John Schrank

John Flammang Schrank

Lahir	(1876-03-05)5 Maret 1876 Erding, Kerajaan Bayern
Meninggal	15 September 1943(1943-09-15) (umur 67) Central State Mental Hospital Waupun, Wisconsin

John Flammang Schrank (5 Maret 1876 – 15 September 1943) adalah penjaga salon kelahiran Bayern dari New York, yang dikenal karena berniat membunuh mantan Presiden AS Theodore Roosevelt pada 14 Oktober 1912, di Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]

Di pengadilan Schrank, ia mengklaim bahwa William McKinley mengunjunginya dalam mimpi dan menyuruhnya untuk membalas pembunuhannya dengan membunuh Roosevelt.

Referensi

^ "Died". Time. September 27, 1943. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-08-26. Diakses tanggal January 19, 2009. John Flammang Schrank, 67, Bavarian-born ex-barkeep who shot and wounded Theodore" Roosevelt in Milwaukee in 1912; of bronchial pneumonia; in the Waupun, Wis. hospital where he spent 29 of his 31 mailless, visitorless years in state custody, after being judged a paranoiac. Schrank regarded Teddy's 1912 Bull Moosing as a bid for a third term, decided to shoot him. Schrank's single shot was parried by manuscripts and a spectacle case in T.R.'s pockets. Despite his wound, Teddy made a speech that night, a fortnight later again felt perfectly bully.

Bacaan tambahan

Donovan, Robert J. (1962). "The First Pillar". The Assassins. New York: Popular Library. hlm. 101–117.
Gores, Stan (Summer 1970). "The Attempted Assassination of Teddy Roosevelt". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 53 (4): 269–277.