The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-16

~ OF the hoSIataf stafa. WHO 1--we
XiImette. rather vattrnan. who once
hefa a commission from the colonel
~ chaplain in the army, hurried TO
rho hospital and talked with the for
.nAr president for two or three MIN
u,~s Leaving he said;
mir. President, you were eiec'ee
last night
Colonel cecil Lyon, OF Texas, Colos
ne, Rooseyelts warm personal frieno
avs bis ,,cn,ra MON on the canlnaign
trsp. game in with Medin MeCormlcA'
TO see him eat breakfast.
And he ate a good one, TOO, saia
s Y,.ar, ms he left the hospital three
boiled eggs. a couple OF slices ot 'oAs'
and Gun of tea That ought - ""
Tor n well man, III,
W. The afternoon Mccormick caue1
again ana O. X. Davis, secretary "l
az Ruil Moose national committee
came in to talk about future plans.
4 lsptween visits pr, .Bevan took many
S-Rav photos. In e hnRlly sneVeSSl"'
.naeavor 10 locate tire bullet
The leaden pellet Was toe2leu
against the fourth rib On the Fish'
siss " entered the body two inches
below the right nipple and iN -ll..''1
inward by only mo lnhh'tN'ipa'
fonr inches. sn5 lodged two inches
inward Nv only the inHnt'"s''fn"i
traction OF an Inch did IL miss Inc
liver and the plcuFal cavity
BulIts vii Remain.
The length of the wound ana Hi'
necessity If making deep inrlsion 2"
hiring forth he bullet determined the
doctors 70 allow Il - remain To- th'
present. aud permanently perhaps
rh, massive character Gt tho former
presidents chest muscles ala mucn TO
hold back the miss IT, whose Voioclty
had already been. seriously .mpeded by
N. objects IL encountered on It's way.
These were.
J. A thlck uvcrcoat.
A rusty black broadcloath frock
coat. the one the colonel has worn
through this and apparently through
-v4are ether campaigns
:. zoe tn ckness of heavy type
written paper, containing his speech
for the i ght in MiiWaakee' ht'y
pages, folded double.
4. A gun metal spectacle case. con-
taIniug the biz tortoise shell spec
taeles the colonel uses for reading
glasses. The bullet Erazcd ono Of the
lens. hUt ny Some miracles left il IN
tanct.
s, A black vest lined with silk.
s. A Madras shirt.
T. A wooden gndershirt.
After the last XRay photo had
been taken the colonel rested for ii
little time, and orders were issued I"
let no one see h m. At o'clock Miss
Jane Adams called, and learning Of
these orders went away without ask
Ing to be admitted To the sick room.
She said she would come again and
left her sympathy and congratulations
+ an the ealonelss, ESCAPE. -.s--s..--.
A few sips OF bred and milk salts
He'd the colonies appetite in the late
afternoon. and he got about an hour :
sleep. which Dir. Terrell said would
serve him better than medic ne
- fr@-. Bsttffgsverffs AFFss4--.
Mrs. Longworth arrived in the eve
ming She was greatly agitated and
the tears stood In her eyes as she
slighte from the car in which friends
brought her TO tho hospital. and she
hurried up the steps.
She was Immediately shown into the
room with her father, and remained
there fifteen minutes. She came
away apparently greatly encouraged
As she was leav ng she met Fiber
T. Martin, the husky stenographe'
who grabbed the assass II the instan
after the first shot was fired. aux
thereby undoubtedly prevented a sec
ond and possibly fatal shot
BreathIessly Mrs Longworth lis
tened to Martin y modest recital o
the events in Milwaukee. and express
ed to him her gratitude for his promp
action In grabbing Schrank.
On leaving the hospital Mrs.
Longworih said
"As soon as I learned that fathe
had been wounded. l came on fror
Cincinnati. and came Ia the hos
pital right from the train. / Wa
very much alarmed when I eam'
hut now that have seen and talke
with him, ] feel greatly relieved.
think II - fortunate that th,.- ma
was mot able TO shoot at him Il see
ond time"
The last visitor for the night wa
Senator f}eeerittsse. who rushed Il
from the train and into the sic
ROOM listened for ten minutes an
hurried down To the Blackstone I
make ready 70 carry on the cause G
progress where the colonel had bee
forced TO drop IT
In the Game to Stay.
Il was announced later that Bot
ertdge viii take Ia Louisville temor
row the speech the colonel was t
deliver there speech which make
answer 10 Governor Wilson and otht
Of the candidates opposing Rooss
welt for the presidency Part Of -
speech the senator viii use as CON
Ing from the colonel. ana viii reac
He will then deliver to the peopl
~ Kentucky, who We're to be- ad
dressed by the colonel tomorro'
evening the message which the colo
mel gave him. which ~, in effect, /
keep on fighting and depend on
that Roosevelt Will be in the gam
10 the end OF the campaign.
1t lis Colonel Roosevelts preser
Purpose to deliver 4 speech at Mad
fsnn Square Garden October f6tl
BUT he has placed himself under tn
doctors orders and will not Ieav
Chicago I'LL he is told that all dan
ger of sepsis has passed
AT S;30 the injured man announce
that he would read himself 10 sieel
MA The lights were turned fow In tn
adjoining room. Adjusting his grea
round speetaClcs GA the bridge q
his nose. he propped his head "
on three pillows and selected a vol
ume from a pile that was stacke'
ON a chair beside his bed. Anon
the volumes there were Bible,
novel by Richard Harding Davis, VIII
is an enthusiastic Huh Moose far
three copies Of the outlook. cor
Of the Common Law, by Robert w