The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-07
SICkLEs, CIVIL WAR
HERO, IS DEAD; HAD
ADVENTUROUS LIFE
Last Surviving General Of Get.
tysburg Comes to End of
Romantic Career.
ONCE TRIED FOR MURDER
Acquitted, Following Killing of Mar
Who Lured Away His First
Wife-ones Rich, Dies
in Poverty.

'tS0uSo nlGHy CIcS
in Poverty.
New York, May 5.-Gen. Daniel n.
Slckles died at his home shortly after
y o'clock last night. His wife was at
ms bedside at the end.
MRS. Slckles. who had been e~stranged
from he husband for more than a
auarter OF a century, went to the gen
srafs house yesterday when she was
informed he was dying and took charge
Of the arrangements for his care. she
remained near his side through the day
and watched by him until his death.
Inc final reconciliation was brought
Q largely through the efforts of
thelr son., Stanton, it is understood.
Gen, Daniel Edgar Sickles was the
iast OF the great commanders who
fought the battle Of Gettysburg. For a
decade he was a fighter by profession
all his life was a fighter by nature.
Lost Leg in Battle.
Inc gruff old warrior. with one leg
shot away in battle, his massive head
resembling Bismarck's, was a pictur-
esque Inquire as ne hobbled along on
crutches during the last half century
of his turbulent life.
HIS 1ndonitable fighting spirit re-
NAMED to the last. Born in New York
city in 1925, Sickles, at the age OF 90,
iousht the wings as a democrat in the
New York legislature. AT % he dis
played his fighting spirit as corporation
attorney of New York. 1t was he who
secured for his city it's great Central
park. At this time his military career
began as major of the Twelfth regi-
ment, national guard, New York.
before he was 80 years Sid, Major
Slckies had served as secretary of the
legation at London under Minister
James Buchanan; he had won a state
| Een9tOrSlln thTo11ph.a hiffar 10, \, q pr, Il
and he was seated in the Thirty-fifth
congress at Washington.
1T was at this time that an event
occurred which became the sensation
OF the day. Sickles had begun his sec
2nd term as congressman in 1859 when
The national capital was stirred by the
news that the young representative
rom New York had shot and killed
Phllip Barton Key. the United States
a~lstrlct attorney for the District CT
had misled Mrs. Sickles, who was
Iherese Lagioli, daughter of an Italian
music teacher. The trial lasted 20
haSs, ending in the acquittal of Sickles
on the ground of "unwritten law" He
then took his erring wife back.
Il am not aware of any statute or
code of morals" said Sickles to his
cfatlcs, which makes it Infamous to
forgive a m ! can now see in the
almost universal denunciation with
| ~ Sllt Is lOllOWeU TO INV 1hreShn16L
the misery and peril from which / have
rescued the mother of nv da,sh+ar r
shall strive to prove to ali that an err
ring wife and mother may be forgiven
and redeemed
Mrs. Sickles died of a broken heart
a few years later.
AT the outbreak of the civil war. the
young fighting politician. then SO years
old, went to Lincoln to offer his SER
vices.
You have been a leader in New
York democratic politics. said the
president. IF you kept your end IN at
that game surely you'll do to take COM
mand Of men in the field. Raise YOUR
regiments and you shall be brieadier
gencral in
Soldier and D;n,ona
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The Yankee King Of Spain, Here he
conlractcd MS second marriage, WITH
the peautlui ana dl~stlnsuisned sen
orita Creagh. rms romance was 1oi-
lowed by e~strahseineht Whlch was 10
iast more nan a quarter century. IN
l addition TO TINS uO1neStlc trouble, came