The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-08
Report, However, That Mr..
Hartman Is Dead Is Denied
By His Doctor at Arden at an
Early Hour This Morning.
GRAVE FEAR ENTERTAINED
FOR MlLLIONAlRE'S LIFE
Important Stocks Take Tum-
bic When News Is Spread
About That Hartman Is in a
Most Serious Condition,
HIS ASSOCIATES ALARMED

Arden, N. Y, Sept. 8.-After d
night of uncertainty it was deter
mined shortly after midnight that E.
H. Hartman is not in such critical
condition as earlier reports indicated.
Rumors of the most alarming nature
were circulated throughout the early
part of the night.
Shortly after 10 o'clock there came
a report that the financier had died
IN a sudden collapse.
Where this rUmor came from no one
can say, but with the difficulty of OBJ
tanning communication with the Harri-
man home, it was given wide circula-
ton and had spread on the wings of the
wind from the Atlantic to the Pacific
before a terse denial over the telephone
from DR.. Lyle set it at rest. But DR.
Lyle declined TO add even a word to his
denial, and his refusal To give out any
further information regarding his pa
TENTS condition gave further grounds
for speculatiOn-a situation that was
readily seized upon by the alarmists.
Optimistic Statement.
The optimistic tenor of the statement
issued IN New York by a friend of MI
Hartman did not serve to quiet even
during the afternoon the apprehension
which was felt there 1t was pointed
out that the information upon which
the statement was based may have
been a day old.
Evidence pointing TO a serious set
back in Mr.. Harriman's condition be
gan IN accommodate CARLY i11 no flor
noon, confirming reports from the un-
official channels which the large num-
Der of employees surrounding the sick
man offer in great variety Three men,
whose professional appearance led at
once to the conclusion that they were
physicians were rushed through town
in an automobile and up the hill short
" after noon. and there were other Wis
itors, personal friends OF the sick man,
whose hurried arrival was taken to
means a change for the worse.
While Judge r. T. LOvett, Mr.. Har-
riman's business adviser, was in his
office in New York during the day at
tending a meeting of directors of the
Union and Southern Pacific railroads
it was learned early tonight that he
had left Immediately after the meeting
and hurried to Arden. He reached the
Hartman home shortly before 9
lieved, must have been the result of
disquieting news from the Hartman
house.
Spying Upon Hartman.
The portion of the New York state
ment which spoke of Mr.. Harriman's
business enemies gained special sig
nihcance this afternoon when it was
learned that certain Wall street inter-
ests have a representative here whose
only duty is TO report on what trans
pires on Tower Hill The marked
slump in Union Pacific today is large
" accounted for by the belief that the
reports of this representative upheld
the most sensational newspaper buIle-
tins issued here today.
Dr. Lyle declined all day TO respond
to telephone calls or to make any
statements. and during the night the
only words which could be elected
from him were in the brief denials
which he authorized when informed
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