"Sick List" Newspaper Articles
about Denver County Colorado
"Sick List" Newspaper Articles
about Denver County Colorado
Buffalo Bill is Said Near Death
Great Wild West Character Rushed to Home on a Special Train
DENVER, Colo., Jan. .—Critically ill following a severe nervous and mental collapse last night at Glenwood springs. Colonel W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill), is due to arrive in Denver at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, on board a special car attached to a Denver & Rio Grande train. Upon arrival in Denver he will be joined by his wife and his sister, Mrs. May Docker, and by his family physician. Dr. J. H. East. The party will then start for Cody, Wyoming, the colonel's old home, if his condition permits the journey.
Colonel Cody's collapse came very suddenly last night following a two days stay in Glenwood Springs, during which time it was declared the colonel seemed to be in better condition than he had been for several weeks. Little hope can be held out for his recovery, according to a statement issued by Dr. W. W. Cook, of Glenwood Springs. Colonel Cody's mental faculties are impaired, and his memory is almost gone, according to Dr. Cook.
Questioned as to whether Colonel Cody would be able to stand the strain of a long railroad journey, Dr. Cook declared that he "did not know". Colonel Cody became seriously ill upon his return to Denver, December 15, following a trip to his ranch at Cody, Wyoming. A severe cold contracted on the trip brought on a nervous breakdown rendered grave by the age of the famous plainsman. Colonel Cody is 70 years of age.
(January 7, 1917, Lima Daily News - Submitted by Linda Dietz)
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