Umzamo Omncane Owaziwayo Wenzeka Ehhotela I-Gilpatrick
Iqiniso elingaziwa kakhulu eMilwaukee umlando futhi elizokwaziwa kakhulu uma seliphumelele, yilokho okuzama ukubulala kuTheodore Roosevelt lapha ngo-Okthoba 14, 1912.
Le nhlekelele encane yenzeke ngesikhathi uRoosevelt edolobheni emkhankasweni weqembu le-Progressive, noma i-Bull Moose, ithikithi, efuna ukuphinde ibuyele ehhovisi eliphezulu ngemuva kweminyaka emine ye-hiatus. Wahamba ntambama e-Hotel Gilpatrick, futhi ngemva kokudla nabahloniphekile bendawo, wazama ukuhamba eMilwaukee Auditorium (manje iMilwaukee Theater) ukunikeza inkulumo yomkhankaso.
Njengoba engena emotweni yakhe, u-Roosevelt wayemisa ukuguqula nokuzulazula okuhle kwabafisa kahle. Ngeshwa, lo mzuzwana ususe indlela yokubulala, uJohn Schrank, ukuthatha isibhamu ayekade esilungiselela amasonto angaphezu kwamathathu njengoba elandela umkhankaso kaRosevelt kuwo wonke amazwe ayisishiyagalombili. USrank waxosha amandla akhe .U-revolver we-caliber ovela eceleni, eshaya uRoosevelt esifubeni.
USrank washona ngokushesha futhi imoto kaRoosevelt yahamba. Kodwa kwakuthiwa izikhathi ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba uRoosevelt aqonde ngokugcwele ukuthi uphonswe. U-Roosevelt ozimisele kakhulu waqhubeka, wathi, ngokuqhubeka nokukhuluma kwakhe. Kungenzeka ukuthi wayezizwa enecala lolo suku ngoba lwaluyi-handwritten eqoshiwe, eboshwe ephaketheni lakhe lesifuba kanye necala lesigesi esiliva, elithatha inqwaba yamandla enhlamvu.
Njengoba engena eMichungechunge yaseMilwaukee, uRoosevelt wamemezela izilaleli ezimangalisa ukuthi udutshulwa, wamemezela: "Kudinga okungaphezu kwalokho ukuthi kubulawe i-Moose Bull!" Ube esekhuluma imizuzu engama-80 ngaphambi kokungena emtholampilo esibhedlela saseMilwaukee.
Ngenxa yokuthi le nhlamvu yayingeyona ingozi ezingxenyeni zangaphakathi, odokotela banquma ukushiya isibhamu lapho bekukhona khona. U-Roosevelt wathwala inhlamvu ngaphakathi kwakhe konke ukuphila kwakhe.
Ihhotela laseGilpatrick seluhambe, futhi iHyatt Regency Milwaukee isithathe indawo yayo. Kodwa ihhotela elisha lisahlonipha leli dolobha lomlando nge-plaque ephakathi kwendawo yokungena.
Mayelana noTheodore Roosevelt
UTheodore Roosevelt wayengumongameli wama-26 we-United States. Waba ngumengameli ngoSeptemba 14, 1901, ngesikhathi uMengameli McKinley efa ngemuva kokudubula ngoSepthemba 6, 1901. Ngeminyaka engama-42 ubudala, wayengumuntu omncane kunabo bonke owake waba ngumongameli. Ngonyaka we-1904, wakhethwa njengomphathi weRiphabhulikhi futhi waqhubeka ehhovisi lesibili ehhovisi.