Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-27
A WARRIORS EASY DEATH.
Gen. CrOoa Dies of Heart Disease in
Chicago Hotel.
After a Life of Usefulness Death
Claims Its Own.
Sketch Of the Maj0r-General's Event
ful Career.

Z
! the Grand Pacific hotel, at SIS O'Clock
! TINS morning. OF heart disease. There
/ had not been the slightest warning that
/ Gen. Crook was not perfectly we'll He
was at army headquarters all day yester-
1 day, and last night, ut his hotel, appeared
/ to be in his usual good health. He got up
as usual this morning, and while dressing
suddenly said to his wife Il can (
breathe Mrs Crook helped him to a
( sofa, and doctor was ut once summoned
| but before he could reach the room Gen.
| Crook was dead
John 5. Drake, proprietor of the Grand
/ Pacific hotel, who was an intimate friend
! of Gen Crook, made the following state
ment teen. Crook arose shortly before
/ Z O'Clock tins morning apparently ln his
usual health, and IN accordance with hls
/ custom began exercising with the weights
and pulleys connected with an apparatus
for the purpose, which he kept in his
room, After exercising for few minutes
! he stopped He went and lay down upon
a lounge, saying that he felt difficulty in
| breathing ewmOments later he called
out to his wife, oh Mary, Mary,
need some help; can't get my
| breath Assistance was at once SUM
/ moned, and Dr. Hurlburt, who lives near
| by, was sent for Everything that could
| be done was done but he failed to rally
and died at 7:l5. Mrs. Crook and her
sister, Mrs. Reid, were the only members
of the family present at his bedside when
| he passed away. He had no child
rem. suppose his death resulted from an
| affection of the heart. For some weeks,
/ in fact ever since he returned from his last
trip to the northwest, he has been COM
| planning of bearing down sensation IN
| the neighborhood Of the heart
DIR. Y. l.. Hurlbut, the physician who
was summoned, said II arrived at Gen
| Crooks bedside only four or FIVE minutes
before death superyened He was suffer
ing from irregular action of the heart, and
his lungs or chest seemed to be filed up
We did all we could for him IN the way of
hot applications with sinatpisms, hot bags
to his feet, etc. but he wa, inarticulo
mortis when ! arrived, and died without
rallying 1t appeared to be case OF heart
failure, but | could not be positive about
that, as | had never been called to attend
him before This may have been some
stomachic complication.
Maj Randall Of Gen. Crooks staff,
saiG; I'VE have noticed for some time
shat Gen Crook was not in his usual
health He was a man who never COM
planned, and said very little about his suf-
ferings At the theater last night ! saw
that he was not feeling at all well, and
asked him if he were in PAIN. He said
No. but think that was the beginning
of the end. TIE arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made. Gen.
Schofeld has been telegraphed to in re-
gard to the matter and his wishes will be
considered The bCrial will probably
take place at Oakland, Md. the home Of
his wife's people though possibly it may
be thought best to inter the remains III
Arlington National Cemetery at Wash
ington. Gen. Crook was 81 years old in
September last.
In accordance with the wishes Of Mrs.
Crook the funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon. The remains will then
be put ON q special ear and leave for Oak
land, Maryland. in the afternoon. Gen.
Crooks staff officers and a small guard Of
regular soldiers will attend
out Of respect for the memory of Gen,
Crook the Steele court-martial was today
adjourned until Monday.
Gen. Crook was born in Ohio, and en-
tered the United States military academy
on July /, 1s4S. and graduated four years
later He was appointed a second heuten-
ant Of the Fourth infantry ON July z, 1913
and his early service was in New York
when. d little later ON, he was ordered to
California, where he was soon promoted TO
be first lieutenant IN 1857 he was
placed in command of the Pitt River cX-
petition, and was engaged in skirmlshes
with the Indians at various points IN the
state. and in sharp encounter was
wounded with an arrow in 1851 He was
made captain of the Fourth infantry in
1861, ami was engaged in operations
through West Virginia. IN the fall Of
1861 he was made colonel Of
the Thirtv-sixth Ohio volunteers
and in command Of the Third
Provisional brigade In the follow
ing year he was breyetted major in the
regular army for gallant and meritorious
services at the batti, Of Lewisburg, Va,
where be was wounded He served in the
/ Northern Virginia and Maryland cam
paigns in the succeeding year. and on
Sept. Z. 1862 WIS made q brigadler gen
eral of volunteers He was in the battle
If South Mountain and Anhetum. and
was breyetted ieutenant-coonel in the
regular army for gallant and merltCrlons
services in the latter He was ~ COM
ma1d Of Independent Division at Garth
age Tenn. and was breyetted colonel IN
+ tile regular army for gallant and meri-
torious services in the battle Of
/ Farpngton. He was again lreyetted
ii 1864. TINS time as major-gener-
/ al af volunteers. for his distinguished SER
vices in West Virginia He was in COM
mand of the Department Of West Virginia
when he was captured, was made a breyet
brigadier-general Of the regular army for
/ gallant and meritorious services IN the
battle Of Fisher Hill. In 1866 he was
mustered ont Of the volunteer service, and
In the same wear was on the board at
Washington .ty to examine rife tactics
/ He was made a major, Third Infanty, IN
the regular army in July, 1866. and . lieu
tenant colonel Of the Iwenty-third Infantry
during the same month lnthe following
year he was transferred to the territory Of
Idaho. and commanded the District
of Owyhee Served in the District Of the
Lakes in 1859; IN the Department of the
Columbia from 1865 10 1870. ~ the de-
partment If Arizona in 1871 made brig
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