The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-20
PAUL MORTON
/ DIES SUDDENLY
Eouitable Assurance President
Expires Soon After Cerebral
HemOrrhage Begins.
HE LAUGHED AT VERDICT
\ OF ALL HIS PHYSICIANS
Refused TO Believe He Was Ill,
but Was to Have Taken
Vacation.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19,-Paul Morton
Of the Equitable Life Assurance
&ociety and secretary Of the navy under
theodore Roosevelt. died of cerebra
in the Hotel Seymour tonight
He was stricken In hallway of the hote
md died an hour later without regaininl
His wife and his elder brother, JOY
we're summoned TO his bedside. but he
lied a few minutes before they arrived
His close friend y. j. Berwind. arrived
|en minutes before Mr.. Morton breathet
Lis last. but the stricken man was un-
:onscious from the moment of the stroke
md neither recognized those about him
1or spoke. The body was removed To the
1ouse tonight.
THE coroner's office Is satisfied that
Ieaih resulted from natural causes, sc
here viii be no autopsy.
Mr. Morton himself had no idea that
lis life was III danger. but his family,
lis physicians and a few close friends
new that his condition was precarious
10y Morton. after he left the room where
he body lay, gave a full account OF his
)rothers i'll health.
Presides at Meeting.
.'Pau and | took luncheon together al
Don today he said. 81 came from
4 the station. We went 10 the k,quita :
1c building, where at Paul's request
ftended a meeting of the board Of dlrec-
prs al which he presided. Then we had
fncheon toge thcr in the building and sat
ogethcr talking until perhaps 2:3o.'
FL had other business. and so had he.
Bee you al the house at or a little be-
ore. ] said and we parted. AT ; O'Clock
dropped into his office. thinking we
hight go up town together. but lie had
pa. So went on no TO the house,
vherc ! met Mrs. Morton and we drank
ea together.
III told her Paul had promised to be
ome at 6, and as il grew late she said
10Y, isn't II odd that Paul is late? He
usually so punctual.
nouth before the telephone rang. The
ufler answered aud then said:
II Mrs. Morton, the Hotel Seymour tele-
homes that Mr., Morton has just tainted.
I'VE jumped into an automobile and
7ere there in Il jiffy, Edward j. Ber-
'lnd was there before us. The hotel had
eIephoned TO the Metropolitan club. 10
'anls office and 10 several friends.
|'He was stricken on the NTH floor.
rherc he had an appointment with law
old lis that he had tainted in the hall
pay, on his way TO his friends room and
pat they had carried him into a vacant
partment.
Rejected by Physician.
"About the 1st OF last December the
gquItable got out what il called a Christ
las policy, and when everything was In
eadlncss II was suggested that 1t would
e nttlng tc make out the first policy
the name of the president Of the
pmpany. Paul was examined. and Dr.
Pells, the chief examiner Of the COM
any. rejected him
|"Of course, IL was a shock, but Paul
ever dreamed how serious was his case.
alarmed the family. however, and we
ad him so TO Chicago TO be examined.
hat. think. was about December 5.
Paul laughed at us They're only
rying 10 scare me- he said. or course.
q. Billings did not tell Paul but he did
ell me: Your brothers blood pressure
too high. lie has auto-intoXlcatlon
md then he explained that auto -intoxi-
alton Is a condition IN which the body
oes not rid itself OF the toxins it Sc
Ie diagnosed cerebral thrombosis My
ather died OF precisely similar condi-
IONS on April 27. 1902.
E.Then came to New York. to find
ut what they thought here. DR. Isaac
kdler, the family physician. told me that
SUI was suffering from kidney and
Tterial condition, indicating Brights
|iBcasc.
L"Dr. Wells told me that he had re-
ccted Paul because his tests showed
races of albumen- Your brother he
bid, is feeling The effects OF what we
all an unbalanced ration
He Ate Very Little,
. Paul was a very temperate man, He
re sparingly, drank and smoked not at
". For breakfast he would cat some :
nncheon he would sometimes eat a
uced orange and nibble at sweets. You
ee, his diet was unbalanced and his
|lood lacked some Of the elements OF
trength needed by n man that did the
Fork he did. DR.. Wells told me that ho
fould have 10 take the greatest care OF
|Imself and that he ought TO cut down
d work.
''It was his first Illness, and he re-
nsed to call himself sick. but We per-
'aded him TO take a vacation as a
usorotlcal invalid. He would have
3,led for Europe February %
.Ihis is tragic" he ended abruptly.
&c was my younger brother. the last
ns Treat him kindly. gentlemen" :"
q said- concluding his statement 10 re-
Writer'S.
Former Secretary Of Navy.
Tho death was reported 10 the coro-
Ers oiiice IN the usual stercotyped
prm. as follows;
k-Paul Morton. SO years old, died sud :
Enly az the Hotel Seymour. No. 10 West
ltty-lourth street: reported 10 coroner !;
tiiee by DR.. Pearson. 10 West Forty
Pnrtb street; occupation. railroad man /"
lrew, " any. Of the directors OF the
tNuitaole had news Of the death until
t"y were informed by the newspapers.
tank D Witherbee, n member of the eX-
Nntive committee. said;
am incNpressibly shocked, / saw
~. horton as late as 4 o'clock this aft :
moon. after the regular monthly meet =
|s OF the Equitable directors. He COM
I1alned of not feeling well. and ! urged
~ 10 take rest and vacation, never
<.sa'nlng, however that his condition
|as so serious"
NATIVE OF MICHIGAN
pen OF J. Sterling Morton, Cleveland.
ii Secretary Of Agriculture,
|DMA1iA Neb., Jan, l9.-paul Morton