read that in the newspapers and that is what I read and it must be
right.

Mr. Bloodgood:

Q. Mr. Schrank, you remember I examined you at some length on Monday
evening and you spoke of the New York Herald and New York World and the
headlines that appeared in those papers, and that you have been reading
them constantly, is that correct?

A. That is correct, yes, sir.

Mr. Zabel:

Q. Did you read those papers for the political items that were
contained in them?

A. Well, in fact, not exactly for that. I read the papers the same as
anybody else, and naturally things like those I took interest in every,
and the items interested me in those articles.

Q. What headlines are still fresh in your recollection which you read?
concerning political----

A. Oh, I could not just recall anything. Headlines doesn't amount to
much. It is now and then perhaps, but it doesn't amount to much. It is
just the item itself.

Q. Was there anything you read in those papers that gave you any
distinct impression to kill Roosevelt?

A. No, sir; not at all. I cannot blame the papers whatsoever. I have
done what I done on my own convictions.

Q. Well, were you not impressed by what you read in the New York papers
as to the menace which Mr. Roosevelt would be to our nation?

A. No, sir; not by the papers, hardly. I thought my own opinion about
that.

Q. Do you remember reading anything in those papers in which Mr.
Roosevelt was described either as a tyrant or as a traitor?

A. Oh, no.

Q. Or his ingratitude or words to that effect?

A. No; there might have been a few criticisms that says I am It Or Me
and I and that is about all, but that doesn't impress much on anybody.

Q. When you say that---- You started to say before that you were much
opposed to Mr. Roosevelt deserting the old party and building up a new
party---- What old party did you have in mind?

A. The Republican party.

Q. Were you interested in the Republican party?

A. No, sir; I was not interested.

Q. Ever vote the Republican ticket?

A. Yes, sir; I have several times.

Q. On National elections?

A. National elections.

Q. Ever vote for Mr. Roosevelt?

A. No.

Q. Municipal elections were you----

A. A democrat.

Q. Democrat for what particular reason?

A. Well, as long as we were in the liquor business there in New York it
was almost natural that we should vote the Tammany rule because every
liquor dealer needs protection.

Q. On account of