The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-28
ROOSEVELT NEVER
DRUNK IN HIS LIFE,
He SAYS ON STAND
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testimony showed that he drank liquor
or wine when compelled TO for indis
position or when the conventionalities
OF public occasions required. except
that he takes n glass of light wine.
rarely two glasses. with his meals.
Much of the succeeding testimony
went to indicate that the plaintiffs
physical vigor, his functional perfec-
tion. his violence of exercise and
racity for work could not exist in the
person of one who got drunk, and that
not infreouently. as The alleged libel
Gus editorial in the Iron Ore charged.
Important witnesses on this phase OF
the examination were DIR. Alex Lam
bert. Colonel Roosevelt's family ply
sician and intimate friend OF thirty
wears. and pr 4. y. RiXey, surgeon
general United states Navy. retired.
whose official duties during the Nc
Kinley and Roosevelts terms Included
that to guard the presidential physical
wellbeinE. other Witnesses we're ia
cob Riis and ellison Gardner. the for
lner a socialogist and writer. and the
latter newspaper man. WHOSE duty
for many years compelled him to take
close note of everything pertaining to
Colonel Roosevelt Mr.. Lambert testi-
fled he had made Il special study of the
heart a!>i lungs and of the effect OF
alcohol. tobacco, opiates and drugs on
the human system.
When MY. Andrews on the exami-
knowledge of what the Colonel drank
at meal time did not extend 10 break
fasts." the doctor said:
oh yes. indeed. ] have frequently
stayed at the Roosebelt home all night,
and might drop in ut breakfast any
time, as | frequently did
Special Attention.
DIR. Lambert said he friypp Sna
cal attention to the study of alchol-
ism more than To any other line: had
written book on the subject. which
was standard in the profession. and
probably during his career had trea ted
10000 cases OF alcoholism and allied dis
orders
he is extremely temperate" testified
the doctor Ills heart and liver which
in an ALCOHOLIC would be affected he
said. were prodigiously healthy. He
never was called upon to treat his
friend professionally until he was
called TO Mercy Hospital, Chicago. af-
ter Colonel Roosevelt was shot
He sewed The wound. None but a
vigorous and healthy man could have
stood the shock and loss of blood as did
Colonel Roosevelt" he said NO alco-
holic could have rallied rs he did He
was not nervous. as an alcoholic would
have been. and. despite the pain. fell
asleep and rested quietly as baby.
Had he been drinking man. his nerv-
Gus system would have showed it, He
might even have had delirum tremcns
IT Is fact that 80 per cent OF alco-
holics who are wounded or shocked as
Mr. Roosevelt was would have gone
into delrium'
Witness spoke of hunting trips in
colorado Montana, the Dakotas and in
Louisiana. in which he was the plain
tlG's companion There was usually
IN
drink 1t. Onthcse trips he remembered
only once when his friend took a drink
ana mat Was " glass of champa gne
taken at dinner given to members
OF hunting party on "a train.
DR.. RiNcy. as White House phvsi
clan, viewed his responsibilities with
great gravity, and. according to his
testimony, fairly haunted the plaintIff
during his seven years AT WashIngton.
He hoVcrcd over the President like an
anxious mother over her infant: he
visited him every morning and crept
upon him AT unexpected hours to see
that the chief executive was not taking
chances with his" health. He watched
what the President ate and what he
drank and generally supervised his
dIet DR.. RiNey made one statement
which caused the plaintiff to smile an
probably and to glance sharply at the
jury TO observe II they heard IL Tha,
was when the witness said: I'm the
seven and a half years | was at the
White House. he could not have gotten
drunk without my knowing IT"
Never Under Influence.
Gibson Gardner said he had attended
many public functions n, which Colonel
Roosevelt had been the principal guest.
and had never seen him under the in
fiucncc Of liquor
Mr.. Riis. when asked If the forn:c
president had ever been under the in
huence Of liquor In his presence. re-
Piled with gusto ooh. Lord nor
Asked If MIR Roosevelt used coarse or
profane language, the witness replied,
sharpiy Mr. Roosevelt is . gentle
man"
There was some discussion as n
whether witnesses should testify ~
the gentility Of the former Prcsiden,
but IN the end the court ruled mat i,
might be taken for granted.
Robert Bacon. James Il GARFIELD and
Clifford Pinchot probably viii testify
Tomorrow. among others
Colonel Roosevelt. ON the stand after
skeiching his lifc. said:
have never drunk cocktail Or a
highbail In my life ] don't t-nokc and
] don't drink beer, and dislike srnok
Ing and dislike the taste OF beer.
never have drunk whiskey or brandy
except when the doctor prescribed il Or
possibly on some occasion when vas