The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-19
TIE NATIONS CAPITAL
POPULARITY OF SERGEANT MAsoS'

His Address In Defense Of His Act.
Fatal Case Of PyRmIa Parallel
with the PreSidsRrs-The
BOyd-SheFWOOd Scandal.
WASHINGTON, September l7,-Applica-
ton was made by the Bell Brothers, few
days ago, for permission TO take the photo
graph OF Sergeant Mason. Numerous aI-
plications have been made to them by
parties North for copies, General Ayres
refused the request, saying that he did not
think II proper to make a hero Of Mason
for attemptingtO take the life Of the prison.
or Of fifty millions Of people, who was pt
the time in iail and defenselessi that he
regarded the act Of Mason ascowardly, and
did not think it would be right for him to
aid in any waytO lionize him. Other pho
tognphers here have been written to, es-
pecially from the South, asking for copies
Of the photograph. The demand for them
is far in excess OF the demand for those OF
Guiteau,
FATAL CASE Of BLOOD POISON,
Cadet Midshipman Cooper, U. S. Navy,
who had been suffering from chronic
pyHmia for six months and fourteen days,
died ut the Naval Hospital here yesterday,
Ills symptoms were being paralleled daily
by those OF Garfield, and the able surgeons
who attended the dead inidshipman iear
that the same result will occur in the case
Of the President as in his case. The
autopsy on the body Of Cooper was per.
formed this afternoon. The right lung was
found to be in a state OF advanced carnitiCa.
ton, attributable TO low inflammation,
which had prevailed many weeks, during
which period he constantly expectolRted
puruent matter. There was no alb
sCess on the lung; 1t had simply
been Carnifed. The liver had grown
tough, the right kidney had become q mass
Of plls, and there was pus pocket in the
left lilac region. The bowels and bladder
and the parts in the vicinity were inhamed;
in fact the whole body was in q state Of low
inflammation. The body was greatly
GmaCiated. Mr.. Cooper had assimiated
little or no nourishment for weeks. lie
had been kept alive on powerful stimu.
lants His pulse in the early stages Of the
disease huctulted at times between 140 and
100, AS the disease progressed II fell, vary.
ing during several weeks between 0S and
lOl. Toward the end his pulse, tempera.
ture, ind respiration fell lower. His TEN.
perature became so low that 1t was neces.
Sry to surround him with bottles Of hot
water His respiration Just before the end
fell to six.
BoYD.snERwooD SCANDAL.
Mrs. Boyd's account Of the cowhiding
sensation here Is, that she had just heard
Of the death Of her grand.child, and was
driving to the Census Bureau, in which
Colonel Boyd holds q position, to tell him
Of it, She says on the way she saw Boyd
walking arm.in-arm with Mrs. Henrietta
Sherwood, who lives here; that Boyd has
been intimate with MB. Sherwood for
several years, and in spite Of all his wife's
renonstranCes has maintained the intimacy
Mrs. Boyd says that In her indignation she
snatChed the buggy whip, jumped out, and
laid It vigorously over the shoulders Of Mrs
Sherwood. Mrs. Boyd added: III you
publish anything about II put In the name
Of that woman, Mrs. Sherwood. Col. Boyd
don't care what Is said about him In the
papers II he can screen Mrs. Sherwood. /
did whip her, and l want her name pub.
lished, ... J,..,la... ..sai.I...
SERGEANT MAsoN's DEFENSE FI'
Mason's case Is in General Hancock's
hands. The counsel for Mason has adj.
dreseda II letter to General Hancock sug-
gesting that in case court martial Is Or
dered that the detail be made OF officers
who are not on duty at the barracks here.
Mason Is still in confinement at the ar.
senal and bears his imprisonment philo.
sophically. He has written an address to
all good people Of the United States who
hate assassins. In this address he says:
~ am one who stands ready at all times
to do right. Yet In this case Of mine !
have done big wrong TO the good Inv Of
the land by shooting at the would.be assas.
sin Guiteau, who has caused 80 much sOr.
row and suffering TO President Garfield
and the good people Of the world, that has
III the last two months caused 10 be offered
to the Giver Of all Good all the prayers
that men and women could invent, and |
hope they have done sOme good for the
President and the people who believe in
prayers. ! ain one who knows not
how TO pray, or what to pray
for. must say that while that
wretch Guiteau lives prayers will do but
little good, All assaSsins, or those who at
tempt the life Of Chief Magistrate Of any
Country-let II be Empire, Kingdom or
Republlc-let them die as soon as possible;
put them In ditch ten feet deep, and let
all who want TO throw mud at them do no.;
and then cover the place with limestone,
10 that no grass can grow; 1want no one to
applaud me for my unsoldier.like conduct,
yet | am one Of the many who would take
the life Of any assassin rather than 10 guard
him. Guiteau ordered the soldiers 70 be
sent to the Jail 10 watch him 10 keep the
enraged people from him. He Is In a strong
jail that has cost the country thousands
Of dollars, anil that wretch was put in q
No. ! Oell when he could look out at
the poor soldiers coming there to keep the
people away while he slept like q good
man, and was one Of the soldiers. take
the words Of q great soldier who wolld do
anything TO put down war or a rebellion
Why not say death to all assassins. In his
old days, one man, wise and brave, says in
an article that ! am guilty for he says that
I hnd taken a solemn oath tl perform q
certain duty, and Is given command 10
make others obey the oaths which they
have taken, but who In utter disregard Of
all his obligations, craYls unknown, TN.
seen to the loophole Of the cell where this
miserable devil Is confined, helpless and
deienseless, and, deliberately after d weeks
thought, attempts 10 murder him.
"Nel said, Mr.. -, let's hear from
YOU again" like that word murder In
the case, that Is what want them for II
you had been there, you would have ruin
away at The sound Of the army rife ] used,
| II carries larger ball than any English
"Bull Dog" and as Gulteau's,' II was a