St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-21
The Great Tragedian Passes
Away Suddenly in New
York.
A Cold Develops Into Acute
Pneumonia, Resulting
in Death.
Edwin Booth, His Partner, In
formed Of the Death at
Midnight.
Some Of the Leading Attrac-
tiOnS in Which MIR. Barrett
Has Appeared.

Has Appeared.
NEW YORK, March 20.-Lawrence
Barrett, the tragedian, died this even
ing at 10:45 o'clock at the Windsor hO-
tel. The actor was unconscious but a
short time before he died. His wife
and DIR. Chambers, of this city, were
with Mir. Barrett when he breathed his
last His last sickness dated from
Wednesday 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
severe cold and would be out in few
days, and the same report was made the
following day. Even yesterday the re-
ports from the sick chamber were very
favorable. This evening DR.. Chambers
called at the Windsor hotel at 9 o'clock
to see his patient, and shortly thereafter
announced that he would remain all
night 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:
Wednesday evening he was called to
see Mr.. Barrett, who told him he had
cold and did not know whether to go to
the theater or not. That night when he
came home from the theater he had
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 a
high fever and having rapid
pulse. There were at that time, how
ever, no symptoms of pneumonia, but
at that time he suspected that the dis
ease would develop later Thursday
morning the much-feared symptoms of
pneumonia appeared. The physician
then realized Mr.. Barrett'S critical con-
dition, and asked for a consultation.
DR.. ii, +. Walker was accordingly
called in. Mrs. Barrett was at that
time in Boston, and Il 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. =. Oliver, of Boston, who
has been Mr.. Barrett'S family physician
for long time, was also sent for, and
came at once to take part in the consul
tatiOn at
At the consultation the case was dag
noSed as very grave phase of pneu-
monia. but at that time it was believed
that, II there were no other complica-
tiOnS, the sick man might vet recover.
But the unfortunate fact was that these
complications did exist. For two years
Mr.. Barrett has been a sufferer from
throat disease. To-day the unfavor-
| able symptoms were more pronounced.
His temperature was 1857 and pulse
120 per minute. At p. m. there was a
consultation of the physicians in charge
of the case. There was 10 noticeable
change. 1t was, however, decided that
another consultation be held at 10 O'Clock
this evening. Between 5 and 1Op. m.
there was rapid change for the
worse. When the time came for
the consultation the sick man
was in semi-conscious condition and
had TO be reused for the examination.
and would lapse back again into un-
consciousness. He was unconscious for
| fifteen to twenty minutes before he died
and the end was very sudden. At the
death bed were present Mrs. Barrett,
DIR. Chambers, the manager for Booth
and Barrett, and the nurse. The death
of the great actor occurred in Room 32S,
on the third floor of the hotel, on the
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street
corner. Mr.. Barrett has two daughters
now in Europe, one the wife of Mary
AndersOn's brother. The funeral will
take place probably in Boston, and the
| manager of Booth and Barrett will have
full charge of all the arrange
/ ments. At the time of his part
ner's and friends death, Edwin
Booth was at the Players club in bed
asleep. He did not receive the notice
of his death untl midnight and was
very deeply affected at the news of the
demise. He did not, however, go up to
the Windsor hotel tonight
Lawrence (Brannigan) Barrett was born in
| Paterson, y. j.. April 4, ISIS. lie made his
! first appearance on the stage in Detroit in
1888 as Murad, in The French Spy" and
! then played minor parts in Pittsburg. st.
| Louis and Chicago. In December 1856 he
appeared at the Chambers theater, New York,
| playing Sir Thomas Clifford in The Hunch-
! back. and for the following two years sup
| ported Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth
and many stars. In 1858 he was en-
! gagged by the management of the
| Boston museum to play leading parts and
| later at the Howard Athen9um of that city
| supported Miss Cushman, Barry Sullivan
ana Edgar Z. Daven port. When the civil
war broke out, Mr.. Barrett served wish dis
| tinction as captain in the Twenty-eighth
| Massachusetts infantry. After leaving the
service ne was engaged by Mr. Booth to
| play Othello TO his Iago in the production at
the Winter Garden. After managing the
variety theaterS in New Orleans, he in 1864
| purchased 'Rosedale'' from Lester Wallack
and made his tirst tour as star
| with that play. In 1867 he appeared
| in San Francisco at McGuire's opera house
! and then became manager of the California
! theater until 1870, when he returned to New
| York and appeared with Mr.. Booth in op-
| posite characters at Booths theater. During
! 10 of
| country, and in 1873 presented magnificent
| revival of Julius Caesar at Booths theater
| appearing as Cassius. later on producing
king Lear and playing the title role. He
| produced ''Yorick's Love- a short time after.
| and III 1882 stayed in most magnificent stvle
| at the Chestnut Street theater Philadelphia
! George Boxers Francesca di Rimlni play
ing the part OF Lanciotto, the hunchback,
with great success. In 1883 the play was re.
| vived at the Star theater. New York where
| 1t ran for nine weeks. In 1884 Mr. Barrett
went to London and played a short season at
the Lyceum theater being received most
! favora bly,. He returned to America and in
! the fall of 1854 started with Edwin Booth on
| tour Of the United States in grand repro
| ductions OF the plays of Shakespeare which
| caused a furore everywhere. the demand
| for seats IN each city where the company
| appeared being unprecedented. This COM
| bination existed up to the time of Mr. Bar
| rett's death. In the fall OF 1889 Mr. Barrett
organ pergahlzea ea 4a3p company " to support Edwin
| Shakespearlan plays. while he intended to
tour the country in magnificent production
Of George Youngs ''Ganelon." which was
| first seen in Chicago. III October, 1888 Mr.
| with severe swelling of the lymphatic glands
of the neck, which caused hlm
| acute suffrrlng. During the engagement
| III Chicago, the disease assumed alarming
| proportions ana three weeks after the OPEN
ing the company was disbended. Mr.. Bar