The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-21


bulance.
During the preparations for the de-
parture, Colonel Roosevelt sat on the
edge Of his bed and directed the pack
ing OF his grips and all the details Of
the arrangements for taking the party
to the station.
With laugh the colonel said to DR..
Scurry l.. Terrell:
Doctor, If there is not room for you
we can wrap you around one of these
bundles and you can go as a shawl
strap" DR.. Terrell is not burdened
with an ounce of superfuous flesh.
The wheel chair which the colonel
was to ride to the elevator in, was
facing the door Of his room.
Turn 1t around that way" ordered
the patient and he walked steadily
around it and climbed abroad unas,
sisted. DIR. Scurry L. Terrell, his
personal physician. pushed the chair
! to the elevator.
Il will face the door, II you please
doctor said the colonel as he In
dicated that he wished the chair
i backed into the lift SO he could be
j wheeled out into the lower corridor
face foremost.
When Colonel Roosevelt saw Ceci
4 Lyon, of Texas, in the corridor, hi
waved to him:
i "By George, Cecil. he said, ''havt
you found my waistcoat YETI"
4 Colonel Lyon had not found it, ant
he explained that at the time of thu
shooting Of the colonel in Milwaukee
his favorite waistcoat had disappear
ed mysteriously, and search hat
failed to locate it.
Just before leaving the colonel
room, this bulletin was issued on tn
!, patients condition:
Pulse, temperature and respira
. ton normal. There is still some dis
] charge of serum, but less filtration
The point of the bullet was definitel
, located this morning 1t Is sensitiy
: to pressure. General condition goot
!. Rested very WE'LL
(Signed)
John B. Murphy,
:, Arthur Dean Bevan,
: Alexander Lambert.
) s'Scurry l.. Terrell"
. DR.. Lambert explained that tn
fact that the bullet point was sens
y tive to pressure did not indicate an
y bad condition. 1t will be sore fe
= some time, he said, but the lead
now encased in tissue, and there
e no indication of infection.
The colonel was taken from the a
y tomobile ambulance which brougl
him to the hospital last Tuesday, al
e put aboard his private car ct sma
~ freight terminal station of the Pen
8 sylvania railroad, just off 18th stree
His car was backed to the union ST
~ tion and attached to the regular ira
"a which was to leave at S:15 o'clock.
10 He was accompanied from the he
% pital by DIR. John B. Murphy, DR.. !
exander Lambert and Colonel Ce,
Lyon. Behind the ambulance was
automobile containing the colone
secretaries, John w. MCITdlH
~ ~ Elbert E. Martin. The next car &C
= tanned newspaper correspondents W
have been travelling with the colon
). then came the newspaper photograI
: ers and motion picture men. Folio
!, ing them was the car in which we
~ ~ riding Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. All
Longworth, Miss Ethel Roosevelt a
-, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
- There was a big crowd at the q
~ street entrance of the hospital a
no a subdued cheer went up when
, colonel was pushed through the dt
10 and wheeled to the ambulance.
ar- The procession was compelled
move slowly when it reached i
nd street, because of the rough pa
m. ment, and once the ambulance dri
IN. was compelled to crank the machi
NV He had been running so slowly t
me his motor stopped.
he Or. Terrell. the colonel's perso
his physician, missed the party as 1t
ich leaving the hospital. and he was G.
in PEELED to hire taxicab and break