The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-02
IS +" BULL MOOSE +" LIKE BUCK?
G. j. LaBarre, Prominent Progress
sive, Advises Third Party Leader
Not TO Submit to Operation for
Removal of Would-be Assassin's
Bullet.

| There are many and many occupa
| lions worse than that Of carrying q
bullet around in ones body, if the
deductions of G. j. LaBarre are cor.
rect, and Mr.. LaBarre has just writ
ten Col. Theodore Roosevelt, advis.
ing him not TO take any chances on
an operation for the removal of the
bullet from Assassin Sehrank's So
caliber pistol, which recently was
imbedded IN the coloneIs chest wall.
Mr.. LaBarre bases his argument
on the fact that hunters often bring
down wild game and find in the car
cases Of many of the animals bullets
around which the flesh is perfectly
healthy, and from which the animals
have seemingly suffered no i'll eff
fects after the original wound healed.
A typical case is cited by Mr. La
Barre, capitalist, land owner, lumber
man and sportsman. And the chances
are that Col. Roosevelt will give it
serious consideration, for the reason
that the Well-known Louisiana man
is warm friend of the popular
Rough Rider.
Mr.. LaBarre's letter follows:
tPaincourtyille, La, Oct. %, 1912
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Oys-
ter Bay, N. j.;
My Dear Colonel am sending
you under separate cover by regis
tered mail bullet l found in the
last buck killed.
when you get this ball you will
notice that it is a round bullet, IA
caliber. and was fired from an old
loading smooth-bore shotgun
that has been out of existence for
the last twenty years. That would
indicate that the deer must have car
ried the ball all of that time. The
bullet went through the body and the
flattened side was against the skin
IN the opposite side, and fell out
when the buck was skinned. I i'm
stopped the work and
made thorough examination of the
,lesh surrounding the bullet and of the
Whole carcass, and no traces could |
}e found of the passage Of the bullet
except the scar on the opposite side
4 the skin.
sfhe flesh Immediately surround
ng the ball was perfectly bright and
lear. Even the fat lining showed
10 discoloration. The inclosed photo
hows how fat and fine the deer was.
The boy in black clothes is my old
st son, Pierre; the writer is not
hown in the picture.
i am writing you this because it
as been my experience in hunting
hat bullets found in wild animals
i'd not seem to be attended by any
oreness whatever, and there was no
or Inflammation.
Il am sending this ball because Of
IS extra size and shape, and to show :
hit no bones. &And if the ball you
ave in your ell st doesn't hurt you
hen you are bosn ] would advise !
ton. VT
"Of course, You are not buck,
ut you are a a.Bull Moose E
Yours respectfully,
&c. r. LABARRE.' 7
The buck alluded to in Mr.. La :
ares letter to Colonel Roosevelt :
as such a superb specimen one Of
lie. very finest ever brought down
Louisiana-that the successful
inter had the head mounted by the I
EST taxidermist in New Orleans. c
he latter used artificial eyes i'm G
'rted from Germany to replace the
strous ones which nature gave the F
limaI. c
Today the splendidly mounted head c
it'll its branching antlers and shin
8 eyes and sleek hair, adorns the {
al Of Mr.. LaBarre's own private n
len" in his city residence, 1903
stavia street. 1t is SO lifelike that
g is really startled on viewing it n
r the first time. =,
Deer hunting is a hobby with Mr.. Ct
sBarre, and although he has killed
any a fine denizen of the Louisi- il
d forests, he says the buck which N
FRIED the old slug, evidently fired
IN an old-fashioned gun many P
ars ago, was absolutely the finest