The Evening critic., 1881-09-20
Second Extra.
600 p M
SAD DETAILS,
How the President Died.
Dr.Boynton's Pathetic Descrip-
ton Of the Death Scene.
Mrs. Garfeld's Great Grief.
The Remains to be Brought tt
Washington Tomorrow.
Exciting scenes Mt Long Branch.

Exciting scenes mt Long Branch.
LONG BRANCH Sept. 20.-The night wa
onc of hurry, excitement, anxiety ant
work, such as Long Branch has never seer
and may not see again. There was nethe
sleep nor quiet, except at the Francklyi
Cottage between the hours of o'clock
when the last of the newspaper men left
and o'clock, when they began to arriv,
from the West End. Arriving at the wcs
End, psr
The News Came with Terrible Sud
denness,
despite the fact that everybody was waiting
and watching, and the anxiety to secur,
accurate facts, which at first promised to BIZ
different, prevented any attempt at the
narration of details. Half the newspaper
men, long on duty at Washington'and here
were tired ont and had gone to bed. The
horses had been stabbed; only relay Of
men were on telegraph duty, and in another
half hour the hotel and cottage residents
would have been asleep.
The announcement that the President
twas sinking rapidly changed all this. The
livery men at the West End had all Their
men within call, and the first coach
reached Elberon within the lapse of eight
minutes. Coach followed coach by the
score, back and forth, from that hour until
the daylight began to be seen.
At the First Alarm
sleepy porters and half.awakened operators
came down the stairway half dressed and
rubbing red eyes, while on the outer porch
shoes were hastily buttoned and coaches
started one after the other overloaded with
whoever could scramble in.
The Ocean Drive
for the two miles was for six constant
hours u running parade Of over-driven
horses and excited men, accompanied by
glitter;ng carriages light coaches, and car
riagcs mingled indiscriminately with
Messenger Boys on Horseback
and occasional pedestrians. Such scent
would be impossible even on race night
ut the height of the season, when the whole
town and hotels were overwhelmed by visit.
|ors.
Greatly as the apprehended fact had been
discounted over several weeks the announce
|ment
Caused n Severe Shock
land then tremulous voices and moist eyes,
even among the busiest and hardest work
|ers and among those who by that fact had
least time to stop to think or to feel.
Mrs. and Miss MOllie Garfield
Iwere to such an extent the objects Of SYM
|pathy that their loss seemed, from running
comment and conversation, almost of more
Importance than that of the nation.
This feeling was intensified at Elberon
Iand among the surrounding cottages from
incidents of the afternoon, which would
probably have never been alluded to or
Thought of again had it not been for the sad
results of the night. About $50 o'clock
Mrs. Garfield sat for time on the front
porch, in full view of the road. She seemed
unusually cheerful at the greeting Of.friends,
Whom she recognized with smiles of recog.
milton.
An hour later Miss Mollie Garfield ran
about the lawn with q young lady friend,
land was in such bright spirits as to attract
the attention of people about the hotel.
Neither one seemed to have expected the
worst, and certainly not so soon. Mrs. Gar
field, it is said, had received every warning
that the physicians could give her, but her
husband had so often won the fight
She Had Gained HOpefulness
lin the presence of danger. Miss Mollie, it
lis reported, says that she had been deceived
by her friends and did not even guess of the
looming truth.
approximations for Mrs. Garfield.
1t is now said and believed that Mrs. Gar
Fields life is in danger, and she will not
Hong survive herhusband, couragec us as she
|scemed. She has her feelings under control
lat an enormous strain, and the reaction can
|not fail to come. This tension was begun
when she was already i'll and only begin
ming to recover from what had been feared
would be fatal illness.
The terrible summer in Washington,
with its uninterrupted worry, trouble and
Excitement, leaves her in no condition to
Withstand nervous reaction. She wept,
however, long, silently and freely as she
Sat Oh the Bedside by the Side of
Her Dead Husband
after midnight, which was the best imme-
!diate relief. Many incidents of the Presi-
dents life were recalled by the Presidents
Friends, among them that his death had oc-
CURED on the anniversary of the bravely
fought battle of Chickamauga, when Gar
field won his spurs.
Only few persons have seen the Presi-
dent except those who have been constantly
with him.
Mr.. Richards, the doorman, who had not
seen the President since he was shot, said,
when asked If he would have recognized
him:
"Yes, certainly; he was not cmaciated
las supposed and even If his features had
been less natural than they We're, l should
have recognized him anywhere by his
BEARD"
"Thc face is not dislgured, them"
"No, the wound caused by the incision
Fscemed to me to have almost healed F.
Such incidents as these were the univer'
|sal talk. Almost every one seemed to make
[the loss personal one, and the President
dead had more friends than he would eye
have known had he lived,