The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-19
ROOSEVELT WILL
GO TO OYSTER BAY
NEXT MONDAY
Such Was Decision of Doc.
tors After their Exarnina-
ton This Morning.
COLONEL GRAPHICALLY TELLS
ABOUT attempt ON HIS LIFE
Was Amused When He drew Out His
Manuscript and Found Bulle, St.,>
In it-Impatient to Get Back on
tho Stump.

IN 1o-1mQauent 10 Get BACK On
the Stump.
Chicago. Oct. 1s.-colonel Roose-
velt will leave Mercy hospital for
Oyster Bay Monday forenoon at 10:45
O'Clock on the Pennsylvania railroad.
This was the announcement made
today by DR.. Alexander Lambert, the
coloners family physician after the
examining physicians had issued the
dition:
"Pulse So; temperature %: res
piration 30. Breathing easier. Rest
ing well. Condition good. Convalesc-
ing Satisfactorily"
Last night was one Of almost un-
broken rest for Colonel Roosevelt.
He fell asleep shortly after IL o'clock
ana awoke only once between then
and after Z o'clock. when he an
nounced himself ready for breakfast.
The wound the colonel received at
the hands Of the would-be assassin
bie. ~
For the first time since his con-
fnement he was permitted to sit up
for a short time yesterday. It was
expected this relief will be more pro-
longed today.
The colonel declared the news that
he could leave the hospital Monday
was the hest he had received since
he was assured the wound would not
be fatal
ut has been very tedious waiting
here" he told the doctors.
Now. mother" he said, addressing
Mrs. Roosevelt, It'll be pretty good
while I'm here so there won't be any
With the decision to leave Mon
day Secretaries McGrath and Martin
gathered in bales the letters received
from all parts Of the United States
and arranged them for shipment by
express to Sycamore Hill. Less than
zoo letters have been answered and
the others will be taken up by a spe-
Roosevelt family re-estab blishes itself
at Oyster Bay.
Mrs. Roosevelt was perceptibly re-
lieved whom the announcement came
that her husband could leave the hos
pftal Monday.
''1 think It now safe to say Colonel
out Of danger" announced Dr.. Lam 10
bert. the family physician, and DR..
w. 3. McCauley.. who has had charge
Of the dressing and caring for the
wound agreed.
THE words. to all practical pur-
poses do not mean that there is any
hidden alarm for him; they mean that
to make definite promises about the
future. You see, the patient might
catch cold which would delay his re-
covery and that would throw our cal
cu!ations all away. Except for this
policy OF caution. however. one might
say the danger Is passed.
Roosevelt's Own Story.
The first vivid Impressions of Col
onel Roosevelt on the night on which
he was shot down in Milwaukee were
related last night from the colonel's
own lips. Apparently we'll on the way
toward recovery, he was permitted to
enjoy greater. degree Of freedom,
and 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 Mon
day he expected to leave for Oyster
Bay. and hoped to be hack In the cam
paign making speeches again in the
week after next.
II feel as lively as BULLDOG" said
the colonel. by way Of preface. He
was sitting in a large leather chair by
window in Mrs. Roosevelt's room.
adjoining his own. He was wrapped
IN blue bath robe Of Turkish towel
Ing with steamer rug thrown over
his feet to protect him from the au-
tumn breeze which was borne in
through the open window.
What seemed to impress Colonel
Roosevelt most strongly was not the
shooting itself-he seemed to accent
that as thing of the past to be dis
missed once 1t was over-but rather
his hour on the stage of the Milwau.
kee auditorium, when he was speak.
ing with bullet in his side. But he
insisted that to make the speech was
only what any other man would have
done under the circumstances.
1T was nothing-nothing," he said.
II felt a little pain. but 1t was not Sc
we're. When stretched out my arm.
or reached for my manuscripts 1t
made me gasp a bit, but that was all.
1T was quite amusing" he went
on. when I reached for my manu-.
scripts to see that 1t had a hole in
1t from the bullet; and there was a
hole in my spectacle case. too.'
The colonel chuckled as he recalled
the surprise he had felt at his recov-
cry.
"Amusing. did you say. colonel?"
asked one Of his his hearers.
"CHs HC QudituSOs IL was inter-
esting."
No Fear of Death.
Colonel Roosevelt showed no indi-
cation that he lelt the fear of death. |
He said he had no means of knowing.
as he delivered the speech he had
promised to make. whether he was
fatally. but accepted as a
matter Of course that he should 70
until he had finished. II his strength
held out But when 1t was all over
and he had turned away to go to the
hospital. he said. he found 1t difi-
cult to keep his temper when half a
dozen men scrambled over the edge
Of the platform and asked him to
shake hands. I
They wanted to shake hands," he
said, as though 1t still surprised him.
Didn't they know that It Is impos-
sible for man who has Just been,
shot to shake hands with genuine
OF the shooting itself. Colonel
Roosevelt had little to say. Not once
did he mention the name of John
Schrank. his assailant. He talked in
IN Unconditional way Of being shot,
as though he were discussing the case
Of a man with whom he was not ac-
quainted. He said he felt no bitter
ness or rancor.
In a dispassionate way. Colonel