The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-09
BY OsCEOLA COOPER'S COFFIN.
His Last Evening AIiye-Must lie be Buried by
the Cityl

the City!
The remains of the last cheftain of the
Seminoles, Osceola Cooper, lay in his
last home yesterday, watched by two
devoted friends and visited by number
OF his acQuaintances during the day.
Fhn room as comfortably y though plain
lv furnished, ana according to the repre-
sentations OF his friends he was not at
the time OF his death suffering for the
necessities of lie. The HISTORY of his
lie, as given in the World yesterday,
was verified by those who remained
wal ching his corpse, aud additional par
ticulars were related beside his coffin.
Some three or four years ago, 1T is
said, when the fortunes OF the man had
declined to their lowest ebb, be found
hIs way to New Haven, when is des-
p4ration he applied to tue owner of a
woodward Tor employment and OBJ
Lained it, Here he remained for some
little time working for his daily bread,
perhaps Tor the OuIy time IN MS life, and
suffering not only from wuaJ he con-
sIdered MI degradation, but lso from be
taueratlUn ul LIS hdnus, which were uu-
used To labor. Wn!le engaged aG tuis
pace lie accidentally made Iue acqualn,-
anCe OF a stranger, WHO asked hIn ii he
were not the son Ul DR.. solomon Cooper,
II ks
a iii native The stranger told him that
he mad owed Dr.. Cooper 900 tor a
number OF years and was ueslrous OF
having it to his heir. Osceola Cooper
acce pLed the payment, and lived for d
considerable time on the money thus
obtained, and before 1T Was spent he
made acQuaiutauces who assisted b IN
to recover some Fragments OF his pro-
perty and also advanced him the Eeces-
s4ry means of livelihood.
Mrs. Beaingheld, WHO accompanied
Cooper TO the theater on Wednesday
evening, and in whose arms lie died,
says that she has only known HIM for u
comparatively snort time, but OWING to
her acquaintance with some of his
friends sue was induced to take an in-
terest In him, and stroYe 50 tar as she
could TO keep him from dissipation. In
this she says she was partially success
tul, and when on Wednesday evening
she, with her child and her cousin, went
to the theater with him he was IN unu-
sually good Spirits and sanguiGe Of SUE
cess in his business, but was entre-
ly free from the intiu nee OF
liquor. AS they sat III The the
ater Coopel's attention was attracted
TO a man who sat near MIN who
seemed to be suffering from severe pain.
Making inquiries of The strangers
friend, Cooper learned that he was sui
lerlng from neuralgia, and said to Mrs.
b Bedngtield: Il can cure nlm." Sne
u aturally asked him TO tell the sCranger,
| uut Cooper objected, saying that the
stranger would think he was some quack
octOr trying to get business. "IL Will
60 $ "a for the medicine" he said, when
she mad at length prevailed ON him TO
offer his services; "Dut il l cure him |
won't allow MIN TO pay me cent" He
accosted the strange, telling him he
could cure him, ana MADE an appoint.
ment TO meet him at IL A. NJ. the next
day. lie told The stranger, WHO gladly
accepted the protfered Services, tnat he
would accept no money, and The strau-
ger understood perfectly that the Offer
was made out OF pure kindness.
If there be any person who holds
OSceola Cooper's money in trust TO de-
fray his funeral expenses, he failed to
appear yesterday, and Mrs. Bedlngield
tnluks there is no sucl person. 1t APP
pears possible, therefore, If not one Vi
Juose VINO have protited by him in his
lifetime steps iOrward now, the expense
OF his burial wll have 10 be borne by
h : CITY, ,ior his friends who are with hlm
now are unable to raise the necessary
money New York World.