The San Francisco call., 1898-08-21
Special to The Sunday Call.

THE LIFE OF SECRETARY SEWARD From Photograph
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 Los Angeles County there lives one of the fore
 gave the very few gold medals struck for thanks He s oor George Foster Robinson tono W aTenne R Poona and so modes Is he about the @ hono that haEe to him and bl5or h G0nGe 6e some of his neighbors do know the following tale Secretary of State William Seward would been 3 m @ so & a5 bR Wfes s E9e battlefield is yer! often melted by the ldao darered almost certain death in an Tn critical hour is the highest pitch herosn. Nearly death Of President Lincoln has become matter familiar S out m 5 h %y @ m aa mfn n m W is not generally known esT b & s @ @ It bose m bra rescued the Secretary of tacurnity This is of the midnight struggle from ton Ths 5hoxd @ that 5 the e 6o a5 if h P IA h gmnane9ps sayiHg Of Pregdsnt nGo 9 ff @ expected that General Grant the head of a3 che army would be in the private box with President Lincoln ana hs as assnat9n ion might easily be aee0mBshed with & the Pres private in the in attendance nurse upon
 I nave neYer known said Major Robinson how came be detailed guard and at the fined the Douglas Army Hospital in Washington for sev operations about PetersbuTg in the August previous was The over and soldiers drug in the ! sickroom of Secretary Seward.
 Tn war wine lines military gq9rds M were if FeguePt @ stationed in the Government Fears were expressed by some of the Mcsbys guerrias had ceased their belger were st rang in Vrgi8a opId make 0 last concerted and 5sra+a r5id or JTabirqton when least eynecteG certain places The very day Lees broken. his body bruised. Surgeon sent to the army hospital guard for people with broken bones the secre Y 5se934S The evening of April was beautiful clear and Barnes called broken mending
 oo @ at @ 9h! Ssdsds ef there oesns lasted about hour ''F'FS were sleeping easily. house the night Mrs. seward Ra6 gone to 4SG @ Ssepng room & FadeFe ,1 1 M W room. Miss Fannie Seward daughter, and sat in the of Secretary might be anticipated Miss Seward was ton-thst & propped up in bed At ust about 10 ocioe ff S1p % @ & was p neFG G9Wn n Ter ns ho ord r ~a6 o Ire steps 10 the house with the colored porter in charge of the docr It seems that the porter saw tall young man horseback dash to the stone curbing the street the sidewa to the front door of the Seward residence have been sent by him with medicine for MT Seward I've o2Poyn6ed @ 1t myself & and I've Gdes to see him myself must him once
 no one the house The stranger repeating hS @enq % ta T here ij VI" @ G @ eo 'f R Fa6 Seward about this business said the colored stairs to MT Stewards room The stranger followed i'm
 
 and the assassin appointed to his share in the tragedy dur More bodness sumn1oning of all his grim resolution his victim and strike mortal blow remained part the frghful say Seward in different of the city the moment.
 was when closed Miss sound coming heavily up the front stairs and noisily approach partially iigbte5 have said stairs were built in two short flights landings between that could f G E1raGarc W Seward who had hae1 caIeg doctor The door of the sckroom was a yard away.
 T hear the conversation but learned later that it was somewhat follows:
 What is it?' asked young MT Seward in whisper
 pr verdi has with this medicine for secre- tary Seward. It must be taken mrnediately the must tell Mr. himself how and when to take
 "Frederick Seward whispered something effect that he would awake Then he silently opened the door of the Secretarys and In flame tipoed over to the bed where his landing head of the stairs where he said in whisper that he would not disturb the patient at that hour As he spoke he closed the door.
 the sound of blows as if had been by rattan. Not word was spoken. I chair threw the hall door in time very tall powerful, beardess strike MT Seward two powerful blows on the head with navy pistol. Seward reeed and staggered
 Then the stranger jumped through the door at me I awful blow the scalp and forehead with his knife staggered forward while blood started down my face and beard
 "n fraction a wearing long, light overcoa black sIouch hat and wearing cavalry boots, Miss Seward punch that threw her aside
 When glanced at him next he had bounced upon the bedside but further from the recment patient The assassin haG his now broken navy pSoi Tn ms left hand and long heavy knife in his right He knet on the bedside leaned over and the bed and placing his pistol on the chest he struck rady and fran tically the head and all done quickly thought eng the with chair of beating the head with heavy silver water pitcher at