Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-24

At about quarter to o'clock, Mr..
Crisp was seizei with another attack
land quite suddenly he passed into the
calm Of death. The watchers saw it
and sent down stairs for Dr.. Holmes.
JU ge Crisps TWO daughters Mrs. Fred
Davenport and Miss Bertha Crisp, and
his TWO sons, Mr.. Charles f. Crisp, Jr.,
and Mr.. Fred Crisp, were at the Ballard
Hotel, on Peach Tree street. They
were quickly summoned. When they
entered the room jus &c Crisp was still
conscious He gave them the look Of
recognition, breathed few times and
died He cou,d 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 so sudden, was not unexpected by
the physicians Wdo have been watching
his health. He had been declining for
several years. His last Illness, how
ever. was Immediately OccasiOned by
an attack Of malar.ai fever, which he
cOntr9ted at his home. Americus. a few
weeks ago but which i;sef yielded to
the treatment when he came to Atlanta.
He was considered conyalescent, and
only last Sabbath had ridden out But
when ren9wed health seemed within
view. he was attacked by congestion Of
the lungs. which, added to the weakness
of the lungs and heart, caused by two
previous attacks Of pleUro-pneumOnia.
resultai in his deah this afternoon.
DR.. J. b. S. HOMES, direc,or of the
HaIcyOn Sanitarium, made the follow
ing statement Of his illness 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 in
teTvals in the chest
"He had two attacks Of pneumonia,
one about four years ago and the other
about two years ago. On account i'll
health he had TO give up his joint de-
bates last summer with Hon Hoke
Smith. After the speeches in June ne
went TO Asheville. y. 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 Americas. There he was
taken with malarial fever. He came
~ Atlanta for treatment He came here
tn the santarium on the Sixteenth of
SeDtember. I examined him carefully,
and ofund evidence from his previous
attacks of p,euro-pneumonia. His
fever Welded 10 The treatment, and ten
davs ago he was considered GONZALES
cent. He was ou, driving several times
bath. and was feelng unusually well
on that day. Sunday he was attacked
with congestion of The lungs. He suf-
fere1 intensely all day. Monday night
and Tuesday he was still in bed. lie
was better Wednesday.
yesterday he had a favorable day
and was decidedly better than any day
sjpca Sunday night. The lung trouble
Welded very satisfactorily to treatment
osr n:pht ne was visited with very Sc
we're mains in the chest that occurred a.
very short intervals. He continued 10
have these paroXysms until l;4o lh-S
of,e-noon. when he suddenly expired
nrohablv from rupture of the heart as
tbe result Of fatty degeneration.
Dainite ARRANGEMENTS have not oeen
oo7,n,efed concerning the funeral bu-
:. is unde-srood that his body will ulti-
matelv resi- at his old home in Amer.cus
among the people who loved SO well 10
honor him. -...,,- NJ
cr;sn has occnp ed IN the Safe and the
nat36n t5p will undoubtedly be paid his
.,,enoorv -,,,,r bv the General Assembly
which meets next wednesday.