Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-27
Alefan0rIa Q6axette
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER q.
A Brave Mans Death.

| uCTOlC Ot. LOUIS pOllCtmau, luS last VlCtiul Y
Rande, the desperate, slept quietly, and ther
night wore on until the Sabbath was ushere(
in. At two oclcck in the morning be aWoke
somewhat restless. His leg panied him. Bu
he soon fell asleep agair, and did lot awak'
until the sun was up. He partock of lit!!'
beef tea, and seemed more cheerad thao u =:
time before. His faithful attendants, sad eycc
aud worn out by long watching, noticed tht
change With oy Il was but the les! bright
flicker of the expiring fame. There came al
most Immediately change for tie worse. Or.
Hill arrived and found bis patient suffering
With pains in the stomach. The terrible loss
of blood had 50 weakened the patient that bis
organs wcro not capable Of the task of digestlng
the food taken This could have but ono out
comc-iuAammation Of the stomach. The doc.
tor looked at the wounded leg aud looked very
grave. Ganercue had set 10. When the doctor
left he felt that tho man was dying lie could
give friends and relatives but little hope. The
doctor came again, and the patieat had contin.
ued to decline.
In was about four o'clock when Globe
Democrat reporter visited the homo of the
officer. A little group of citizeus and officers
stood at the gate conversing in low tones:
He is DYING" said one Of them. Frank
| Hitchcock was Of the party, and he eagerly
asked for information from people who came
out Of the house.
Captain Burgess, Of the police force, came
out of the house and SAID. "tc IS sinking fast.
/ am gcing for the DOCTOR Lie jumped into
the wagon and drove rapidly away. The re-
porter mounted the steps in the yard and stood
Oh the porch. Through the open door ci a
| back room a young !a1y was seen weeping and
| Il. ] II n n
| the dying mau.
Frank Mcfarland came Oh. OF the room aod
iod how the gallant officer vas passing slowly
| away. 4 rattle cf wheels 5igualiod the arrival
o. d. hi!i, wilo entered thc house With q
suggestive LITTLE b2x u~G2: liz &roi. { 20,
! mcus la:cr Dr. HcGgeo arrived and walked
| s!Icolly nto tic -GG4 3. ;,cG. " EtC !ay. ii2,
! 100, carried Csc o. iG5tElG!2Gts unGGr 2iS
arm. Ehe c3ycrii2 H15 t"racd !o"c l2G
IN: Lex examined. It Has cosd aad hard,
an! gave ~ thc taps Of tho uugcc & noiso axe
| that If wood. The doctors consulted together
for l,omect ADD teu D.. iliii said "IAori;
is mere possibility !: s,yiuE Jour A:e Il Is
| by amputation OF the leg. Hl;n i. YOU csl 'iF1
bu. three Or four hvurs more az the most. - -,
With 1t of there Is d possibility mat you vii!
| recover. 1t is nothing mcGe-l cannot even
| call it chance
The dyiog mar sigci6"d his assent. The
wife and friendS Wero consulted, They were
! told plainly now the matter stocd. Sure death
| to possible recovery. They corsontcd 10 tie
| op -at!on.
The wife left the room and other friends who
| felt themselves unable to stand the scene. The
| leg must be cut off az near the thigh as pcssi-
ble-so close that ,ouroiq act could not be aD'
| piled to the artery. So Dr.. Hill applied big
| thumb to the artery and stopped the foW.-
Chloroform was Administered, aud IN moment
the terrible work was done. Sc we'll was it
| douo that thcro was cot half 40 ounce OF
| blood spilled. The moment D!. Hod-
gen picked up the artery the l6hu.ncc CT
| the aDm thetic passed away, and John White
| lay there for twenty minutes moro While the
operation Was completed aud the poor stump
bandagcd, without q groao, without sound,
e1hibiug degree Of fortiude and courage to
undergo suffering that is beyoud the compro-
hension of the lying braggart who, riding the
waves of notoriety, affects from his prison cell
regret that ho had killed only one policeman
instead Of six. The work was done, and Cap
tain Burgess who had been 10 the room during
the scene bent down to say, "Wcll. john L
must go now; how do you feel?' About the
same. Captain. am glad that it is OF. Good
! BY Captain, you might not sec me agaD.' lie
held out bis hand and shook that OF the Captain.
1t was his goodby. The big framed, big heart
ed man came out of the house with his eyes
sufused in tears He stopped for moment
to relate the affecting scene to the reporters, and
then drove away to bis duty.
| The doctors did not leave the room, but stay
ed there silently awaiting developments. la
mechanics there is state called "thc dead cen
tre" When the steam ruos into the cylinder
of an engine the fly wheel slowly rises. There
ia q point where it besitates and trcmblcs for a
moment. IF it passes that point the engine
will move aud the wheel revolvc with Increasing
rapidity, Sometimes it fails to pass that point,
and the mechanism fails. the dead centre"
Of John Whites life had been reached. 1t
trembled for its period. There Was not enough
vitality to carry it over. 1t fell back, and the
human engine fell poWerless and dead.
His end was as peaceful aud as calm as the
fading of a summer twilight into darkness. Hc
was conscious to the last, and spoke from
time to time 10 a very feeble tooe to his wife,
who sat weeping By his bedside, and to his old
friend Bailey, who had attended bin
night and day since he was brought homo
on that dreadful Thursday morning. But tho
effort exhausted him and he would lie there 81
lent and STILL with his dark eyes gazing sadly
Iupon his young wife. The doctors stood TO-,
qether and converscd in whispers as they glanced
from time to time at ths pale face on the pillow.
But thew said nothing At last the end carnc.
The pulse beat slower and fecber.
You arc going now, yohn," said Bailey, end
ho knet beside his friend.
II am ready. Goodby, old boy" was the re,
ply, so feeble that the gr!ct stricken comraae had
to bend to the very lips Of the dying man &c
| catch tho words.
Who they looked tko eyes slowly, closed, 4
smile oversproad the features, and all Wss stll
A doctor lifted one Of the pale ani cold lands
He let it fall and said ut is over They lee
the poor w!fe and ths sister away.
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