The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
PAUL MORTON DROPS
 DEAD IN NEW YORK Life Insurance Official Is Vic
 tim of Disease HAD VERY WEAK HEART Morton's Brother Tells of Omciars All @ ments and Says He Bed Beec
 Suffering a Very short
HAD VERY WEAK HEART

New York, January 19-Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assur- ance society and Secretary of the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt. died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the Hotel Sey- mour here tonight. His wife and his elder brother, Joy, were summoned to his bedside. but he was dead at 6:45 o'clock, a few minutes before they ar rived, and an hour after he was strick- en- His close friend. E. J. Berwind, ar rived few minutes earlier, perhaps 10 minutes before he breathed his last, but he was unconscious from the mo- ment of the stroke and neither recog- nized those about him nor spoke
 The coroners office says that death resulted from natural causes and there will be no autopsy.
 Mir 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 and that if he did not take care of him. self. grave results would follow.
 Joy Morton immediately after he left the room where the body lay gave a full account of his brothers i'll health and sudden death.
 Lunch With Brother
 Paul and I took luncheon together at noon today" he said. T had come here from Chicago only this morning and Paul met me at tho station. We went to the Equitable building togeth CT, where at Paul's request I attended a meeting of the board of directors, at which he presided. Then we had luncheon together in the building and sat talking until perhaps 2:30.
 T had other business and so had he. See you at the house at or a little before,'fI said. At o'clock dropped into his office. thinking we might go up town together, but he had left. I went up to the house alone, where I met Mrs. Morton and we drank tea together
 She knew Paul had promised me to be home at 6gor, before, and as 1t. grew late she turned and said. Joy, isn't 1t odd that PauPs late? He's always so punctual,' The words were hardly out of her mouth before the telephone rang, and the butler brought bad news. Mrs. Norton he said, the Hotel Seymour telephones that MT. Morton has just fainted.' eatf
 We jumped into an automobile and were there in jiffy. Edward J. Der wind was there -ihefore us. They had telephoned to the Metropolitan club to Paul's office and to other friends
 He was on the fifth floor, where he had an appointment with lawyer OF whose name I'm net sure. They told us that he had tainted in the hallway, on his way to his friends room, and that they carried him into vccant apartment.
 Rejected for Policy
 About the first of last December the Equitable got out what it calls Christi mas policy and when everything was In readiness it was suggested that 1t would be fitting to make out the first policy in the name of the president of the company. Paul was examined by Dr. Wells, the chief examiner of the company who re- jected him A
 "Of course. 1t was shock, but Paul never dreamed how serious was his case It alarmed the family, however, and we had him come on to Chicago to be exam ined by pr. Frank Billings. That, I think, was about December D. Paul laughed at us They're only trying to scare me- remember he said. Of course. Dr. Bit lings did not tell Paul what he found, but he did tell me Your brothers blood pressure is too high,' he said. He has autointoxication, and then he explained that autointoxicatton, is a condition in which the body does not rid itself of the 3 SCONTTNUHn ON RAGH pA