The evening world., 1891-05-04
PASTOR SoTHWELl'S END.
Could Not Survive the Struggle
With the Cork in His Lung.
His Wife Too Frustrated Yet to Ar
range for the Obsequies.


This h the sad end Of most heroic struggle
ny physically perfect mAn-A Hercules with
moral forn,ude aimosi sublime.
For fifteen days he has been dying by inches,
and devoted wife has sat By watching the
terrible struggle in which the odds were
known 10 be 90 great that tie result we al
most certain When :as esa came snd che
wss widow, then, and no, Till then, did this
noble wife give way TO her stined feelings.
F1fty times within forty-eiaht hours the care
fui physicians had announced TO her In plying
whispers that her husband could not hold out
fifteen minutes longer. But, again ana again,
the noble man had revived and eluded the
clutch Of the rsmorseless destroyer. Bat a.
q % O'Clock last evening the nsht was over.
and Death had gained victory.
Then the good wife broke down under the
strain Of many days and her grief was agon-
ixiDg. There were By the bedside In the pri.
vate room al the BrooEiyn City Hospital, Mrs.
Botnvells nster and brother-iD-lav, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark; her and her husbauas friendS
Rev. DR.. stokes and Nr. Merritt; the three
physicians and the nurses, Misses Alexander
and Collins.
Mlss Collins gently rlised the broken wife
from tue noor where she had sunk by the bed
side, her loving hand relaxing iB hold upon
that OF her dead husband, and the grief
stricken woman was led from the room. she
was driven in . waiting carriage 10 the home
Of . friend.
Ma Boutwell, was sull IN q very nervous
condition this morning. and no attemps had
been made TO learn her wishes with regard 70
the obsequieA
c. n
. wish that II It could be OF any aid 10 science
an autopsy be made upon his body in the event
OF his death. But Coroner Rooaey said he
could no, order . post-mortem exAninAtioa
except with the consent of MrL Boutwell,
In response to q request made BY Dr. Both
well Saturday O. putiished IN THE EVENING
WORLD. prayers we're offered for him In nearly
| all the churches Of Brooklyn yesterdGy.
His death was from exhaustion. His rifht
| lung had for fifteen dsys. owing TO the locG-
ment OF the cork In bis len bronchial tube at
the point OF iis entrance into ths lung. been
! compelled TO do the work OF both iunsa The
work was too much, and The result was COL
lapse ana deaih-
| Two weeks ago Saturday, while Dr. Botaweli
| held bis bAby girl on his xnee for the purpose
OF administering some hl-tastng medicine. BID
hands being occupied by TIE Wal and the
The cork was hAlf an inch In diameter and
i an inch long. White the great. joyiAl. eooe-
| hear,eu preaceer and sdoring fatser laughed
| and toked 70 distract Rsoys mind from the
nastlse.s Of The medicine ne held the cork BE-
| tween hia teeth
By such pranks the child was oozxened into
piishment Of which vas oeiebrated By an un-
| usually hearty laugh Of the father.
He laughed too haru. There was q reaction.
something Ike gasp. The cork disappeared
| Il had been drawn back Dy the gasp into ths
pastors throat ana another gasp took It into
4 the windpipe, past the EN- Rloth-
II located itsef up aRainst the giotttA and
completely discommoded him. and next MORN
| Ing be preaened his usual sermon-
| He was . big man. an unusually vigorous
lowered SIX feet two inehes in height. wa
| broad-shouldered. lnuscnlAT, athletic He had
| = broad, hard chest, neck like gladiator.
| He weighed more than so gounds, Jet was NOT
| BY any means q stout man. He vas HeSculea
in ouiid.
For three days ordinary methods OF expel.
ling the cork were Tried IL would not cough
up. but seemed rather 10 sink further into The
Inc siaiwsrt minister was suffering the most
| aggrlvstinG irritation in his throat and nnAlly
simseif ii by II the middle over sor,Soniai mia IsI Sai
| his head and feet hung down In tins position
| be was made 10 cough untu ne was completely
ex aansied. ouit cork refused 70 yield
Then. As o last resort he took . private
/ room o. the Brooklyn City Hospital and Dr. J.
B. Rushmore. one of Brooklyns best famed
| snrgeOna. was called.
several operations were performed. The
i nrst one vas with . probe and foroeps. but the
corE ooaldnT be reached.
70 get nearer to it. q hole was cut In the
ana forceps were inserted here. The surgeons
| could toeca the cofk, but could not get pur-
chase upon IL, - II vas almost out Of the
%orssa mn % ne M sssl.ar, p.iier.s aremsSsoa: r.
vitality began 10 weaken; then they were
| obliged 10 desist
A few days later special Instrument mad e
| for the purpose vas brought into u.e. II ooa-
| sisted OF flexible rubber cathetsr with tiny
| but very strong corksersw OF silver inserted In
IT,
| aud with II the surgeons succeeded in get ing
| feeble hold on tne cork. but not spfnelent 10
| oislodge II, and this operation had 70 be AbAn-
| ooned
| Then an inclsion was mace In the chest over
| he left lung, the surgeons dtei log Up n
| IAe last operation OF ALL and one resorte1 ~
/ only after all else has failed.
| Tney would nave broken two ribs over the
| bronchial tube, pushed them aside, and thus
| reached the cork. Bat Dr.. BoihWell bled PIE
fuse from tue ineiSed wound, and he pa
| iiebI'B nPs began 10 iuTn b ue. snd other sigus
| of imminent danger appeared. forcing u G
| naysirilns 10 exert ali their SAiil IN rsVlVins
| DIT. BoihEell.
| mat was last Wednesday, and a. no time
| since has DT. BothWell been In condition for
| another operation. But his moral COURAGE has
been heroic through all
| llh mluu seems 70 nave pccu uilco VIII 0e-
vice. for sustaining tue courage Of his wise, h .
weaker SELF
For ioTIy-eiERt hours PRIOR TO his death Dr.
BOtBwen WAS dslInouA, sometimes unoon-
| scious, only occAsioRAllJ arO1sDg into bnef
moment of realization On each saeh re:uTn
| TO c0nseioosIess he has called his wife by
| name, smiled reAasuriBgly, gwen the hand
lyihg within hIs own q loving pressure and
ta-n sunE aUAV again.
The last hours Dy his bedside we're full OF
pathetic Interest since O'Clock Saturday
morning the oVerWOTEed TiKht lang had been
| sigel by sn attachment Of tue silver iuUe,
| ihTouEh which the Doctor aAd hsd 10 breathe
| siEee The Incssion was made in hlS tT4ehea, TO
| Ire Iu6e o. = tank OF oxyg-n.
| Hypodermie injections OF nitro Rly eerine aBd
| Of brandy were AdmiGnteEed ~ Etep bln
alive
once when the dying man reTivsi and Was
cons eioas ioF . moment Hey. Dr. Siokes kpeli
Gtd prayrd for ain, and TIE OlherS abO1t the
bedside bowed their heAaS and Wepl--sn bot
sTs. BoinWelL Her ETief vas OF the Eind th1t
could not gEt eKpTes-ion OF relief ~ tears
Not anti II O'Clock yesterday mornlbg dld
tue physician tell heT to hope no lonGtr. Tbsy
had fe sred for tue erect OF such an announce
ment upou her, but iheJ did not know her
SirenGth and fAith.
Hlpei she was hope! Let ell The o 10 give
ann no - dead. she would hope On Iill his
gT~AI hesrt ceASed TO beat And sae di1,
treating down on'y WAen the vital spark kad
ceased even 10 h.eker And had gone olL
MoEHLEINB CIxcISNAII LA0En IL col IN nVisoEai-
and refrNahiaH. Ash lar Ia. -