The Globe-republican., 1890-03-26
SUDDENLY CALLED.

Sudden Death Of Msjor-General Crook,.
| Commander Of the Department Of the
Missouri--A Brilliant Military Record.
CHICAGO, March 2a.-Maior-General
George Crook, United States army. in
command Of the department Of the Mis-
souri,. died at the Grand Pacific Hotel
at 7:15 o'clock yesterday morning Of
heart disease.
! There had not been the slightest
warning that General Crook was not per-
fectly we'll. He was at army head
quarters all day Thursday, and at
night, at the hotel. appeared to be in
his usual good health. He got up as
usual yesterday morning at : o'clock.
While dressing he suddenly said to his
wife: II can't breathe" Mrs. Crook
helped him to sofa and doctor was at.
once summoned, but before he could
reach the room General Crook was dead
The General has been in command Of
the Department of the Missouri for sew
eral years. succeeding General Schofield.
John S. Drake, proprietor Of the Grand
Pacific Hotel. an intimate friend Of Gen.
eral Crook. made the following state
ment: General Crook arose shortly
before .o'clock yesterday morning appar--
emily in his usual health and, in accord
ance with his custom, began exercising
with the weights and pulleys connected.
with an apparatus for the purpose which
he kept in the room. After exer--
cising for few minutes he stopped
and went and lay down upon lounge,
saying that he felt q difficulty in
breathing. A few moments later he
called out to his wife: oh, Mary, Mary;
l need some help; I can't get my
breath" DR.. Hurlbut who lives near
by was at once sent for. Every thing
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 children. l suppose his death
resulted from an affection of the heart.
For some weeks, in fact ever since his
last trip to the Northwest, he has been
complaining of a bearing-down sensation
in the neighborhoOd of the heart"
BIOGRAPHICAL
General Crook was sixiy-ons years old
September 'ast He was born near Day-
ton, o., and was graduated from the United
States NJ litary Academy in 1852 From that
year until the beginning OF the war he
served with the Fourth infantry in Califor-
mia He went into the war Colonel Of the
Thirty sixth Ohio infantry. He was wound
ed at Lewisburg and was breveted Lieuten-
ant Colonel for services Mt Antietam He
took part in Sherdan's Shenandoah
campaign, and in 1865 he was
breveted Brigadier- General and Major Cen
eral, u S a. At the end Of the war he was
commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and sent
to Boise, Idaho. where he fought Indians at
intervals until 1872 In that year he was sent
to suppress the Indian disturbances in the
Arizona district He sent an ultimatum to
the chiefs to return to their reservations
be wiped from the face of the earth" They
diIrcgarded the deman nd and he attacked
them in the TDnto basin, stronghold
deemed impregnable, and enforced submis-
sion. In 1857 he subdued the turbulent.
Sioux and Cheyennes, in tho m-mora-
BILE Indian war in which Custer and his men
were massacred. In 1888 the Chiricahuas de-
manded his energetic attention. He marched
20 miles and captured 400 prisoners, COM
pletely subduing the recalc trants. This
was his last imortant Indian campaign,
and General Crook at once set about in
structing the aborigine IN the arts of peace.
He drove out squatters and invaders, pro-
tectcd the Indians in farming. abolished GER
tain abuses of the agents and cOntractorsa and
stimulated the Indians to help themselves.
In three years the tribes Of the Arizona dis
triCt became self-supporting.