The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

My dear, patriotic Poles,' when the
band struck up, and the procession
moved.
STATESMEN's DEATHS.
some Famous Men Whose Lives Have Had
Tragical Ends.
The dozen Congressman or ex-Con-
gressmen who have suicided does not
by any means fill up the list Of those
who have met tragic deaths. Congress
men are human the same as other peo-
pie, and the history Of their lives and
deaths and selections from the same
make an interesting chapter to the stu
dent Of human nature. Take the case
Of Nathaniel Peabody, for instance.
He was an officer Of the Revolutionary
war, having been the first man to re-
sign royal commission for the cause
of his adopted country. He was a
member of the Continental Congress
and prominent in the Revolutionary
war, and honored by all; yet he spent
the last years of his life in the debtors
limits Of the jail, having never recov-
cred from the pecuniary embarrass-
ment which followed his long service
in the war, and finally died as above
stated.
Another case in which member of
Congress died in utter want was that
of Thomas Alexander Marshall. OF
kentucky, son Of Humphrey Marshall.
He was member of the Twenty
Congress and man of great brilliancy.
gressional Record" "a confirmed
dr,nkard, and often suffered for food,
being during the last years of his life
entilely dependent upon charity for
sustNance." Going to the other ex-
treme the records show that as many
have lied from gout as from want.
Assassination has been the cause of the
death # several Congressman. 1t is
not necessary to mention Lincoln and
Garfield both of whom were members
of Congess and both of whom died by
the assa,sin's hand. In addition to
these was the case Of James l.. White,
Of Indiana who was in the Twenty
seventh Congress, and was shot by q
drunken nan while upon the street of
his town il Indiana. John Simpson.
who was elected to the Thirteenth Con-
gress from Kentucky, was massacred
at River Raisin in the war of 1912, for
which service he raised company OF
volunteers fer the expedition under
Gen. Winchester. John Huyler, OF
New Jersey, wac was a member Of the
Ihlrty-fifth Congress-, was killed by q
drunken man lear his home in New
Jersey in 1870. Thomas {. Hindman,
who was in the Thirty-sixth Congress
from one of the Southern States, and
was reelected as a secessionist to the
Thirty-seyenth Congress-, was called
from his house aad assassinated at
Helena, Ark, after The war. Reuben
Davis, who was in the Thirtv-fifth
Congress, was shot in courtroom by
n prosecuting attorney while engaged
in defending prisoner, at Columbus,
Miss. Quite number of Congressman
have met their deaths il duels or as the
result of duels. George A. Wagga-
man, Senator from Indiana from 1882
to 1886, died from wounds received in
duel in 1s43. Felix X. Zollicoffer,
who was in the Thirty third, Thirty
fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses,
and afterward brigadier general in
4 the Confederate army, died from a
wound received in an encounter with
Gen. Fry, of Kentucky. in 1S5o. Jona-
than Cilley. Of Maine, who WIS in Con-
Igress thirty-five years ago, WIS killed
n duel by William Graves, OF Mary
Ind, also member of Congress in
1888. Thomas Harris, Of the Thirteenth
Congress. died from wounds received in
q "recontre with Col. Simpson on
april Is, 1876" Armistead Thomson
Mason, Senator from Virginia in 1916
and 1877, challenged his brother-in-law,
| Jhn M. McCarty, and was killed at
tn first fire. The duel took place near
! Washington. Spencer Pettis, who was
, in the Twenty-first Congress, killed
Ml. Thomas Biddle in duel at st.
, Louis in 1881. Robert Potter, ol
! Moth Carolina. who was member o1
the Twenty-tirst Congress from tha,
Stae, committed q brutal MAIN, says
| Pores Record, ION two relatives o.
his wife, Of whom he was jealous, or
, Aug. as, 1881" He was fined 81 90,
{ and fnt to prison for six months. II,
aftervard removed to Texas, and wa.
J there killed in disreputable privat,
| quarrel. 4. nj. Ripley, Of New Hamp
shire, who was an officer in the war 0
/ 1872, and who was at that time wounded
| was a member of the Twenty-fourtl
Congress. His only son was muir
, dered n the Tanning massacre, an,
! from tle effects of this and the open
: ing of sne of his wounds Mr.. RIPPLE
/ died. John Rutledge, who was mem
0 ber OF tie Provincial Congress in 176J
and of the Continental Congress, wa
appointed Associate Justice OF the Su
preme Court by Washington, but wa
not confirmed. He soon lost his res
son, became sick, and died in the yea
1900.
0 William Pinckney, OF Maryland, VIII
: was at one time Senator from tina
9 State, died from overexertion in arg,
n ing . ease m the Supreme Court.
4 l. l. Stevens, who was delegat
a from Washington Territory to til
) Thir,y-tifth and Thirty-sixth Cor
greses, was killed in battle at Ru
a Run while carrying the flag of his con
lnanu His is only one of many cast
Il in which ex-Congressmen were kille
or received mortal wounds during til
war.
s Abraham II. Venable, who was in I'll
;? Second, Third, and Fourth Congress-
# as member Of the House, and afte
ward Senator from Virginia, WI
J. burned to death i'm a Richmond theat,