CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 1912 (UP) -- The following statement was issued at the Mercy hospital at 10:30 a. m. on the condition of Col. Roosevelt:
"The bullet wounded the chest wall without striking any vital organ in transit; wound not been probed. Point of entry is one inch to the right and one inch below the level of the right nipple. The bullet ranged upward and inward for a distance of four inches into the chest wall.
"No evidence that the bullet penetrated the lung. Pulse is 90, temperature 99 2-10, respiration 20, leucocyte count $200 at 10 a. m.
"No operation to remove the bullet is indicated at the present time. Condition is hopeful but the wound is so important as to demand absolute rest for a number of days.
"John B. Murphy, Arthur D. Bevon, S. Curry, L. Terrill, R. G. Sayle, attending physicians."
