The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-08
bright CAREER ENDED
SUDDEN AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OR
CHARLES STEWART PARyELI.,
THE IRISH LEADER.

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CIRCLES Hrs DEATH NAY End
THE HOME RULE FEUD.
Especial to THE Womb
LONDON, Oct. S.-CharIes Stewart
Parnell died suddenly last evening at
his home in Brighton. and there are
rumors in circulation that he committed
suicide. It is stated that Captain
0'Shea received a despatch from the
home of Mr.. Parnell this morning stat
ing that he diedb by his own hand. The
announcement Of his death has not yet
been registered. None of the local
authorities Of Brighton have been com
municated with by the attending phys
ician. Both the celebrated Dir. Somers
and his son refuse to make any state
ment as to the cause Of his death, or
as to the progress Of his sickness. The
physicians refuse to make statement
on the subject, on the ground that no
member Of the Parnell family has as
yet accorded them permission to say
anything on the subject, and that, UNI
til they receive such permission, the
physicians will, under no circumstan-
ces, say anything in reference to Mr..
Parnell's death.
Mrs. Parnell requests that an em-
phatic denial be given to rumors that
her husband committed suicide. She
states that he had long suffered from
rheumatism, which developed into the
fever which killed him.
The announcement this morning Of
his death caused a sensation through
out England aud Ireland. 1t has been
well known that Mr.. Parnell has not
enjoyed the best of health fo1 years,
and it has been noticed, and widely
commented upon, that since the 0'Shea
divorce case developments became a
matter Of public notoriety, and since
political trouble came upon him, that
he had grown thinner, and had, per-
ceptibly, aged in appearance.
The story of his death, as given out
by friends, is as follows:
Mr.. Parnell arrived at his home
from Ireland on Thursday, and com
planned of suffering from chill. On
the Friday following, he was unable to
leave his bed, and his regular physi-
clan was summoned. He seemed to
have considered Mr.. Parnell's illness
to have been Of a serious nature, for
he soon sent for another physician,
with whom he held a long consultation.
This consultation Of physicians was
resumed on Sunday, when Mr.. Par
nell was found to be in great pain,
and, apparently, growing weaker every
hour. His sickness was pronounced
to be an attack of acute rheumatism,
and every attention and care was paid
to the sufferer He was carefully and
untiringly nursed by his wife, who
hardly left his bedside from the mo
ment her husbands illness was pro-
nounced to be of serious nature. Mr..
Parnell, in spite Of the care and atten-
ton which he received, did not seem
to rally from the rheumatic attack,
and grew weaker and weaker Sew
eral hours before his death he became
unconscious, and so remained until he
died in intense agony.
Owing to the suddenness ofthe Irish
leaders, illness, and to the belief Of his
wife and Of the attending physicians,
that he would recover, no friends or
relatives Of his family, or Of that Of
Mrs. Parnell were present at Mr.. Par
nell's bedside when he died. Mrs. Par
nell and the physicians were alone in
attendance upon him.
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