The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-10-18

BY That Time II Will Be Determined
Whether There is Danger Of Blood
Poisoning - Martin Tells a Graphic
Story of Capturing Assassin.
Chicago, Oct. 17.-coIoneI Roosevelt
has had such steady gain in the last
twentyfour hours that the attending
surgeons we're more hopeful early to-
day for his ultimate recovery than they
have been at any time since he was
shot in Milwaukee.
The last official bulletin of the night
was:
"The records show the pulse to be
"a, temperature 9s.6, respiration 20.
General condition good. Patient cheer
ful and resting easily.
MURPHY, DEVAN AND TYRELL."
The surgeons announced that no fur
ther bulletins would be issued.
In an examination made at Mercy
hospital shortly before midnight the
pulse and respiration were shown to be
nearly normal, the condition good and
the patient cheerful and resting we'll.
That the surgeons themselves feel
more hopeful is best eviderced by the
admissions in a bit of repartee while
the colonel was being examined. AS
he was being rolled over the colonel
exclaimed with grin:
81 move with greater agility than
have for couple Of days"
I'VE are all breathing more easier.
too came the quick reply from DR.. J.
b. Murphy. The official bulletin after
the examination showed the pulse to
be 81, temperature 9S6, respiration 20.
Unless complications appear Colonel
Roosevelt will be removed to Oyster
Bay Saturday evening This was de.
cided upon at conference between the
surgeons and the Roosevelt family yes
terday afternoon.
After making public the result of the
examination DR.. Murphy said he saw
no reason for remaining at the hospital
overnight and that he would not re-
turn until morning Every indication
pointed, he said, that the patient would
rest easily throughout the night.
DR.. It. A. Kreuscher of the hospital
staff, who was detailed to watch the
condition of the patient during the
night, said, after the chief surgeon had
gone:
Colonel Roosevelts condition shows
remarkable improvement since he came
here yesterday. He is a different man
entirely. His color is coming back and
he is more vigorous. The colonel Just
told me that he had had a splendid
day.
~ think DR.. Murphy is much pleased
with my improved condition. was the
way the colonel put It,"
Mrs. Roosevelt spent the entire even
ing reading to the colonel up to the
time DR.. Murphy came. She then bid
the colonel good night and retired.
When DR.. Kreuscher and Miss FitZ-
gerald, the nurse, had made the colonel
comfortable for the night the patient
expressed concern for the health of the
nurse and advised her to go to sleep
He told her he would call her If he
needed her The colonel then switched
on the reading lamp and said that as
he did not feel sleepy he would while
away the time with his books.
The nurse had only been gone few
minutes, however, when she received a
call from the colonel. The patient apol
Ogetically said that the hospital night
shirt was not comfortable and request
ed her to get his paJamas. The request
was granted, and then she retired d
second time.
Worst Known on Friday.
The surgeons received the result OF
the last y ray examination in the
afternoon. The picture shows the bul
let lodged up against the fourth rib
1t could not be determined by the
doctors iu this picture whether the
rib had been splintered or not Ii
fact, there was n division Of opinion
of the medical men in this particular
The surgeons also expressed the be
lief that Friday will settle definitely
whether the bullet fired by Schranl
will cause trouble. If there are NJ
symptoms of blood poisoning by tina
time the surgeons believe that natur,
will segregate the bullet from the ad
joining tissues and that there will b,
no danger of blood poisoning.
1t was evident that In all probabil
ity the bullet will never be extracted.
How the Colonel Spent Yesterday.
From midnight the colonel had slep
and read Macauley's essays alternate
ly. few minutes after o'clock tn
nurse took a clinical record Of bis cor
dition which showed a normal ten
perature Of $50, pulse IA, drop O
eighteen beats during the night, an
respiration Is. With this detail out @
Die way the colonel called for hi