Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-27
A MILLIONAIRE
STARVES TO DEATH
With Sl4S In his Pocket and
Monthly InComeOf $500
Lives on DOuehnuls.
OwSs SOME vAIURsLE PROPERTY

Because he loved the clluk OF hls
Gold Better thaa BE- loved iife. D. "a.
waugh. a millionaire capitslla and
miaof. ~ Deadwood. South Dakota.
lies dead. ne q result Of literally
stravine himself 10 death
Waugh came 90 his city some ilmo
ago and enHage0 rooma at r. well
known Fo0uiaN house In the city Hc
hagglod with lhe proprietor over the
price uf The room. For weeks 90 WAS
hnilcpd nY other ronmfra that the Old
man. who was il years uf agF. ate
out very little. most oi the time hig
three meals aav CONSISTING of coffee
and rolls or dnughuuia
SOME Of tho foomcra. thiaking that
perhaps ihc ola man waa pfnnlieaa.
offered monetary assistance which ho
roiunpa saying that he had enough
io iiVe un. in lhe way ho saw best.
Amer ihnt be- Waa iei alone la each
ebert i0 induce him 20 pauiako ni
something more substantial or more
costly than douHhnuta moi ulth fho
same reply "a can't afford o."
lie owed about g25 for board and
room 90 The place he was stopping af
The time of his Gcaib n ia said by
those who came lu contact with the
Old man. that ~ had but one change
uf underwear aud that ne had not
sent any sOiled linen 10 the laundry
during his stay I'M the cifr. ne was
attylrcd in a thrahNtbare coat. q pair
~ cheap pants. an old worn -Oui vest
WMM alma NHnN MuU ala
better days This attire he never
changed We did nor seem 10 be- in
~ health when be hrat came hcrp.
hw az no refused tO eai ANYTHING but
rolls and donrhuuts. with litllo
coaeo, he gradually grow weak. until
a. last. ofhers tnnVnfanf with tho
case. called IN q doctor. The doctof
diagnosed his case ~ one Of lack Of
nuufishmcnt. The Old man grew very
angry necauso 4pclor hnd been call
cd. saying ho couldn't AFFORD ii The
doctor was pnid nud lifmltaed Win
instructions nm lo caH upon him any
mufe NfHgh continued with hia o0fs
fee and dbaghuuis and yesterday
moulng, ab0ni M O'Clock q doctor
was again sent Tor. hnt before ho ar.
rived Waugh Was dead
The death certificate states that tho
Old man came ia hla death through
starvation and tho lack 0f nnuflnh-
mont When his effects we're searched
by tho coroner. a cheap 81 Waterbury
watch. a wallet containing about tfi5.
notes showing hlm 20 BE- che p0esessof
of much real estate in ue8dWood and
9 memorandum ahOwiuE that ho had
received Tor the month of November,
Ia rentals and interest over ~ 600
WRa found IN addition % this there
Was found letters and other memO-
randum showing that the ola man Was
possessed of property worth hundred
Of thousanda, IN the business district
/ Of DesdWood.
Another iciler among his effects
showed tina, he had daughter. Mary
Aoultun, wife Of the government as
1ayfr On neadWoOd This daughter
was teioWaphod to. ioliing her Of her
tatheFa death. a message came back
90 this clty which read
Put body ia plain box ana shin
During The oid mans stay ln thia
rlfy he aaliOm went out. Rud remain
ea most og che time in bis bad no
did NOT appear 60 have any NilmcHl
and 40 cause otSqr ihnn an insane
/ desire fn save money, can he assigned
for tho Ola mans miserly mode "A
living, which eventually resulted Ia
bis death.
a photograph found among hia ~.
iecia shows him with a iltlie glfl aIi-
/ isnE on hts knee, presumably the child
Qf bis daughter MARY MonliOn la
I fliH phn0gmph. which waa taken iH
ncadwOod, ho is afnrod in iho lam1
clothes ho wore during hla Say here
Further Inquiry lut0 the preglou.
NE Of The old mRn reVealed tho iac'
thar be- had a monthly income irum
l property in nealWn1i inst amuuniaa
90 ahnHt $500 iiis haufhier ihi
wife uf Harry MoultOn. IS gDVerumon
aaaayef in Ueaaaood. H aisa fepufe
io be wealthy
4 Doctors who QEamined ihe old man
and The dociur who was hrfi ealiol
ln on the ease ante that ii was
plain case 0f tho nid man starving
4 himself t0 death. aa at hla age. Oni
could uot isFe very long on coffee Hnt
doughnuia Waugh had no HfOmacl
troubles, ihorq vas n0 roaaun ahg hl
should not have eaten heartily as oI
several occasions when ha was eailnf
a. someone's expense. he ate yerl
heartily
u u was a pialu case 0f the m.eorlI
love FOR Rold which in this inEiahso
brought death ln iis train
The body wi'i he ehlpned iD mead.
wood i0nlaht ae pny the Instructions
ioi hla daughter Mary Mouiion.