, 1881-05-07
o.,.h from Heart.Disease OF This
Eminent Lawyer
p,- of illinois Robbed Of One Of
1n' It's Brightest Ornaments
,,..t,,, of Ills Cnroor ns Lawyer
" 49, md ns Legislator
MI. Peculiar Qualities Which Won Him
N Famo as q Jurist.
-. ,,,Io1ons oi Members Of tho Bench and
wv Bar Concerning Him.

~ CHARLES II1TC11COCK.
psn ~ a.c,nck Yesterday morning Mr. Charles
,,'..oat Nv IN. nj Tia t,rn of Hitchcock, Dupeo
l'sMet laI.,, ,tfe,i of hear,-tttseaso nt his lnnie
u NIr" m,5, bark. on Wuodlawn nvatl,le, south
IN ,eorr ,Teoor,x.sryrnt) street. This painful intel
m,'l.'nno.-nantu ~ Mike to the MHttlbers ot tho
.tS,,d nad N ti,O public at lasgc-slld not come
o;.i ai,a ,au u,n,cypecte.lly. 1t had been known
a'l'' son,n time TINT Mr.. Hitchcock
am niiinc.-ha,l been suspected by
W. M"' MIRA % intlmats friends that his
Nv 0a',,tlon % was crltical; mud lie himself wns
e" s'.,,an,ly aware TINT his end might bc draw
iny nIgI,. Over two years nso no Do9aia 10
ha M alarmed concerning Ills health. llo WAS
berulnItg tho eorpl!rl,t fur c3mtoIt. @ t. aia no
" aS yi,ich he could not tattloin. lIu put lilll-
q" se',f "n,Ier tho trcntllellt Df Dr. Alnl0h
H. ssraoEs' t According to the dlngnosls Of that
,ptxsjrlan he was suffering from syinpt0nls
ywiilc Indicated .,,, tendency a,so 10 con- n
s1at,rt ses!tu1 ~ was adopted to 1ncot this aspcct
~ t,a case, but II WIS found tlfllcallt to Ecr.
~ ma.Ie 3 Mr, Hitchcock to take those radical
measures which l!au become necessary to
rrs;oro lin 10 health. E'!Meslied as " WIS
n n1mnst ans mi inaiiu"ssGie for lin to break LOOSE
t[S'a iri,'s Ic,,, across te ocean and tonrneye.i
~ .r''' different parts 1t this ,ct'ltntry
in search ct recrcat!ion .gnd health
Ills 'ast toArley fD ,sso E!rops 5i,1l,s,,o w. +;
ssaui ssssuatutiiuber9it was impossible for lin 70 So
ilorouglly throw otf tl!o burden OF business
cares cares ;ls to give himself n fair opportunity
ior refrigeration.
Iiihongi, Re Withdrew fron,. Nil acttvo par
cpatlo u t@ affairs o. MY y lawl,f1 tgt ,a y
Relieved from tAo pressure Which l,ul
yeais, Ss.Es>A yet It was apparently too
]ae. Ita becanle moro and, more alarmed
aboutlls candtlol. ilIs corpnlelicy increased
ai,d alarming symptoms Of l,eart-d'sease
showed themselves. lle had the. constant
toTe Of Dr. tombstone, Ut 1iyde Park, but wns
unable to secure any a'levlatioll OF hls
gpubea tn. y Dnr'nE l. fs ns , sFsa'er opna,i Rast
q e IT. fss os. yssf a s s vstcd de0 ns cons oles
fur tho lust TING Inst Saturday.
"Wednesday and Thurstlay lle was III great
pan, but IFS family. dltl nut believe thnt hls
end was 50 near. Thursday night Mr.. Will
lam MeClute, hEs brosheer,li,,iaw, w9s IN ~. ~.
through he was III grcnt naiil,, At4 O'Clock
which was given lin. Ab0ut I'LL hour later
bis attendant noticed peculiar change III
bis looks and in l!is breathing, aiM Dr.: john
,son, 'snS yas . faiisa s r. }Sys h. 6y ts s, tIs s o
Tlle News suon sprend through Hyde Park,
where lu has lived stnca 1861, and wloro
eyetyholy knew him, alrl caused lllucll s0r-
raw ard distress. 1t WIS tho subject OF COLI
yeFsatIan u, the uylo Park trntns Il, the
telllgcnco. tIIfuscd Itself throughout this
city, which Ind been tue sceria Ut Ills actiy-
Yiar 81 i3anY years. there wits a general