The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-21


became unconscious, and ceased to breath at
10:35.
[signedl d. w. BLISS,
F. H. HAMILTON,
d. HAYES AGNEw.
The following account of the Presidents
death is from the Cleveland LeaGer'S Long
Branch special dispatch:
LONG BRANCH. Sept. IL.
The first news of the extremely critical con-
dition OF the Prcsi lent was made evident. by a
hasty call for the surgeons at lO:3O There was
evidence of a sinking condition. The surgeons
at once saw their worst fears were quickly
to be realized. At 10:35 the last breath was
drawn.
The Pres dent was unconscious when he
died. 1t is said that the immediate cause of
his death was enbolism OF the heart. The
members of the Cabinet arrived at Elberon at
IL 10, and were taken by Secretary MacVeagh
to the cottage.
Co.onels Rockwell aud Swain were with the
President when he was suddenly struck
unconscious, and the surgeons were called.
DR.. Bliss was the first to reach him, but could
get no recognition from the President. The
family were at once called, and it was but a
few minutes until the end came. Death was
very easy, the sufferer being unconscious.
Just before becoming unconscious he re-
marked to General Swaim that he was suffer
log great pain, and placed his hand over his
heart.
Attorney General Macveagh came TO the
p. m, and made the following statement: ~
sent my dispatch to Minister Lowell at ten
O'Clock. Before that time DR.. Bliss had seen
the President and ascertained that his pulse
was 1O6 and his temperature and respiration
nearly normal. He asked the President If he
felt uncomfortable, and he replied, Not in
the slightest degree" Everything indicated
q promising night. Shortly afterwards the
President fe asleep, and DIR. Bliss retired to
q room adjoining and across the hall. General
Swain and Colonel Rockwell remained in the
sick chamber for the night watch. About ten
minutes after ten the President awoke, and
said to General Swain that he was suffering
great pain. He seemed to be dying, and could
speak only with difficulty. He indicated the
neighborhood of the pain by laying his hand
over his heart. DIR. Bliss was summoned i'm
medately. He hurriedly drew on his trowsers
and rushed into the sick room. When he en-
tered he found the President unconscious.
He had no pulse and the action of the heart
was almost indistinguishable. DIR. Bliss said
at once that the President was dying, and Mrs.
Garfield and Drs. Agnew and Hamilton were
summoned. The President remained in a
dying condition until 10:35 O'Clock, when life
was pronounced extinct. The immediate
cause of his death has not been determined,
but it is thought to be neuralgia of the heart
The Vice President was notified byme by tele-
graph Immediately / also tried TO motif Sec
retaries Blaine and Lincoln, who are on a
tain coming from Boston to New York.
sent for the members Of the Cabinet at the
West End Hotel. They arrived here as soon
as possible and are now at the Presidents cot
| tage. We are in consultation, and will let the
public know the result of our deliberations. 1
have telegraphed Minister Lowell"
AROUND THE DEATH-BED.
From what can DO ascertained the Presi-
| dents death was from sheer exhaustion, Mr..
Warren Young, assistant to Private Secretary
Brown, brought the news from the cottage at
| ten minutes before eleven. The first indica-
| ton that anything serious had occurred was
| the appearance of messenger at the ElberOn
Hotel, who obtained carriage and drove rap
| idly of. 1t was supposed he had gone to sum-
mon the members OF the Cabinet, who left
here ABOUT 9:30 tonight. Attorneys y-General
MacVeaGh has notified Vice President Arthur
| of the Presidents demise,
Previously to his death the only words
| spoken by the President were that he had a
severe pain in his heart. 1t is supposed by the
surgeons that death was occasioned by a clot
I of blood forming in the heart DIR. Bliss was
the first pne notified of the Presidents express
| sion of pain and upon entaTing the room he
at once saw that the end was near. The MEM
| beTs of the family were Immediately summoned
to the bedside. All arrived aud perfect quiet
| prevailed.
Mrs. Garfield bore the trying ordeal with
| great fortitude and exhibited Unprecedented
courage. She gave way TO no paToXysIns of
| grief and after death became evident she
| quietly withdrew to her own room. There she
/ sat, heart stricken widow, full OF grief, but
| with too much courage 10 exhibit it to those
| about her. She was laboring under terrible
| strain, and despite her efforts, tears flowed
from her eyes anu ner npS became drawn Dy
her noble attempt to bear the burden with
which she had been afflicted. Miss Mollie was
greatly affected, and bursts of tears flowed
| from the child's eyes, notwithstanding her no
/ BILE effort TO follow the example of her mother.
| The death scene vas one never to be for
| gotten. Perfect quiet prevailed, and there
was not a murmur to be heard while the Presi-
dent was sinking. After death had been pro
nounced the body was properly arranged by
| DR.. s. A. Boynton.
kilograms were Immediately sent to the
| Presidents mother in Ohio, and to his sons,
| Harry and James, who are now at Williams
| College; as also to Vice President Arthur,
| and other prominent public men. Mr.. Nor
ris, the undertaken of the village, will be in
| charge Of the remains.
| Eugene Britton, Coroner OF Monmouth
| County, will hold an inquest over the body of
the late President.
Attorney General Mcveagh's Account.
1l:20 p. M.-Attorney General MacVeagh
| just came to the Elberon Hotel from Franck-
lyn cottage and made the following state
| ment;
~ sent my dispatch to Mr., Lowell at ten
| p. m. Shortly before that DIR. Bliss had seen
| the President and found his pulse at log beats
| per minute, and all conditions were then
promising a quiet night. The doctor asked
| the President IL he was feeling uncom-
Portable In any way. The President
afterwards fell asleep and Dr. Blss
returned to HIS room across the hall from that
occupied by the President. Colonels
| Rockwell and Swain remained with
| the President. About fifteen min
utes after ten the President awakened and re-
marked to Colonel Swain that he was suffer
| ing great pain, and placed his hand over his
| heart. DIR. Bliss was summoned. and when he
| entered the room he found the President sub
stantially without pulse, and the action of the
heart was almost indistinguishable. He said
| at once that the President was dying, and di-
rected Mrs. Garfield to be called; also the doc
/ tor.
''The President remained in dying condi-
| tion until 10 :35, when he was pronounced
| dead. He died of some trouble of the heart,
supposed 10 be neuralgia, but that, Of course,
| is uncertain. | notified General Arthur, and
| sent dispatch to Messrs. Blaine and Lincoln
| who are en- route from Boston to New York
The Cabinet now, at IL $50 p. m, are in consul
tation." -.