The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20

bral hemorrhage in the Hotel Seymour
last night. He was stricken in hall
way of the hotel and died an hour later
without regaining consciousness.
His wife and his elder brother, JOY,
were at his side Is minutes after he
was stricken, having been summoned
by telephone. The coroner's office is
satisfied that death resulted from nat
rual causes, and there will be no
autopsy.
The funeral will be held Saturday af-
ternoon at st. Thomas Protestant Epis-
copal church and the interment will be
at Woodlawn cemetery, here.
Mr.. Morton himself had no idea that
his life was in danger. but his family,
his physicians and a few close friends
knew that his condition was precarious.
Joy Morton, after he left the room
where the body lay. gave full account
of his brothers i'll health and sudden
death.
Paul and took luncheon together at
noon today" he said. Il came from
Chicago this morning and Paul met
met me at the station. We went to
the Equitable building, where, at Pauls
request, I attended a meeting of the
board of directors. at which he presid-
ed. Then we had luncheon together in
the building, and sat together talking
until perhaps half past two.
''I had other business, and so had he.
See you at the house at or a little
before 1 said and we parted. At {
o'clock 1 dropped into his office. think
ing we might go up town together, but
he had left. So I went on up to the
house where I met Mrs. Morton, and
we drank tea together
Il told her Paul had promised to be
at home at and as it grew late she
said: Joy, isn't it odd that Pau1's latel
He's always SO punctural.' The words
were hardly out of her mouth before
swered and then said: Mrs Morton, the
Hotel Seymour telephones that Mr.
Morton has just tainted
I'VE jumped into an automobile ant
were there in a jiffy. Mr.. Edward ]
Berwind was there before us. The hote
had telephoned to the Metropolitan club
TO Paul's office and to several friends
Fell in the Hallway
HE was stricken on the fifth floor
where he had an apartment with law
yer, whose name I'm not sure of. The.
told us he had tainted in the hallwa!
on his way to his friends room and tha
they carried him into vacant apart
ment.
About the first of last December. tn
Equitable got out what it called
Christmas policy, and when everythin,
was in readiness, it was suggested tha
1t would be fitting to make out the frs
policy in the name of the president O
the COmplHS. raul was examined, ant
DR.. Wells, the chief examiner for tn
company, rejected him.
"Of course. it was a shock, but Pau
never dreamed how serious was hi
case. 1t alarmed the family, however
and we had him go to Chicago to be ex
amined. That. think, was about De
cember 5. Paul laughed at us. 'They'r
only trying to scare me- he said. o
course, DR. Billings did not tell Pau
but he did tell me, Your brother bloc,
pressure is too high. He has auto-in
toxication-' And then he explained tha
auto-intoXication is a condition in whic1
the body does not rid itself of the tox
ms it secretes, and so poisons itself. ID
addition, he diagnosed cerebral throm
bosis. My father died of precisely sim
liar conditions on April 27, 1902.
''Then I came to New York to fin,
out what they thought here. DR.. Isaa
Adler, the family physician, told m
s.at Paul was suffering of a kidnt