The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25
VOLUME XVI.
THE DISEASE COMES ON.

and turned his back on her. She crossed
the room and found him crying bitterly
with his face buried in his hands. His
only reply to her question was: II fee
that awful disease creeping over me.
know l am going mad and shall die. =
The day dragged on; the body was not
in pain, but for the mind the gloom Of
night was come-a hopeless darkness
had settled there He retired with the
others of his household.
The coming of Tuesday morning, june
2, ushered in the twenty-seventh day
counting from the time of the fearful
encounter with the dog. At three clock
of that morning the deceased awoke 10
. struggle for breath and called for 9
drink. When his eyes fell on the water
handed him he instantly threw up hif
hands with the exclamation. For Gods
sake. take it awayr' He became com
posed in moment or so and rested
fairly well until he arose. He com.
planned considerably and vomited free
ly. The physician was sent for and
came in the forenoon. He was puzzled
He said but little Of anything, and moth
ing that was definite. He departed, but
in several hours returned, accompanied
by another member of his profession,
They viewed the patient, said nothing,
did nothing, and departed. The after.
noon wore away, and the restlessnesi
and changed appearance OF the man be.
came more perceptible.
FEARFUL PARoxYsMs.
And now we near the hour when the
dreadful poison in his system broke loose
with horrible violence. How can de.
scribe the deep agony of that night,
when every nerve of the poor fellow
seemed pulled asunder, and the screamt
that accompanied each death-struggle
were heartrending and distressing be
yond the power Of language. At five
o'clock he sent for his nearest neighboi
to come and prepare his will. HI
was entirely rational; dictated anc
signed the document disposing of BIZ
property. He gave directions about hi.
matters with noticeable clearness and
minuteness. AT seven o'clock he was
sitting in chair in his yard, with his
family and several neighbors around
him. He complained of being cool. His
wife took small shawl and made the
motion to lay it over his shoulders.
Then came the first scream, and the tor
turing struggle that came at short in
tervals until two hours before his last
breath. He sprang from the chair and
jumped about violently. calling to those
present to tie him. Ropes and straps
were quickly procured, and after seat
ing him he was securely fastened to a
tree. Every three or five minutes came
those terrible screams. He was heard
three-quarters of a mile away. At the
same time he would pant and struggle
as though suffocating, splitting aud
coughing necessarily. He was entirely
rational and conscious, calling those
present by name, and describing his
pains, except during paroxysms OF
torture. In an hour it was decided to
take him into the house. A storm was
brewing, and altogether the setting-in
of that night was to the attendants OF
the dying man one the reader may never
wish to experience. We cut the ropes
that secured Toelle to the tree, but were
careful to provide against any effort he
might make to attack one of our num-
Der. Once in the room. to which he
walked with some support, we laid him
on the bed, and at once securely
fastened him down. leaving him
sufficiently free to sit up, use his hands,
and change his position. The room
was somewhat close, nothing being
open but the door. He screamed as
soon as he lay down, struggled for
breath, and complained Of sutfocation.
l took my hat, and, leaning over the
bed, gently famed him. 0. but what a
cry and what scenei There were tor
ture and agony in the extreme. and a
scream of "For Gods sake. don'tr'
The windows were thrown open at his
request, but the first touch Of the cur
rent of air threw him into a paroxysm
of torture. He called for water, but as
soon as he looked at it his muscles con-
tracted, his teeth clinched. and he pre-
sented the picture of rigidity and terror.
But water he must have; his throat is
parched, slime and saliva are choking
him, and the painting, the struggling,
the wild cries of anguish. and the fear
full tossing and twisting of his body are
calling for relief. At the suggestion he
closes his eyes and opens his mouth; a
tablespoon of water is dashed in; but
instantly he commences more violent
struggling. More terrible commissions
follow, and receiving the water seems
more agonizing than the want Of. it.
At ten o'clock the physician comes
again. At least an hour is con-
sumed in the attempt to put the sui.
ferer under the influence of chloro-
form. Saturated cloths are held
as best possible in the struggling to his
nose; large doses of morphine are ad.
ministered hypodermically, but without
the least effect. The physician says
nothing, goes away without any in
structions, and leaves two of us to
watch the night through.
THE VICTIMS LAST HOURS.
The condition of the sufferer remains
unchanged. He is all the time con-
scious and rational. The priest comes,
the wife enters, and we, the watchers,
step from the room. When the voice
of the priest is raised in prayer the
dying man becomes composed and
peaceful. The violent struggling
ceases, the paroxysms and convulsions
come no more, and l Involuntary
looked through the window. expecting
to see that death had come. Full
fifteen minutes pass, and when the
prayer is ended the hydrophobic victim
gently takes his wife's hand, draws her
to him, kisses her, and says; Good
bye" At once the agonizing struggle
recommences, and the scenes already
described are repeated from every three
m five vninutas And th1r tho niOht
and the greater part of the next day
wore away.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the
legs of the man seem as though para
lyzed. He ceases to struggle. We are
obliged to tie his hands from him. for
he is inclined to bite them. His mouth
opens and shuts firmly, as though he
were swapping. He is now entirely un-
conscious. Little by little there issues
from his mouth white froth like clean
soap-suds. The face begins to turn up
ward. The respiration is seen to de-
crease. Life is ebbing away. A watch
is opened and the beating OF the heart
is timed. The swapping Of the mouth
grows less violent; and at five O'Clock
John Toelle is in full possession OF
death.
l carefully noticed the cries and
screaming of the man in all his death
struggles, and failed to discover the
least in them that was like the barking
or the noise Of any animal w. a.
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