People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1893 — CAUSE OF BUTLER'S DEATH. [ARTICLE]

CAUSE OF BUTLER'S DEATH.

Bursting of a Small Blood Vessel on the Brain That Orga’d One of the Largest on Record. Boston, Jan. 18.—It is stated that an autopsy on the body of Gen. Butler previous to interment showed that the cause of death “was the bursting of a small blood vessel on the brain, caused by a violent fit of coughing. All the internal organs were found to be in excellent condition, and but for the accidental cause 6f his death, he would probabty have lived many years. His. brain weighed four ounces more than that ,qf Daniel Webster, which was one of the largeaiz on record. * ‘