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ti JfeV'-- ii . sMw . .mztwmmm . .TWIN KYES OP TWO ASSASSINS Schrank, Who Shot Roosevelt; and Gatyagher, Who Shot Jaynor. John Schrank, the man ' Who shot Col. Theodore Koosevelt, re sembles in a most'remarka'ble' -way James J. Gallagher, the man who Ishot Mayor Gaynor of New York, "Aug. 9, 1910. ' These two attempts to 'assassi nate prominent public men' have aroused greater interest and sym pathy thanr any Similar crime since President McKinley was slam. " Look at the eyes. On the riht is Gallagher's; on- the left Schran'k's. They each haye the told, glassy, immovable ' eye of the murderer, according to'Cesajfc Lombroso, the noted Italian cri'rn- inologist. But unlike the com mon criminal their eyebrows ate not bushy and are well'Sjeparated. Both have ptosis, a "species of . paralysis of the upper lids, w.hich gives the eye a half clpse'dappea'r ance, and which is common in "many types o criminals. , Both men are monomaniacs. Those half closed, half sbtfititing eyes, unburdened by fire: tff pas sion or anger, gazing- calmly upon all matters save "one, are th'e monomaniac's yes, . Thrcfogh them he sees with clear vision at air times and in all places, but upon one subject. -'The monomaniac is subject to hallucinations. He dreams of be ing persecute4.by' his intended victim;,, and other -horrible night mares" crowd his sjeep. He takes little trouble to' hide his deed when once -committed, makes lit tle or' no defense, a.nd usually con fesses readily. But until the murder is attempted he is cau tious, -stealthy and silent. Schrank was all of that; so was Gallagher. Besides-their -eye resemblance, both men Jiave the same broad face, the vsanre, over-developed jaw, the -same earsj-the external eat being largej andnprominent arid tber same -nose, -abnormally developed.' ' Another ' sign - of- the mono maniac, especially pronounced in SchrankCsIcasevJs his'desjre to put his insane thoughts down on paper,' while Tie -spoke rationally about the insane idea" engulfing Bis TbrainV Mattqids v (cranks) alsojpour.out tlfeir-ipsanity; ugon WSi'CCQBRMBbE Xtl L 5 (,6,