New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-22
MR.. REID DESCRIBES MAJOR BUNDY'S LAST
HOURS.

No SO Rue Galllec,
cO,ors, Elliott F sbepard Office of The Mali and Ex-
press,o New-Yorb N. u, Etats Uns d'Apertque;
My Dear Colonel The same steamer which takes takes
Hana s Ssd fnSy little after &C. mid @lGn Ess
Avenue de Alma This morning at 10. O'clock We had
simple but very touching mineral service In d tns
punches of flowers sent by Mrs. Reid Mrs. Chauneey
NJ Depew and the Countess de sers: l. c.,.,,ov Mrs.
Nevn the Countess de Sers Mrs. Kemp, Mr.: Guernsey
Mitchell, Mr. Bailly Blanchard the nurses who were III
few Others, were present The choir sang Just as
Am" and other familiar hymns, which were thougn'
The body was then recOnveyed TO the receiving vault
and viii be sent of to tiavre this evening 80. soo,od
and arc also FORWARDED. TO your address. ., -
The Major seemed to have been feeling slightly UNI
we'll for day two, but he was going ABOUT rs usu
until Sunday. On that day, when he complained ~
feeling qnwe one in the hotel proposed 70 S o1
physician and would soon be all right The TWO or
three American sc9usintances he aq he had car
RED out his expressed intention OF going on 70 Smi'Ao
land, and therefore thought nothing OF MS apSence
I was at Havre to meet Mrs Reid, who was aTIIs-
Ing on the Champagne. but on learning OF te sS .
call had sent Gr g9e to him. o6 to T Monday Afternoon
to what had happened. and then fearned wa. on
rising during the night or probably carry Moho 'S
fallen upon the floor where some time later the
servants found him unconscious Dr. tan ,Is ta
gravity of the case, for Dr. Herbert In consul
ton -, .-,,.. "A
impressed upon them at once the necessity OF
giving him the best possible attention one tIalneu
nurse brought in and on my suggestion she was
relieved after twenty four hours service by another
After careful examination Dr. Faue- Miller lnI,nnied
me that the evidence was conclusive that ue AhIur
was in the last stages Of B1ghps disease ana that'
therefore the apopiectic stroke almost inevita-
bly, fatal II was merely the mQds IN WHICH, Ill U"S
case, Br!ghts disease became fatal
lie did not to suffer at all. ana coulu not'
in any of my visits. discover any trace of conscious
Gated with YOU and with Mr. Depew, ana that every
thing possible would be done for him, felt CON
vulsive cluch of his hand, on which mine was resting
fancied that perhaps he had dimlY canght the tone
of familiar voice speaking familiar names. but that
was all. The physicians are quite confident that he
The nurses watched him most faithfully. and did
everything possible for his comfort lie cOnd not nave
had more careful attention II he had been at home.
He fingered through Tuesday and WEDNESDAY and
finally his life went out peacefully and without strug
gle, little after midnight Thursday morning. :,
The nurses found the Episcopal PRAYER Book on his
table with the mark at the lesson for the day on sun
day-ndioatjng that he had been reading this before he
| lay down to what proved 10 be his fatal sleep.
I teegraphed Immediately to you in New YORK. and
Mr.. Depew I'm London. Having no positive instrllc-
tons to the disposition Of the remains, but feeling
sure. from The tone Of the dispatches received that Won
would wish them sent to New York TO be buried among
his people have had the body carefully embamed
and prepared for shipment.
1t is all sudden and distressing, but there IS
certainly positive comfort in realizing that he suffered
pain that his last hours received the most watchful
thought himself total stranger there sympathetic
friends TO surround his coffin In the American church
when the services were read.
Hoping that what We have done viii seem to you
suitable and satisfactory and joining with sincere
SORROW for the loss have experienced am faith
fully yours, WITITELAW REID.