[ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919)]. The San Francisco Call. ...

[ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919)]. The San Francisco Call. October 15, 1912. Volume CXII, No. 137. 18 folio pages on large folding sheets. Each page approximately 581 x 428 mm. Toned, worn, chipped, with some marginal tears, one horizontal crease, Stanford University Library stamp at masthead. On p. 1, “Roosevelt Shot by Lunatic / Infuriated Crowd Threatens to Lynch the Assassin / Colonel Assaulted by New York Crank as He Leaves Hotel / Crime Committed in Milwaukee, Bullet Being Fired at Close Range, Entering Breast and Making Serious Wound / Injured Campaigner Delivers His Speech While Flowing Blood Diminishes Vitality”. With a photo of Roosevelt on p. 1. The attempt was made on Roosevelt’s life on October 14, 1912, by John Flammang Schrank (1876-1943), a mentally-ill saloon keeper. Schrank shot Roosevelt outside a hotel at close range; luckily for Roosevelt, his steel eyeglass case and a book in his breast pocket absorbed most of the force of the bullet, which lodged in Roosevelt’s chest, but not causing significant damage. Schrank was quickly subdued, and the angry crowd was about the lynch him, but Roosevelt interceded on his behalf, telling the crowd not to harm him. Roosevelt delayed going to the hospital, and gave his scheduled speech while bleeding from the wound (Roosevelt was running for a third term as president, but did not receive the nomination from the major parties).