The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-15
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/ hemOrrnaRe, ana tnen examined the Ca
tent of the wound. The cash extended
from the high cheek bone down to the
neck, in q semi-circular form, toward
the mouth. 1t was probably five inches
long and two inches deep. 1t was a
frightful wound. 1t seemed as If the
iugular vein or the carotid artery must
be wounded, so great was the loss OF
blood. l was greatly relieved to lind
that they were not.
Mrs. Seward and her daughter, almost
paralyzed, were waiting and watching
for my first word. Relieved to see that
the Secretary had so miraculously es-
capped the severing of those two vital
vessels. / said "Mr. Seward, even in
your misfortune L must congratulate
you: the assassin has failed, and your
life is not in danger.
He could not speak, but he made
sign with the hand for his wife and
daughter to approach, took hold of their
hands, and his eyes only spoke and babe
them hope.
had hardly sponged from his face the
bloody stains and replaced the flap when
Mrs. Seward, with an intense look,
called me to her. '' Come and see Fred
erick, " she said.
Somewhat surprised l said, "What
is the matter with Frederick ?" In
painful whisper she muttered, He is
badly wounded, fear"
Without adding another word, fol-
lowed her to the next room, where l
found Frederick bleeding profusely from
the head. He had a CHASTITY appear.
ance, was unable to articulate, gave me
smile of recognition, and pointed to
his head. There / found large wound
little above the forehead and some
what on the left of the median 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,
but the application of cold water pledg-
cts soon stopped the hemorrhage L
feared these wounds would prove fatal.
Mrs. Seward again was haunting me
with that intense look of silent anxiety.
/ gave her words of encouragement-I
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 mean? ?"
followed her into 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 SUI
perfcial.
As turned to Mrs. Seward to give
her word of comfort, she said, Come
and see Mr.. Robinson.
ceased wondering my mind became
as if paralyzed mechanically followed
her and examined Mr.. Robinson. He
had four or five cuts on his shoulders.
They, too, were superficial.
Again turned to Mrs. Seward, as if
asking, ANY more?" yet unbelieving
that any more could be wounded. She
answered my look. Eyes, one more"
In another room found Mr.. Kansell,
piteously grooming on the bed. He
said he was wounded in the back. /
stripped him, and found a deep cash
just above the small of the back, near
the spine. / thrust my finger in the
wound, evidently made by large-bladed
knife, and found that it followed rib,
but had not penetrated the viscera.
Here was another miraculous escape.
Even here / was glad to be able to give
a word of comfort.
And all this the work of one man
yes, of one man
No one in that house knew then that
ut that very moment more fatal, if not
so extensive tragedy, was being perpe-
trated in that theater where we thought
people were rejoicing.
We were so engaged with the perilous
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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
inmates low with stricken bodies, with
paralyzed souls.
What human passion, what frantic re-
venge could find vent in such a mon
strous deed?
What could Mr.. Seward have done, in
the course of his life, to have awakened
such demoniacal passion
These questions each mind put to it.
self, yet no answer could be given. Yet
one man, a man unknown even to Mr..
Seward himself, had done it all
Inexplicable, as horrible, was this foul
deed.
Not comprehending either object,
cause, or extent, we had the doors of the
house locked.
In few minutes the city was full of
the widest rumors Mortified and ex-
cited, the people ran through the streets,
giving utterance to expressions of grief
and alarm that grew deeper and deeper,
and rose higher and higher, until the
unusual sounds surged into an uninter-
rupted roar. Attracted by this unusual
connection, we lent our ear to compre-
bend the meaning of the mysterious and
frantic echoes of the peoples lament. 1t
was then we learned that Mr.. Lincoln
had been shot and killed in the midst of
his friends, by the side of his wife, at
the acme of the peoples JOY.
The mystery was solved. 1t was
hellish Vaccination of political mad
ness The discovery, although over
towering, was a relief. The victims of
the tragic act were innocent the causes
were not personal. The odious act sane
tilted the victims.
In the face of so great national ca
| 1onnity +ba oo1 noitv of Mr. Savor1 po1ad