, 1866-07-06


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t&sanseatee-.
THE SUICIDE OF sENATOR LANE.
Ee.clt 1T an ExcItt"G Mental Malady-
Intenss Exefkement 'Fhraus h ..us N 40
sAs-eaKtIcuiara Ut the sad Occur.
fouGe.
l>r,c1s Cespa ch to the Missouri Deuaoe-at.l
1EAvEswohrn: July e-General Lane az
| rived here from St. Louis at one O'Clock P m
| on Friday last, accompanied BY Dr.. stocstou
| and Captain Williams, oi Ct. Louis, and Mrs.
! Lane AID iaunltl r, who met him AZ Kansas
| City, and went to the residence Of his brother
| tn-law, Dit. Mccall. On the Government farm,
Is,ls outside OF The city he Was IN poor
heaith- as he hud been for some time preFions;
| hta ai.menf seeming 10 be mental rather rhan
/ bodily. His mfnd was In continual state Of
excitement. threatening him with paryaisis Of
The brain, or 4 total derange1nent OF the intel
| lectual faculties. His d-por: 1nent and msn-
] ner OF conversation were such as 10 excite The
| greatest apprehension Of his friends, md he
l himself in1imated that he would never re-
l cover. He told Alr. Mccall on Saturday, that
| IN case Of his death be desired his remains TO
be transmitted to Indiana for interment- He
also seemed 10 be CONSCIOUS that he might be
lEA u NGkt4utL Aaa QNA uC@A ACk31Ay HI
particularly requested that his movements
should be closely watched
He had also asked the attending physician
pn mort than one occa$Iou to inform him of
the easiest method Of terminating existence.
Efis conduct mud Language we're so peculiar as
veiilance ui all bis movements. He seemed
TO be IN full possession Of all his physical
powess, but the terrible conflict Ia dis brain
1oreboded a fearful disaster.
Last evening, soon after i've O'Clock, be ex-
pressed desire to ride ont. sir, Mcl:n1i and
Capt. Adams, brother Of Brevet Brig. Gen-
c. W. Adams. who Is son-iu 1aW Of Gen.
Lane, AZ once prepared conveyance and the
three started.
During the progress of the ride, aud before
the tragic occurrence, Gen. Lane AGghted
four times on frivolous pretexts, and 1t is now
occasion to shoot himself, but that his res
son was Jet too firmly cnthIoned to permit
Of the deed being accomplished. Fort Lear-
enworth Ia separated FROM the farm b ,use BY
one or More large delds, perhaps q mile IN
breadth, to which large gats opens. Mr.
the gate, and Gen. Lane also a1ighted and
stepped to the rear Of the wagon, ostensibly
10 perform p. esslng duty. Drawing five
inch eevolver from his coat pocket, be e1-
claimed In loud voice, "Good bye, Nc p
and placing the nuzzlo Of the pistol to
uOutA 1u4AEA44LCly AICAt 446 HpInlS5 ny
into the. mir q loot Or mora and
fell heavily to the ground. When Gen.
Lane spoke his last words the gentlemen In
attendance screamed and rklshed towards him,
but too late to prtVcnt the catastrophe.
They hastened to tho Fort for a physician,
where be has since had every attention from
physicians aud friends. II was thought this
morning that he could not live the day ont.
but since noon he has revived slightly, and it
is now probable that he may survive Tor a
day or two. Tho wound Is necessarily NOR
the mouth, penetrated through the tissues
which unite the two divisions OF the brain,
and came out almost exactly In the centre Of
the head The General ev1nces slight con-
sciousness but has not spoken, and it is not
likely he ever will.
General Lant,a Last naya In St, Louis
His Journey 10 LearenWorth - hi.
1i11,e>a, N+jrcttau, Anxiety, &c>-An
Authentic statement.
From tbe Mia.oun Democrat, 4.h in,t.l
General James Il. Lane last arrived in st.
Louis on the 10Th nitimo, on bis way 10 Wash
ington. He had been suffering ircm serious
te1tion to lis oticial dnt1es In .he United
States Senate difficult tax. While at WASH
ingtoD, few weeks ago, he received fntefti
gence making It important for him to pay
vtait ct business to Kansas, and, against the
advice OF bis Washington physician, he set
out upon the Journey. He went TO Lawrence,
and had reached st. Louis again on his re-
turn, when Frustrated by increased Illness.
On theif2d Dr. T. G. Comstock, of our city,
was summoned to the General at the Lfndeu
Hotel. The Doctor informs us that he tDund
him in bed, complaining Of dizziness, extreme
depFsssien ofsPirit:. sinking sensations, numb
vousness md loss Of sleep. The dizziness aud
numbncss had been suffered, ,thoug in much
less degree, at times for siI months preceding.
The patient was Also timfd, and expressed
himser as afraid to be afons. He woRid not
The Doctor prescribed for him, but Was re-
quired to remain, and be a. constantly in IT.
tendance a. possible. The GenernTs private
secretary, Capt Willlams, was constantly
with him, night and day.
The sufferer said he greatly feared death,
would leave hin without his mind" Such
Was his iisqu1etude that in the DOCTORS ah-
selces he would repeatedly send for him In
the night or day time The symptoms yield
ed to treatment, hut bn the next evening they
were worse, and the Gencral's nervousness
was called as consulting phyaician.. d.. Com
stock was requested b. Lane to telegraph to
Washington that he was detained b7 illness,
and TO ask leave OF absence from the Senate
which Was done. The Generals wife At
Lawrence was also telegEaphed to, requesting
could not come, being herself III, and that
he must, II possible. return Immediately
to Lawrence On receiving her answer,
Wednesday last, the Gensrnl concluded to go
to Lawrence, and iuaisted that Ds. cesnstock
sng s:" tic journey as judicious, The Doctor
thought ii better to consent t6an to oppose,
and yielded to the percmptory demand that
he should 20 With him. Lane still h.d con-
siderable physicist strength. lie remained in
deep detection, would not look at a newspa-
per or think Of anything but bis distresstnl
condition, and would sec no company. He
( wished to see clergyman, and Doctor Com
stock on Wednesday sought in succession Tor
Keys. Dr. GeeIge, Dr, Cox, Dr.. Nelson, Ds:
Nichols and Or. Schuyler, but each had left
town. General Lane was Methodist, hav-
lpg years ago Joined church of that denonu
inatfon In Kansas.
Wednesday evening the party started in the
| cars for Kansas. The Generals detection
sions Of apprehension was the one that ha
should not he able to sleep. After soma
hours Of riding he asked 1t they bad passed
Jefferson City; and said he feared he wonid
lose his mind that he wanted to stop and
e. TO q Whea toa here ns
none, he asked !" Where Is the nearest one ?"
He was told sat Fu1ton," but that all such
notions were needless, and that he must dis
miss them. He did 40, and conyersed with
more cheerlnlness. referring 10 his political
nc'iop, He said in substance that he had felt
compelled, In order to preseryeif II possible the
harmony Of tic Republican party, to take
course which had brought down upon him
bitter dennncfatlons from former friends, and
that wrong motives had been unjustiy imput~
ed to him.
Al eleven o'clock, contrary to his lears, he
dronned aa1eep and s]ept with little fnteTpp-
lion ior seven hours. Thurnday morning he
was an1ious to go back to St. Louis, and to
take the return train ut once, but he WAS per-
suaded to 60 On to Kansas City. Arriving
there he refused to take the boat to Lcaveu~
worth, md chose to remain at Kansas City
nll day. He went tn a hotel and to bed, and
then felt much better, aud coaytrsed cheer
fully and freely with his pbgsictans. Mrs
Lane arrived there In the afternoon, aud the
General aud his wife and the Doctor rode
out together, aud visited the Generals old
camping ground IN McGee.s addition.
OF the carriage to inspect the premises, and
appeared unusually cheerful They returned
to the hotel, took tea, and then With some
others went to the theatre. Taking up one Of
the bills aud noticing that the play was to be
the AIaniac's Daughter, Gen. Lane ssid be
him, hut he remained through the first part.
Then he withdrew and YVES accompanied BY
the Doctsr to the hotel. There the General
quietly rested awhile, and then knee11ns BY
the bedside andlb1y prayed IN fcryent aud
appropriate manner-a1ter which he retired
and slept peacefully, Without an opfate.
Ga Friday morning the party took steam.
cr for learenworth, On the way the General
rc'apetd into very melancholy mood. e1-
pressed fears that Leavenwortl would have
bud effect upon him, and regretted that the
Doctor must there PUT from him. Though