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?