Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-28

He had spent considerable time in con-
sultation with the architect for the new
buildings and when he returned to his
house shortly before dinner he complain
ed of feeling very tired. He was seized
with a spell of sneezng. which was quite
severe After dinner he felt better and left
home to visit DR.. L. o. Howard. chief
entomologist Of the Department of Agricul-
ture at the home of the latter, 2O26 Hill
yer place.
A short time after his arrival at DR..
Towards house. DR.. Richardson was again
attacked by fit of sneezing and became
unconscious He was removed to the
Emergency Hospital and his family was
telephoned for at once. DR.. Richardson's
son. DR.. William Richardson, who has re-
Gently been graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania, came home several days
ago on his vacation and he. Mrs. Richard
son and DR.. Charles H. Clark of the staff
Of assistant physicians OF the hospital.
promptly drove to the city, arriving at the
Emergency Hospital at IL o'clock. They
found DR.. Richardson in an unconscious
condition.
dence of DIR. Howard to remove DIR. Rich
ardson to the Emergency Hospital was in
charge of DR.. ]. F. Dunn. resident physi-
clan, and soon as he had returned with
the patient, who was then unconscious. Dr.
G. L. Magruder and DR.. William L. Rob-
bins arrived. They took charge OF the pa
tient and placed him in a private room on
the third floor of the building.
Passed Away at Midnight.
Every possible attention was shown to
the patient, but without beneficial result.
AS 1t was feared, hemorrhage OF the
brain occurred and about midnight the
patient passed away.
Mr. Richardson and her son. accompanied
by DIR. Clark, returned to the Government
Hospital for the Insane some time after
death occurred, and later the body was re-
moved there.
The funeral services will be held at the
hospital tomorrow afternoon at ! 80 O'Clock.
AS soon the services have been con-
Guided the remains will be taken to the
Pennsylvania railroad and will leave on
the 80 express for Columbus. Ohio. The
services will be conducted by Rev. Teunls
s Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the
Covenant, where DIR. Richardson and his
family attended. DR.. H. c. Tobey, life
long friend of DIR. Richardson, of the To-
ledo (Ohio) State Hospital. arrived here this
morning and will accompany the remains
to Ohio The funeral party will arrive In
Columbus Ohio the old home of DR.. Rich
ardson, Wednesday morning. and on the
afternoon of that day funeral services will
be held and the interment be made in
cemetery of that city.
The pallbearers for the services at st.
Elizabeths have been chosen from the su-
pervisors' corps at the hospital. and will be
Messrs James Toner. c. T. Carter Charles
Burch. Patrick Doody. Armstead Williams
to the asylum, of which DR.. Francis Gun
nell is the president will be the honorary
pallbearers.
Hundreds of kilograms have been received
by Mrs. Richardson expressive of the high
esteem In which her husband was held by
members of the medical fraternity all over
the country. and by laymen who had
known Of the great work that has been
carried on under his direction.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock was
one of the callers yesterday at the family
apartments and offered his sympathy to
the stricken ones. The Secretary after
ward directed that the flag on the Interior
Department building be placed al half-mast
in respect to DR.. Richardson's memory.
DR.. Gunnell's Tribute.
DIR. F. M. Gunnell, medical director of
the United States navy. for many years
president Of the board Of directors Of the
hospital of which DR.. Richardson was in
charge at the time of his death. held him
in the highest esteem and appreciated the
splendid work he had done in building up
that Institution. In speaking of Dr. Rich
ardson. he said:
After DIR. Godding's death many applica-
tons were made for the SUPPLEMENTARY Of
the hospital. and it was only on the per-
sonal recommendation of President Mckin-
ley that Dr. Richardson was appointed. He
had achieved a great success with the hos
pitfalls at Columbus and Massillon. Ohio, and
four years of work here has proved that
no mistake was made in his selection.
1.-The first thing DR.. Richardson did after
taking charge was to call attention to the
insufficiency of accommodations for pa
tients. At his solicitation, Representative
Cannon Of the House committee on appro-
priations visited the hospital and made
personal investigation of the condition of
affairs. And l want to say right here that
| so far as / know Dr. Richardson was the
| only man who ever asked Mr.. Cannon for