San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-29
The Presidents last Moments. The Au.
.3 tOpsy...The Funeral.

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At ten O'Clock night the President
va sleeping. Gen. Swain and Stan.
ley Brown were with him. Allaround
was quiet and the last preparation for
the night Ind been made. Mrs. Gar
field and Miss Molie were in their
cottage near by. Shortly after ten
O'Clock the president was awakened
from his sleep by a pain in the region
Of the heart, and called Gen. SWANS
attention to it, Those were the last
words. DR.. Bliss, who was at hind,
was summoned, and pronounced the
president to be dying Drs. Agnew
and Hamilton were sent for and the
former reached the room in time for
the end. Mrs. Garfield had nerved
herself for the end, which she had for
some hours dreaded as inevitable
She went at once to the side Of her
dying husband and took his hand in
hers. The president was helpless and
speechless, but as his wife sat down by
him he turned his face toward her
slightly, and fixed his eyes upon his
wife and so sank into unconscious
ness, his eyes still bent upon his
wife's face, while with one hand she
held her husbands and her other sad
ly on his heart. There was no word
uttered. Drs. Agnew and Bliss stood
by the bedside Mollie, restraining her
Isobs was at her mothers side. The
watchers and attendants stood by, and
DR.. Boynton sat at the presidents
head tanning him. The pulse became
entirely imperceptible., The applica-
tions which had been brought to be
applied as restoratives laid by unused.
The end was plainly at hand; in an
other minute it had come Thegreat-
hearted man was dead, and lay free
from pain ind strife. ''l.sla't
The examination Of the body was
then made by physicians selected for
that purpose. The autopsy was very
tedious, and it required nearly three
quarters of all hour to find the bal
The statement that the ball was
found in the region Of the heart has
been verified, and it is stated on au-
thority that the develments Of the au
topsy prove that death was inevitable,
and the president was only sustained
by the most excellent nourishment
and constant care. 8s8
After the autopsy the body was
embalmed. Ii was found to be terri
bly, EN- .ciated. On the 2lst the fun
eral train left Long Branch for Wash
ington, and the body lay in state in
the rotunda Of the Capitol Thursday
and Friday, It was then removed to
Cleveland, and lay in state there un
til Monday, when it was deposited
in the place selected, Llkeview Gem
etery, a beautiful burying ground in
that city. Meantime, all over the land,
and across the ocean, public meetings
and other manifestations of sorrow
for the illustlious dead we're conspic-
uOus.
One of the saddest features was
the breaking the news to the late
presidents mother. She could
scarcely be convinced Of the dreadful
fact Of. his death, and declared that
she would not long survive him. r.
He was dressed in the clothes in
which he was inaugurated, with the
exception of pair of silk stockings.
which his mother had knit and sent
to him short time previous to his
death
The daily papers are full of the de-
tails OF the funeral on Monday. As
a grand, imposing; afflir. it was al
most without parallel. The remains
were deposited vault to await final
interment. tH el