Umzamo omncinane owaziwayo wenziwa kwiHlat Gilpatrick
Ingxelo eyaziwayo encinci yembali yaseMilwaukee kwaye enye iya kuba yayaziwa ngokuqhelekileyo ukuba yayiyimpumelelo, yile ndlela yokuzama ukubulala u-Theodore Roosevelt apha ngo-Oktobha 14, 1912.
Le ntlekele yenzeke xa uRoosvelt eyelaphulophu edolophini kwiqela elihamba phambili, okanye iBol Moose party, ithikiti, efuna ukuphinda iphinde ibuyele iofisi ephezulu emva kweminyaka emine. Wema emini e-Hotel Gilpatrick, kwaye emva kokutya nabahloniphekileyo basekhaya, wazama ukuhamba kwi-Milwaukee Auditorium (ngoku i-Milwaukee Theater) ukunika inkulumo yentetho.
Njengoko wayengena kwisithuthi sakhe, uRoosevelt wayemisa ixesha lokutshintsha aze atshintshe into enokuthanda. Ngelishwa, lo mzuzwana wawususa indlela yokubulala, uJohn Schrank, ukuba athabathe iphostile ayeyilungiselele iiveki ezingaphezu kweeveki njengoko wayelandela i-campaign yeRoosevelt kumazwe angama-8. USrank waxosha amandla akhe .38 Uhlaselo lwama-caliber ukusuka kwibala elikufutshane, ukubetha uRoosevelt esifubeni.
USrrank wavalelwa kwangoko kwaye imoto kaRoosevelt yashiya. Kodwa kwakuthiwa ngamaxesha ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba uRoosevelt aqonde ngokupheleleyo ukuba wayebethe. U-Roosevelt owayenqabile, wagxininisa, nangona kunjalo, ekuqhubeni ukuthetha kwakhe. Kungenzeka kukuba wayeziva enetyala lolo suku ngenxa yokuba kwakunobumba obunqamlekileyo, obutyiweyo epokothini lakhe kunye ne-glasses yeglasi yecala, eyathabatha ininzi yamandla ebhulogi.
Njengoko wangena kwi-Auditorium yaseMilwaukee, uRoosevelt wamemezela abaphulaphuli ababethebileyo ukuba udutshulwe, esithi: "Kuthatha okungaphezulu kwelokuba libulale i-Bull Moose!" Wandula ke wathetha iminyaka engama-80 ngaphambi kokungenanga ukuya esibhedlele saseMilwaukee unyango.
Ngenxa yokuba le ncwadana ayizange isongele kwizitho zangaphakathi, oogqirha banquma ukushiya ibhola apho bekukho. URovelvelt wathwala ibhola ngaphakathi kuye ubomi bakhe bonke.
Ihotele iGilpatrick sele ihambe, kwaye iHyatt Regency Milwaukee ithathe indawo yayo. Kodwa ihotele entsha ihlonipha le ndawo yembali kunye ne-plaque ephakathi kwendawo yokungena.
Malunga noTheodore Roosevelt
UTheodore Roosevelt wayengumongameli wama-26 we-United States. Waba ngumongameli ngoSeptemba 14, 1901, xa uMongameli McKinley efa emva kokudutshulwa ngoSeptemba 6, 1901. Ngeminyaka engama-42 ubudala ubudala, wayengowona mncinane kunabo bonke abe ngumongameli. Ngowe-1904, wakhethwa njengomtyunjwa waseRiphabhulikhi waza waya kwikota yesibini eofisini.