The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-05-13
DEArEs OF TszE CHEF JUSTICE
The last Days and Particulars OF
she Death ct Salmon z. Chase.

city The flags on the City Hall, prin
cipal newspaper Offices and many phi
vate buildings are displayed at half mast
The Chief Justice came Oh here Sat
urday evening to visit Mrs. ". 5. Hoyt,
hia daughter. He was in unusually good
health and spirits This favorable state
of things continued, bat Tuesday morn
ING, At Io o clock, q servant, sent to call
him to breakfast, on entering his room,
found Mr. Chase living in state Of I'M
conscious slHpor. His daughter was
Immediately Summoned, and servants
were dispatched for mcdical aid. When
the physicians arrived, the unconscious
ness was found to have resulted from
recu r nee Of paralysis, Of which he has
bad several strokes. All efforts 10 re
licve him proved unavailiug, and it was
evident that his vitality was ebbing
away.
Governor Sprague and his vile,
daughter of Judge Chase, were sum
monet and arrived in this city last even
iag. His two daughters remained 10y
his bedside till 10 SO this morning, when
he hreathed his last He remained TO
tally unconscious from the time his con
ditlnn was discovered until the end.
All the evening papers contain ohitu-
aries eulogis!ic Of tie integrity. ability
and spolless character Of Chief Justice
Chase
The Tribune publishes the following
Tomorrow:
The first knowledge that the people
had that the Chief Justice Of The U nj
ted States was in New York was con-
Tevvd IN brief announcement of his
death One week ego to-day the last
decisions were rendered in the Supreme
Court, and the judges dispersed. Mr.
Chase left Washington Saturday morn
ing, and reaching here that evening,
gcst daughter, Mrs. Janet r c. Hoyt.
No 4 West Tmrty-third street. He
spent Sunday quietly. riding in the af-
ternoon to Central Park On Monday
morning some of his friends who had
learned of his arrival in the city came
to pay their respects, aud with one Of
the most intimate and trusted of them,
Mr.. Hiram Barney, he walked down
Fifth avenue and discussed in q pleas
ant and familiar way the topics of The
hour, and among them Charles Francis
Adams Grafton on Seward. In parting,
Mr.. Chase urged Mr. Barney to come
and see him often. and exacted prom
ise that he should come on Wednesday
morning He did SO, and came just in
time to see him die
On Monday evening there was not
discernible any shadow of the disaster
so fast approaching He seemed in his
usual health, and in very good spirits,
although complaining of little fatigue,
and entered into an animated conversa-
ton with those friends who were pres
ent. To one of them he detailed lis
plans for the coming summer. This
morning he was to have gone to Boston,
remaining there with relations two or
three weeks. Returning, his intention
was to stop III this city few days, on
bis way to Washington, and after COM
pleting matters of business and do.
mestic interest there, to make journey
to Colorado Springs by easy stages, Wis,
iting his friends in Cincinnati and al
other points along the route, These
plans he gave with the repeated and EN-.
phasized condition--"If [ live" About
10 o'clock, the usual hour for retiring
he said Good night" and left the room
These were the last words he spoke, ex,
cepi perhaps that the next morning his
servant understood him to say. Fire
I'm going toward the fire -place.' Or
Tuesday morning, about half past
o'clock. his servant, entering his room
> found him sleeping quietly, with hi!
hand under his face, is lie habitually
lay. On approaching the he'd few mo-
ments later the servant saw that th'
Chief Justice was seized with a spasm
and the features were convulsed, and {
' light foam appearing on the lips. Doc
tors John G. Perry, Metcalf and Clark
were at once summoned, and it wa
pronounced an apoplectc attack, witt
paralysis OF the left side. The pataly
sis of the attack of June, 1870, was o
the right side. and had virtually disap
peared, there being still very sligh
traces Of itin the lips and right hand
This attack was more unexpected from
the fact that Mr.. Chase was assured b,
his physicians, last summer, that ther
was no longer any danger of recur
renee of the paralytic attack.
From the time of the attack, Tues
day morning, he remained entirely un
5 conscious. His head was motionless
J while the right arm was restlessly ac
: tive. The convulsive spasms recurre
, frequently during the day, and the doc
t tors finally placed their patient unde
S the influence of chloroform, which wa
e applied on a handkerchief to the fac
t whenever spasm was seen to he ap
> preaching. Its effect was Immediate
n All the unremitting attention and Car
e that affection could suggest found n
h response.
e At few minutes after o'clock, yes
: terday morning, it became evident tbs
< he was sinking fast. His breathing be
e came more and more labored, until fra
+ ly, at. 10 o'clock precisely, it ceased al
= together A spasmodic twitching bega
y with the lower portion of the body
y which lasted for few seconds, and the
r all was STILL ..... ....s
a There were present in the room at th
time Senator Sprague and Mrs. X. {
S Sprague, the Chief Justices eides
o daughter. Mr.. w. Hoyt and Mr.
: Nettie G. Hoyt, Mr. Edwin Hoyt an
: Mr.. Hiram Barney.
l. The remains of the Chief Justice wi
1t lie in state in st Georges Protestar
= Episcopal Church, Rutherford Plac,
n from Friday till noon Saturday, to u
If ford an opportunity of seeing them,-
e DR.. Tying will conduct the funeral cel
l. emonies, and Rev. DR. Hall will preac
the sermon. The funeral takes plsc
at O'Clock Saturday afternoon, afte
r. which the body will be forwarded
Washington for temporary interment
! the Congressional Cemetery.
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