The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-09-27
GRIEF
D I G'sas F.tin hss Stricken Head.
The Paths Of Glory Lead
But to the Grave,
And the Brightest Career
Ends i'm a Nations Tears.
Arrangements Being Made for the
Last Sad Rites.
The Corpse to be Laid in State In
the ROtunda of the Capitol.
ecsNEs AT THE BEDSIDE,


NEW YORK, Sept 81 The Times
Long Branch special says: The follow.
ing persons we're present when the Pres
ident breathed bis last: Drs Bliss and
Agnew, Mrs: Garfield ami her daughter
Moliie, Col. Rock we'll, .. C. RockwelI,
General Swain. DR.. Boynton, Private
Secretary j Stanley Brown, Mrs. and
Miss Rockwell, Executive Secretary
Warren Young, H L Atchison, John
Kicker, S, Lancaster and Daniel Spriggs,
attendants, the last named colored Mrs.
Garfield sat in her chair shaking con.
vulsively and with tears pouring down
her cheeks, but uttering no sound AZ
ter awhile she arose and taking hold of
her husbands arm smoothed it up and
down. Poor little Mollie threw herself
upon her fathers shoulder on the other
side of the bed and sobbed as if her
heart would break.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS WEEPING.
At midnight Mrs Garfield was asked IL
she would like to have anything done,
and whether she desired to have the
body taken to Washington. She replied
she could not decide till she became
more composed. Attorney General Mac
veagh was the first member of the Cab
met to get the news. He ran through
the darkness across the lawn from his
cottage to the Frsncklyn cottage, fol-
lowed by his wife. The first dispatch
Of sympathy received came from Gen.
eral Arthur.
New York, September 20.-The Her.
AIDS postscript has the following: The
death bed scene Of the President was
particularly sad and impressive one.
As soon as the fact that there was no
longer hope, the members OF the family
assembled. Bliss stood at the head OF
the bed with his hand on the pulse OF
the patient, and consulted in low whis-
pers with Agnew. The private secre-
tary stood on the opposite side Of the
bed with Mrs. Garfield at his bedside,
she at times leaning on his arm Miss
Lulu Rock we'll and Miss Mollie Garfield
came into the room at the time of the
Presidents last consciousness. After
ward they went into the hall, the door
Of which remained opened, and waited
there awhile. The conversation that
vas had was conducted in whispers -
Those about the bed occasionally went
into the corners of the room, and spoke to
each other The solemnity of the oc-
casion fully impressed itself upon them.
There was no sound heard except the
gasping for breath OF the sufferer, whose
changing color gave indications OF the
near approach of the end. After he had
repeated, at hurts" he passed into a
state OF Inconsistencies, breathing
heavily at times and then giving slight
indication that the breath Of life was
still in his body. The only treatment
given was hyperdermic injections OF
brandy by DR. Agnew, assisted by Boyn-
ton. Occasionally they spoke With Dr..
Bliss In qniet whisper.
he SUFFERED NO PAIN
after the time he placed his hand upon
his heart and he passed away almost
quietly. The. line between life and death
was marked by no physical exhibition,
nor any word There was absolutely
no scene. The intervals between the
gaspines became longer. and presently
there was no sound. Every one pres
ent knew death had come quickly and
without pain. When it became eyiden,
that he was dead, Mrs Rock we'll placed
her arm around Mrs. Garfield and led
her from the room. She uttered nc
word. One by one the spectators lef
the scene, the doctors only remaining
in the room and the windows being
closed.
THE POST MoRTEM ExAMIxATioN
ELsERoN. September 20.-The fol
lowing official balletin was prepared q
IL o'clock tonight by the surgeons who
have been in attendance upon the late
President:
BY previous arrangement post NOR.
tenn examination OF the body Of tn,
President was made this aftern .on il
the presence and with the assistance o
Drs Hamilton, Asnew, Bliss, Barnes
Wood Reyburn, Smith, OF Elbe
ron, and Acting Assistant Surgeon D
L Lamb, Of the army medical museum
Washington
The operation was performed by DR.
Lamb. 1t was found that tho bail, af
ter fracturing the right filth rib hat
passed through the spinal column IL
/ front OF the spinal canal, frac,uring tn
body Of the first lumbar vertebra. dri
wing number Of small fragments o
bone into the adjacent soft parts ant
lodging Just below the pancreas, abnu
two inches and half to the left Of th,
spine and behind the pcriloncum, where
It had become entirely encystei. Tut
immediate cause OF death was secon
dary hemorrhage from one ot tue mes
entric arteries, adjoining the track o
the ball, blood rupturing the peritorreuu
and nearly pint escaping into the oh.
dominal cavity. This hemorrhage il
L - L. - eaL 4.