The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-18
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEAD.
HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIM.
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TgIuMpHAL ENTRY INTO BERLIN
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE UNSETTLED.
TRAGIC SEQUEL.

HoS. CLEMENT l.. .yALLASDIoHAM MORTAL
~ WOUNDS HfMsHLp.-wHILE iLLrs-
TEATfNG now MEYERS suoT HIMSELF,
HE AccIDEsTALLY DISCHARGES APIsToL
INTO UIR owN BODY.
CISCISSATI. June "a specia. to the
Gazette from Lebanon, says: Clement l..
Nallandigham, one of the counsel for the
defense OF Thomas Mcclellan, accidentally
shot himself tonight at 9 o'clock, at the
Lebanon house. He was IN the room in
company with governor McBurney, and
while showing with n pistol how Meyers,
the murdered man, might have shot him
.elf, the pistol was discharged, the ball en-
tering the right side Of the abdomen, be-
low the ribs.
What direction the ball took is not
known. The surgeons are now making an
examination. DR.. Reeves, at Dayton, has
been dispatched for.
THE LATEST WORD
is that the ball did not penetrate TO the
intestines aad would not prove mortal.
He has perfect possession of his faculties.
Tue pistol used was IA Smith d Wesson.
No one knows how it came to be dis.
charged. The accident has produced in
tense excitement In Lebanon.
CIscISNArI, June lG.-The ComD,erciai
has special from Lebanon, dated II
o clock, which says Mr.. Vallandigham
Mas vomiting. which was regarded as an
unfavcreble sign, and one of his physician .
/ said there were indications of internal
hemorrage. Drs. Scoville and Drake
ceased their fruitless search for the ball
an hour after the accident. They then
closed the wound, and placed the patient
on his right side where he lay as white
as the sheet upon which he rested. He
was calm and collected.
now THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
1t appears that no one was present
when the accident occurred but ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor McBmney, who has
been associated with him in the defense of
| McGehsn. McBurney had expressed
some doubts as TO the theory that Meyers
had shot himself, and Mr. Nallandighau
| picked up pistol from the table, saying
hc would show him in half second. Tive
pistols were on the table, one unloaded
and he by mistake took up the loaded one
He put it in his pocket and withdrew it
keeping the muzzle next to his body
Just as it was leaving his pocket 1t wa
discharged, the ball entering, it is said
near the same place Meyers was shot. II,
at once calculated, "Oh, MURDER and
said he had taken the wrong pistol
Will, the examination was going on he
watched the surgeons at work with eager
| eyes, and even assisted them in their
search for the ball.
THE LOCALITY OF THE BALL
is not knowu 1t appears to have taken
downwa course in the direction of the
bladder DR.. Dawson, of this city, wai
telegraphed for but received the dispatcl
too late for the train. He has taken o pri
vate carriage and will arrive about
o'clock tomorrow morning The Lob
anon house is crowded with anxious in
quirers, and the excitement is great.
LATER
dispatch TO the Gazette, dated ll:47, say
the symptoms are growing more unfa
vorable. The pulse is above one hun
dred. The surgeons do not appear to b
hopeful, though they are reticent
a dispatch received at J. o'clock say
he was suffering no pain.
THE VERY LATEST.
CIScINNATI, June lG.-Later dispatchc
from Nallsn1ingham states that his hand
and feet are growing cold. He vomit
often, but throws up no blood. Dl
Drake SAYS he is sinking fast. His pulls
is'still rising.
2AM.-Mr. Vallandingham's conditio
ia worse. though he is sensible Of his cor
dition. His son has arrived, and has ha
an interview with him.