The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-25
BARRET1PS LAST EXIT
Made From Lies Stage at
New York.
The Curtain Falls Almost
Without Warning.
Confined to His Room Only
Since Wednesday,
When He Made His Last APP
pearance on the Stage.
Heart Failure Believed to Have Caused
His Death.

1045 at the Windsor hotel.
The demise was due to heart failure.
The actor was unconscious bur short
time before he died. His wife and DR..
Chambers of this city were with Mr..
Barrett when be breathed his last.
His last sickness dated from Wednes-
day night, when he was obliged to leave
the theater where he was engaged. 1t
was said at that time that he was
merely suffering from a severe cold,
and would be out in a few days,
+ and the same report was made the follow
ing day. Even yesterday the reports from
the sick chamber was very favorable. This
evening DR.. Chambers called at the Wind
sor hotel at o'clock to see his patient and
shortly thereafter announced that he
would remain in the sick room. Heart
failure, the physician declared, was the
cause of death.
The story of the tragedian's last days, as
told by DR.. Chambers. is as follows: On
Wednesday evening he was called to see
Mr. Barrett who told him he had a cold
and did not know whether to 90
to the theater or not. That night when
he came home from the theater he had a
severe chill. This was the beginning of
the last sickness. DR.. Chambers was
again sent for at II p. m. When the
doctor returned to the hotel he found
his patient suffering from high fever and
having a rapid pulse. There were
at the time, however, no symp-
toms of pneumonia, but at that
time he suspected that the dis
ease would develop later. On Thursday
morning the much-feared symptoms of
pneumonia appeared. The physician then
realized Mr. Barrett's critical condition
and asked for a consultation. DR.. Ii.
T. Walker was accordingly called
in. Mrs. Barrett was at that time
In Boston and dispatch was at once sent,
telling her of the serious condition of her
husband. She came to this city Thursday
evening and went Immediately to the
Windsor hotel.
Dr. J. p. Oliver of Boston, who has been
Mr.. Barrett's family physician for a long
time, was also sent for and came at once 10
take part in the consultation at the actors
bedside. At the consultation the case
was diagnosed as a very grave phase of
pneumonia, but at that time 1t was be-
lieved that if there were no other compli-
cations. the sick man might yet recover.
But the unfortunate fact was that these
complexities did exist.
For two years Mr.. Barrett has been
sufferer from throat disease. Today the
unfavorable symptoms were more pro-
nounced. His temperature was 1861 and
pulse 100 per minute. At p. m. today
there was a consultation of the
physicians in cargo Of the case. There
was no noticeable change. 1t was. how
ever, decided that another consultation be
held at 10 O'Clock this evening. Between
8 and 10 there was q rapid change for the
worse.
When the time came for the examina-
ton the sick man was in a semi-conscious
condition and had to be reused for the ex-
animation. and would lapse back again
into Inconsistencies. He was uncon-
scious for from fifteen to twenty minutes
before he died. The end was very sudden.
At the death bed were present Mrs.
Barrett, DR.. Chambers, the manager for
Booth and Barrett and the nurse.
The death OF the renowned
actor occurred in room 1928
on the third floor OF the hotel on the
Fifth-ave. and Forty-seyenth-st. corner.
Mr.. Barrett has two daughters now in Eu-
rope, one being the wife OF Mary Ander-
sons brother.
The funeral will take place probably in
Boston, and the manager of Booth and
Barrett will have full charge of all the ar
engagements.
At the time OF his partners and friends
death, Edwin Booth was at the players
club in bed asleep. He did not receive
the notice OF his death until midnight,
and was very deeply affected at the news
Of the demise. He did not, however, 20
up to the Windsor hotel tonight.
Lawrence Barrett was born in Pater-
son, N. j., April 4, 1888. lie made his
debut at Detroit, Mice, in 1853, as Mtrad,
in the drama of the French Spv." After
playing a number OF small parts he be-
came connected with the theater in Pitts
burgh, Pa. This was follow d by stock
engagements in 81. Louis, Chicago and
other cities; in 1856 he appeared at Bur
tone theater in New York City, as Sir
Thomas Clifford, in "The Hunchback." In
1857 and part OF 1858 he continued at the
same place, and in 1873 he went TO Boston,
where for some time he was connected
with the stock companies of the Boston
Museum and Howard Atheneum. In
1851, atthe beginning Of the civil war, Mr..
Barrett for a time served as a captain of n
company of Massachusetts, infantry. Re-
firing from the army, he again acted in
Washington, Philadelphia and New York
city. In the last named place he was adj
vanced 70 performing Othello 10 the
Iago OF Mr.. Edwin Booth. From New
York he went 20 New Orleans, where he
became associate manager OF the Varieties
.heater. and assumed the leading parts in
Shakspeare's plays. In 1867 he first APP
peared as n star actor in San Francisco,
and became co-manager OF the California
theater, remaining until 1870. Returning
10 New York City at the end Of that year,
he played with Mr.. Booth in alternate
parts at Booths theater. In 1871 and part
of 1872 he again managed the Varieties
theater in New Orleans, and in December
Of the last named year again played in
company with Mr.. Booth in New York
City. During 1874 he starred in the
large cities OF the union, and in 1875 re-
newed his connections with Mr.. Booth in
New York City, when his performance OF
CdSsitS in Shakes jeare's Julius Caesar
was deseryedly admired. Later he APP
peared at other New York theaters I'm
various dramatic and tragic characters,
notably in King Lear, Yorick's Love, and
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