Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-20

only trying to scare me, he said OF
course, DR.. Billings did not tell Paul
but he did tell me, Your brothers
blood pressure Is too high He has
auto to-lntoxication. And then he ex-
planned that auto-ntoxication IL a
condition In which the body does not
rid itself of the toxins II secrets and
so poisons itself, In addition, he
diagnosed cerebral thrombosis, My
father died Of precisely similar dis.
eases April 81, 1909
''rhen | came to New York to find
out what they thought here Or.
Isaac Adler, the family physician.
told me that Paul was suffering from
a kidney and arterial condition, lndi-
eating Bright's disease.
"Dr. Wells told me that he had
rejected Paul because his tests show
ed traces Of albumen. Your brother,
he ssld, rs feeling the effects Of
what we call an unbalanced ration
DR.. Wells told me that he would
have to take the greatest care Of
himself and that he ought to cut
down on work
1T was his first illness. and he re-
fused to call himself sick but we
had persuaded him to take vaca-
ton as theoretical invalid He
would have sailed for Europe on
February 22.
This Is tragic" he ended abrupt
~. "He was my younger brother,
got Of a
gentlemen"
In the ante-room OF the Hotel
Seymour while Mr.. Morton was talk
Ing stood Thomas Fortune Ryan, n.
j Berwind and Theodore Shonts, all
of whom had been summoned by
telephone Mrs. J. Hopkins Smith,
jr.. daughter. and her husband, had
Joined Mrs Morton upstairs.
Coroners Physician O'Hanlon said
that from the antecedent history and
the symptoms there was no doubt IN
his mind that death was due to ar
terlal schlerosis. hardening of the
walls of the arteries, terminating In
n cerebral lesion. He thought that
Bright's disease was Indicated, but
there would .be no autopsy per-
nit for the removal of the body to
Mr. Morton's house was granted al-
most Immediately
Few. II any of the directors of the
Equitable had news Of the death un-
iii they were Informed by the news
papers. Frank s. Witherbee, q
member Of the executive committee,
said
II am inexpressibly shocked. 7
saw Mr.. Morton as late as 4 o'clock
this afternoon after the regular
monthly meeting OF the Equitable d.
rectors. He complained of not feel
ing well, and I urged him to take n
rest and vacation, never dreaming,
however, that his condition was 80
serious"
Mr.. Morton came % New YORK IN
/ o05 to assume charge of the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society, after Tho
mas Fortune Ryan had bought con-
troll from James Hazen Hyde and was
seeking an able man OF commanding
reputation to repair the damage done
by the disclosures Of the Armstrong |
j. Pierpont Morgan In
turn bought control from Mr. Ryan IN
December 1908. obtaining b02 out Of
The total OF 900 shares for a price
that has never been disclosed. one
Df the first moves OF Mr.. Ryan to So
Ilclt public confidence was to place
his stock In the hands of a voting |
trust consisting OF Grover Cleveland. |
Morgan ]. ORrlon and George West
nshousc. The trust expired In June,
900. and the surviving members de-
ndcd to turn over control 10 Mr.
Morgan.
II became generally known soon
hat MIR Morgan was seeking a plan
o mutualize the society and dstri-
,ute among the policyholders In the
orm OF deferred dividends It's huge
Issets. which In the statement Of 1909
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