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Show Sx-President Still Threatened by Cranks -to Speak Wednesday New York, Oct. 26 On account of a number of- threatening letters re-cehod re-cehod bj Colonel Roosmclt and the pieseice in Oyster Bay of a stranger who attempted' yesterdaj to make his vy into the colonel'b house, steps were taken last night to guard the life of the e-prcsldent A tentative decision was reached to engage one or two men to protect Col. Roobovelt during the lest of the campaign cam-paign and for a time theieafter if tho colonel has not recovered suiriciently by election day to bo able to defend himself. Col. Roosevelt's coudition continued to Iranrove yesterday and his physicians physi-cians said he would be able to speak at tho Madison Square Garden meeting in New York on Wednesday night if no unforeseen complications ailse, but they said he would bo unablo to do any further campaigning. The man who attempted to sec Col, Roosevelt arrived in Oyster Bay yesterday yes-terday afternoon and set out on foot for Sagamore Hill. He was met 'at the door by the colonel's secretary and : insisted (hat he must see the ex-pres-ident, although told that no visitors were being ieceived Ho was a tall, well-dressed man, with a flowing black moustache and a sombrero which gave him the appearance appear-ance of a westerner Ho would give no reason for asking to seo the colonel col-onel but persisted In his demands until un-til ho was cut off sharply and told to leave Sagamore Hill He then asked ask-ed to seo Mrs Roosevelt. The secretary secre-tary finally persuaded him it was useless and he -went away Tho stranger returned to the il-' lagc and wrote a long rambling letter to Col. Roosevelt Then he disappeared disap-peared Tho attempt on Col. Ttoosovclt'a life was said by Dr. Geo. W. Fuller of Oyster Oy-ster Bay, one of tho colonel's physicians, physi-cians, to have stirred up "cranks" and to be responsible for th; letters which Colonel Roosevelt has received since his roturn to Oyster Bay Some of them threaten tho colonel and it was decided that the danger of another attempt to assassinate him was sufficient suffi-cient to make it necessary to guard him. The colonel's physicians wish to hao him get out of doors as soon as possible, believing that he will be benefited greatly by doing so, but they aro unwilling to risk the chance of another attack. It is probable that ho will be kept in the house until adequate ad-equate protection has been piovidcd. Dr. Fuller ieceived a letter of warning warn-ing jesterday from John A. Waldron, appointment clerk in tho office of Gov. Dix at Albany. Mr. Waldion wrote that a man who had attempted to force his way into the 'Mercy hospital In Chicago while Col. Roosevelt was thoro had been- a prisoner In Clinton prison during the Roosevelt administration adminis-tration and at that time had written a letter in which he threatened to assassinate as-sassinate President Roosevelt It was said that this man had announced his intention when he was denied admission admis-sion to the hospital to follow Roosevelt Roose-velt to his home After examining Col. RooBevclt's wound last night his phjsiclans issued is-sued this bulletin: "Col. Roosevelt is in good condition and his wound is piogresslng favorably, favor-ably, but he will not be able to work or see visitors for some days. Unless some unforeseen complication should ariso he will be able to speak for twenty or thirty minutes on Wednesday Wednes-day night, but he must return to Oyster Oy-ster Bay and not attempt to campaign. (Signed. ) "DR. GEO. E, BREWER. "DR. ALEXANDER LAMBERT. "DR. GEO W. FULLER." |