The sun., 1900-12-04
500 TO CUT MY THROAT:
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VINO DfID rtsT No.
Had Fnjo'ed tifs and HAD q Horror 81 iieins
hurled Alive so Iic put tfems'Ion In tts
w'li and the sui.JhtoM 'iaus~ In
toditii New York surgrr, Preferred.

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IN order not 10 be- buried alive. Henry q
Moore. who had lived more than ninety years
and enjoyed them ALL made two unusual h"-
quests In his will, which wa, oref"d for pro-
brto here Yesterday Tho will which was
eN"iI'"d on June .. 1909. and u coiirl, pro-
vide lint any person who opens ono of his
carotid arteries after h.. death shnll have tio
and lint any person who has hi, body crcnated
ofieT hi denih shall have t5co Many small be-
0uoss are made. and the rest Of his estate IL
lett 10 his sons, Henry Moore who resides
nj Avenue 4 and Eighth street. Bayonne. d.
aud William q Moore, who resides ~ Mount
Vernon, The estate Is valued in the petition
for probate NJ 81, go. but Il Is said to be much
larger II il all personally.
Moore went 10 London last June and lie died
there, in his ninety-frs. year. on oct 20 last
He had resided for about fifteen ycars at the
Hotel ST George In Twelfth street lie had
been connected twenty years ago with II Ii.
Kirk Co. his sons succeeding him there.
IL Is in the codcil. executed Nov 81. 1907.
that Mr. Moore provides for the opening of tie
carotid artery. He sugge,tr that this be done
by his old friend nr Bcr. amin X. Morrow.
who i to have the sloo ;"r tnr work. or II no
r'iuSes To do II the salnc sum j. To- be- raid to
auybody, who vii! do It. IL the will itssi 1t
is provided that the body be .remated ard he
asks that his sou William &. Moore look alter
the cremation ii il l. t. be- done IN New lorS.
but provides that II ho dies abroad any person
who volunteers e. look alter hl, cremation
shall have 500 The sons md the tcstLturs
lifelong friend. Jonathan Marshall, are tho
exec tors. Dr Morrow sad Yesterday.
MIR. Moore got the thrdat-Cuttlng notion
from the will Of another old man, friend Of
his, who also provided that slO0 should he
given 70 the man who would cut his carotid
artery"
Mr.. Moore was an Encilshman He retired
from the NhO.cs ic liquor business with a for
tune. N the Hotel st George he entertained a
lev old Croules and gained 4 reputation for
h"tnR an old man who knew what was good 20
cat mud drink. and for having lots of il. Dr.
Morrow wGs one of th" Croniss and Nr. Noore's
regular physician The fact that Mr. No"-n'S
hort valves did not ogen 1Ed shut aiUor ninety
wears work as II should diYnot seem 20 worry
him and never iuteTiorcd with hi- onjoymeuts.
Whom he left here last June he said That he
vas going to take in the Paris Exposition and
the other sights. and would be gone about
two years Or Morrow told him to take care
OF himself and got back ~ this country n'ive
so th1t his regular physician might got that 500
heulest. He did not show his ape, being re-
mnrkahlv wcll preserved. lie had snow white
hair and . complexion o. clear and pink "a a
babv's lie spent his time reading, enter
timing his friends and PLAYING whist He
told the people ut the hotel thar h" had left Dr.
Morrow sioo in his will md aitsrward said il
was 40 as t. hnvs his throat cu' after he
dend." He said he always had been afraid
OF being buried alive.