Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-06-21

made public even if we were
able to do so.
From this time until four O.
clock there was but little
chance in Mr.. Vallandigham''
condition. His breathing grew
more labored, his pulse quick
er, and at times he seemed tc
be in great pain.
At four o'clock A. NJ. the
symptoms were thought to be
more alarming. Several of the
friends of the wounded man,
who had lain down to get a
snatch of sleep, were reused
up. The son appeared at the
bedside again, the associates in
trial now in progress, Judge
Haines, his professional partner
Judge McKeemy, and several
other intimate personal friends
who had arrived during the
night, were grouped around
the room and gathered around
the bed. In the past two
hours a very noticeable change
had come over the appearance
of the wounded man, His
breathing was still more diff,
cult, and he was manifestly
fast losing strength. 1t was
thought that his hour had come.
The gray dawn of morning twi.
light was just giving way to
the light of day. In the trees
on the opposite side Of the
street might be heard the song
of birds, and the sidewalks be-
low were just be inning to re-
sound to the footsteps of early
rising pedestrians.
BY the side of the bed, and
tanning his father, sat young
Vallandigham. At the foot
sat the venerable Judge Smith;
on either side were his profes.
sional associates, Judges Nc.
Keemy and Haynes, and also
Messrs. Hume, Millikin and
others. The sound of ap-
wheels was heard, and in a mo-
ment the physician who had
been summoned from Cincin-
natl drove up to the door. A
moment later he was in the
room. He could only alleviate
the suffering, not cure the nal.
ady of him who he had come
to see.
Five, six and seven o'clock
were successively struck, and
the strong man lay motionless,
and seemingly almost insensi-
ble, on the bed. Once OF
twice he muttered something
that indicated that his mind
was wandering, but at no time
did courage seem to forsake
him. 1t seemed to be a strug.
gle for life, with the odds fear
fully against it.
Shortly after seven o'clock,
Tom Mcclellan, the man whom
he was here to defend, appear
ed under escort of an officer
from the Jail. The man charg-
ed with murder, who has al
ways been represented as being
cold aud remorseless as the
grave, could not repress his
tears. They fell thick and
fast, and, weeping, he was led
from the room back to his cell.
From about three o'clock
this morning until the hour Of
his death the patient seemed
to suffer intense agony.
Immediately after Tom Nc.
Gehan retired the real death.
struggle began, and the strong
determined man began the last
grapple with the invisible and
relentless foe. The iron will
had at last lost complete con,
troll of the body. The head
would occasionally move with
jerky motion from side
to side, and the body, from the
hips upward, would sway from
side to side, and again squirm
and wriggle in involuntary at.
tempts to escape the crushing
weight that the patient felt to
be resting on his abdomen,
where the fatal ball sped on its
mission of death. The eyes,
which up to this time had re-
NAMED closed, now opened
with a stare that, together with
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