The Archive · 1933

Chauffeur's Presence of Mind

Before the crowd of police. and loystanders closed in, the' Presidentlelect's chauffeur, who had kept the engine and running, let in the. clutch the car darted out of the crowd toward the railroad station where a private train was As the automobile started, Mr Roosevelt was all right."

At the station, the President-elect was. calm Ithough his said his gave evidence of a severe strain. He turned to the secretary as soon as he was in his lear ordered the trip to New York to be cancelled temporarily.

Tmmediately afterward, Roosevelt entered his car and motored to the hospital where he visited each of the wounded and spoke to them briefly. He then Jwent to the yacht in the harbour snd announced that he would not entrain for New York until morn-Mr, Roosevelt: expressed concern for all the wounded, especially for Mr. Cermak and the boy.

"Fearing that the attacker might ave "accomplices, the American got McKinley in 1201.

In another later statement to the police the prisoner said: "I am poor and I have always been poor. hate all kings and presidents and everybody who is rich. T meant t3 find protected the farteur line and ing into fon immediately formed a guar shoot Roosevelt while he was talk-the microphone "but the many districts of the city. crowd was too dense."

"Sometimes I get a dig pain i Messenger Boy's Story my. stomach. Then I want to kill The messenger boy whose memory these presidents, of the whole affair was clearest was the pekoe in th David Wichard. "I saw the mam|¢Xamination of hin. crouch: for a moment as if he in- Another man named Andrea {ended to pick something from the Valenti, who lived in the same House with te wouktbe, assassin 3g" Bken formally charged. at the te?" defiantly shouted accus-been detained on suspicion.

Stinudnel court, to-day with the considerably improved but Mfrs. Gil, Sttempted murder of Sfx, Roosevelt who was wounded in the stomach, and tines others, Each charge ig in a very serious condition. 'The forties a) maxioin—pénalty others are believed to be at. of Cheng yeas imprisonment. Zangava has been remanded until tomoow, when he will be given ment, declaring that he feels deeply'

Wke'best lawyer available to defend moved. the serious injuries him. inflicted on his friends—Reuter, Na charge has yet been made inst Zangara. in respect of the Secret Service Man Hurt

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