The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-30
CIIAS. O'C0N0R'S ILLNESS,
ms CONDITION As REPORTED AT
~ O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.

or sue Courts what was said by his
Physicicn and his C0nddeniiaI clerk.
Charles O'Couor. the gifted lawyer, is ly-
eng 90 bis deathbed in bis home on Washington
Heights. For years past be has suffered at In
tery4ls under a gastric disorder that not unfre-
lucntly threatened his life. About three weeks
AGO Mr. OConor's mslady assumed a some
what alarming form. Although his condition
was precarlous, II was not anticipated that
hs wa In any immediate danger, aud bis
relatives were anxious 20 keep the fact ~ his
illness private for the fluctuations OF his
disease were such that while his death was
possible at few hours notice, his restoration
10 his customary health within very brief pc
rud was no loss probable. At one time II was
said thnt no was insane.
a sun reporter called upon Mr. Emendcrf, in
room n at 81 Wall street, the plaiuly furnished
and unuretentious ofncs OF Charles O'Conor,
who moved from his old onlcc In Nassau street
some time AGO. The could sntal clerk Is an
elderly man, ns reserved aud guarded In his
speech as his great principal, about whose con
ditlon be was exceedingly cautious Of giving In
formation. IL had not been Mr. O'Conors prao-
tioc he said 70 10 10 his Office with any degree
Of regularity for a long time past. lie trans
acted most OF his legal business at home on
Washington Heights. where. said Nr.
Euendorf, he managed to set through
larger amount of work than three
ordinary men OF half his age. bat
though his general health was good at seventy
throe yesrs, It was not 10 be supposed that he
was as vigorous as he had once been. lie has
fLmo,t retired from business" said Mr.. Elmen-
dorf. "snd II he las gout or Indigestion, or
feels in any way Indsposed. whose business Ia
a. but his own7 lie has worked unce ssincly In
hts tine aud certainty should have the privilege
OF taking some rest now: Not that he speciaili
requires rest" added the lawyer, hastily, con-
scious, apparently, that he was eyinclng undue
nnIiev by defending position that had not been
ass siled, for his sickness, Whatever IL may be,
Ia unimportant, and lie may be In town In tie
cour,e OF few days. He frequently takes
pIos aYms w,tn 1in shc Comes !" me ocs
legal problems" IL did not appear however,
that Mr O'Conor had solved any OF these iutri-
cate questions Of Law for some time past, nor
could Mr. Elmcndof he Induced TO say what
was the Precise nature OF his disorder. lie called
itmcTely indisposition, and said be might oe in
his ohcs within three or four days. or not Tor as
many weeks. Several well-known lawyers sent
o. inquire about MIR. OCOn0r'e hea tn, and to all
Mr.. ElmendOrf gave the same answer.
TnK GREAT ADVOCATES HOME.
Almost On the summit OF the steep bill that
pverhanas the Fort WASHINGTON Railroad sta
ton, stands Mr.. OConOr's s.country seat, one OF
she nnest mansions in that attractive region.
command glorious view Of the Hudson.
ana ia built on table land, the ground sloptng
away from II nearly all sizes. 1t is far
enough from tho road to bs wholly concealed,
and IL approached oy broad level path, slight
ly circuitous shaded, as Is the mansion itself,
by me iesus trees, witch while they add to the
stately beauty Of The houAe. serve also to shelter
1t from the Keen winter blasts TO which, IN its
elevated pos,tiOn, II might otherwise be ex-
posed. The spacious stables, looking them
selves like handsome rurl dwellings. are at
some distance u the r1ght Of the road approach
lug the house. and are in plain view. Gardeners
aud i.borers are constantly at work around the
nne fruit trees tnEt are cultivated on the
The blind, we're drawn down. and there was
an unusual air OF quiet IN the house whom tho
reporter called, Two visitors hai just driven
away after induring about the health Of the in
valid. The housekserer said that Sir. O'ConOr
was wing Ia an sdJeining room-an apartment
Oh tue river side OF the hOuse-tolerably COM
foriaoie, but not in condition TO be seen or
spoken 10. Tho family physician had eeen him
Afew hours previous to the reporters visit and
while not considering him IN any immediate
peril, nd enjoined perfect quiet as positve
dressod Ia dark clothes and wearing slippers,
who moved from lace TO place so uoselessy and
e0ntuson ar to indicate his exper enre ia houses
IN which there was either sickness or death.
answer TO an in0ur, aid that Nr O'Conors
malady was an Old 'omtchic disorder lilo did
Has not imaossioie that ne migut soon oe able
20 attend 10 his business. lie waf couhned 10
bis bed, however and nobody WAS permitted to
see him. severe cold that he hid taken WAS
tue Immediate cause OF the return 81 an old
Nj OConors NINA was Or had been in sny way
detangel. Duung his Illness he had not been
delifio9s aud he was AZ teat time perfectly
rational.
WHAT Nh. o'ooNoRs PHYSICIAN SAID.
A visit to the physician who has for many
Iears attended MIR. O'Conor and his family was
nuitless 40 FAR as learning the precise nature OF
hr' .onprs lllness was concerned. Inc doc-
tor a. nrst seemed willing TO give the informn-
ton, but subsequently, be said lie was reluctant
60 make hts patients msfortunes public until
he knew something more denhite a. TO what the
Mr.. OCOnOr could not be said to he III at all.
There was no marked or establi he'd disease,
but, but 2 special KIND OF debility that might or
malauy. lie had De7cr had eout and there wore
no symptoms whatever OF insanity. He might
De wen IN week or two, or he might, in rs short
aperOd be stricken down with a mortal dis.
ease. Tho doctor at that time DID not consider
him IN danger, but his condition was such that
untemitting attention WAS necessary.
This was all. lievond few vague newspaper
paragraphs very little was known 70 the 1enerI i
public Ia relation To Charles O'COnoT's illness,
and most OF his professional associares aDtci-
pated soon seeing him In his Wall street once
again. One Circumstance gave rise TO a sus-
pcion that his condition was not so satisfactory
When Mrs. Foster. In the Isaac ii. Singer law
sul., endeayored TO establish her claim to a
,rSamS ,aows portion II the great sewing machine
executor, retained MIR. Carter and eK-Judge
S SGhn H. Porter 20 contest her claim, Mr.
Ihhrles O'Conor was also retained, ostensibly ma
consulting counsel. though Mr.. Carter told q
hvStepnrter tnat at a more advanced stage OF
sona II. n.cour,. The sc IS said 10 Involve not
.ssthln Sl10lgOO0, and under ordinary ciTcum-
stances T. "a Of such nature as would have en-
usteu Mr. OConors whole attention and drawn
Sos nsn1 ns u'm4st legal acumen; TO those who re-
ivN'NN Ano hfuoI Win NnlCn uo entered tue
Sumel ma Forrest will cases IT was indicative
~ iohelhinR more than a trivial ailneut that
fouIu n9t attend ~ person the litigation over
Isaac 81 Singers will
THE LAST sACRANESr.
but these fears seemed o be Rroundless, and
soout loh Gays ago the great lawyer was said To
DoeutrelY out OF DANGER lie drove out aud re-
eoNed vlsitors. and all who saw him supposed
Snat his legal business would soon again claim
rs sttentlon. lie was an cid friend OF WI II IN
T. Astor, ana when the millionaire died on
wednesday morning, Mr. Isaac II. Brown, the
SEXTON OF Grace Church, wrote to ask MIR
ouonor whether he would act us one OF the
PAL boarers on saturday. lie consented, and
belther hia Trends nor his pnysician thought
DIS strength would be unequal to the task bar
go II proved, On thursday he drove soma
twolve OrfOurteen miles, and the exertion beng
moro than he could bear ho retired to bed on
his RETURN aud on the fol- wing day was suffer
Ing severely under an attack of his old com
plaiht His physician was promptly in atten
snce. 81 feared when saw him" he said,
that 1t was tho bcginning Of the end" hut
tne patient rallied little on Saturday,
and In the evening there we're some hopes
oI his Ultimate recovery. On Sunday, how
ever, he sank rapGly On sunday night
cardinal MCCl0skey, an Old aud attached
i,ehu, visited him, and on saturday he admin
nIered To him tue Facruments OF the Rom
LlnOltC EntIoh. al Wi ha la Iaxv