WOODROW WILSON NEAR DEATH AT HOME ON S STREET
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 1, 1924, The Evening Star reports that former President Woodrow Wilson's digestive disorders have taken "a sudden turn for worse" and that he is "very near death."
Mr. Wilson's former secretary, Joseph Tumulty*, said it is "only a matter of a little time" before the end comes.
Woodrow Wilson, two-term POTUS 1913-1921, is bedridden at his home on S Street here in the Nation's Capital. His wife and daughters are at his side.
President Calvin Coolidge has sent a message of sympathy to Mr. Wilson including a prayer for recovery.
Mr. Wilson told his physician, "You have done the best you could for me, but I'm a broken machine."
JFK+50 NOTE
Woodrow Wilson died at the age of 67 at 11:15 a.m. February 3, 1924. On that date President Coolidge issued a statement which included these words...
"He gave utterance to the aspiration of humanity with an eloquence which...made America a new and enlarged influence in the destiny of mankind."
*Joseph Patrick Tumulty (1879-1954) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey & educated at St. Peter's University. JPT served in the NJ State House of Representatives 1907-1910 & as Woodrow Wilson's private secretary 1911-1921. Afterwards, he was a practicing attorney.
SOURCES
"Proclamation--Death of Ex-President Wilson," by President Calvin Coolidge, February 3, 1924, The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
"Wilson Near Death Following Relapse, End Expected Hourly," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 1, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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