Evening star., 1934-02-18

onist. for his siaot vas later found to have
entered the ground -some feet In ad-
vance Of his right toe" Judge TeTys shot
took eject IN Brodericks right breast. above
the nipple.
printed q ths time. said:
"Immed1ately upon receiving his antagonists
IRE Nr. Hrudexick raised HIS right arm, stin
uasping his pistol. Il was the impression that
he had been shot hi the shoulder. His arm
contracted and = spasmodic effort was made
to brace himself up. The leaden messenger.
however. had gone 70 more sensitive and
vital part After endeavoring to summon the
win to resist the pressure that was bearing
him down. the head dropped In recumbent
position over the right shoulder, the knees
bent outvndly, and ct length, gently and
calmly. q I child retiring TO rest. Mr.. BTod-
erie. e.sss e ts sa.tn Prss.,ns the s.:ht
and lving On his left side. : :
.1xr. Hrode<ick was taken to the house Of
his friend, LeouidAs Haskell, esq., 1t Black
Point, nearly tuO miles from the Plaza, and
vas seated n bed with his face toward the
bay and propped up with pillows Here Drs.
Loehr. sewyer and Rowell attended On him
during the day, and hundreds Of the friends
Of the Senator hurried out to learn the worst
There appeared little likelihood Of his recover
ins. He Was able TO speak during the after.
noon. but owing to the wounding Of his lungs
the art3culatcn was generally indlstinct and
intense pain and suffocating sensation In
town the excitement exceeded anything We
have known for some PEARS"
A FTKR the death Of the Senator, the
~ coroners jury brought in the following
I'VE. the undersigned jurors, convened to I'M
mi NJ -
Broderick, who died in the city Of San Yran-
cisco On The 18th q September. ls5e. do md
that The deceased was born in the District Or
Columbia aeed - years, and that he came
to his death hom . wound indicted BY pistol
ban. nred nom : pistol, Intentionally. by David
y IsrH. On me morning Of september -.
ne esation q his funeral WAS pronouncea
by Col :. D. Daksr, who. In his concluding
words, nd: .~He was the last Of his srace;
there WAD no kindred hand to smooth his
couch & wipe tbe death damps nom his brow,
;but aecGlhd tlat ayig bed STRONG. men. the
friends & nzH manhood. the devoted ad-
srisf, ana 1iftsd up thsr voices and vept'.-
Col Dakee vo1 politician, and IN addition
to ssrying several terms In the United states
Hcsise ok Representatives from ulinois. also
Iater represented oregon in. the Senate. He
served n ~ Mexican War. commanding .
pe14909 u CxI0 0oGo0. ~ mayor 4e0ef0
Of volunteers h Was kiIled e the Battle o3
HAl1 11u1h Va, Octoher n, 1851. Preeadent
lincoln md Cen. Hakr were intimate fiends.
and IL Preidenk ATTENDED the services Is the
CapItol wheFe the decsaeed o6ncer was eulo-
G1sed. II NA6- e him that Willie Lincoln. than
II ysars oad. wrote his flrst poem. which began:
Thsrs xas no patriot IKE Baker.
30 ncble and 20 true; ,ss.,,
He fen - . soldier On the Aeld,
- - HI 3ace TO the sky Of blue. s....s
m four months, almost to the day. Wflis
Lincoln. too, wAs among the absent for he
died In the white House February 20. 1se2.
both senator Broderick and Gen. Baker
were buried IN Lone Mountain Cemetey. 41n
Francisco. CAIN. - = - =
This vas not the nrst duel fought By Brod-
erick, former one having been with Judge J.
Caleb Smith, IN which he received : bullet IN
one Of thetside pockets Of his waistcoat. where,
II Is said, for the nrst and only time, he carried
his watch. which upon this occasion saved his
life.
sTne mils Of the. gods grind slow but sure.,
3 1 true expression, and 30, In 1888, We md
Judge Terry meeting his waterloo" when IN
making IN attack upon Mr.. Justice Field 81 the
United States Supreme Court, In the dining
room Of the Central Pacific eating station 6
Lothrop CALI. On August "a. he uas sh0k
dead BY Omitted States MarshaI Davis Nagle.
jams Murray Mason, another native