The evening world., 1911-01-20
No Explanation of How Equi-
table President Came to
Be at the Seymour.
DIDN'T KNOW KIERNANS
Lawyers Wife Declares Neither
She Nor Husband Was a
Friend of Dead Man.

Society. who died very suddenly las,
evening on an upper floor OF the Hote
Seymour at No. " wset Forty-nftt
street. vas further complicated to-day
when Mrs. Pail L. Herman made q
statement over the telephone to ar
Evening Word reporter.
In the accounts given out by the ON.
ciatins Coroner. by the hotel managc-
ment. and by friends n relatives of the
dead fnancier It was stated that Mr..
Morton had gone to All q business ap-
pointment at the Seymour with Mr.. Paul
l.. kiernan. who IL q well-known lawyer,
with offices al No. la Broadway. II
was In the immediate vicinity Of q suite
which the Herman family Il said to
have vacated a scant two hours before
that MI. Morton appears to have been
found unconscious on the floor by a
maid some time after 6 o'clock.
In the telephoned interview with the
Evening World Mrs. Herman, who had
refused to be seen by reporters. said
with all tho p~osttiveness that she could
Impress into her words:
Didn't Know Him.
Neither my husband nor myself
knew Mr.. Paul Morton, and I am al
soluteIv nos,tIva ~, NJ 49,. ....,
not have had an appo,n.n.,t Gov Az.
O'clock or for anv hour with nv hu..
band. because At four o.c,ocr v..,.a.,
afternoon Mr.. Herman left on the
Twentieth Century Limited for Chicago.
ing. To my knowIeave 7 n.v~r o. AZ.
Morton in my life. and I nsvar haar I'd
his ms manttonaa as, ~, $780,.
There must be some mis,ake"
News Of his death was the nr., init.
nation to friends that Mr.. Morton 9
state of health was such that he was re.
fused a policy In his own company In
December, and that he had planned .
trip to Europe with his wife. saiIins
Feb. 22. to take treatment abroad.
II was about . o'clock, according 10
the best recollection Of his office stan
when mr' Mortoh iert the EQUITABLE
n'iiuihs o"wh'o"h. Az o O'CLOCK he
VAS" '" ooo'"shihs shop or u. F.
icy at w. oOs rHtn avenue being
nea'uieu = some SHOES MT. Ceely
"as pos'''e .o-uas 'hat MI morton,
~no seehheu 'heh IN excellent health.
ieit ;" '"e' 'us' ~oou' hVe minutes
pas'
IL Inns recoIiecuon OF MI. Ceely's Is
eorree.. mr. morton must have gone
uiree'iy 10 tne seymour Tor he is said
10 nave reaeheo there shor'y after 8
O'CLOCK MS death occurred At S.%6. an
hour' approximately AFTER the fatal
seizure came upon him. The cause
was gwen IA u pursuing OK an artery
IN the oraih'
MI Morton was not seen TO arrive At
the hotel, and went up to the nth floor
u-nannounced. A maid found him, an.
parently In a faint. IN the hallway of
suite No. 30. which was a suite Mr..
had vacated at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. Hotel attaches removed him
TO the vacant suite. called a doctor and
notified his family and friends.
Dead When Family A,rIv.d
III. FAMILY, u,.. ..,.,.
his arrival n dInn.. 80 .'nns
message ,old ,ban ~. has ,as..pn
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only friend 10 reach Tho s,r,cS.n m.u;s
side before he di.d m. ,.mu,, .o,
,hers iust af,ar n. d,.,
To the family ,b. ,ac. ,h.. AZ, u,r-
ton was in = ssriou. condiron 80,
cally was we'll known aIthm,vh H.
Morton himself declined 70 ADMIT Oh.
possibility of such a thlns. The ara,
of December his application for . mi.
Icy In his own company was rsiected
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