The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-10
Is Found Dead in a Resort in
Chicago.
HAD BEEN DRINKING.
Two Women Inmates of the
Place Are Held.
Post MOrtem Held and INQUEST
Will Follow.

Chicago, Jan. 10.--A post mortem ex.
animation of the body of Nathaniel F
Moore. son of James Hobart Moore, the
financier. who was found dead in the
resort of Victoria Shaw, 2014 Dearborn
street, was made under the direction
of Coroner Hoffman today. The inquest
will be held later and the result of the
post mortem examination will not be
announced until the inquest.
A coroner's jury has been empaneled
and examined the body at the Moore
home on Lake Shore drive before ad-
journing to the Chicago avenue police
station, where the inquest will be held.
The Shaw woman and another woman
thought to be Bertha Dorset, who is
said to have been the last person to see
Moore alive. are being held at the police
station and the police will not allow
any one to see them. The police say the
women are not under arrest
Chicago, Jan. 10.-Coroner Hoffman
will personally take charge of the in
vestigation into the causes of the death
of Nathaniel F. Moore, the son of
James Hobart Moore, the leader of
the Rock Island group of financiers
Mr.. Moore was found dead in room
in South side resort under somewhat
mysterious circumstances and the
news of death is said to have been
hours. Mr.. Moore is said to have died
some time yesterday afternoon
There are many circumstances in
connection with the case that REQUIRE
explantion. said Coroner Hoffman to-
day. Apparently, Mr.. Moore died of
heart disease, but 1 will not be salts
fed until my doctors have made a
post mortem examination
The inquest was opened at 10
O'Clock at Mr.. Moore's apartments on
Lake Shore drive.
Mr.. Moore was known as lavish
with money and did not confine his
spending to any one section of the
country. When he was 21 years old
in 1905, he was given a check for
100000 by his father.
According to the police Mr.. Moore
reached the house in taxicab at a.
m. Sunday morning. He had been
drinking and at a. m complained that
he was ILL., DR.. w. F. Murray is SAID
to have attended him and later Mr..
Moore announced that he was feeling
better.
Mr. Moore continued drinking and
late yesterday afternoon said he was
feehng i'll again DR.. Murray was again
called and when he arrived the police
say, Mr.. Moore was dying. Dr. Murray
worked over him but lie died a short
time later. The body was taken to the
Moore home in a private ambulance
the police are said to be working
on the theory that a drug, often used
to keep liberal spenders awake in re-.
sorts SO that they would continue to
buy drinks freely, may have been the
cause of Mr.. Moore's death. The drug
is not considered to have a serious eff
feet, but sometimes the application of
it has unexpected results.
When Moore failed to revive it is
said the physician gave him two
hyperdermic injections of morphine.
Mr.. Moore is said to have given
Victoria Shaw the proprietor of the
resort in which his body was found,
check for $1,500 two weeks ago. The
police report that while Moore had a
reputation for always carrying large
amounts of money with him, only
$3.50 was eound in his pockets
He Was Star Spendcr.
New York, Jan. 1O.-The death Of
Nathaniel Ford Moore in Chicago YES
terday ends the career of one of New
York's best. known spenders. Tiring
of his mefeoric career, Moore left for
the west. saying he was going to fit
himself to aid his father in his rail-
road interests. His marriage to Miss
Helen Fargo IN 1905, followed a ro-
through the south of France under the
chaperonage of the young woman's
aunt.
Young Moore in the winter of 1907
caused Broadway to gasp by giving a
100000. dinner to a select few. Gold
and diamond sleeve buttons were
given away to the guests. At dinner
on his twenty-first birthday Moore
gave away to the guests pearl neck
laces costing several hundred dollars
each.