Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-22
ROOSEVELT STARTS FOR HOME
Colonel Leaves Chicago Hospital for
Oyster Bay.
EARLY BULLETIN IS FAVORABLE
Patient IL Slightly Restless, but In
flamation Has Decreased--In-
dicatiOns He VIII Stand
the Trip Well,

CHICAGO, Oct. 21-Colonel Roosevelt
left Mercy hospital at exactly 7:2O a. M
for the station. where he was to board a
Pennsylvania railroad train on which he
was to make the journey home. He was
taken out Of the hospital on a wheel chair
to an automobile ambulance. The colonel
was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt.
When he was ready to depart, the COL
onel said he was feeling WELL but that be-
cause of his restlessness during the
night was somewhat sleepy and hoped
he would be able to get some rest after he
reached his berth. He was cheerful and
expressed pleasure that he was so soon to
be on the way home
He awoke shortly before o'clock and
was given his morning sponge bath and
rub down. His breakfast consisted Of
bacon, three soft boiled eggs, buttered
toast and a pot of tea. Mrs. Roosevelt
had breakfast with her husband
DR.. John B. Murphy arrived at $50
a. m and with DR.. William B. McCauley,
the house surgeon, dressed the colonels
wound for the last time before his de-
present. This conzuitatlon was for the
pariure. At the same time a consultation
was held, at which DR.. Scurry l. Terrell,
the coloners specialist, DR.. Arthur B.
Bevan. DIR. Alexander Lambert, the
Roosevelt family physician, and Dr. John
B. Golden, DIR. Murphy's assistant, were
purpose OF establishing the ,colonetNs
actual physical condition. with view
Of taking precautions necessary TO make
safe as possible.
Morning Bulletin.
At 7:10 a. m the following official bulle-
tin was issued:
Pulse, temperature and respiration
normal. Wound still discharges little
serum. There Is less inflammation.
Point of location Is sensitive to pressure
and bullet can now be distinctly located
General condition good
DR.. JOHN B. MURPHY.
DR., ALEXANDER LAMBERT
DIR. A. ID. REVAN.
DR. SCURRY L. TERRELL,
Long before time to leave the hospital
Colonel Roosevelt was fully dressed and
over his street clothes he wore the heavy
was shot. The hole in the right breast
was not distinguishabe at any great dis
tance
The colonel walked from his room to
the wheel chair in the corridorl He was
accompanied by Dr. John B. Murphy and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
To avoid crowd at the station Colonel
Roosevelt boarded the train in the rail-
road yard at Twelfth street, half mile
away The, train was then backed into
the terminal train shed, where the
colonel's baggage was received
First Stop at Gary,
GARY, Ind, Oct. H.-Colonel Roosevelt
announced that he was not feeling any
discomfort from the motion of the train,
when his party stopped here for a few
minutes to send last kilograms east.
1T isn't bothering me at all" he told
the correspondents. IF the whole trip Is
like this, / shall get along fine"
Patient Resting Well.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Oct. A.-The fol-
lowing bulletin was issued at noon by
Colonel Roosevelt's physicians:
Colonel Roosevelt Is resting we'll and is
very comfortable.
ALEXANDER LAMBERT,
SCURRY i. TERRELL.
DR.. Lambert said that the patients
condition was so favorable that 1t was
deemed unnecessary to take record OF
his temperature, pulse and respiration.
He looks like a we'll man." said DIR.
Lambert, but 1t is necessary that he be
kept to himself and have absolute rest.
There has been some further bleeding
of the wound today, but only the normal
which shows that the wound is
healing as we hoped 1t would
DIR. Lambert installed himself in
state room adjoining Colonel Roosevelt's
and kept the patient under constant
At several Indiana towns
there were crowds, but respecting the re-
quest of the physicians they stood