The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-06
NEW FACTS ABOUT JESSE JAMES.


In Restoring Him-A Strange and lex,
citing Scene.
ADAIRvLLE, KY, April 30,-While SC
much is being said and written about
Frank and Jesse James | am forcibly re,
minded of an Incident in connection with
them, in which was a party. 1t may
prove not uninteresting to your readers
and serves to illustrate some of the charac.
teristics which their notable career has rem.
dered so prominent since.
AT the time of which | write Jesse was
suffering from the effect of gun.shot
wound in his right breast, and from the
long continued discharge, was rather thin
and in feeble health, and was spending
some time with his uncle, Major George b.
iiite, who lived within two or three miles
of Adairville.
In q fit of dependency, produced partly
by his low state of health, and partly. as
| afterward learned, by his bitter opposi.
ton tothe prospective marriage of his sis.
ter Susie to Allen Palmar, whom she after.
ward married,
JESSE DETERMINED TO COMMIT SUICIDE,
and impelled by his impetuous nature, lost
no time in his efforts at executing the de.
sire.
For this purpose he rode to town and pro.
cured sixteen grains of morphine, which he
took at one dose Immediately after his arri-
val at his uncle's, which was late in the
afternoon of an early January day.
When he felt the drug beginning to pro.
duce its Lethean effects, and he deemed il
too late for any remedial efforts to prove
effective, he called his brother Frank and
qIstpr Nm gia hin, nd g Il.
he had done, and gave such directions i'm
regard to messages and trusts as he wished
Frank, in order, if possible, to Illustrate
the design, Immediately posted messen.
ger after physician. 1t was about 7
O'Clock p. m. when | arrived and found
him apparently in the embrace of death, in
profound stupor, insensible to his sur.
roundings, except under the influence of
the strongest excitement, pulse slow, full
and very forcibe, and respiration of that
heavy, slow and stertorous nature char.
acteristin of opium poisoning. There
had been some degree of tolerance 10
the drug acquired by resort to it for some
weeks previously, to mitigate the violence
OF the suilerings incident to the wound
above referred to.
/ found willing and very capable assist
ants IN frank and Susie, whose attention.
throughout the night In addition to tho
usual evacuant and antidota remedies. il
was imperatively necessary to combat the
narcotic
INFLUENCE OF THE POISON
by all sources of mental and physical OK.
element that could be brought to bear
When appeals and forced circumambula.
tory stimulants had been used for some
hours, till finally he failed to re.
spond to them, then | appealed to Franl,
To know if there was anything or any
subject that would,more than ansthing else
be likely to excite him, suggesting that un.
less he could be kept aroused for some time
longer, till the drug had been partially eli.
minated from the system, he would iieces.
sarily die.
Then the force of habit manifested itself
IN striking degree. | shall never forget
the powerful excitement he evinced. nnd
the prompt response he continued to make
when Frank would whisper to him certain
warning words as if certain persons, very
obnoxious to him, We're coming, and it was
necessary to escape or delerd to the death.
Whenever he would seem sunk into
the fatal narcotism Franks cabalistics
WOULD for hours bring him to his
feet, and he would call for his pistols
aud flourish them while carried around the
room between two assistants, every few
seconds relapsing into profound sumbcr,
even while walking, but instantly aroused
again by the same talisman. His evelids
seemed to have mill.stones suspended from,
them, and 1t was impossible for him TO keen
them open Tor two seconds Mt time
About o'clock a. m. all efforts to keen him
awake proved futile; his pulse had reduced
III volume to mere thread, his breath ING
was feeble and very slow, and IL seemed
THE DEATH ANGEL WAS LOWERING OVER
HIM,
really IN lew minutes to seize his prey.
suggested to Frank that we would leave
nm alone awhile and let him rest; that In
all probability he wonld die, but possibly
Just now rest might be an ADVANTAGES r.
him. While his sister and friends were
lowering over him, mourning for one dead
Frank sat in mute and stern despair at The
DOT OF the bed, with his eyes fixed upon The
iloor, still as q statue. III were an artist
could paint his picture rs be thus sat, So
lndeiibly was appearance impressed
upon my memory: His arms folded
on ms breast his ordinary penetrat
ing eye vacant his massive Jaw aud
beautifully outlined lips sternly and firmly
compressed, his oval face and features wall
exposed from being clean shaypd--I
Thought had never seen handsomer man
ana ut the same time one exhibiting NOR,
siernncSs and iirmnoss of character. | sal
with my finger on the pulse for perhaps 4
halt hour, when il began to show evidence,
OF improvement in volume, with greater
regularity and with more frequent and
natural breathing. When this improve
ment had continued till there could be
no longer any doubt of its existence
the fact was communicated to the reln
tives and friends. Within an hon,
he was sleeping natural and
refreshing sleep, which he really very much
needed from the exhaustion produced by
his long continued forced efforts TO keei
awake and moving.
by o o'clock he aroused and recognized
his friends, and by the time breakfast wa.
announced
ME WAS READY FOR A HEARTY MEAL,
When consciousness was thoroughly
aroused he expressed considerable emotion
OF Joy that he had failed In his efforts al
self.destruction. and was proflise In thank,
to Mrs Hite and all parties for the strcnu
ons efforts through the long night TO restor,
him. He eyinced both shame and CON
triton for the act,--[Special correspond
ence Couricr.J journal.