Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-21
THE DEAD CHIEF.
RESULT OF THB AUTOPSY.
PROGRAMME OF ARRANGEMENTS.

What Will BIO Done With tho Remains of the
Dead President.
The following official bulletin was pre-
pared at II o'clock last night by the sur
geons who have been in attendance upon
the late president
By previous arrangement post mortem
examination of the body of President Gar
field was made this afternoon in the pres
ence and with the assistance of Drs. Ham
ilton; Agnew, Bliss, Barnes, Woodward,
Reyburn, Andrew II. Smith, of Elberon,
and Acting Assistant Surgeon D. s.
Lamb, of the Army Medical Museum,
Washington. The operation was per-
formed by DR.. Lamb. It was found
that the ball, after fracturing the
right eleventh lib, had passed
through the spinal column in front
of the spinal canal, fracturing the body OF
the first lumbar vertebra, driving num-
Der of small fragments Of bone into the
adjacent soft parts and lodging below the
pancreas, about two inches and q half to
the left of the spine and behind the perito-
neum, where it had become completely
encysted. Tho immediate cause of death
was a secondary hemorrhage from one
of the mesenteric arteries adjoining the
track of tho ball, the blood supturing
the peritoneum and nearly pint escaping
into the abdominal cavity. This hemor.
rhage is believed to have been the cause
of the severe pain in the lower part Of the
chest complained of just before death. An
abscess cavity, six inches by four inches
in dimensions, was found in tho vicinity
Of the gall bladder, between the liver and
the transverse colon, which were strongly
adhercnt. 1t did not involve the sub
stance of the liver, and no communication
was found between it and the wound.
long suppurating channel extended from
the external wound between the lOin,
muscles and tho right kidney almost
to the right groin. This channel, now
known to be due to the bur1owing of pus
from the wound, was supposed during life
to have been the track Of the ball. On al
examination of the organs of the chest
evidences of severe bronchitis were found
on both sides, with broncho- pneumonia OF
the lower portions of the right lung, and,
though to 4 much less extent, of the left
The lungs contained no assesses and the
heart no clots. The liver was enlarged and
fatty but free from assesses, nor were
any found in any other organ except the
left kidney, which contained near its sur
face small abscess about one third of an
inch in diameter. In reviewing the history
of the case in connection with the autopsy
it is quite evident that the different sup
puration surfaces, and especially the frac.
tured spongy tissue of the vertebra, fur.
nish a sufficient explanation of tho septic
condition which existed.
Tho Funeral Arrangements.
Tho following arrangements for the
funeral services have been ordered by the
cabinet and are given to the press for in
formation of the public The remains o.
the late president of the United State.
will be removed to Washington by spe
cial train on Wednesday, September 81
leaving ElberOn at 10 a. M, and reaching
Washington at p. m. Detachments from
the United States army and from thu
marines of the navy will be in at
tendance on the arrival at Washington
to perform escort duty. The re
mains will lie in state in the 70
tunda of the capitol on Thursday, anG
Friday and will be guarded by deputation
from the executive department and by tht
officers of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives. Religious services will be oh
served in the rOtunda at 3 o'clock on Fri
day afternoon. At o'clock the remains
will be transferred to the funeral car, ant
be removed to Cleveland, Ohio, via Penn
| sylvania railroad, arriving there Saturday
at p. m. In Cleveland the remains viii
lie in state until Monday at 2 p. m, ant
| be then inferred in Lake View cemetery
No ceremonies are expected in the cite!
or towns along the route Of tho funeral
train beyond the tolling of bells. Detailed
arrangements for the final sepulture art
committed to the municipal authorities
of Cleveland, under the direction of the
executive of the state of Ohio.