Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-14
THE DEMON OF UNREST.
1t Has Complete Possession OF Maurice
Adler ana Makes His Life q Burden.

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The demon Of unrest seems to have taken
entire possession Of Maurice Adler and unless
there IA speedy anaelioration Of che WEAR.
some condition in which the wounded man
now II he will pass the brief remnant OF his days
In the midst Of such discomfort As fortunately
aff3icts but few human beings Last night was
an extremely restless one 30 far as Adler was
concerned. When he slept II was not sooth-
ing, STRENGTHENING slumber, but a nervous, A.
ful somnolency that distressed mind and body
alike with its irregularities and when he awoke
II was simply to moan and cry and to ask for
things which he did not want and TO refuse 70
take that which would nourish and sustain him,
This made It plain that
THE WEAKNESS Is MORE PRONOUNCED THAN xvru
The electrician, which has been idle for
some time past because Of the continued cool
weather. was put in position again this morn.
ing but 1t failed to sooths the patient.
Never since the shooting has II been
necessary to administer morphine during the
day time, but this morning Dr. Wagner had to
break the record by swing Adler q hypodermic
injection OF the soothing drug. Il brought
sleep and slight degree of relief. There
has been no return of the pain which was
present couple Of weeks ago, but there
10 q general discomfort which II worse
than oo,l pain: The :. paralysis remains
the rigdity OF the muscles--the affection
which was sought to be removed by the surgi-
cal operation-is coming back with renewed
tension that promises to end the matter
speedily.
NOTHING GAN BE DONE ron uu RELIEF.
DR.. ]. Ford Thompson and DR.. McBlair
called this morning to see the wounded man,
but they did not remain long; there il moth
ing they can do for the sufferer.
A Adj "a temperature this morning was
to 124 and his respiration had increased to rs
But little dependence, however, can be placed
on the action Of his pulse as an indicator.
little excitement, a peevish spell, an ungrati-
fed wish and up go the number Of heart-beats.
fairly reasonable figure.
ANEW FEATURE
made it's appearance last night. One Of the
attendants had persuaded the wounded man to
take little champagne, but before he would
drink 1t he asked to have the bottle shown him
30 that he might examine the label. He objects
to drinking any other than the imported
.hzz." The bottle was placed right before his
face, but he said he could not see it. A watch
was then put quite close to his eyes and the
lights were turned up, but he failed utterly to
see the timepiece, although he could distinctly
hear its ticking. This morning his vision was
once more clear but
HIS MIND IS EVIDENTLY WRECK
Occasionally there are lucid intervals but
they are rare, and most of the time when
he is awake he cries and asks for things
which he does not want 1t il
common occurrence for him 70
ask for something and when it is brought to
insist that he never asked for it at all. FIRE.
quently he wants something but cannot think
of its name, and then the attendants have to
guess and to keep on guessing until he says,
"That's it."
Last night one Of Ader's friends. who has
been out of the city for some time, called at
the house and was permitted to see his old &C.
quaintance. Adler manifested an extraordi-
nary amount of interest in the happenings
which marked his friends vacation and was
quite bright for awhile.
ALL HOPE DEPARTS
Neither the doctors nor any Of the members
of Adler's family are hopeful as to the result of
this prolonged struggle. None Of them believe
it possible that the patient will recover Adler
himself has not said anything on
that subject for some time and, so far as any
one else knows. still entertains the idea that he
will be victorious in the strife that he will live
to see Ward tried for assault with intent to kill
From the first he has held that he would re-
cover, and even when Assistant District Attor-
ney Armes called to take his ante-mortem state
ment on the day after the shooting he would
not admit that he imagined he was in the
face Of death. DIR. ]. W. Bayne at that time
assured Adler that the wound was mortal
one but Adler refused to believe him and in.
sisted that he could fight his way back to
health and strength. Since then no one has
intimated TO the wounded man that the fatal ter
mination of the case was drawing near and it is
hardly probable that any one will tell him
now. II the truth were to be impressed on his
enfeebled mind at this time the chances
almost a certainty-are that he would collapse
and be corpse inside Of twenty -fonr hours. The
indications now are that the surgeons prog
nosis, that dissolution would take place while
the patient is in comatose condition, will be
fulfilled in q little while.