Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-05-05

Famous Vireinian is Stric ken Down
With ApOpIexy.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, u. S. Army
retired. and Que of Virginia's fore.
most sons, died at the Providence
Hospital, Washington, Friday night
from an attack of apoplexy which
he suffered early that morning on a
train EN- route from Boston to Wash
ington.
After Gen. Lee had been removed
to the hospital, it was evident to the
attending physicians that his case
was very serious one, but they be-
lieved that his strong vitality and
will power would assist materially in
a partial recovery from the attack.
His condition renamed fair, consid-
ering the severity of the attack dur.
ing the day, but shortly after 8
O'Clock he began to grow weaker,
his breathing became more rapid,
and his pulse lower, terminating
two hours later in death.
The end was peaceful aud with
out pain, the general remaining con-
scious until within five minutes of
the end. Half an hour before death
General Lee recognized his brother
Daniel Lee, who came into the room
for a moment. He said in whisper
to his brother that he was sorry he
could not talk, but the doctors had
forbidden him to speak. These were
his last words. The Generals
brother, Captain Dan Lee; Mrs.
Fowle, his sister-in-law; Major Rob
ert Hunter and Connolly +. Trlgg,
old comrades-in-arms, aud lire. Edie
Keane and Hardin were present. A
pathetic feature of the case is that
although Gen. Lee was blessed with
family, consisting of a wife and
five children. not one uf them was
with him at the time of his death
The general was sixty-eight years oi
age.
Gen. Lee was stricken at o'clock
Friday morning, his entire left side
being affected. The apoplectic
stroke came just after the train on
which the general was coming from
Boston to Washington had left Har-
lem River. The Pullman car "Lud
low," on which he was passenger
was, with the balance of the train
the Federal Express, transferred by
float to Jersey City, leaving Phila
delphia at VIA o'clock, and arrived
in Washington about 10 O'clock.
From the moment the disting
uished patient was seized he wa,
given the most careful medical at
tention. The train was running or
a regular schedule, and it would
have been impossible to make better
time than was made on the rui
from Jersey City to Washington
Throughout the entire trip a phys
ician was beside the general continu
ously, the two doctors who were sum
moned Immediately after he wa
stricken being replaced from time I,
time by others. The physician VIII,
took charge of the case at Jerse,
City was relieved by another at Phil
adelphia, and the latter's place wa
IN turn taken by another doctor a
Baltimore. The serious character O
the generals condition developed OIL
the train, and the doctors attendin,
him revived his pulse action by ad
ministering small quantity O
strychnine.
Maj. Kean directed the remova
of the general to Providence Hospita
! His face was flushed and he wa
breathing heavily when he reache
The hospital, hut was perfectly cons
cious.
About noon bulletin was Issue
announcing that Gen. Lees left sid
was paralyzed, and that he was rest
ing easily and was conscious. N
definite information was given out 9
to the condition of the sick man, bu
it became known that his situatio
was critical.
The illness of General Lee wa
of such character as to produce th
graSest apprehensions as to the ou
come and it was the one subject Q
comment at the War Department to
day. But as the day wore on an
1.-THE bulletins indicated there was n