The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-17
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW
RIB is SPLINTERED
Bully for You Bat" the
Bull Moose Wires Prize
Fighter, After Telegram
Expressing Sympathy-Old
World Rulers Send Cable
grams
BY LANES MONTAGUE.

BY JAMES MONTAGUE.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.--After a bed
side consultation between Colonel
Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt, DR.. John
B. Murphy and DR.. Arthur ID. Bevan.
Ii was decided today that the colonel
can start for Oyster Bay Saturday,
provided, of course, that no symp-
toms of the dreaded blood poisoning
shall develop in the meantime. A
more careful examination of the N
ray photographs taken of the patient
disclosed the fact that his fourth rib
Mas slightly. spgtnseEea by The impact
81 the bullet now lodged against 1t.
This accounted for the discomfort
that the colonel has suffered. The
injection of antitetaneous serum last
night is accountable for the Jump OF
ten beats in his heart action noted
this afternoon.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been insistent
on taking her husband home at the
earliest moment consistent with
safety While the attending surgeons
advise keeping him here afSEseast a
week longer, they admit that tist1 dan.
ger of blood poisoning wiA have PAS
ed Friday. and that ~ Il IN e-run-
ming no serious risk to nova him
after that
Tsse ssnanisel has ~passesi~Asane easy
day. He continues TO exhibit the
utmost Indifference 10 the motives
OF the man Scbrank, who sought his
life,
''iiis name might De Czolgosz or
anything else as far as I am concern
ed" he said to one of his visitors.
Il never heard OF him before. and
know nothing about him.
believes Assassin Maniac.
To another friend b. expressed the
opinion that the man was a maniac
afflicted with paranoia on the sub
jsct- Of the third term He shows
no curiosity about him. aud does not
discuss him. although he talks con-
sidcrabiy about the shooting.
~ ON know he said to DR. Muir
play. Il have done lot OF hunting,
and know that a 3s-caliher pistol
slug fred al any range will not Kill
Il Bull Moose"
Mrs. Roosevelt. who reached Chi
cago with her son Theodore and her
daughter Ethel. was driven directly
ia Mercy hospital and took charge
Oh HFF uur 9GHb a. SVoH 40 sag AH'
greeted him. She WAS quite conf
posed on her arrival and has been
nlacid!y directing affairs since then
As result OF her presence the colo
nei's visiting list has been very ma
teriaily cut down. She devotes less
time to reading kilograms. and dis
.cusses the campaign very little.
Gets Many Cablegrams.
part of the morning he spent in
reading cablegrams OF sympathy and
concentrations ON his escape from
Emperor William, King George, the
president of France, the king OF
Italy. the king of Spain. the president
of Portugal, and the crown prince
and princess OF Germany. All these
he answered. but sent word TO the
press that the exchange OF feticita-
tons would not be given out for the
present.
suoug his few callers to-day We're
f-.J.i1- f3v,,u.- Ntrsttft Mccormick, Dr.,
Alexander Lambert his family ply
stefan. who accompanied Mrs. Roose-
welt 20 Chicago: pr. Evans, of this
city and t,r Woods Hutchinson, the
writer on medical topics, who is a
warna personal friend.
AS soon as he saw DIR. Lambert
the colonel said:
Lambert, you'd have let me finish
that speech If you'd have been there
after was shot. wouldn't YOU
perhaps so." returned the doetcs,
a little obviously. but should have
made sure you Were not seriously
hurt first"
Ir. Evans and Or Hutchinson gave
out statements today, and both agreed
thas tha danger IN the TX president is