The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
SAMPSON N HEALTH
Rear Admiral Is Not III as
Reported.
PROMPTED BY MALICE
Devoted Wife With Tears
Tells of Wrongs,

| sistent reports of his mental and physi-
! cal collapse are absolutely foundation
! less and false. Deliberate malice can
| alone be responlible for their circuIa-
! ton
This statement was mad by Mrs.
| Sampson. the admirals devoted wife,
TO a reporter for the World who Journey
ed from New York to sunapec Lake, up
among the New Hampshire hills. to learn
the truth of the distinguished naval Of
hcer's condition.
At the isolated point on the shore
that lake, fifteen miles by rocky road
from the nearest railroad station, Ad-
miral Sampson has been bravely battling
for weeks, fifteen miles by rocky road
was asleep, resting from long tramp
among the hills, when theWorld reporter
reached the house todey.
Mrs. Sampson cordially greeted the
visitor.
81 am glad you have come" were her
first words. glad to have this opportun-
ity to deny the malicious reports of my
husbands condition"
With flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes
the admiraTs wife talked on, devotion
and loyalty TO the ailing husband ringing
true in every sentence.
For six months, IN fact ever since
the beginning of the unfortunate con-
troversy IN which the admiral figures"
she said, he and I have denied ourselves
to reporters. We have permitted our
selves to say literally nothing for publ
cation, preferring to suffer in silence.
Il feel, however, that the time has
-, 10 .~1-
through the World, realizing the fairness
with which it has treated the differences
born Of our victory in the Cuban waters.
when 1 reached this quiet spot with
my husband, ne was tortured by acute
nervous prostratfon. the direct result of
overwork. He is today on the high road
to complete recovery. At no time has he
betrayed the slightest mental excitement
or weakness.
-Four weeks ago he was feeble, al
most tottering on his feet. Now he can
walk me TO stand still-isn't that the
way the athletes put tt?'' and the devoted
wife smiled brightly. though tears were
perilousIy near her brave eyes.
We have tried in vain to get at the
sourse of these cruel reports about his
condition" she continued; lit IS per-
fectly clear that they are prompted by
malice, and what a shame that it should
be So"
With lips that trembled and with eyes
suspiciously moist, the admiral's wife
told Of her husbands genueness even
to his enemies.
Il sometimes sit here alone on the lake
shores" she said, land wonder what the
people would say if they could only know
how little the admiral thinks Of this
controversy, over which the whole ma
ton IS interested. On my word of honor
I DO not think that he ever lost ten min
utes Of sleep over it, no not five.
From the very first time he has i'm
plicity believed that the right viii prevail.
His trust and perfect confidence in Gods
justice is sublime. ] tel the World these
details because wish to settle once and
for all these reports of his killing anxi-
ETY. and mental collapse.
zone Of the recent stories, widely pub
Iished. falsely pictures me confding in
my friend, Mrs. Bowman II. NcCaIa,
whose husband commanded the Marble
head at Santiago. am quoted as de-
scribirE the admiral as a hopeless wreck /
mentally and physically.
False, every word Of II. Mrs. McCaIla !
visited me me for lust one hour and three
days ago. She came up the lake on a lit |
tie steamer. stopped for little friendly |
chat with me, and left hurriedly to catch /
a train. told her he truth about the |
admiral. just as I am telling it to the |
World. The story is cruelty false"
notwithstanding Mrs. Sampson cheer |
fitness over her husbands condition, IN |
quiry among the people of Sunapec makes |
# clear that the admiral IS stin very |
feeble.
BE walks slowly, his step Is uncertain /
and his face is pale and haggard. He 1
shuns people. so say the country folks. |
I5is only companion is his devoted wife. /
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