New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
DOCTOR OF MILLIONAlKEo'
THE MAN WHO CARES FOR JAY GOuLD'o
HEALTH.
-, ,r-vv AND HOW HE REACHED RUSSELL sA'f'
AFTER THE RECENT DYNAMITE EXPLosioN
INCIDENTS OF HIS LIFE.

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,us.ou,i Pacific Dividend one Of the members vi '0
poad who was present instant in attendance y"
Mr. Could and quickly dOcored MN uhtii MS '
were ouleted and he was rest0ru " HIS 'o -
ditiop Of clness When lunauc hotcoroh.i
comfy attempted to take the life OF Mr. sage ol
hin, nm in his Offices I'm the Arcade BmnhS' ",'
Coud was rot present. He was quickly "uN 'S''
,,.sr 80 the ottempteI assassination and sunn"'eu
t ,,rivotc telephone the same physician To Dr. @"~
aid lie WAS at hi, Office in West Fnty-eS"''.
miles away from the scene Of the SauSh,ci D
r.ocbed Mr. sage in thirty eight minutes HIS NV
hts coach are known 20 the police. ana Ms WIN
,rou, the streets wa, ~ uninterrupted BY them ~ was
the rush Of the numerous ahp"N''e' ~
scene Of the disaster. -
Inspector Byrncs was in hearing OF INC eAP.'''V
half a mile away, but thinking 1t another IL IN
steam heating pipe explosions frequent III hro"u""'
ne started in a eisurely way mp broadway III tne w
nosir, direction The rush OF ambulaceS to tuo 'c;nc
only confirmed the idea Of bursting pipes III '"o Wv
erln detectve's mind But when he Sa" u, oo-o"
and recognized the face Of the doctor a. pom "ere
SHREDDED down Broadway he recognized tnat 'ohc
body of Importance had been injured ana ne 'u'''ou
and was soon the spot. when the doo'or ca"
reached the crowded scene u pathway opened iof II
and he wa, driven directly to the p0lceguardeo avn
~ te drug store into which Mr. sage had been carried
And ne he nlgbted and pressed through the opening
nj, tbe Sidewalk made by the pouce t. permit MN -
ent.r on his mission Of mercy. the crowd whSpereu'
There, Jay Could -,
Uut il was not Mr. Gould at oil. nor any Of his KIN
nor kind but doctor of the niihohafe9 WIZ "
been in attendance on Gould when he was IN danger
4 week or two before. II was thus that summoned w
the Little Wlzard.7 Mr.. Gould IS called. DE- JONI
u Nunn WAS one OF the first to attend the "OuAuel
knight Of Puts Calls and striddl"' 1t IS oI'l N"'
something unusual happens to disturb ule q.ic' l"D
npparentIy somewhat mOnotonous IVcH oi HIS ~"
paticnt, that the public discovers now very c'o'e'
,ho ,Ioctor Of the mlllOnaires watche, over lher
bodily and NOR. particularly their mental ah'"'s
renecioIIy I, he I'm attendance jay Gould nj Ms
,eic- II Mr. Gould come, down town, ht MS non" ."
the Hudson when ne rests there Mt MS fh'h"No
home when he insists on beng near the uptown @""
Excbanc. AT the Windsor; his yacht when Nf
Gould seek, relaxation: in hi, special car "heh MI
Gould zoe, on TO Inspect his own roads OF soOpe
M .Jmc other lines; everywhere that Mr.. 'Juu soos
his attending ply scan will be found ut hand and even
lo.cr I'm his observation ard study Of his important
p,t,ent for "A very important matter Is Mr. "ou"
health. more important Ia more grave hbre'oS u'"'
that Of any other man in the country
The death Of the President In Office little affects the
welfare II this country It cannot influence It's de'uSi
for "a. Garfield said Of Lincoln and illustrated In his
own person. the country lives. though the PRESIDENT
dles-- even by violence. Two Vandcrbllts have died.
but their railway empire mistaken. But no man
can foretcu the effect Of the loosenng by de'th Oh
Jay Could, hand his several great enterprises
II j, not certain that his successor IN ability HVe' W
direct his work and that work in IT'S several brhhohes
il not -unccutly firmly established 10 ensure Us Ell
iurance under another's guiding hand. The develop
fueut and prrr.,s Of the Western Union Telegraph
md tie elevated railroads doubtless as certain as
that ~ such new ,papers a. " The Herald ana Inc
nlbunc - which the genius Of their founders gave
perpetual notion but who can say what Will become
after Could, death Of hi, greatly ambitious scheme OF
,ridlrmlug the UndevclOped West and south Win
railroads Of hi, own particular systeml
Mr. Gould did not discover Or. John L. Num- lie
bas counted among his patients during the last tfren
Year. several other millonares Ii was James Buc
the president Of the Importers and finders Bank. VINO
fir, employed ham H. his special PHYSICIAN INC
vt.r would have said family physician but for the fact
that Dr. Mum ha, never had more than limited
family practice Which dld not include that Of Mr. Gould
and that Mr. Buell. had no family except wife, and
niece. who was Joint heircsS Ia all his mtlloh' ana
size and DR.. Mum are The parents OF almost c4o onS
family be- now practices ia. Ne married the E'oy
-hortly after Mr. Bells death Buell. while pIe,[
dent # tie bank which. by the way car'ed the
hc,vic, lin" 81 deposits of If te institutions In
New York With possibly one exception, WAS Il heavy
stakeholder In "A big insurance company which he
Thought was mi,mauagcd. He had himself elected to
the presidency and BEGAN 20 look into a." causes 0f
It's lack cd business compared To- TINT OF NJIc OF inc
..ther b,, companies. lo ran against IF the Oh
,taclc, IL he Imagined. an Dr. Num- the chief aesls-
Dr Mum rejected - great many who were regarded
a. dc,irblc client, Tor any insurance company, but
Dr. Mum WI, positive in rejecting them for reasons
which he dd mot explain. Mr. Buell. Was not satisfied
with hi, system II his subordinate and Yet could not
fairly either Ia the examiner or the company. over
rule his frequent reflections OF applicants WHO appeared
to bc in splendid bodily condition. At length Or.
Mum COG, dcd ?roc>, onal secret to Mr.. Buell., which
hrlf satisfied The president TIE young examiner was
In possession OF mean, Of detecting tn" existence Of
Hi.t', disease 81 the Kidneys in lis incipency But
NJ Buell. Wa, n.lg satisfied with the explanation
when the young doctor applied MS test to Mr. Buell.
himself and Informed that surprised gentleman that II
he applicant for policy in his own comuany
ur. Mum. a, examiner would have to report against
hAn for tlc reason tnt Ac had Brghts disease in an
ucurablo form. Nj. Buell. made the candid phS stefan
tie ch!,f examiner OF the insurance company. wh,h
position be- ,tlu retains. and also his own personal
medical attendant. and finally indirectly his heir Mr.
buell died from Brglt'S disease.
Dr. Munn II, chef Of the company's examiners
hnl to in,rt "a, sesiet to assistants: some If these
naturally went t. Other companies in time; AMI
10 day no Insurance company accepts an applicant who
liza, not passed examination according to NUNS
n.cthod7 All The doctor, know what that Is, hymcn
anon. reader, will not be- Interested In any dcccrp
ou o Il aad 1t /, not possible bce 10 tell what Ii t.
Doctois disagree 10 Ia, possibility oi detecting
rrsht, disease la it, fs stage 10y iluHns method.
but all SAY that hl, ~ Invariably detect, the die
o.-e in secondary stage. Wien, they are ulanimou,
In cc,arins. II i ncdraDlc. Or. Mum iascl-
mated with hn study OF This subject that after his mar
rage h. confirm d . devote himself 10 lis researches
and lcrt hi, wife manage dead uncle, estates
When the embczzlcnent Of millions Of dollars of the
Second National Eank by 1t, president John G. Emo.
Startled the street In l-ot it, cect on stocks was
disastrous. II, real significance exaggerated FOR
a time: AID 1t was Immediately followed by heavy
drop In stock. Of every kind dealt In the Exchange
Russell sage then extensively engaged IN selling
puts" and calls and thcr" - rush of thcs,
holding hs privileges to have him cash his puts at
prices far above the suddenly depressed quotations IN
Wall street For several days hi, Office ycIahlr