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PM Taylor informs Theodore Roosevelt he has been jailed despite a letter from a governor attesting to his character. He says he will be tried for insanity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-21
After careful consideration, President Roosevelt has decided not to interfere in the case of Benjamin G. Hill and explains his reasoning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-25
Herman Geschke sends a rambling, profane letter to William H. Taft accusing him, Theodore Roosevelt, and Robert M. La Follette of conspiring to murder him to conceal his “six year wrongful impressment.” According to the letter, Geschke was warned by the Madison, Wisconsin, chief of police not to send Taft more letters full of “insanity,” but Geschke was not arrested as threatened.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-18
Acting Sergeant John W. Gallaher, who is superintendent of the House of Detention in Washington, D.C., recounts the arrest of Laura A. Hull Morris at the White House, where she attempted to see President Roosevelt. Gallaher says that Morris was not hurt when she was brought into the cab, but she slapped him when he told her where she was going. After a doctor initially decided that she could not be charged with insanity, Morris was let go after a friend paid a $5 collateral. Following this, the arresting officer, Jacob P. Frech, told Gallaher that he had charged her with insanity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-12
John Gurda gives a play-by-play look at the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt on October 14, 1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gurda explains why the Roosevelt campaign included a stop in Milwaukee, and he provides background on Roosevelt’s would be assassin, John Flammang Schrank. Gurda details the shooting, Roosevelt’s response, and his insistence on giving his scheduled speech. He concludes his essay by noting Schrank’s fate, confinement to an asylum for the rest of his life, and the boost to Roosevelt’s reputation for surviving the shooting.
A photograph of Gurda, an illustration of the attempted assassination, and a photograph of Roosevelt’s eyeglass case supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2012-10-27
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt has limited availability due to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health. He sets out a schedule for meeting with Anna Roosevelt, Anna Hall Roosevelt, and the lawyer to discuss declaring Elliott Roosevelt insane and confining him to an asylum.
1891-08-06
In a banner across the top, men and women dance at a dance or nightclub. The banner breaks at the center and the women fall into prostitution, separating the bottom of the cartoon into two halves. On the left, a woman with clawed feet holds up a “Red Light” lantern with a skull-shaped bulb in her left hand while holding back dogs labeled “Disease,” “Insanity,” and “Suicide” with her right hand. Behind her is “The Potters Field” cemetery. On the right are two business establishments that appear to serve as fronts for illicit activities, as a line of patrons file out of a “Chinese Rest[aurant]” and into a waiting “Police Patrol” wagon. Caption: Small wonder there are protests against “The Grizzly Bear” and “The Turkey Trot.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-01-31