The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-27
DEATH OF DR.. rs W.MOTT
FIRST ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN AT THE
ASYLUM HERE.
Soon to Have Been Married to One of Raleigh's
Beautiful Young Women--The Funeral
Tomorrow.

The many friends of DR.. Thos. S. w.
Mott will be panied to learn of his
death, which occurred at the Central
Hospital at $40 O'clock yesterday morn
ing.
DR. Mott was in his 9th year and
had been in rather feeble health ror
some months; was taken with violent
and profuse hemorrhage from the lung,
last Saturday morning, causing his
friends much alarm This occurred ON
Tuesday and again yesterday mormng
so profusely as TO cause his death in a
few minutes.
DR.. Motifs father and mother, DIR. and
Mrs. Henry Y. Mott, were at the bed
side of their son during the last half
hour of his life.
During lihis illness DIR. Mott was con-
scious at all times and remained 50 to
the last. He knew that the end was
near and requested that everything be
quiet about the room. He knew his
father, mother and all the friends
around the bedside.
He was well known to large number
of Raleigh people and was popularity
esteemed. Within the next month he
was to have been married to one of
Raleigh'S most beautiful and accomplish
ed young women.
The body was taken to Davidson Col
lege on yesterday afternoons train. The
interment will take place there on Fri
day afternoon.
This sudden termination Of a life so
honorable and useful is universally de-
plored by the officers. employees and pa
tients at the Central Hospital, and
many sad hearts and fearful eyes were
left behind when the hearse left to
carry his remains to the depot on their
way to his old home at Davidson Col
lege Loyal and faithful to his friends,
devoted to the Institution and his pa
TENTS, his kind and gentle manners won
all hearts. His ambition was Of the
noblest, not TO acquire wealth or great
fame, but to become a very useful man
and Il good citizen, and though 50
young, who shall say he had not attained
his ambition!
DIR. Mott was born in IredeH county
in 1871, and was nearing his twenty
seventh birthday.
He was educated at Davidson College,
and after graduating at that institution
completed his studies at the Davidson
Medical College.
After DR.. Mott received his license
to practice medicine in North Carolina
he went to New York and in the Post
Graduate Medical College of that city
took a special course.
Soon after he left the New York col
lege he began the practice of his pro-
fession as assistant physician to DR..
Murphey at the States Western Hos
pital for the Insane at Morganton. Here
he remained for two years doing active
work in that hospital.
DIR. Mott came to Raleigh last June
to be the first assistant physician to
Dr. Kirby at the Central Hospital, sue
ceeding DIR. Faison, who went to East
ern Carolina.
He is a son of DIR. Henry Y Mott. of
Mount Mourn, Iredell county, and has
two sisters, Mrs. Alexander of Char
lotte, and Mrs. Anderson, of Morganton.
DIR. Mott has for years been sufferer
from consumption, but was not con-
sidered critically i'll until Saturday last.
He was attended during his illness by
DIR. Kirby, superintendent Of the asylum,
and DIR. JAS. Mckee. of this city, and
had trained nurse wSth him from the
beginning Of his illness to the last mo-
ment