Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-21
ROOSEVELT STARTS
ON THOUSAND MILE
JOURNEY HOME TO
SYCAMORE HILL
Suffers Little Discomfort Dur
ing Ordeal Of Removal from
Hospital to Pennsylvania
Railroad Train.
PHYSICIANS PRONOUNCE
CONDITION SATISFACTORY

my Leased Wire a. EVenIng Herald
4 'hlrnEu. Got. - .-COlonei Roosc.
Welt at $40 this morning left Chicago
tor oyster Hay, aboard u train on
the Pennsylvania railroad.
llc awukc shortly before O'Clock
ana was given hs morning sponge
bath ana ruh-dowu Uis breakfast
consisted ur bacon, three soft-boilcd
oggL huttcrcd toast aud II pot of tea,
Mrs. Roosevelt had breakfast with
her husband In his room
! Dr. John ~, Murphy arrived at the
hospital ai G.3O u. M. aud with Dr.
William a. McCaulcy. the house sur
Rcun, dressed tho rulunpl's wound for
tho lust tim" before his departure for
the east. At the same time "A consul
tHtiuu was held at which DR.. ScurTy
J., Terrell, the Culuncl's specialist; DR.,
Arthur u bruyun, Dr. Alexander
Lambert the Roosevelt family physl-
cinn, and Dr, John Il. Golden, Dr.
Murphy's assistant. were present.
At 7:lO Il. m. the following official
bulletin WAX issued:
Pulse, temperature and respiration
normal, Wound still discharges q
little serum, There In less inflammn-
tlOn. Point bullet location In sensi-
tive tu pressure and bullet can now
he distinctly located. General con-
dltlun good"
Lang before timo To leave tho hos
pltnl. colunor Roosevelt was fully
dressed. over his street clothes he
wore the heavy army overcOat he had
on the evening he WAS shOt. The hole
In tho right breast was not distln-
Ruishnble at any great distance.
The colonel walked from his room
Ia the wheel chair In tho corridor.
lie was accompanied by DE John u.
Murphy ana Mrs. Roosevelt. On the
way through the hospital tho various
rooms had their doors open and pa
tiCniA called "A greeting 10 him and
wished him snfo journey Outside
there was a large crowd OF spectators
who also shouted greetings, At the
door ne abandoned the chair and on
the arm Of Dr. Lambert took tho few
steps to the door OF tho ambulance.
Tho start was Immediate. In front OF
, the ambulance was IA largo detail OF
mot, tcyClO police, n squad OF whom
. Also Immediately followed. Then came
motor cars In which were Colonel
. trril Lyon nud the remainder OF tho
Roosevelt party. In other motor cars
were mury newspaper men ana pho
,tuHraph"rs,
Throughout the "urly morning, OT
ever since the time colonel Roosevelt
, nwuk", There WAS an air ur expectancy
IN IN" corridors of ia" hospital
Preparations for departure" had been
made carefully, There was not the
slightest hitch
just uS hu wuu being taken from
the wheel chair at the hospital door
the r0luncl badc guOd.hy" to hiH two
nurses NlRhi Nurao Margaret fltz'
+ gerald wHs the first Ia shake his hand
ana iu receive the famous Roosevelt
smllr. She was followed by DaS
. Nurs" blanche Woltcr
- rho last thing that Colonel and
- Mra Roosevelt did VIVA to Hhuk,
/, hands with und thank Mnthor MnrN
Uuphnrl, the mother superior IL
- charge at the hospital, fhc farewell
., wue bri"r but affecting. Into the eyer
Of MrR Ilou"vrlt n tear came Will,
A the oyru uf Me mother superior wcrt
y sutlusrd und she quickly turned hel
II brad, Hud then hurried into IN" build
r. ms
n 10 avoid a crowd ut the sintioi
,- Coluarl Rousrvrlt boarded the trail
"a In the railroad yards at Twelfth
n street hair mile away, The trni
q. then was bnckrd into the tcrmlnn
/. shed where the colnncl'a baggage wI
received.
h In tho pnrty that entered Colon'
I. Vuuscvclts car were MrH NcoHevel
4 Ethel Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr,, 60
"A Cecil Lyon ana Drs, Lambert and Tel
rail-