily, and he
expected to revise it.)

CHAPTER XVIII.

CONCLUSION OF COMMISSION.

From the testimony of the jailor who had been in charge from the date
of Schrank's arrest to the present date, we learn that he was a quiet,
pleasant man, well-behaved in all respects, and fastidious as to dress
and food, uniformly cheerful and happy. It was noticeable that he
showed much less concern or anxiety as to his fate than the average
prisoner. This is also corroborated by the examination of a detective
concerned in his arrest.

The impression we have derived from the demeanor of the prisoner in our
several examinations is that he is truthful in his statements and shows
no desire to conceal anything. He undoubtedly has an el