The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
FUNERAL TO BE
ON WEDNESDAY
At OYSTER BAY
Blood CIOt in Artery Is the
Cause of Death.
Col. Roosevelt Had Been in a
New York Hospital.
WAS ROUGH RIDER LEADER
Served as Governor of New
YOrk-Vice President.
Assumed Presidency on Death
of William Mckinley.
Col. Roosevelt Had Been in a
New York Hospital.
WAS ROUGH RIDER LEADER
(By United Press.)

Oyster Bay, n. V, Jan. 6.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep
at AIS o'clc k this me ling.
The end came when there was no
ore in the room but his valet
The follow statement was made
to the United Press by DR.. G. w.
Faller. of Oyster Bay, the physician
who last saw the colonel:
Colonel Roosevelt retired at II
O'Clock last night feeling much better.
AT AIS O'Clock this morning he sim
ply ceased to breathe. Death was
caused probably by a pulmonary en-
bolism."
This pulmonary embolism, DR.. Fal-
Ter explained. is a blood clot upon one
of the arteries of the lungs
Funeral on Wednesday.
The feuenral Will be held Wednes-
day at 200 p. m. from the Christ
Episcopal church at Oyster Bay. The
Rev. Dr. George TaImadge will Off
c.ate and interment will be in the
Young Memorial cemetery at Oyster
Bay. There will be a service at the
home at 12:45. Both will be private.
At the time of the death the only
persOns in the house at Sycamore
Hill were Colonel Roosevelt, his wife
and the servants.
Colonel Roosevelt spent Sunday ev-
ening reading. conversing with Mrs.
Roosevelt and with DR.. r, who
left him apparently much improved
and in excellent spirits. He also die
tated a number of letters. Despite
his recent return from the hospital,
where he was confine1 for weeks by
an attack of sciatica with painful COM
plicatfons, he had much of his old
vigor. When DIR. Faller left him
Roosevelt was laughing and called
good night mast cheerfully-
Retired at Midnight.
At midnight he retired. Mrs. Roose-
welt sat with him for a while, then
as he fell asleep, she went to her own
room. At 4:15 a. m. the man servant
became alarmed and called nurse.
There was nothing that could be done
Roosevelt was dead.
Mrs. Roosevelt was called. She took
the shock bravely. DIR. Faller arrived
a few minutes later. Roosevelt lay
as if still sleeping. He did not move
in the bed as -le died, but V just
as he was when his wife stepped out
of the room shortly after midnight
The man who was with Roosevelt al
the end was James Amos, negro
who has been his personal attendant
ever since he was in the White House
A slight convulsion of the colonels
face was noticed by Amos, who called
the nurse.
Word Sent to Children.
.Irs Richard Derby, daughter Of
the colonel, has started from Aiken
S. C.
w. Emlen Roosevelt. a cousin, wa:
among arrivals at Sycamore Hill dur
ing the morning. Others were Mrs
Douglas Robinson. sister; Theodore
D Robinson, a nephew; Joseph BishoE
of New York. an old friend, and EloT
H, Hooker, former treasurer of the
Progressive party. Cablegrams were
dispatched to Kermit Roosevelt, who
is in France, and to Theodore, jr., who
is with the Americans in Germany
The place where Colonel Roosevelt
will be buried was picked out by him.
self years ago. 1t is not far from
Sycamore Hill.
On Saturday. the colonel dictated
two editorials. This was his last work
Roosevelt returned home Christina!
day from Roosevelt hospital where h,
had been ill for some time with sci
atica. Immediately after he died hi
son Archie Roosevelt. who is in Bos
ton. was notified. He started for hom,
ut once.
The house ,at Sycamore Hill wa,
clos and nobody allowed to enter tn,
grounds after the colonel died.
Colonel Roosevelt was so wears old
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