The San Francisco call., 1897-07-12

Ogden at about l o'clock yesterday alter
noon and arrived at the Oakland mole at
l o clock to-day, making the fastest ilme
ever made over that run. / was brought
across the bay. and special tram was al
ready waiting TOR me al Third and Iown-
send streets. The run down to San Ma
teo along the coast division line was made
without sin lie STOP and although did
not time the train ! know we made the
distance in very fast time indeed.
As slated in Yesterday mornings CALJ,
Colonel Crocker is suffering from a stroke
of paralysis affecting the right side de-
spite all conflicting rumors as to the ma
ture of his ailment.
C. E Green, Colonel Crocker's private
secretary, denied st1euuously the report
that the colonel was suffering from apo
plexy.
The colonel is no more suffering from
aRoplexy than you or |, ;" he declared
when interviewed by CALL representa-
tive last night in San Mateo. "and all this
talk that he is 8 the widest kind of bosh.
at is true that the colonel is very sick
man; that is quite evident. But he IS i'm
proving every minute. We have no de-
sire to mislead any body in regard TO his
condition. If a change for the worse
should take place we should announce
the truth OF the matter.
''Ot course l cannot tell, nor can any
living person tell, what turn the colonel's
illness may take. | myself believe that
he will steadily improve and that within
three weeks Colonel Crocker wilt be sit
ting on his porch.
The colonel has been far from well for
some time" he continued, I'm fact for
mum Der OF months. l do not care to state
exactly what the trouble is, indeed as far
as that is concerned | do not know that |
could tell. the hard work that he has
been doing for a year past has been too
much OF q strain upon HIM.
ut is tru that the first attack the
colonel had on Friday evening was when
he was in his trap riding from San Mateo
TO his residence, but still he managed.
with some assistance, to get from the
vehicle TO the house.. In the hallway, he
seemed to be affected still more, but the
force of he stroke had not yet spent itself.
H took his p ace at the dinner table in
spite of his illness, and it was while at the
table that the final stroke came.
The colonePs mental powers are abso-
lutsly un impaired, and all this talk about
his being unable 10 recognize callers is
the veriest bo>h. The TACT of the matter
is, that scarcely anv visitors are allowed
to call upon him. With the exception OF
he physicians and nurses, nobody has
been allowed in the room with him except
Mr.. Wright the colonePs brt ther, William
H. Crocker, VIII arriv to-day from the
East, Henry L. Scott, who called on the
colonel last night, and myself. No effort
has been made to engage The patient in
as the doctors have abso-
uteiy forbidden anv body 10 disturb him
with questions. and would not allow his
own brother to talk to him, even if he
wanted to do so.
There Is also absolutely no truth in
these reports that certain individuals
have been summoned down here 10 make
he coloners will or attend TO similar busi-
ness for him. No one has drawn up any
will or documents, nor has anybody been
summoned TO do so. If the fate of the
whole universe depended on it, the
colonel would not be disturbed to attend
10 the matter"
Among the callers yesterday ct the
,olonePs residence besides his brother
were his private secretary, c. E. Green,
and Henry T. Scott. The latter was at
,he house for some time, but did not go
nto the sick cham Der. 1t was 10 o'clock
his evening before he drove away to his |
residence.
Messrs. Green, Scott and Wright, who !
lave spent good portion of their time at
he Crocker residence since the colonel |
vas stricken, al expressed themselves as
lopetul when interviewed togethe on the |
porch OF the big house late this evening.
'Ihe colonel is getting along very well |
indeed" said Mr.. Wright, land l under |
tand now that the doctors are not giving |
him any medicine at all, but are letting |
nature take its course
Henry T. Scott seemed particularly |
lopetul. I'm few weeks he said, you |
exporters can see Colonel Crocker here on
he porch and he can tell his own story" |
I'VE would hardly want to bother him.
vas suggested.
"Oh, but he woulc like to tell it, never
heless," was the rejoinder.
DR.. Gardner, in addition to the state
nent quoted above made a statement also |
n reference to unauthentic rumors that
re being circulated in regard to the
oloneFs ailments.
1T i. not true" he said that Colonel |
jrocSer has been victim of Brights
isease. He has, it is true, had kidney
roubles and doubtless these have tended
o ageravate his present condition.
DR.. Gardner was also asked whether
mere was any truth to the rumor that the
oloneI was suffering from apoplexy.
Did you ever hear OF person stricken
With apoplexy who had full possession of
lis faculnes? he replied laughlngly.
William b. Crocker also made another
isit to his brothers. res dence this even
ng, but he did not go into the SICK cham
er.
Shortly after 10 o'clock he left for his
esldence at Burlingame, not considering
he coonePs condition sufficiently dam
erous to warrant his remaining all night
With him.
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