ct Attorney Zabel. "What do you plead, guilty or not guilty?"

"I am guilty," answered Schrank quietly.

The court then explained to Schrank that he was charged with a serious
offense, and had the right to ask for an adjournment and time in which
to obtain legal counsel and prepare a defense.

"I understand that," said Schrank. "I plead guilty and waive
examination."

"Then you are bound over to the municipal court under bonds of $5,000,"
said the court. Schrank was then asked if he wanted a speedy trial.

"No, I don't want one at once," was the reply. "I wish to have some
time."

"We will give you plenty of time. You will be tried during the December
term of the Municipal court."

As Schrank was being led back to the prisoners' "pen," one of the
newspaper men standing, remembering that President McKinley died
because of a poisoned bullet, reminded the court that it might be well
to have the bullets in Schrank's revolver chemically analyzed.

"Oh, if that's the case, it makes it much more serious," said the
court. "Infection might set in. I'll raise the bail from $5,000 to
$7,500."

A crowd of not more than 200 was seated in the courtroom when Schrank's
case was called, the general impression being that he would not be
examined before October 16. When his name was called every one in the
room pushed forward, and it was necessary for the deputies and
policemen to use force to push them back of the railing.

When in the "bullpen" Schrank's fellow prisoners shrank away from him.
They knew of his attempt to assassinate the former president, and he
was an outcast, even among his own kind.

He was led from the courtroom by Sheriff Arnold and a special corps of
deputies, the officials fearing violence, to the county jail, where he
was lodged in a cell on the first floor.

Schrank on his arrival in Milwaukee registered at the Argyle hotel, 270
West Water street, and was assigned to room number 1. He paid for his
room in advance and was very seldom seen at the hotel thereafter.

His meals, according to the clerk, he took outside. The clerk said the
only time the man was seen about the hotel was when he walked in and
out.

He was registered under the name of "Albert Ross," which name he has
registered under in a number of hotels at which he stopped while
following Col. Roosevelt about the country.

Without a tremor in his voice and talking willingly in the central
station, Schrank unfolded the fact that he had