Ƙoƙarin Kwarewar da aka Yi a Hotel Gilpatrick
Wani labari na Milwaukee wanda ba a san shi ba ne kuma abin da zai zama sanannun sanannun idan ya ci nasara, wannan shine kokarin da aka yi wa Theodore Roosevelt a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 1912.
Wannan kusa da masifa ya faru a lokacin da Roosevelt ke cikin sansanin garin na Gasar Progressive, ko Bull Moose, tikitin, yana neman sake dawo da ofishin a sake bayan shekaru hudu. Ya tsayar da rana a Hotel Gilpatrick, bayan ya ci abinci tare da manyan yankunan gari, ya karanta kansa don barin hedkwatar Milwaukee (a yanzu Milwaukee Theatre) don yin jawabi.
Yayin da yake shiga cikin motarsa, Roosevelt ya dakatar da juyawa ya kuma yi wa masu haɗakarwa farin ciki. Abin baƙin cikin shine, wannan lokacin ya tsabtace hanyar da za a kashe shi, John Schrank, ya dauki harbin da ya yi na makirci fiye da makonni uku kamar yadda ya bi yakin Roosevelt a cikin jihohin takwas. Schrank ya kori mai karfinsa mai karfi .38 mai tsabta daga filin kusa, buga Roosevelt a cikin kirji.
An tsare Schrank a nan da nan kuma motar Roosevelt ta bar. Amma yana da yawa lokaci kafin Roosevelt ya fahimci cewa an buga shi. Roosevelt mai goyon baya ya ci gaba da cewa, ya ci gaba da magana. Zai yiwu yana jin ya zama wajibi ne a faɗar wannan rana saboda shi ne rubutattun littafi, wanda ya rataye a aljihunsa na fata tare da nau'in gilashin karamin karfe, wanda ke shafar yawancin harsashi.
Lokacin da yake shiga Wakilin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Milwaukee, Roosevelt ya sanar da masu sauraron cewa an harbe shi, yana shelar cewa: "Yana buƙatar fiye da wannan don kashe Bull Moose!" Ya ci gaba da yin jawabi na minti 80 kafin ya koma wani asibitin Milwaukee domin jinya.
Saboda bita bai kawo barazanar gabobin cikin gida ba, likitoci sun yanke shawarar barin filin jirgin sama inda aka kasance. Roosevelt ya dauki bullet cikin shi har tsawon rayuwarsa.
Hotel Gilpatrick ya dade, kuma Hyatt Regency Milwaukee ya dauki wurin. Amma sabon hotel din yana girmama wannan wurin tarihi tare da alamar ajiyewa a cikin ɗakin.
Game da Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt shine shugaban kasar 26 na Amurka. Ya zama shugaban kasa a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1901, lokacin da shugaban kasar McKinley ya mutu bayan an harbe shi a ranar 6 ga Satumba, 1901. A shekaru 42 kawai, shi ne ƙaramar mutum da zai zama shugaban kasa. A shekara ta 1904, an zabi shi a matsayin wakilin Republican kuma ya ci gaba da zama na biyu a ofishin.