t him from violence. Col. Roosevelt, bleeding from his wound, is
driven to the Auditorium, Milwaukee, and speaks to an audience of 9,000
for eighty minutes. Immediately after his speech he is taken to the
Johnston Emergency hospital, Milwaukee, where his wound is dressed. At
12:30 o'clock he is taken on a special train to Chicago, then to Mercy
hospital.

October 15, 1912--Schrank is arraigned in District court, Milwaukee,
and admits having fired the shot. He is bound over to Municipal court
for preliminary hearing.

October 18, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt passes crisis in Mercy
hospital, Chicago.

October 21, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt leaves Chicago for his home at
Oyster Bay, R.I.

October 22, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt reaches home after a trip not
seriously impairing his condition.

October 26, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt takes first walk out of doors.

October 27, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt celebrates his fifty-fourth
birthday.

October 30, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt speaks to an audience of
16,000 in Madison Square Garden, New York, over 30,000 having been
turned away. He is given an ovation lasting forty-five minutes.

November 1, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt again speaks to an audience
filling Madison Square Garden. But for his request that it cease so
that he could speak, the ovation would have exceeded that of October
30.

November 3, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt makes his last campaign speech
at Oyster Bay, R.I.

November 5, 1912--Ex-President Roosevelt votes at Oyster Bay, R.I.

November 12, 1912--John Flammang Schrank pleads guilty to assault with
intent to murder before Judge August C. Backus in Municipal court,
Milwaukee. Judge Backus appoints a commission of five Milwaukee
alienists to determine, as officers of the court, Schrank's sanity.

November 14, 1912--The sanity commission begins examinations of
Schrank.

November 22, 1912--The sanity commission reports to Judge A. C. Backus
in Municipal court, Milwaukee, that Schrank is insane and was insane at
the time he shot ex-President Roosevelt. Schrank is committed to the
Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis. Judge Backus in
making the commitment orders that in the event of recovery Schrank
shall face trial on the charge of assault with intent to kill.

November 25, 1912--Schrank is taken to the Northern Hospital for the
Insane, Oshkosh, Wis., by deputies from the office of the sheriff of
Milwaukee county.