The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
BULLET AIMED At ROOSEVELT
BUT FAILED To REACH VITAL SPOT

luctantly agreed, insisting at the
same time that he felt perfectly fit"
and could make speech today,
The announcement that Roosevelt
would do no more campaigning was
followed by revised announcement
that il he recovered sufficiently, he
might address mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden in New York,
about October &C.
The first person whom Colonel
Roosevelt asked to have brought to
him at the hospital was Rev. Edward
J. Battman, one time chaplain in the
United States army and for years a
close personal friend of the bull
moose leader Major Battman was
sent for at once, to be brought from
his suburban home in Wilmette.
The coloneps breakfast this morn
ing consisted of liberal portions OF
eggs. bacon. tea and toast. He ate
heartily and said he was experience
ing no discomfort, except slight
soreness where the bullet was lodged.
"Not Feeling so Bad"
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-Colonel Roose-
welt who was shot by fanatic last
night at Milwaukee, awoke after two
hours sleep early today and smilingly
said he was mot feeling so bad
His condition, while an attempt was
made to minimize 1T by the physi-
clans, was admittedly serious and an
operation today was necessary, but II
was known that he was not in fmme-
diate danger.
AT Mercy hospital DR.. Terrill, the
coloneps personal physician, Or.
Joseph C. Bloodgood, of John Hopkins
University, and DR.. F. F. Sayles oil
j Milwaukee, with four eminent Chicago
surgeons, Drs. Arthur Bevan, John B.
Murphy, l.. l.. Macarthur and A. ].
4 Ochsner, located the bullet lodged I'M
der his tenth rib and against the wall
OF his chest The greatest danger
4 was from blood-poison, the surgeons
agreed, because the bullet had been
} fired from a rusty revolver and pos
5 sibly had deposited Infection as It
i iplouched through the colonelss cloth
: ling. his thick bundle of nialusctipt
: of the speech he was to deliver at
4 Milwaukee last night and his spectacle
case and into his body.
r Practically all the way down from
Milwaukee-nearly two hours ride.
A the colonel slept in the stateroom Of
r his car which was attached to pri-
yate train. The colonel's tempera-
!, ture was normal, but his pulse was
q S4--the colonel's normal pulse rs ~.
DR.. Terrill and Drs. Bloodgood and
sayles remained bys his side during
3 the trip. which ended here at $3.50 q.
g M
AS the colonel was sleeping when
), the train reached Chicago 1t was de-
! bcided TO allow him to sleep until day
= light. His train was put on quiee
spur and he was allowed to sleep un-
!. til a. m.
n When the colonel awoke, he and
y his cousin Phillip j. Roosevelt, his
secretary j. w. McGrath and the doc
IS tors were taken at once to Mercy nos.
$ pital leaving the station at 6;15 a. M
n more thorough examination was
a made than was permitted at MilWau'
" kee or on the train, and the serious
i. nass Of Rooseyelt's condition became
e, apparent
~ The colonel insisted that his injury
o. was not SO dangerous as the doctors
o. would have him believe He SAID ne
ID was resting we'll and that he did not
,e have any fear of the injury proving
ii fatal.
10 The entire hospital staff which
81 could be spared from duty in Other
parts of the institution was put at th'
Il disposal of the coloneps physicians
ar and two of the most competent nurse:
an in the hospital were assigned to nj:
i'd room.
he An operation was postponed whe1
lv Colonel Roosevelt was taken to th'
as operating room and an X-ray exami
N. nation was made by Drs. Murphy an
ochsner DR.. Murphy said after tn
examination:
10. eve have located the exact cours
ne of the bullet and have determined de
at initely that ii did not touch any vita
er spot. Colonel Rooseveit's life is nc
off in any danger"
he The surgeons then went into consu
cy tation to prepare for the operation
at. remove the bullet.
During the preliminaries TO tn
re- operation which was decided upon
Mercy hospital, Colonel Rooseve
his patiently submitted to two N-rs
EN- examinations While they were
a, progress, he laughed and joked VII
ely the surgeons and there was twink
art in his eyes that indicated that h
physical injury was not affecting h
lch cheerfulness.
re- Carrying that speech in that po
ou. ket certainly was lucky thing +
tine you,'' said DR.. A. j. ochsner, one
ell the Chicago surgeons who was
oy- helm in the operation.