Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-20
SUDDENLY STRICKEN.
Death Of George M. Pullman, the
Sleeping Car Inventor, at
His Chicago Home.
CALLEDw1THBUT sHoRTwARN1EG

Slightly Under the Weather Cor a Few
Days, When the Grim Terror strikes
Homo in Hour-His Wife Absent at
the Time, and but One of His Children
Present-Heart Disease the Cause of the
Event-His business Career.
Chicago. Oct. 2O.-The circumstances
surrounding the death of George NJ.
pullman, the sleeping car builder,
which occurred yesterday, are stated by
John s. Runnells. chief counsel for the
Pullman company, as follows: Mr..
Pullman died at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning Of angina pectoris. The ez-
lreme heat Of last week, together with
perhaps more than his usual eXertion
IN showing some friends about Pull
man, had caused him a feeling of debili~
ty. about which he spoke to one or two
friends. but which he did not regard
as serious. He told one of them Mon
day who suggested that he was not
looking quite as Well as usual that he
mad been unable to sleep satisfactorily
the last two nights, and particularly on
Sunday night; that he had some little
difficulty in breathing, but that he felt
much better then and he felt that day
or two would pat him all right
Death Came Very Quickly.
He, indeed, was so well that he in
tended to leave for New York Thursday
evening. Death came to him very quick
~. At about ) o'clock in the morning
some friends who vera staying at the
house heard q noise in his room as if he
wished to call some one. They went to
his room Immediately, and found him
standing up and evidently in great pain.
One OF them went to the telephone to
call his physician, DR.. Billings. At the
same time he himself attempted to walk
to the lounge, but before he reached it
required the assistance OF his friend 10
get there. He then became unconscious.
In the meastime DR.. Billings had ar
rived at the house and applied restorG-
tives, but without avail, and Mr.. Pull
man quietly passed away without re-
gaining consciousness
His Wife Absent Mt New York.
Mrs. Frank o. Lowden, formerly Miss
Florence Pullman, the dead millionaire's
daughter, and her husband were at the
bedside when Mr.. Pullman died. Mrs
Pullman was in New York. She was
notified at once and started home. The
suddenly demise shocked the household
SO badly that it was some time before
anything was done toward notifying
friends. But the news of Mr.. Pullmans
death rapidly spread through the neigh
borhood and soon people in all the near
by dwellings, We're sitting at their win
doWS gazing at the lowered brown
curtains in the Pullman residence. Ev-
cry one of the directors of the Pullman
Palace Car company, with the possible
exception Of CTman Williams is away
from Chicago. so no one at the offices
could give any information as to what
would be the result OF the presidents
death. 1t was said. however, that the
works would not be closed.
Great Works Come to n Staadstiu.
Not until $50 o'clock was the news
teiephoned to the Florence hotel, and
from there communicated to the office of
the manager Of the worRs but in a few
minutes every employe Of the big cor
poration was aware that the man who
made it was dead. Although no orders
We're given by the officials to close the
works. operations, after the men had
been told of the death of Mr.. Pullman,
were at standstill, the employees stand
ing in front of the entrances and con-
sregating in the arcade discussing the
news. There was considerable excite
ment downtown when the extra papers.
announcing the death were distributed
No other subject was discussed during
the earlier morning hours, interest even
in the Luetgert trial - the time being
relegated to second place.