The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-04-27

| Dr. stone, when | met NJ the door
| Major Eckcrt, OF the War Department.
lwhO informed me he was going directly
, 10 stones house, Stone having already
been Gent fOr, but no, haung yet arrived.
| then determined to GO Cor Dr. Hail,
whose precise residence did not knOw.
Upon inquiring OF the crowd, was told
it was over Frank T0ylor's book store.
on the avenue. THIS proved t. BE- q
mistake, ard was compelled % return
ti his actual rcsidencG on the avenue,
above Ninth street. found the doctor
at home and dressed, aud he AZ uuce con
scntcd To accompany me.
Arrived AZ the ncighborhood Of the
house, had difficulty in passing the
guard, und only succeeded az last IN hav.
ug the doctor introduced admission BE-.
ING refused to myself. lrclurtcd to VIII.
lard's, it now being about 2 O'Clock in the
morning, uud remained there until be.
tween and o'clock, when again
went to the house where the President
wus lying in company with Mr.. Andrews,
late Surveyor o. the port OF New York.
] obtained iugress this time without any
difficulty, aud was enable TO take Mr..
Andrews in with me. proceeded at
once TO the room in which the President
was wing, which wus q bed room In an
extension, ON the first or parlor door Of
the house. The room is small, and ia or.
namcntcd with prinls--a very fomiliar
one OF Llndsncr's, white horse being
promiutnt, directly over the bed. The
bed was double one, aud found the
President lying diogonaly across H.,
with his head at the outside. The pill.
lows were ,a'u ed with blo ID, aud there
was considerable blood upon the floor
immediately under him. Thorc was Il
patchwork coverlct thrown ovtr the
President, which was obly so far removed,
from time 10 time, as To enable the ply.
siciurs in attendance To feel the ustcrics
OF the neck or the heart. aud he appear.
ed 10 hnva been dvtsied of all cls;hing.
His eyes were closed and iujcetld wi,h
blood, both the lids aud the portion sur.
rounding the cyos being as black as if
they had been bruised by violence. IIo
was breathing regularly, but With effort,
and did not seem to be struggling Of SUIT.
fcring.
The persons present in tie room were
the Secretary OF War, the Secretary of
the Navy, the Postmaster. General, the
Attorney. General, the Secretary of the
Treasury, (who, however, remained only
ill about o o'clock,) the Secretary of the
Interior, myself General Anger, General
Hslleck, General Mcigs, and during the
last moments, Cuplaia Robert LincOln.
aud Major John Hay. On the foot OF
the bed sat DR.. Stone: above him aud di
ree,y opposite the pres,dcnt's face, an
army surgeon, TO me u stranger, another
army surgeon was standing, frequently
holding the pulse, aud another gentle
maa not in uniform, but whom | under
stood to be also an army surgeon, stood n
good deal Of the time leaning over the
head board of the bed.
For several hours tho breathing
above described continued regularly, aud
apparently without pain or consciousness.
But about 7 O'clock change occurred,
unG the breathing, which had been COLI
tinuous. was interrupted ut iniervals.--
These intervals became more frequent
and of longer duration, and the breathing
moro Ieeb @, Several times the interval
was SO long that we thought him dead,
hAh WV hlE'tN hlHlliN lsln hNHNl " lliN
pulse, evidently to ascertain u such was
the fac. But ii was not till % minutes
past O'Clock in the morning that the
flame hickercd GU. There was no up.
parent suffering, no conyu'sve act Ons,
no ratlling of the throat, none Of the or
dinury premonitory symptoms Of death.
Death in this case was mer1 cessation
ol breathing.
The fact had not been asc5rtaincd
one minute when Dr.. Gurlcy ofrcrcu up
u prayer. The few persons in the room
were all pre- foundly nfesiel. The Presi-
dents eyes after death were not, pariicu-
larly the right one, ontircly Closed. /
closed them myself with nv fingers, and
ole OF the surgeons brought pennies aud
placed them ON the eyes, aud subsequent.
/ ly substituted 70; them silver half. dollars.
In very short time the jaw commenced
slightly falling, although the body wat
still warm. | called attention 10 this
aud la ! it Immediately tied up with I
pocket handkerchief. The expression
immediately ly alteI death was purely mega
/ tive, but in fifteen minutes there cam,
ever the mouth, the nustrils and the chin
a smile that seemed almost an effort o
/ life. ! mud never seen upon the Presi
dents lace an Expression moro grnin
aud pleasing, The body grew cJld, very
gradually, und left the room before il
had entirely stiiIenod. Curtains had been
previously drawn down by the Secretary
of War.
Immediately after the deceasc, n meet
ing was held o. the members OF the Cabi
net present in the back parlor adjacent q
[ the room in which the President died, 4
which meeting |, OF course, was not ad
miued. About fifteen minutes before
the decease, Mrs. Lincoln came into ths
room, aud threw hcrselfupon her dying
husbands body. She WINS allowed to re
main there only few minutes, when she
was removed in sobbng condition in
which, indeed, sue had been during all
the me she was present.
After completing his prayer in the
chamber Of death, DIR. Gurloy went into
! the fror p or, where Mrs. Lincoln was,
with Mrs. md Miss Kinney, aud her son
| Robert, G u. Todd Of Dacotah, Ga cousin
ofhers,) and Gen. Fdrnsworth OF illinois.
Here another prayer was offered up, dur.
! ing which remained in the hall. The
prayer was continually interrupted by
Mrs. Lincoln's so1s. Soon oflcr It's con.
clusion, went into the poTlor, aud found
her in chair, supported by her son
Robert. Presently her carriage came
up, and she was removed to il. She wa.
in state oftolerable composure at thai
time, until she reached the door, when
glancipg at the theater opposite, she re
! peated three or four times:
"That dreadful housel that dreadful
house."
Il Before / myself left, guard bad beeI
stationed at the door of the room In whicl
the remains of the late President wer
lying. Mrs. Lincoln had been communi
caled With, TO ascertain whether she de
sired the body to be embalmed or mot
! -. q INur aA faa,.a,