The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-16

doctors"
Although Dr.. Murphy would not 10
state specifically. others ventured the
opinion that there was bare possibility
that the bullet may be scaled up by
nature for life and that an operation
may never he necessary.
"The Colonel Is one Of the plsasantest
and most tractobio patients I have had
In long time" said Miss Fitzgerald
az she prepared to spend the night in
her patients apartment. HE does just
what he 10 asked to do and only seems
TO want to be quiet and read and think.
I think he is a kindly sort Of a man
from the way he tries to make himself
pleasant.
THE Colonel expected to wake up
after an hour or 30 Of sleep and ex-
pected then to shave himself before he
went to sleep for the night. He always
shaves himself. and It is his habit to do
10 before going to bed. It is the Colo
nel's theory that he sleeps better when
freshly shaved"
When the wounded man awakened
from the sleep that ne had enjoyed from
tho time his special train left Milwaukee
at midnight until a little after in the
morning he found himself surrounded
By an inner belt of policemen and an
outer belt Of freight and mail cars at
the abandoned Wells street station Of
the Chicago ana Northwestern Rail-
road. He expressed himself to the physi-
clans who had accompanied him from
Milwaukee as having had q refreshing
sleep.
x.Ray Examination at Once.
Soon after. DR.. John r. Murphy ar
rived. He Immediately made an exami-
nation and announced that it was i'm
perative the patient be put under the
x-ray to determine the exact location
Of the bullet and to decide whether or
not an immediate operation was neces-
sary.
A few minutes later a big ambulance
was backed UP for the start to Mercy
Hospital Of which DR.. Murphy Is the
chief Of stan. two miles from the loop
district on tho South Side. DR.. Murphy
took the arm Of the Colonel and
assisted him to alight from the private
car. As Col. Roosevelt was descending
the steps Of the car . number Of FASH
Light photographs were taken
Gosh. shot again." he exclaimed.
with q smile. As he walked to the am
bulance. he saluted the Newspaper men
and policemen with . CHEEKY. Good
morning"
He was assisted into tho ambulance
by his cousin. Philip Roosevelt, and DR..
Murphy. and slowly reclined upon the
stretcher. His cousin took q seat be-
side him, while DR.. Murphy mounted TO
q seat beside the chauffeur.
The drive to Mercy Hospital vas made
in eleven minutes.
Colonel Walks ts Chair.
COL Roosevelt alighted from the am
bulance unassisted on reaching the in
stdtution. and walked slowly to an
invalid chair. While being wheeled
into the hospital he waved salutes to
q group Of reporters, but did not talk.
He was taken to suite OF rooms on
tho third floor. Nos. S,2 and 314. which
had been prepared for him.
The Colonel walked into the x-ray
room Of the hospital without assistance.
He was reading a message a. he walked.
and having finished glancing over the
sheet he looked up and joked with those
near him about his pajaInas having
been forgotten in his trip from tho
special train which bore him to Chi
caso. He evinced much interest in the
preparations and the radiograph. and
was inclined to be talkative while pho
was being taken. While waiting
for tho treatment he read in q number
Of magazines Several photographs
were made.
Escape Was ATiraculeus.
Ths examination by doctors and X
ny pictures showed that the Colonel
had . miraculous escape from death.
Tho bullet entered above tho upper bor-
der Of the liver less than an inch below
ne lower border Of tho lungs. Tho
wound. It Is said. probably would have
been fatal II tho ball had penetrated
either the lung or the liver.
Il he bullet had penetrated the same
polne on the left side instead Of tho
night It would have penetrated the
6eAft and caused instant death.
A morning bulletin issued from the
hospital and signed by all Of tho sur
Geons in attendance described the wound
a. ono in the chest wall. Tho lung was
not pierced. however.
Tho oincial bulletin was - follows:
"Deep bullet wound Of chest wall
without striking any vital organ in
transit Wound has not been probed.
Point Of entrance ono inch to tho right
Of and ono inch below tho level Of tho
right nipple. Bullet ranged upward and
inward distance Of four inches on chest
wall. There IL no evidence that bullet
penetrated the lung. Pulse. 90. Tenn
perature. 1872. Respiration. 20. Leuco-
cyte count. .s2 at 10 A. NJ. No operation
10 remove bullet n indfcafed at tho