Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-30
LYING IN STATE.
The Remains Of the Late Vice President
Viewed by ThOusands-What Mr.. Hen.
bricks Physician says.

Viewed by ThOusands-WhatM Mr.. Hen.
bricks Physician Says.
The casket in which the remains Of Vice
President Hendricks will be inferred arrived
at Indianapolis Saturday. 1t Is richly and
deliberately mounted with solid silver and lined
with fiuted satin. On the head cap is silver
plate bearing the words Thomas A. Hen
bricks" The body was placed In the casket
shortly after noon saturday, and was then taken
down stairs into the front parlor. Only init
mate friends were admitted to view the remains
yesterday. The sculptor Parks took another
cast of the face yesterday, obtaining a fine i'm
pended: Gov. Isaac p. Gray, ex-Goy. Albert @.
Porter, the Hon. W. H. English, Judge w. A.
Woods, Postmaster Aauilla Jones' Mr; Frede-
rick Rand, Mr. David Macy and Mayor John L.
McMaster.
THE BODY TAKEN TO THE COURTHOUSE.
Soldiers kept watch in front of the Hendricks
residence all Saturday night. At 1890 O'Clock
the local military companies, under command
of Adjt Gen. koontz, and the governors staff
marched to the Hendricks residence. The
hearse had preceded them. To IL were attached
four black horses, caparisoned in emblems OF
mourning, with black plumes nodding from
their heads, at which stood uniformed soldiers
The hearse was covered with silken flags fes-
TONED with Grape Promptly at 4 o'clock the
burial casket was placed in the hearse. and the
procession moved toward the courthouse.
Under the rotunda, directly in the center OF
ehS ouAioAhSs slahos
THE CATAFALQUE,
very elaborate structure. The inclosed space
is about 12x15 feet, the approaches being by
gentle inclines. In the center of il is the bier,
raised about three feet from the floor and COW
cred with broadcloth. The canopy Of black
silk and Grape and silk flags is supported by
four columns, wrapped with evergreen and
Grape At the entrances and on all sides are
plants. SD that the structure seems TO have been
built in a beautiful conservatory, and the whole
. fri Ing nd ivvlr,s Sfrfv ssl
o clock the casket was brought In. At the head
and foot large broken columns, surmounted by
white doves and sheaves of rosebuds, smilaN,
ferns, and carnations Were placed. Directly At
the head of the coffin, very elaborate Offering,
sent by Patrick Egan. president OF the Irish
Land League OF America, was placed. On the
collin there was placed a beautiful floral pillow
OF roses and smilaX, on which rests broken
gavel, the insignia of office, made of violets.
and below this another pillow of white, with
the letter III" in blue immortelles i'm the GEN.
ter.
We're visible through the heavy plate glass. The
body was arrayed in evening dress of black
broaacioth, high collar and white silk tie The
ception OF slight discoloration just under the
eyes.
The doors were then opened and the public
admitted TO view the remains More than
$1,000 persons passed through the building
during the afternoon. The doors were closed
between and o'clock in the evening. At
o clock the doors were again closed and the cor
ridors cleared as Mrs. Hendricks had named that
body of her husband as it lay i'm state. Mrs.
hendricks, Judge and Mrs. Holman, Hon. JAS
H. Rice, and Mrs. V. X. Hendricks came in a
carriage, and were admitted by a private en-
trance. Mrs. Hendricks wore deep mourning
and a heavy Grape veil. Her face showed evil
dence of weeping. but she bore herself with
much composure giving way to her emotions
only once. She expressed surprise and gSatif-
cation at the elaborateness of the drapery and
floral display. After she had retired the doors
were once Eiore opened and the crowd allowed
to 60 through until midnight.
A STATEMENT BY MR.. HENDRICKS PHYSICIAN.
An indianapolis dispatch to the New York
Sun says: Among physicians there has been
considerable criticism of the medical treatment
of the case, and several papers have openly
| charged that Mr.. Hendricks was bled to death
through the stupidity Of his physician. simply
because he had an acute pain in his stomach
These statements have doubtless arisen from
misrepresentation Of the facts OF the treatment
DIR. w. c. Thompson, the attending physician,
makes the following statement:
''Mr Hendricks was never In his life bled by
me. To have bled him under the circumstances
OF his last illness would have indicated great
him. We were in the habit OF putting dry cups
on him, and, in obedience TO his request. on
this that the impression that bied him gained
, such Roadway. Said Mr.. Hendricks TO me: II
dry cup on me- 1t was a favorte remedy of
his. This process is used as a counter action, and
its effect is 10 relieve the interior vessels. It
burning alcohol i'm it, and, while the vacuum
exists, to apply the glass TO the portion of the
body where il is desired 20 produce an effect
The full treatment In the case was very simple.
In the first place We We're not apprehensive OF
danger. l had no more idea that day that
Mr.. Hendricks would die than had that you
or would. L have seen him twenty times a
great deal worse than he was that day. He was
chilly and We gave him warm water, with soda
i'm it, to sweeten his stomach. As said, the
treatment was very simple, for we thought
there was little the matter with him. A simple
stimulating enema, castor Oil and molasses,
was used. He had complained OF a painful
fulness of the bowels, which was thus relieved
by two gentle operations. He said he felt bet
ter, Strengthened up. and remarked, Now I
will take q nice Sleep These were his last
words to me. had declined before this to give
him calomeI, for told him that he was pre-.
pairing to go to Washington and that calomel
would PROSTATE and reduce him. This seemed
to meet with his approval. and SO he willingly
accepted the treatment as have described.
Il think his death must have occurred as
early as 4 o'clock on Wednesday, for IL was only
a little after that hour that Mr.. Hendricks SER
want came to me with the announcement that
the Vice President was dead. He died of brain
disease. His trouble was always nervous.
Paralysis took either the brain or the heart II
would require post mortem to determine
which, and suggested to the family that one
be held, but Mrs. Hendricks was unwilling"