Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-11
CONES
To YOUTH|N
RESORT
NATHANIEL FORD MOORE
DIES OF HEART DISEASE
Son of Chief Owner of Rock
Island Road, Succumbs Sud
denly After Night Spent in
Buying Wine.


iby Morning journal Special LeaAed WireI
Chicago, Jan. 10.--Nathaniel Ford
Moore, the son of James Hobart
Moore, the financier died OF heart
disease or acute caiac dilation, ae-
cording TO the verdict Of the coron-
er's jury today. Moore wns found
1 dead Yesterday in a resort conduct
cd hy Victoria Nhsw, aof4 Dear htlm
I street.
According 70 testimony given hy
the Shaw woman ana Pearl Moore.
who was the first TO discover that
Moore was dead, he died yesterday ar
ternoon, but il was not until early
this morning that the police gave out
the news
Rumors that Moore had died from
the effects Of drugs administered
while in the resort were not substan-
tiated by the evidence at the inquest
The verdict that he died OF heart dis |
ease met the unanimous approval Of |
three physicians who conducted a
postmornem examination at Moores /
home on the Lake Shore Drive.
"A more thorough postmortem OK
animation could not have been made"
said Coroner Hoffman 1T proves [
conclusively that Mr.. Moore died Of I
heart disease. Not the slightest /
trace of drugs nor poisoning could
be found nor was there any external
mark Of violence. The examination
Of the internal organs showed that
Moore was in poor physical oondi-
tion."
Moore had long been sufferer
from heart disease according to w. r.
Mygatt, a friend who has taken
charge of the body.
Mr. Moore had been subject to
spells all his lifc,' said Mr.
Mygatt "On various occ4siOns while
driving he would be seized with Il
fainiing attack ana fail from his rig
lie also collapsed ON number OF oc- {
'asion while playing golf"
Or. MoKenna who had been Moorc's :
'amily physician for some time. said @
le had treated Moore for heart dis
'ase ana had administered strych- I
line to him on n number of occas- s.
ons. q
Mrs. Moore, formerly Miss Helen o
fargo Of New York, has been in {
tate of collapse ever since she was
old of her husbands death. She has p
Xpresscd the wish that Moore be v
uried in purple robe q
According TO the testimony of Vic %
oria Shaw and Pearl Moore. who II
ere taken into custody by the police q
ut not arrested and were released af- Il
r. the inquest. Moore arrived at the
'sort at 1890 a. m, Sunday I'm COM c
any with big" Fitzgerald. a saloon %
eeper Fitzgerald was formerly C.
hauffour and as such often drove =
Ioore about town j.
Moore bought wine freely during the 81
reater part Of the night According Is
the Shaw woman he was takol ill s
the morning ana was attended by -t
r. Murray. The doctor Is said to 81
ave given him two injections of mor- m
line and Moore said he was feeling IL
-tter lie continued 40 drink heavily IA
ld then went 10 bed. Pearl Moore -p
stified that she became frightened f.
hen she found Iris body cold and IT.
.other doctor pronounced him dead fD
Police Lieutenant Daniel Kclleher
stified that Moore had evidently in
en- dead about two hours when hc af
,s called in. The body was taken tei
Moore's home I'm "a private ambul- ,l
cc. IN
There was no money in Moorc's f.,
ckets when the body was turned ha
ar 20 the police but Il Is said ne wl
rely carried much money. always scs
wing his bills with cheeks. Vic
"a Shaw testified that Moore had sea
en- a check for $500 on the First m,
tional Bank OF New York on one rIe
,asiou. She also testified that
'ore had given her only checks for VII
Is contracted in hcr resort during ~,
two or three years she had known ed
n. I III