El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-21
COLOMBIAN TRIES TO
SEE COL. ROOSEVELT
Says He Wants the Colonel to Restore
Panama to Colombia; Sends
Roosevelt Flowers.

Chicago, III, Oct. Am attempt to
see Col Roosevelt was made at Mercy
hospital shortly before midnight last
night by Luis E. Molina, who gave his
address as BogOta, Colombia, and said
he was a secret diplomatic representa-
tive of that government He was
stopped by the guard and city police
who were on duty.
Molina said. his father is senator
of Colombia he sent Col. Roosevelt
a postal card and wrote him long
letter containing accuse tons that the
colonel had committed an atrocious
crime in taking Panama from COLON
bia, and bidding him beware OF the
vengeance of God.
Molina was accompanied by two
3. Careuo and Esteban Moran They
said they had known Molina but
few hours.
The detectives. after questioning
Molina, permitted him to depart Col
Roosevelt knew nothing Of the attempt
20 see him
Molina sent a DO xof flowers to the
colonel and followed them with a note
written on a postal card It read;
col Roosevelt: I sincerely desire
your complete recovery. Now that you
are lying on bed Of pain, remember
the Almighty God and how easy 1t is
to disappear from the earth After
this remember your greatest otIence IN
your official career-the robbery OF
Panama fro mCOlOmbia- Try to RENE
dy this iniqUity and God viii protect
you"
The detectives said Molina was not
armed.
Bullet Definitely Located.
The position of the bullet that so
nearly cost Col. Roosevelt his life has
been fixed with precision for the nrst
time An N-ray photograph was taken
sunday and from this it was learned
that the bullet lay on the outside of
the broken rib Until this photograph
was taken the physicians had been un-
able to state positively whether IL was
on the outside or inside Of the rib.
1--WE know definitely that the bullet
lies outside the rib where it can do no
HARM said DR.. Lambert. 1T lies in
such a position that 1 could reach the
spot precisely through small in
cisiOn. should Col. Roosevelt desire to
have it removed at any time. 1t is
matter of his own preference"
VIII Net Have 1t Removed.
Col Roosevelt said he did not think
he ever would have the bullet removed.
Col Roosevelt had a slight setback.
from having over-exerted himself in
receiving friends Sunday.
Expects To Make Speed.
After Col Roosevelt is at oyster Bay
there viii be little relaxation in the
strict regime Of the physicians for
week or ten days Col Roosevelt be-
lieves, however. that he will be able to
speak in Madison Square Garden, New
York, on oct so. He hopes to make
one speech 10 summarize All OF MS
reasons for seeking support for the
Progressive party, and has begun to
plan an address which he can deliver
in 20 minutes
way" he said. even If I can speak
only three words"
Col Theodore Roosevelt left Chicago
at $50 this morning for oyster Bay
aboard a train on the Pennsylvania
railroad
To avoid a crowd at the station, Col
Roosevelt boarded the train in the rail-
road yard at Twelfth street, half a mile
away. The train then was backed into
the terminal train shed.
In the party that entered Col. ROOse-
velts car were Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel
Roosevelt. Theodore. jr., Col. Cecil Lyon
and Drs. Lambert and Terrell