The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-03
JAY GOULD DEAD.


NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Jsy Gould is dead.
untold millions. At Oils o'clock this morn
ing when he passed into the beyond. he
was as poor as the veriest beggar that
haunts the great city. All his wealth
availsd him nothing. It could not pur-
chase minute more of life. for all that
money could do had been done. Consump-
tion. the most incnrable of all diseases, had
,nsidiously sapped away his strength, and
when the fateful hemorrhages appeared
the shadow of death also came. The mill
ionaire died as If going to sleep. There
were no signs Of pain. and he was conscious
until few moments before he died.
short time before he passed away he called
his children, one after the other, to his
side, and bade them long farewell. This
done. he closed his eyes wearily. and al-
most before his loved ones realized it was
dead.
Mr.. Gould's last illness dates back two
weeks. He took drive at that time
through Central Park with his physician,
Dr. Mum, and he took cold. He was suf-
fering at the time from nervous dyspepsia
and was unable to take much nourishment.
As a result his already enfeebled constitu-
ton could not withstand this slight all
ment 1t affected his lungs. They had
already shown for years tendency to pull
monary weakness. Last week. when he
failed to come to his Office, it was said at
his homo that he was only slightly indis-
posed. His exact condition was suppressed
until yesterday. Mr.. Gould began sinking
rapidly from an early hour last night. Dr.
Mum, his physician, had DR.. Janeway in
consultation. but they said that nothing
could be done but make Mr.. Gould's last
hours as comfortable as possible
SCIENCE COULD NOT PRoLONG LIFE.
Everything known to medical science
had been used to prolons Mr. Gould's life,
but they all proved fruitless. Even his old
associate. Russell Sage, said that he did not
believe that Mr.. Gould was in any danger,
but that his illness was but o recurrence of
the old bilious attacks. So midnight came.
and with it the first unfavorable change in
his condition. After an attack of cough
ing he became unconscious, and then ii was
.th&s Or Mum and DIR. j Janewsy reeognizees
that the end was near. He seemed to rally
just before z O'Clock, but it was not until 9
that there was evidence of returning con-
seriousness. He passed away at 9:15, his last
moments being entirely free from pain.
The member of the family, with DR.. Mum.
were at his bedside when the end came.
Those in the room were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
j. Gould. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould, Miss
Helen Gould, Mr.. Howard Gould. Mr..
Harold Gould. Master Frank Gould and
Miss Hannah Gould.
From Howard Gould it was learned that
his father retained consciousness nearly to
the last. He knew he was about to die.
and just before the end he looked around
the room. He sald he wished to have all
his family present. and appeared satisfied
to find that oil were there. Those outside
at the time saw the blinds all drawn down.
A moment later servant left the house
with big batch of kilograms in one hand.
They were announcements to friends of the
family that Mr.. Gould had died.
The Rev. Dr.. John Paxton, whose church
ers at the Gould house. He gave the fol-
lowing account of Mr.. Gould's last hours:
Mr.. Gould had been unconscious for q
number Of hours. but as the end
approached CONSCIOUSNESS returned. He
opened his eyes and glanced around
the room in which his family were
gathered, q look of recognition lighting no
his face as his eyes tell upon each of them.
They came CLOSE to his bedside. and then,
in o faint but perfectly distinct voice, he
word of love and farewell. Vitality
enough for this was vouchsafed him, but
when he had spoken the last word to his last
child he relapsed at once into uncOn-
sciousness and in few minutes more
passed away"
The family of Mr.. Gould were entirely
inaccessible to any except tho most inti-
mate friends. DR.. Mum remained IN the
house throughout the forenoon. About ~
o'clock the callers were very numerous
Colonel Hahn. who arrived at the house
shortly after 10 o'clock. remained down
stairs, conducting some OF the ladies ho
were intimate friends of the family to Mics
Helen Goulds apartments upstairs. None
of the callers remained over q few minutes.
and the great majority simply left tnsir
cards at the door.
WHEN HIS ILLNESS BEGAN.
"The depletion of Mr. Gould's vitality
dates back TO time previous to his wlfes
death in January. 1888" said an intimate
friend of tho family. ''She then used to
say that her husband suffered greatly from
neuraiaic headaches and profound fatigue,
and on one visit found that she had spent
| q sleepless niQht in consequence of one OF
his attacks. The summer before his wife's
death he took her to Europe on his yach t.
| Upon their return he put the yacht out OF
| commission and said that what both his
! wife and he needed was not travel, but
rest. Neither looked the better for the
| voyage. After his wIfe's death Mr..
| Gould's loss of strength WAS more rapid.
His attacks of headache and nervous pros
| tration were more frequent than before,
and he rallied with greater difficulty and
less completeness. He had q powerful will
| and concealed his sufferings from his family
TO great extent, so that to them
these attacks were only tired spells. His
! will also kept him mp and deceived his
! closest friends as 10 his actual condition.
| Although L could see that he was NOT
/ strong. there was nothing particular in his
| condition 10 note except that he was pale
| and ate little. On the evening before
| Thanksgiving | was at his house and found
that he had what his eldest daughter de.
| scribed as u return of his old fatigue Nc
| one was alarmed. As late as yesterday
morning one of his ply sicians said there
was nothing TO warrant the belief that Mr.
| Gould would not recover. His last three
| days we're entirely free from suffering and
| his conversation with his family in the
| consciousness period before his death wa.
most touching and beautiful. The end
came while he slept"
The Gould family are Frustrated with
| grief. Miss Helen Gould was nj when hel
father was taken sick. and the blow hal
| come upon her with terribi force. Th,
| members of the family are very much de
voted TO each other. Mr.. Gould had al
| ways been very much OF q domestic man
| notwithstanding his enormous weight o
| cares from his gigantic financial opera
tions. but the death Of the father so short