The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18

IN view OF tile widespread interest Ia
the Poe monument movement. brought
To- the attention OF the Richmond City
Council hy Mr IT r. Pollard, Jr por-
lions OF au article annotated by Professor
Harrison. and published i'm tho New York
independent OF November est. will doubt
less be read with eagerness Indeed. so
profoundly has the mystery Of Poe's life
and work been impressed upon the p-o-
rle that every line about him IS readily
snatched up hv tile public
Following is the letter Of Di ] l.
Moran the physician who attended Poe I'm
DIS last Illness. TO Mrs. GLENN. Poe's
aunt and mother-in-lsw. giving an ace
count OF Poe's last moments.
't MORAN TO Mrs. GLENN
Bait city * Marine Hospital. Nov. Is.
Mrs GLENN.
My Dear Madam.
take the earliest opportunity of re-
spouulng 70 yours OF the gth Inst which
came 60 hand by yesterdays Mail.
Your deep sotcitude. Madam, in refer
ence 70 the last moments" OF him Of
whom you write. does not surprise me-
1t falls 10 the lot OF but few. 10 enjoy
the extensive popularity that was un-
occasionally his. Wherever talont-nen-
tai worth. nay Genius was nrized there
r. a Poe had warm friends To his
rarely gifted mind are we Indebted for
j Hf. |N
our literature to him is Bellies Iettres
indebted for the purest gems her Casket
Contains. Poe IS gomez How rnan,-
hearts have heaved a sigh IN utterinr
these three words How many thousands
VIII Yet, and for years TO come. lament
tile premature demise Of this truly great
man. Nor can there he found fu the
list OF his enemies twhat great man ever
lived without themO one Individual. who
VIII withhold from him the need OF
praise to which you refer when vou
speak Of his mobility OF Soul" P0steritv
Will not hesitate 10 award him a pIace
iu fN- 0nfalneun ~ those whose mems
have strewn flowers in the patb,vav III
hfe-fowers too. whose fragrance will last
for the enjoyment % unborn millions
tnereny preserving "a memorial more last
ing than the Sculntor's Chisel or the Art
or me Statuarv Could ever fabrlcate or
invent But now for the required inteiu-
eence. Presenting Won are already ovc..r..
~ the malady OF which Mr. Poe died 7
' -'''" n""c'solv the particulars
Of his circumstances from his entrance
until his deceasc
WHOM brought % the Hospital he was
unconscious Of his Coudition-who
brought him or With whom he had been
assoc'oting We remained goo thia Cnrdf-
ton from & Ock IN the afternoon-tho
hour Of his aduhssion-until 2 next morn
ing This was on the ard Oct
To this state succeeded tremor Of the
limbs. and st first n busy but nor viz
lent or active delirium-constent talking
and vacant converse with spectral asd
imaginary objects on the walls HIS face
was pale and his whole person
drenched I'm persplration-We were un-
able TO Induce tranquility before the sec
ond day after his admission
Having left orders with the nurses 10
that erect u WAS rnrrrnaF O., his IA
side 80 soon as Consciousness super-
vened. and questioned big IN reference e
HIS familv-place Of -fesidence-relatives
&c. But his answers We're incoherent a.
unsatisfactory. He told me. however. ne
had a Wife In Richmond (Which. I have
since learned was not the fact) that he
did not know when no left that City or