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Show Dr. Gatling Dead. ' NEW YORK. Feb. X. Dr. Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, died Very suddenly In the arms of hjs daughter, Mrs. Hugh O. Pentecost. At 1:15 o'clock Dr. Gatling returned home from a trip down town on business to the offices of ! the Scientific American. Being 84 years j of aare, and accustomed to resting after ! any physical effort, he told his daughter he would lie down. Shortly afterward he commenced to breathe heavily and a physician was called and he administered admin-istered strychnine, but to to' avail, and Dr. Gatling died in his daughter's arms a few minutes afterward. V |