The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt

On a crisp October evening in 1912, a lone gunman stepped into the street outside Milwaukee’s Gilpatrick Hotel and fired at the former president as he addressed a crowd of thousands. The bullet lodged in Roosevelt’s right side, yet the indomitable leader rose, finished his speech, and was whisked to a nearby hospital while the stunned audience watched his resolve unfold. The narrative captures that tense moment, detailing the frantic rescue, the medical attention he received, and the immediate reactions of the thousands who had gathered.

Compiled by witnesses who rode beside Roosevelt in the car and followed the investigation, the book weaves together eyewitness testimony, contemporary photographs, and official reports. It offers a vivid, step‑by‑step reconstruction of the shooting, the swift arrest of the assailant, and the early legal proceedings that began the next day. Readers are invited into a meticulously documented slice of American history, where heroism, panic, and the machinery of justice intersect in real time.