Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-07-03

W"dScis wuOs VIII IIl&uven0U look,
and in the most excited manner, said,
"Oh. come, doctor, Mr.. Seward is kill.
ed!"
Hardly comprehending the import ol
so sudden an announcement, l IgraSped
my surgical case, and, hatiess, ran
with him sto- the house. There were
only two blocks between my house and
Mr.. Sewafds. While running asked
the boy what he meant, how was Mr..
Seward killed? "Oh," he exclaimed,
50 man came to the door and asked
admittance in your name: l let him
in he went up to Mr.. Stewards room,
aad killed him."
was amazed! "How, who, in nv
name?" 1t was all l could utter.
"Who, for what, did man go in my
name" were unanswered questions
that flashed through my mind. In
this short time, SO great is the power
Of Imagination, l thought Of q man
who had begged me TO recommend him
to Mr.. Seward for a consulship; that
l had done 80, but that Mr.. Seward,
not having the place vacant, would not
crafty the office-seeker. Now this
man, mad with disappointment, is
surely gone to assassinate the Secre-
tary. These thoughts had hardly
crossed my mind when I reached the
door OF Mr.. Stewards; l assembled
quickly, and when got up stairs
met the blanched face of Mrs. Seward
who, in an agonized tone, said, "look
TO Mr.. Seward p
Mr.. Seward lay on his bed, with pal
lid face and half-closed eyes he look
Cd like an exsanguinated corps. In
approaching him my feet went deep in
blood. Blood was streaming from an
extensive cash in his swollen cheek !;
the cheek was now laid open, and the
hap hung loose on his neck. With
prompt applications Of iced-wa'er I
checked the hemorrhage, and then ex-
amined the extent of the wound. The
cash commenced from the high cheek
bone down to the neck, in semi.c:rcu-
lar form, towards the mouth it was,
probably, five inches long and two in
ches deep. 1t was frightful wound.
1t seemed as il the jugular vein or the
carotid artery must be wounded, so
great was the loss OF blood. l was
greatly relieved TO find that they were
not.
Mrs. Seward and her daughter al
most paralyzed, were waiting and
watching for my first word. Relieved
to see that the Secretary had so mir
aculously escaped the seyering ofthose
two vital vessels, said: "Mr. Sew
ard, even in your misfortune, l must
congratulate you the assissin has fail
ed, and your life is not in danger"
He could not speak, but he made a
si., with .ha L-.1 80. h;s --srs 0ad
daughter 10 approach, took hold OF
their hands, and his eyes only spoke
and bid them hope.
| had hardly sponged his face from
the bloody stains and replaced the flap,
when Mrs. Seward, with an intense
look. called me to her. Come and
see Frederick" said she.
Somewhat surprised, said, .'What
is the matter with Frederick" In a
painful whisper she muttered, ale is
badly wounded, l fear"
Without adding another word, fol-
lowed her to the next room, where l
found Frederick bleeding profhsely
from the head. He had CHASTITY APP
pearance, was unable TO articulate,
gave me a smile Of recognition, and
pointed TO his head. There l found a
large wound little above the fore
head and somewhat on the left Of the
medlan line, and another further back,
on the same side. The Uranium had
been crushed in in both places, and
the brain was exposed. The wounds
were bleeding profusely, bat the appli-
cation of cold water pledgets soon
stopped the hemorrhage. l feared
these wounds would prove fatal.
Mrs. Seward again was haunting me
with that intense look Of silent anxiety.
l gave her words Of encouragement |
feared they were unmeaning words.
Again she drew me to her with that
look had seen in the other room. AS
l approached, almost bewildered, she
said, Come and see Augustus"
For Heavens sake, Mrs. Seward,
what does all this mean3'
followed her in another room, on
the same floor, and there found Angus
tus, with two cuts on his forehead and
one on his right hand. They were su-
periicial.
AS l turned to Mrs. Seward to give
her word Of comfort, she said, Come
and see Mr.. Robinson
| ceased wondering my mind became
as if paralyZcd l. mechanically follow
ed her and examined Mr.. Robinson.
He had four or five cuts on his should
ers. They, too, were superficial.
Again l turned to Mrs. Seward, as.
If asking, "Any more?" vet unbeliev-
ing that any more could be wounded.
She answered my look. "Yes, one
MORE"
In another room ! found Mr.. Han
sell, piteOusly grOaning on the bed.
He said he was wounded in the back.
stripped him, and found deep cash
just above the small of the back, near
the spine. l thrust my finger in the
wound, evidently made by q large
bladed knife, and found that it follow
ed rib, but had not penetrated the
viscera. Here was another miraculous
escape. Even here l was glad to be
able to give word Of comfort.
And all this the work of one man
yes, Of one man!
No one in that house knew then that
at that very moment, more fatal, if
not so extensive tragedy, was being
perpetrated in that theatre where we
thought people we're rejoicing.
We were so engaged with the peril
Gus condition of the victims of this
terrible slaughter, that We had not time
even to ask for An explanation.
A blight, as If from . thunderbolt,
had passed over this house, laying its