The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-10

On Sunday. at Gen. Sickles's instance. the
last hope. amputatiou. was resorted to. At 5
o'clock In the afternoon tho patient was put
under the influence OF an annsthetic. During
the operation there were present DR.. William
T. Bull who pvrformed Il. DIR. Lewis A. Sayre.
DR. W. L Forest. DR.. Reginold II. sayre. DR..
Powers John J. Quinian. Mr. Graham's pri-
vatc secretary. David Graham. David @. Adee
and Alvey A. Adee. his nephews. and Gen.
Sickles. Before the operation. which lasted
eight minutes. the patient was very cour-
ageous and cool. He smiled and said. looking
at the crowd in the room:
Gentlemen are we about to hold . political
eonventionp
Those were his last words. The pail bearers
are not ret decided upon. but three OF them
will probably be Gen. Sickles. Charles T. ID ally
and Charles A. Peabody. Amask Of the dead
known New York sculptor.
tinct IN the indyduslit1 Of his person - as he
was In the place he held because OF his mental
tS Ssona neck eST sp. saa ' Snd
massive head. he added to this resemblance
wig 81 Sco,cS.rod halt Which eurisd down
upon his shoulders Few men remember him
ood Re be on his s h
he was very sensitive about It HIS choice OF
ss q wg "ns his 6.
ssryatism which was indicated In the styles OF
81 he ga, garments , and in many o. the eustoms
from one set Of makers. His Iow.eut shirts
apiece. and his shoes. always sGuare-toed Of
patent leather With pearl buttons and brown
his wig no wore brown derby hats. lie wore
button hole. asd his fancy ran to snufr co or for
summer and blue for winter. His trousers
were always made with stripe down the out
Unasr hIs zig zig was head as biz, A, AZ Gen.
head and large. strong features, Witch lit up
,s., VIII sndy chdks SMILE
great strength; He was, one Of the old mem
Of s Hes Ss sps DS % The One Ss.s
lifted e with his hands and carried T. side;
IL sps holding up s,sr weight S
Sumb bell u and nd with psseiI hsId in the same
II. H came N y Nenss % d f fr.snd stock Hi.
fsins. The father came here TA IN Is6 and had
ss a Fl sns bar 1d s aS q ,@:
pastisins In this eity IS early as is2o David
snS prc mi ' %Sis ' Dotisisp. The sldsr
ss Of s
Sept II. sssi. AZ eleven he entsred colSns s
College HDSa special exa% KAN St,t fnd he
Of the law a. his fathers ,Oiice, but his father
is42. Both his isth:r and brOth.r rsr s noted %
His father died while trying the case OF Ezra
White. accused OF murder. and David Graham.
death her lover on the steps oithe Astor House.
and Polly Bodins. accused q killing hsr sister
getting the latter ssauittsd and saving the lie
ofthe torme u 6y getting verdict Of manslsugh-
On aS New T1sa and ff David 1Iin 5
hams Practice" both standard works.
q the ss.s q Oss P which
IN the defence Of John S. Austen. member OF
the Empire Club. for the murder OF Shea, He
ever, in which he appeared. which attracted
the attention Of the. whole country was the
Ing Of Francis Barton Key in washin gtOn on
Feb. %, 1850 sicklss had studied law with
that time Wsrs fnOcS l. Faneher. HeSrS
l. Clinton, and Nathaniel Jarvis. Jr. James
Rs Sts.f ssSa
years later, while defending Daniel McFar-
FarIand shot 10 the Tribune once on Nov. Is.
ls.Gt Mr.. Graham said:
yaaIsnn which sthnnoS sO Mu,n M
have had the istinguishsd honor conferred
upon me Of npho ding and defending the mar
most exciting trials have occurred 10 this
country which have ever occurred. and II has
these"
The Intervening one to which he referred
Was that Of the action for divorce brought by
Handsome" Peter Strong against his wife.
daughter OF John Austin Stevens. in which
sho Was accused OF undue intimacy with
htTong's brother. Mr.. Graham appeared for
Mrs; strong, and established her Innocence.
In that trial he was assisted by EbIidge i.
Gerry. Ys ne WAS in the Mcfarland trial
before the Siekles case: for one day before he
MAS 40 years old he told mis- mother he had
made aud spent 500 0OJ in the ten yeArs be-
fore that time. That he got Zig ices may be
Inferred from the fact that he returned
$1,000 retainer to help defend Edward s.
stokes for killing jim FISK. because he could
not agree with stokss's family about the ecR-
duct OF the case.
Among the other famous cases in which he
acted we're the Arnold divorce case. the eele-
brRtsd Hunt divorce case, the first trial Of
Tweed. the defOnFs OF Gen Ajax. smaller, aud
OF yGshne the Doodle Alderman
He occupied the place OF prosecutor Ia 4 cap
Ital case but once He argued the case OF
Rogers before the Court OF Appeals. carried 70
that court on the question Whethsr intoXicA-
ton IL an AbsOlution for the crime OF murder.
and secured RCgeTs's conviction and hanging.
lie never ceased 10 be sorry for this.
have defended mAnI man Tor nothing"
he said afteTHaTd, TO clear my conscienes OF
the burden OF sending Rogers to the gallows."
He might have prosecuted many another
man. perhaps. but for James Gordon Bennett.
Geo c; FLINT Co. Of lsth are sslins furniture.