The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-08

Parnell complained of suffering from a Pc
culiar pain In the region of his heart
fore. This was in addition to the rheumat-
ic trouble in the arm, which has already
been referred to.
PHYSICIANS REFUSE TO TALK.
The son of DR.. William Richard Powers,
+. Il. s., the author of many important
medical works on diseases of the brain and
of the spinal cord. including his Manual
of Diseases of the Nervous System" who
was attending Mr. Parnell. was the physi-
clan who watched the closing hours of his
life. The great leaders condition was SO
bad throughout Tuesday that DIR. Powers
was unable To leave his bedside from
early that morning till Mr.. Parnell breathed
his last.
The death of Mr.. Parnell has not been
registered. None of the local authorities
of Brighton has been communicated with
by the attending ply sclan. Both Dr. Pow
ers and his son refuse to make any state
Inent as to the cause of his death, or as to
the progress of his sickness. The physi-
clans refCse to make q statement on these
subjects OF the ground that no member of
the Parnell family has as yet accorded
them permission 10 say anything on the
subject. and that until they receive such
permission the phyoicians will under no
circumstances say anything In reference
To Mr.. ParnelPs death.
This evening Mrs. Parnell is receiving q
large number of telegraphic messages from
apparently all parts of the world. all OF
them containing words of coincidence with
her In her bereavement. A dispatch sent
from Brighton, at 5:30 p. VI. today says
that Mrs. Parnell continues in a condition
too Frustrated to be able 10 see any one
Her eldest daughter IS with her
IL appears that Mr.. and Mrs. Parnell
fully intended having areligious marriage
nnrfnr hut <<c
SteIny ing refused To officiate on the ground
that Mrs. Parneii was q divorced woman.
The vicar. however, offered 20 lend the use
of his church for the ceremony IL Mr.. Par
nell found clergyman to oflielate Tho
Bishop of the diocese then forbade the
ceremony as the parties were al
ready civilIy married. Finally, through
Mr.. ParnelIs perseverance,. it was
arranged that Rev. Dir. Penfold,
of 81. james. Marylebone. should officiate,
and Mr.. Parnell intended to seek license,
when the Bishop of Chichester, who was
on the continent, returned. 1t wasreQuest.
ed that the marriage should take place at 8
a. NJ. and should not be Giyulged until after
wards.
A London News agency states that
among his complicated private affairs
Mr.. Parnell left unsettled the ques-
tiOn of the custody of his wife's younger
authority. "that Mr.. Parnell claimed to be
the father of the two youngest child rem of
Mrs. O'Shea.
NOT CASE OF SUICIDE.
How did Parnell die. is q question that
was asked in London frequently this morn
ing, hut long without satisfaction. The
forenoon wore on and the absence OF
definite information as to the cause of Mr..
Parnell's death caused the breeding OF
rumors and speculation. During the
morning Captain O'Shea. Mrs. Parnells
divorced husband. who lives also
at Brighton, came uD to the city as
is his daily habit. Upon arrival IN London
Captain OShea called upon his solicitors.
At their Office he was shown u telegram
that had been sent by Mrs. Parnell. in
which she requested that clerk of the
law firm be dispatched at once to her home
at Brighton. While preparations for
compliance with Mrs. Parnelps mes
sage were being made. and soon
after its receipt. another dispatch
this one, without signature-was received
by the law firm, stating that Mr. Parnell
had committed suicide. Little by little.
this crept forth III IN the streets. end
men and people w h0 heard woald calculate.
what. anotberi" Thus an added interest
was lent to the fact of Mr.. ParnelPs demise.
and public interest ran high until after
midday.
At o'clock this afternoon. thirteen hours
after the event of ParnelPs death, only
ntty-tWO miles away, uer6lIeu news came
to London. And thus. in brief. the story
ran: The ex-leaders system had become en-
feebled by anxiety, irregularity and eX-
posure during some weeks past. TO
the enfeebled system cold at
tached Itself on Thursday last dur
ing Mr.. Parnelrs return from Ireland.
He took to his bed and there remained.
The symptoms grew alarming on Friday
and Saturday. On Sunday his difficulty
was designated as acute rheumatism and
the patient grew more Ill, suffering much.
1t is said, until exhausted and uncon-
scious he is said to have expired at
1880 o'clock last night IN his Brighton
home. The early day report that Mr.. Par.
nell had died by his own hand spread far.
and among the persons whom it reached
was Mrs. Parnell. Tonight she requests
that All emphatic denial be given to rumors
that her husband committed suicide. She
| states that he had long suffered from rheu-
matism. which developed into the fever
that killed him.
Mr.. Parnell continued to attach the
greatest Importance TO the support he re-
ceived from America. He only abandoned
| his proposed trip to the United States this
autumn when he was convinced that il
would be fatal To be absent from Ireland.
| He had decided, however, at all risks to GO
before the general election took place Ill
| order to raise funds.