Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-29
AZ ,oon a. he nxcd his eyes on him he SAID,

As room rs he fixed his eyes on him hs ..,s
Doctor, he's cy Ing
Ireplisd; "Ics, fear 70 Is all over
He carefully eNamined hts case and netns
In possession of all the facts In regard 20 the
SCENTS enp'oyed and symptoms pres sntei-
v hich were carefully noted down I'm n recora
took q The hcspital-he gave IL as his opin-
lon, which was fully prepared % currobo-
tate. that Poe's death was csused BY exces-
slNe nerVous excitement and exposure. fol-
s ,1ws1 os los OF nervous power The most
Jus lie seemed trying % articalate. but
was lnandihle. At last he spoke aeeoly:
rotor its all over Write Eddie Ia no
Eddie, was term used by Mrs. GLENN.
his moiher-in-law.
near your end. Rave you any wish or wort
for friends N
he ssS,i 'Evermore."
continued. "LooK 10 your Savior. there
IS mercy for you and for all mankind. GOD
il love-
The srched Heavens he rejoined. sen
compass me, and God has HIS decrees bly
written upon the frontlets OF every created
human being; and demons incarnata, their
gosi will be the seething waves OF black de
spair."
Hope ard trust Him,
"Seli murderer. there IA a gulf beyond The
stream. Where is the buoy, lifeboai. shipof
nfe, sea Of brass? Rest. shore no more
His eyes turned upward until tbe white
tails were all that could he seen. Musc1lar
twiichtng and Jerking set la, and with one
general tremor all was over.
This occurred about ~ O'Clock. midnight
9Th October. g>41.
had meantime learned nom him, aud a.
ieTward nom the porter Al the hotel on Pratt
Street, ther Brsdshaw's, now called the Malt
ny house. that he arrived there on the even
'ug Of the ItI; was seen 10 go To the depot 20
axe The car for Philadelphia, and that the
conductor GA going through the cars for
tickets. found him lying In the baggage car
- Nenslbie. lie took him Rs far as Hsvre-de-
Drsce; whtS x, ne cars Then passed each other,
or as Tar a. Wilmington. forget which and
placed him in the train coming - Balrimorp
lie had left his trunk at the hotel in Ralti-
more. Arriving ON the evening train he was
not seen by any person about the hotel when
he returned To The city. The presumption T.
he wandered about during the night and
found a bench some time before morning 10
sleep upon on Light street wharf, where ne
was seen and taken from about 3 O'Clock the
next morning.
AFTER death he was washed and carefully
laid out dressed an a suite OF black cloth and
placed in state ln the large rotunda of the
college building, where hundreis OF friends
and admirers came I'm crowds To pay their
last tribute OF respect to the deceased. NOT
less than nifty ladies were each furnished al
their earnest solicitation, with a small lock
OF bis beautiful black hair. His body was
kept In the rOtunda for one whole day. ON
the morning of the 9th lac was buried in the
Wesiminlster burying ground. corner of
fayette and Green streets, Baltimore. Ar
being The old family burial ground OF the
Poes.
A large number ofour citizens many OF the
most dlstin- uished and prominent literary
and professional men followed his remains 10
their >epuliuTe. But OF all the crowds of cit
zenS and moUrnrrs that wept over the Ia
meIted poet there was one mourner not
visible. Vet the measure of her sincerity and
grief could not be measured by mortal eyes
and would defy the most skepiical doubt 1
mean his mother-in-law, Mrs Maria Clemm
who was his aunt as well. he having mar
rled bis nrst cousin. i bad communicated.
as soon as his death occurred, the sad INTEL
ugence Of his fate, To which she replied in
strains OF the deepest sorrow, aud thanking
me for my attention aud communication,
aud In her own language, the letter being Ina
my possession yet:
My prayer Is that God may bless Won for
soothing the dying hours OF my precious,
darling Eddie. Please get Mr.. ~. Poe TO re-
turn his last letter tO me. for prize IL above
rubies. IL il a hundred times more precious
he was the most afiectiouate of sons 10 me.
IL was a devotion he had gained and kept
until death"
Poes appearance had not materially
changed. his face was calm. and a smile
who saw him exclaimed, How ma tural he
looks There was no discoloration OF the
skin. lie looked To be In a natural sleep.
He w6s handsome man. elegantly dressed. ,
and but few could claim advantage over him
IN This regard. His head was eNquisitely
modelled, forehead very prominent and
largely developed, its measurement cores
pondiDg 10 that of the great Napoleon Bona
parte. a cast Of which was I'm my possession
elm ed To curl, teeth perfectly good, and eyes
gray. His weight was about las pounds. and
height feet 10 inches. His hands were a.
delicate as a ladyis.