Missouri State Journal, September 25, 1874
(From Daily of the 19th)
Dead
The Last Hours of L.A. Lane
The tragically affair of last Saturday evening, between L.A. Lane and E.M. Ewing, has already been noticed, and it now becomes our painful duty to announce the death of one of them-Land-which occurred day before yesterday at 9:5 a.m. About three quarters of an hour after his death Drs. T.A. Smith, Small, Bollinger and Atkins arrived and proceeded to an examination of the wound, which disclosed as follows: The ball entered one and a half inches below and one inch to the left of left nipple, passing between the fifth and sixth ribs through the front wall of the chest, opening the pericardium and wounding the lower point of the heart. Thence the ball passed through the back part of the pericardium, passing through the diaphragm, then entirely through the stomach an inch to the right of the cardiac orifice, then passed through the back part of the diaphragm, again into the pulmonary cavity, where it was found loose on the diaphragm. The ball was of conical shape and about as heavy as a No. 1 buck-shot. A great quantity of coagulated blood was found along the course and at the termination of the would, and it is a matter of astonishment among the physicians that he lived so long-about forty-five hours from the time he was shot till death relieved him from his terrible suffering.
He leaves a wife and one child, a little girl about 14 months of age, to mourn his awful and untimely death.
Of his history little seems to be known, further than that he was from Georgia, and it is said that he was distantly related to Joseph Lane, who was candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860. During the war he served in the Confederate army in the famous "Stonewall" brigade, and lost his right arm in the battle of Chance Horseville. He was a very robust and powerful man, and an utter strange to fear. On Sunday morning he told those who were waiting upon his that he must die. In reply to their expression of a hope of ultimate recovery, he asserted again that he must die; but said he was not afraid of death, as he had never been guilty of a mean act. He regretted leaving his wife and little baby almost destitute of the means of support, which fact seemed the only cause of annoyance to him. His wife requested the presence of the Rev. J.W. Dunn, who came immediately upon receipt of the message. The wounded man, in answer to Mr. D.'s questions whether he desired prayer, readily assented by an inclination of the head, being at that time too weak to speak. With but very few interruptions (any there were perhaps due to the effect of morphine) he was conscious and recognized familiar faced instantly up to the time of his death, and those who were present say he died in the full possession of his senses. At 8 o'clock on Monday evening his body was taken to the Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were ready and prayer offered by the Rev. J.W. Dunn, after which it was interred in Machpelah Cemetery.--Lexington Intelligencer
(From Daily of the 19th)
Dead
The Last Hours of L.A. Lane
The tragically affair of last Saturday evening, between L.A. Lane and E.M. Ewing, has already been noticed, and it now becomes our painful duty to announce the death of one of them-Land-which occurred day before yesterday at 9:5 a.m. About three quarters of an hour after his death Drs. T.A. Smith, Small, Bollinger and Atkins arrived and proceeded to an examination of the wound, which disclosed as follows: The ball entered one and a half inches below and one inch to the left of left nipple, passing between the fifth and sixth ribs through the front wall of the chest, opening the pericardium and wounding the lower point of the heart. Thence the ball passed through the back part of the pericardium, passing through the diaphragm, then entirely through the stomach an inch to the right of the cardiac orifice, then passed through the back part of the diaphragm, again into the pulmonary cavity, where it was found loose on the diaphragm. The ball was of conical shape and about as heavy as a No. 1 buck-shot. A great quantity of coagulated blood was found along the course and at the termination of the would, and it is a matter of astonishment among the physicians that he lived so long-about forty-five hours from the time he was shot till death relieved him from his terrible suffering.
He leaves a wife and one child, a little girl about 14 months of age, to mourn his awful and untimely death.
Of his history little seems to be known, further than that he was from Georgia, and it is said that he was distantly related to Joseph Lane, who was candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860. During the war he served in the Confederate army in the famous "Stonewall" brigade, and lost his right arm in the battle of Chance Horseville. He was a very robust and powerful man, and an utter strange to fear. On Sunday morning he told those who were waiting upon his that he must die. In reply to their expression of a hope of ultimate recovery, he asserted again that he must die; but said he was not afraid of death, as he had never been guilty of a mean act. He regretted leaving his wife and little baby almost destitute of the means of support, which fact seemed the only cause of annoyance to him. His wife requested the presence of the Rev. J.W. Dunn, who came immediately upon receipt of the message. The wounded man, in answer to Mr. D.'s questions whether he desired prayer, readily assented by an inclination of the head, being at that time too weak to speak. With but very few interruptions (any there were perhaps due to the effect of morphine) he was conscious and recognized familiar faced instantly up to the time of his death, and those who were present say he died in the full possession of his senses. At 8 o'clock on Monday evening his body was taken to the Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were ready and prayer offered by the Rev. J.W. Dunn, after which it was interred in Machpelah Cemetery.--Lexington Intelligencer
Missouri State Journal, September 25, 1874
(From Daily of the 19th)
Dead
The Last Hours of L.A. Lane
The tragically affair of last Saturday evening, between L.A. Lane and E.M. Ewing, has already been noticed, and it now becomes our painful duty to announce the death of one of them-Land-which occurred day before yesterday at 9:5 a.m. About three quarters of an hour after his death Drs. T.A. Smith, Small, Bollinger and Atkins arrived and proceeded to an examination of the wound, which disclosed as follows: The ball entered one and a half inches below and one inch to the left of left nipple, passing between the fifth and sixth ribs through the front wall of the chest, opening the pericardium and wounding the lower point of the heart. Thence the ball passed through the back part of the pericardium, passing through the diaphragm, then entirely through the stomach an inch to the right of the cardiac orifice, then passed through the back part of the diaphragm, again into the pulmonary cavity, where it was found loose on the diaphragm. The ball was of conical shape and about as heavy as a No. 1 buck-shot. A great quantity of coagulated blood was found along the course and at the termination of the would, and it is a matter of astonishment among the physicians that he lived so long-about forty-five hours from the time he was shot till death relieved him from his terrible suffering.
He leaves a wife and one child, a little girl about 14 months of age, to mourn his awful and untimely death.
Of his history little seems to be known, further than that he was from Georgia, and it is said that he was distantly related to Joseph Lane, who was candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860. During the war he served in the Confederate army in the famous "Stonewall" brigade, and lost his right arm in the battle of Chance Horseville. He was a very robust and powerful man, and an utter strange to fear. On Sunday morning he told those who were waiting upon his that he must die. In reply to their expression of a hope of ultimate recovery, he asserted again that he must die; but said he was not afraid of death, as he had never been guilty of a mean act. He regretted leaving his wife and little baby almost destitute of the means of support, which fact seemed the only cause of annoyance to him. His wife requested the presence of the Rev. J.W. Dunn, who came immediately upon receipt of the message. The wounded man, in answer to Mr. D.'s questions whether he desired prayer, readily assented by an inclination of the head, being at that time too weak to speak. With but very few interruptions (any there were perhaps due to the effect of morphine) he was conscious and recognized familiar faced instantly up to the time of his death, and those who were present say he died in the full possession of his senses. At 8 o'clock on Monday evening his body was taken to the Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were ready and prayer offered by the Rev. J.W. Dunn, after which it was interred in Machpelah Cemetery.--Lexington Intelligencer
(From Daily of the 19th)
Dead
The Last Hours of L.A. Lane
The tragically affair of last Saturday evening, between L.A. Lane and E.M. Ewing, has already been noticed, and it now becomes our painful duty to announce the death of one of them-Land-which occurred day before yesterday at 9:5 a.m. About three quarters of an hour after his death Drs. T.A. Smith, Small, Bollinger and Atkins arrived and proceeded to an examination of the wound, which disclosed as follows: The ball entered one and a half inches below and one inch to the left of left nipple, passing between the fifth and sixth ribs through the front wall of the chest, opening the pericardium and wounding the lower point of the heart. Thence the ball passed through the back part of the pericardium, passing through the diaphragm, then entirely through the stomach an inch to the right of the cardiac orifice, then passed through the back part of the diaphragm, again into the pulmonary cavity, where it was found loose on the diaphragm. The ball was of conical shape and about as heavy as a No. 1 buck-shot. A great quantity of coagulated blood was found along the course and at the termination of the would, and it is a matter of astonishment among the physicians that he lived so long-about forty-five hours from the time he was shot till death relieved him from his terrible suffering.
He leaves a wife and one child, a little girl about 14 months of age, to mourn his awful and untimely death.
Of his history little seems to be known, further than that he was from Georgia, and it is said that he was distantly related to Joseph Lane, who was candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Breckenridge ticket in 1860. During the war he served in the Confederate army in the famous "Stonewall" brigade, and lost his right arm in the battle of Chance Horseville. He was a very robust and powerful man, and an utter strange to fear. On Sunday morning he told those who were waiting upon his that he must die. In reply to their expression of a hope of ultimate recovery, he asserted again that he must die; but said he was not afraid of death, as he had never been guilty of a mean act. He regretted leaving his wife and little baby almost destitute of the means of support, which fact seemed the only cause of annoyance to him. His wife requested the presence of the Rev. J.W. Dunn, who came immediately upon receipt of the message. The wounded man, in answer to Mr. D.'s questions whether he desired prayer, readily assented by an inclination of the head, being at that time too weak to speak. With but very few interruptions (any there were perhaps due to the effect of morphine) he was conscious and recognized familiar faced instantly up to the time of his death, and those who were present say he died in the full possession of his senses. At 8 o'clock on Monday evening his body was taken to the Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were ready and prayer offered by the Rev. J.W. Dunn, after which it was interred in Machpelah Cemetery.--Lexington Intelligencer
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