Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-24

was seized with another attack and quite
suddenly he passed into the calm of death.
The watchers saw it and sent downstairs
for DR.. Holmes. Judge Crisps two daugh-
ters. Mrs. Fred Davenport and Miss Ber-
tha Crisp, and his two sons, Mr.. Charles
G. Crisp. Jr, and Mr.. Fred Crisp, were at
the Ballard house, on Peachtree street.
They were quickly summoned. When they
entered the room Judge Crisp was still
conscious. He gave them a look of rec
ognition. breathed a few times and died.
He could not speak.
So quickly had the dread messenger
come that the stricken family stood ap-
palled in the death chamber.
Mr.. Crisp's death. while apparently thus
sudden. was not unexpected by the ply
sicians who have been watching him. He
had been declining for several days. His
last illness. however, was occasioned by an
attack of malarial fever which he con-
tracted at his home, Americus, few
weeks ago. but which itself yielded to
treatment when he came to Atlanta. He
was considered convalescent and only last
Sabbath had ridden out. But when re-
newed health seemed within view, he was
attacked by congestion of the lungs which.
added to the weakness of the lungs and
heart caused by the previous attacks of
pleuro-pneumonia, resulted in his death
this afternoon.
DIR. j. B. s. Holmes, of the sanitarium,
made the following statement of his ILL
ness and the manner of the end: Judge
Crisp had been in i'll health for the past
six or eight months. He had been suffering
for two or three years with intense pains,
coming at intervals, In the chest He had
two attacks of pneumonia. one about four
years ago and the other about two years
ago. On account of i'll health he had to
give up his joint debates last summer with
Hon. Hoke Smith.
After the speeches in June, he went to
Asheville, n. c., and spent some time
there. From there he went to Tate Springs
and remained until about the middle of
August, then going to his home In Amer
icus. There he was taken with malarial
fever. He then went to Atlanta for treat
ment. He came here to the sanitarium on
the 18th of September. / examined him
carefully and found evidence from his pre-
vious attacks of pleuro-pneumonia. His
fever yielded to the treatment and ten
days ago he was considered convalescent
He was out driving several times last
week-even as late as last Sabbath-and
was feeling unusually well on that day.
Sunday he was attacked with congestion of
the lungs. He suffered intensely all day.
Monday night and Tuesday he was still in
bed. He was better Wednesday. Yester-
day he had favorable day and was de-
cidedly better than any day since Sunday
night. The lung trouble yielded very sat
| isldctoT1ly 10 treatment. Last niSnt ne
was visited with very severe pains in the
chest that occurred at very frequent inter-
walls. He continued to have these parox-
ysms until 1:i5 this afternoon. when he
suddenly expired. probably from rupture
of the heart, as the result of fatty degen-
eration.'
Definite arrangements have not been
completed concerning the funeral but 1t
is understood his body will ultimately rest
at his old home in Americus among the
people who loved so we'll to honor him. =
Honors behtting the high stations Mr.
Crisp has occupied in the state and .he
nation will undoubtedly be paid his mem
ory by the general assembly, which meets
next Wednesday.
Washington. Oct. 23.-Speaker Crisp's
death was not altogether a surprise in po-
| litical circles. as 1t had been known for
| some months that he had not long to live
and never again could be an active figure
in public affairs. The speaker had several
spells of illness in Washington He suf-
trouble. His Ill health, however. did not
the pas< spring. when he was compelled
| to abandon a series of joint debates ar
| ranged with ex-Secretary Hoke Smith, by
it would imperil his life to continue the
debate, which had attracted great state as
well as national interest by reason of the
fact that it involved the position OF the
Democratic party of the state on the silver
question, as well as the senatorship from
| Georgia. for which the ex-sQeaker was an