The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-04
FAMOUS GENERAL
 DIES IN NEW YORK General Daniel Sickles Was
 National Figure HISTORY OF HIS LIFE Was Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat. Famous for His Gruff, War-Like Character, He Was Much
 in Public Print
HISTORY OF HIS LIFE

| New York, May 3.-~Gen. Daniel E. Sickles died at his home shortly after
 9 o'clock tonight His wife was at his bedside at the end.
 General sickles death was due to cere-
 bral hemorrhages and paralysis. He had
 been in comatose condition since yes terday and an hour previous to his death lapsed into unconsciousneSs. Besides Mrs. Sickles, their son, stanton, and the gen erals negro servant. who had attended him for years, were at the bedside. The generals last illness began April 30, when he was stricken with cerebral hemorrhage. There was a recurrence of the attack yesterday. Today the pa
 tient suffered third hemorrhage and sank steadily.
 It developed tonight tAat the recon ciliation between General Sickles and his wife was effected more than week ago
 and that last Sunday night the general and Mrs. Sickles and Mrs. Denman, his half-sister, had dinner together. On Thurs day, when the aged ve,eran was stricken, Mrs. Sckles and her son Stanton were
 notified, hastened to nss home and re- mained there throughout his last illness. IL was Sd1u tOn1gHt tndt tue Iunefal services probably would be held in St. Joseph's church, with Father Award off,
 ciating. The day for the services has
 not been set.
 Gen. Daniel Edgar Sickles was the l last of the great commanders who l fought the battle of Gettysburg. For
 decade he was fighter by profess
 sion-all his life he was fighter by
 nature.
 l Tha vruff old warrier with ono Iar
 shot away in battle, his massive head
 resembling Bismarcks, was pictur- esque figure as he hobbled along on
 crutches during the last half century
 of his turbulent life.
 His indomitable fighting spirit re- mained to the last Born in New York city in 1925, General Sickles, at the
 age of 22. fought the whigs as a dem
 ocrat in the New York legislature At l2S he displayed his fighting spirit as lcorporation attorney of New York. II was he who secured for his city it's great Central park At this time his
 military career began as major of the lTwelfth regiment, National Guard New York.
 Before he was 32 years old Major lSickles had served as secretary of le- gation at London under Minister James tBuchanan; he had won a state sena- ltorship through bitter campaign: and he was seated in the Thirty-fourth Con gross at Washington.
 l Kills Key
 | It was at this time that an event occurred which became the sensation of the day Sickles had begun his sec iond term as congressman in 1859 wher the national capital was stirred by the news that the young representative sl from New York had shot and killed I IPhilip Barton Key. the United States district attorney for the District oi iColumbia Sickles declared that Key had misled Mrs. SickIes, who was Therese Pagioli, daughter of an Ital ian music teacher. The trial lasted 2t days, ending in the acquittal of Sickles on the ground of f"unwrittens law" H. Il then took his serring wife back.
 | .I am not awarfe of any statute oi tcode of morals" said Stckles to ht, | Icritios. 'swhich makes 1t infamous ts I .iforgive a woman. I can now see in thu almost universal denunciAtion witt I which she Is followed to my threshold 4 the misery and peril from which l1av' 4 rescued the mother of my daughter 1T shall strive to prove to all that ar erring wife and mother may be for T given and redeemed" Mrs sickles died of a broken hear Ia few years later.
 At the outbreak. of the civil war tn, lyoung fighting politician. then ss year. s| old. went to Lincoln to offer his serv .Iices
 Il aYou have been leader in New Il York democratic politics" said th' iPresident. "Ifs you kept your end uI at that game surely youll do to lte k' Icommand of the men In the field. Rais' l. U =