The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-15
NO BAND GREETS HIM.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-From a desert
! ed railway station Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt re-entered Chicago today.
There was no band and no cheering
A little cavalcade of sober-faced police
headed the procession The Colonel
with a doctor on either side lay in an
ambulance. Behind half a dozen auto
mobiles moved slowly to Mercy hospi-
| tai.
| Suffering from a pistol wound re-
ceived last night in Milwaukee, Col.
Roosevelts condition was serious en-
ough to cause grave concern to the
eminent surgeons who had gathered
to receive him, the Colonel was taken
from his Car shortly after o'clock.
Fifteen minutes later he was lying in
the ambulance and the police had
moved to the head Of the line and the
somber little procession was under
way.
The Colonels special train arrived
in Chicago shortly after 3 o'clock this
morning. His car was switched to the
! deserted passenger station Of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad at State
street just north of the river. There it
remained until the colonel had been
removed.
Precautions Taken.
| Every precaution was taken to
| avoid a crowd. Few persons knew
where the coloneIs car stood. Even
| the hospital to which the colonel was
to go was kept secret until the start
was made. 1t was reported that he
would go to the Presbyterian hospital.
Just before the start DR. J. B. Muir
i sist in caring for the former president
! announced that it had been decided
to take him to Mercy hospital at 25th
street and Prairie avenue.
Col. Roosevelt, game today as he
was last night after the attempted as
sassination walked unassisted from
the car to the ambulance. He sank
down weakly once he was inside
Twelve minutes later when he reached
the hospital even his gameness was
not equal to the task of walking the
few steps from the ambulance en-
trance to the hospital door. A man on
either side supported him. His face
was white from loss of blood and
drawn with the pain of his injury.
The phyisians who were with him
expressed their concern. DR.. Murphy
was the one who expressed it most
openly.
"Blood. poison is the thing We most
fear" he said. I'VE will take every
possible precaution; to prevent that"
! In the automobile that accompanied
the former president from the station
to the hospital were the surgeons,
some close friends of the colonel sum-
moned when the shooting occurred
and newspaper reporters.
| Along the streets as the ambulance
wheeled slowly across the State street
bridge a few persons realized that it
carried the former president. Some of
the men stood with uncovered heads
as the colonel passed.
He Felt The Pain.
The colonel rested easy after the
train reached Chicago and his car was
brought to a final standstill. He was
uneasy during the trip and seemed to
feel considerable pain. The physicians
in charge decided not to disturb him
after his arrival in Chicago until day
light.
He was reused by Dr. Murphy half
an hour before the start for the hos
pital. A superficial examination of the
wound was made. Then DR.. Murphy
advised that Roosevelt be removed at
once and the other physicians concurr-
ed.
| The colonel himself acauiesced read
lily He smiled as the preparations for
the trip were made.
When all was ready he stepped from
the car waving aside the physicians
and attendants who would have help
| ed him.
Shot again." he remarked, as news
| paper photographers fired a volley of
| flashlights at him.
He smiled as the pictures were