The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-31

Arden. n. Y, Aug. 81 Edward
II. Hartman, urged by weary re-
porters of the press who have
camped about his mountain home
since Wednesday last has come out
with a statement that he is all right
Though brief. the statement is
straightforward and explicit, with
perhaps a touch or patient resent
ment at the surveillance, to which
he has been subjected, and re-
quest that reporters withdraw. not so
much for his sake. but for his friends
who have been intercepted daily COM
ing to and from his residence by
jealous interviewers eager for the lat
est bit of information.
The statement follows:
'T am pursuing the course laid out
before / went abroad and advised by
the physicians / intended taking a
rest as soon as my responsibilities
would permit. My treatment abroad
reduced my strength and vitality and
weakened my digestion.
THE most expert physicians In
Munich advised me TO have an ex-
Fmination by surgeons as a matter
CT precaution. This has been done
very carefully by Drs. Brewer and
Grille in conjunction with DR.. Wal
ter James and DR. Lyle, and the
whole result is that they find moth
ing serious, and renew the advice
previously obtained--that 1 should
have rest and MT SEQ many people
at one time, and this / am trying
to do.
This covers the whole case and
later on, II the representatives OF
the press desire, and there is any
purpose to be accomplished, / viii
see them up here, but now I ask
them TO withdraw not so much on ac-
count of my family or myself, but
because the coming and going of
ony friends may not be interfered
with.
IT appreciate the interest shown
in my welfare by the press and by
friends in all sections. and per-
haps by some others. II there was.
or should be anything serious, / will
let the press know, and as / have
never deceived them, / ask that the
press now withdraw its representa-
tives and rely on me-
The message is so chara acteristic oil
Mr.. Harriman's affable attitude to
newspaper reporters, an attitude
which was marked when he under
went the strain of q lengthy inter-
view on the day of his return, that
most of the men who have been here
during the scare over his illness, re-
turned to New York, relying on his
word
It was by impressing this upon Mr.,
Hartman would have broken his sill
ence long ere now had he realized
how his continued silence and that OF
his family and associates bred wild
and sensational rumors
1t was by impresing this upon Mr..
| Hartman that the statement was OBJ
| tanned. The newspaper reporters
held a conference. drew up a letter
and sent It to the Arden house by spe-
cial delivery. The letter follows:
owing TO the sensational stories
from irresponsible sources. we ask
| that you issue an authoritative state
ment in regard to your physical con-
! diton. Nothing but that can refute
these alarmist reports.
zone story says that an operation
/ was performed on you Friday and
| that today is the first day you have
! been out since Friday"
| Mr.. Hartman evidently decided to
act soon after the receipt of the let
| ter, for at 4 in the afternoon Super.
' intendent Ford of the estate brought
his employers answer down from thu
I house. The statement, which ha'
been made public in New York ear
, IIer in the afternoon, was written or
a sheet of the Arden house station
cry. Miss Mary Hartman, the rail-
! road mans daughter, wrote II at hh
| dictation. but acros the top of the
first page Mr.. Hartman had writ
ten this message in his own hand:
"Gentlemen-Thanks for your let
I ter of today. The statement below
was made by me over the telephone
| today and published. You see II Gov
ers the whole subject. Believe me
yours sincerely.
"E. II. HARTMAN.
/ Mr.. Hartman admitted that there
was a consultation between special
lists at his house, but did not mention
the possibility of an operation.
Employees of the estate who came
! down said that Mr.. Hartman ap
peared on the porch in the morning
in an adjustable reclining chair, and
/ as has been the custom, spent sons
time In the sun. IL was said he hat
restful night and was In good spir
| its. The weather was perfect, will
the sun shining brightly but not too
warm Work on Tower hill wen
On without interruption.
With the reassuring news the New
York stock market settled itself ant
advances were general. The effec
on the Hartman stocks was, o
course, most apparent. but there wa
a buoyant tendency everywhere man
ifest. Residents hereabout receive,
the statement with qualification. fo
many of them, despite private infor
nation of a reassuring character
feared their prominent neighbor wa
IN. "a rrtfioaI condition