Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-19
ROOSEVELT Gives
FIRST INTERVIEW
DESCRIBES FOR FIRST TIME his
Feelings ON NIGHT HE
WAS WOUNDED.
is RAPIDLY RECOVERING
Expects 10 Leave for Home Monday
And Soon Resume Making
Campaign Speeches.

CHICAGO. oct. lS-Tho vivid I'M
pressions of Colonel Roosevelt when
he was shot in Milwaukee were relate
ed tonight from the Colonel's own
lips. Apparently well on the way TO.
ward recovery, he was permitted TO
enjoy greater degree of freedom,
ana for the first time he gave an ac-
count of the happenings in the first
few hours after the bullet found Its
mark.
The Colonel said that on Monday
he expected to leave for oyster bay,
and hoped to be back in the campaign
making speeches again, week after
next.
Il feel MS lively as n bulldog" =" He
was sitting on n huge leather chair
by window In Mrs. Roosevelts room
adjoining his own. lIo was wrapped
In a bath robe to protect him from
the autumn breeze, which was borno
In through the open window.
What seemed to impress Cojpnel
Roosevelt most strongly was not tho
that as a thing of the past, to be dis
missed once when 1t was over-but
rather his hour on the stage of the
Milwaukee auditorium, when he was
speaking with n bullet in his side. For
he insisted that to make the speech
would have done under the circum-
stances.
Was Nothing, lie Said.
1T was nothing, nothing he salo.
Il felt little pain, but not severe.
When ! stretched out my arm or
reached for my manuscripts. 1t made
me gasp a bit, but that was all.
'lt was quite amusing" he went IN,
when ! reached for my manuscript, 10
See that 1t had hole in It from The
bullet; and taere was hole in my
spectacle case, too"
The Colonel chuckled as he recalled
the surprise he felt when he made the
discovery
Amusing, did you say. Colonel"
asked one of his hearers.
We'll" he qualified, 1T was moth
ing.
Colonel Roosevelt showed no lnit-
cation that he had felt the fear of
death. He said he had no means cf
knowing as he made tho speech he
had promised TO make, whether he
was wounded fatally, but accepted as
matter Of course that he should
go on until he finished If his strength
held out. But when IT was all over. |
and he had turned away. to go to the |
hospital, he said, he found It difficult |
TO keep his temper when half dozen |
men scrambled over the edge of the |
platform and asked him to shake |
hands
They wanted to shake hands" he
said as though 1t stlll surprised him.
Didn't they know that It is lmpos- |
slble for a man who has just been
shot to shake hands with genuine
cordialty?"
Never Mentioned Assallant.
OF the shooting itself. Col. Roose-
Welt had little TO say. Not once did |
he mention the name OF Joun .
Schrank, his assailant. He talked IN |
an unemotIpnal way of being shot. as .
though he was discussing the case of a ,
man with whom he was not acquaint /
ed. He said he bore no bitterness or
rancor.
In Il dispasslonate way. Colonel |
Roosevelt spoke Of his present condi- /
ton and speculated upon chance that |
he would have blood poisoning or
some other serious complication.
isn't it a curious thing" he said.
that a little shot"-he placed his
thumb near the top Of his forefinger
to indicate how small shot he
become infected and
set the whole thing back"
Then he said. there was the posi-
bility, the physicians told him, that
pleurisy or pneumonia might develop.
DR.. Alexander Lambert, he said. had L
spoken or returning to New York to-
day, but his assistants asked him to
because they felt that all dan
ger was not past.
Felt No Pain at All.
The Colonel said no felt no pain at
present. Ho placed his right fore
finger carefully on his breast to indl-
cate the position of the wound, and
said that while he still had an occa-
sional twlnge to remind him uf it, he
was at ease.
AS he talked. he moved his arms .
freely, although he was careful not to
move his body. lie punctuated his
with gestures but they were /
not the same vigorous gestures which .
he Is wont to make. He waved his
hand or thrust forward a finger with {
1 quick dart. instead Of bringing down G
1 clenched fist upon an open palm s
With a thump.
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