The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-06
BELLEVUE, La. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1885,

might make to attafR one OF our NUM-
ber. Once in the room, 10 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 suifocat;on.
l took my hat, and, leaning over the
bed, gently famed him. o, but what a
cry and what a scenei There were tor
ture and agony in the extreme. and a
scream of ''For Gods sake, dom n't!''
The windows were thrown open at his
request, but the first touch of the cur
rent of air threw him into 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 convulsions
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 suf
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 adj
ministered hypodermically, but without
the least effect. The physician say;
nothing, goes away without any in
structions, and leaves two of US tc
watch the night through.
THE VICTIMS LAST HOURS.
The condition of the sufferer remain:
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 th'
dying man becomes composed anC
peaceful. The violent struggling
ceases, the paroxysms and convulsion
come no more, and / Involuntary
looked through the window, expectin!
to see that death had come. Full
fifteen minutes pass, and when th'
prayer is ended the hydrophobic victim
| gently takes his wife's hand, draws he
to him, kisses her, and says: Good
bye" At once the agonizing struggl
recommenees, and the scenes alreadl
described are repeated from every thre'
to five minutes. And thus the nigh
and the greater part of the next da,
wore away.
At three o'clock in the afternoon tn
legs of the man seem as though para
lyzed. He ceases to struggle. We ar
obliged to tie his hands from him, fo
he is inclined to bite them. His moutl
opens and shuts firmly, as though b
were swapping. He is now entirely IN
conscious. Little by little there issue
from his mouth white froth like clea
soap-suds. The face begins to turn up
ward. The respiration is seen to dc
crease. Life is ebbing away. A watc
is opened and the beating of the hear
is timed. The swapping of the mout
grows less violent; and at FIVE o'cloc
John Toelle is in full possession c
death.
/ carefully noticed the cries an
screaming of the man in all his death
struggles, and | failed to discover tn
least in them that was like the barkin
or the noise of any animal.-W 4
Aldersofa. IN Kansas C1tsf Times.