Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-07
DEATH Of SAMPSON
Cerebral Kemorrhage Was the
Immediate Cause OF the Ad-
miral's Demise.
His Mind Had Been Clouded for
Months and Death Was
Expected.
Mrs. Sampson in a Critical Con.
dition-Sketch Of Samp.
sons Career.

Washington, May cerebral hem
orrhage was the immediate aus OF
Rear Admiral w. T. SIMPSONS death
The real admiral had beer in a semi
conscious state for several days and
yesterday forenoon suffered a severe
cerebral hemorrhage. AT the bedside
when the rear admiral breathed his last
We're Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Cluverius, the
real admiral's married daughter; two
young sons, Ralph and Harold. Samp-
son; DR.. Dixon, the attending physi-
clan: and nurses and attendants.
Mrs. Sampson has broke down I'M
der the sever strain, and was quite I'LL
all during the day. But for the critical
condition of her husband she would
have been confined to her bed.
While no definite arrangements have
as yet been made concerning the fu-
neral ceremonies, it is probable they
will take place on Thursday at the
Church of the Covenant in this city.
The remains will be taken to the rear
admirars old home at Palmyra, N. y.
for interment.
William T. Sampson was born lin
Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, on
Feb. s., 1910. Up to the time of the OUT
break of the war with Spain he was
| comparatively unknown outside of ma
val circles, and UP in Wayne county,
where he visited often, everybody knew
him as Billy Sampson. His father
WAS a day laborer, and as a boy and
youth William often accompanied his
father to places near the sampson
home, where he helped at a"odd jobs"
Young Sampson found time to attend
school in an Irregular way. and showed
so much ambition that he attracted the
attention of William II. Southwick. Of
PALMYRA. who spoke of him to e. B.
Morgan, at that time representing the
district in congress. and the lad re-
ceiyed thru Morgan h appointment as
naval cadet at Annapolis. His record az
the academy was good. and when his
class was graduated, sabout.a year be.
.fore,the beginning ofthe civil war, tne
name of William T. Sampson stood first
on the list. 4,i;
Sampson first won fame and reoog7
milton on the old "hien
formed part Of the blockading squad
ron at Charleston in 1854. Ihe mar
Dor had beer mined by the confeder-
ates, and when the bockading Admira
decided to enter the harbor he de-
tailed the Patapsco to go ahead and
clear the a
Sampson was executive officer of the
#ironclad, and as the vessel steamed
into the harbor he stood on the bridge
in the most exposed position lon tho
boat. He was q fascinating mark for
the ~sharpshooters. As the little boat
entered the harbor bullets from their
rifles rained upon 1t. SIMPSONS men
fell all around him, struck by the lead
en- missiles. He ordered them below
and faced the fire alone. Slowly and
carefully the mine-destroyer Wen:
ahead on It's hunt.
Suddenly there was ar ominuos roar,
columns Of water were thrown into the
air, and mingled with the liquid
streams We're the guns, turrets and
sheathing Of the gallant boat. OF the
crew twenty five were saved by other
boats from the fleet; seventy five sant
in Charleston harbor. Sampson was
blown 100 feet in the. aAr and fell in
the water many feet from where his
boat went down. He was as calm
whenapicked up as though he had been
for d swim In h brooks of Wayne
county and was on deck ready FOR
business on the following day.
After the breaking out of the war
Sampson blockaded the ports of Cuba
with his squadron. being Joined in this
work by the flying squadron under
Rear Admiral Schley, who was next
in command to him. At the time of
the fight off Santiago, on July 8, 1898
Sampson, with his flagship, had start
ed for siboney, giving the signal.
Disregard the movements OF the flag
ship" but returned after the battle
was over.
The details Of the controversy IN re-
gard to the credit for the destruction
of the Spanish warships are fresh In
the public mind.
Rear Admiral Sampson was mar
ricd twice. His first wife was Mar
garet Aldrich, q niece Of Pliny T.. Sex
ton, of Palmyra, N. Y. They were
married in 1862 and had five daughters,
four of whom are living.
Rear Admiral Simpsons. second wife
was Miss Elizabeth Burling, who went
to Palmyra from C~anandaigua as g
teacher in one of the schools. BY this
marriage Rear Admiral Sampson had
two sons, Ralph and Harold.