Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-26
President of Equitable Life AS
surance Society Dies Of Cere-
bral Hemorrhage,
IGNORANT OF HIS CONDITION
Physicians Had Warned Family
That He Was Overworked
and Ill-Meant to Take
Rest Next Month.


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new oFk' Jan I".-iauI Mortoh' presl-
dent OF the Equitable Ldre Assurance soci-
oI ana secretary or the navy upnder Theo-
dore Roosevelt dled OF cerebral heHor-
rhaee IN the iiotel seymour here Tonight
HIS wire and his elder brother, JOY, were
-, ., ...,rtor ~ so,.,n o,c,ocl, . e,'r, min.
utcs before they arrived and an hour
after hc was stricken. His close friend.
r. j. Ijcr"in. arrived few moments ear
licr, perhaps 10 minutes before he BREATH
Cd his lass, hut ID. 'Yas unconscious from
! tho moment of thc stroke and neither roc
oeuiAe1 those about him nor spoke. Tho
| coroncr's Office is satisfied that death re-
suited from material causes.
| Mir. Morton Himself had no idea that his
! life WAS in danger, bat his family, his
/ physicians and q fcW close friends knew
! that his condition was prccarous and
/ that if We did not tale care OF himself
something v'as going 80 hrca x. Joy Nor
TOW Immediately he left the room where
the body la} gave a full account Of tho
death
paul and ! took luncheon together at
noon today" me said - had come on
here from chi ago only this morning,
and pael net Inc au the station. We
went 90 the EQuitab,a buildiuG together
and attended n meeting If the board Of
directors at which inc presided. Then we
had luncheon together IN the building
ana sat together talking untn perhaps
| half past two.
Wax no pr ,to,r. 81, CRY
Il mad other business and 50 had he.
see YOU at the, house at six or little
before said and we parted. ! went on
up TO inc mouse alone where | met Mrs
morton ana we drank tea together. She
knew that Paul had promised me to be
Ia., sta ,-,.,,l, "'
isn't it odd that Paurs into TO-. ~,
ways so punctuaL' The words v.ore hard
~ out of her mouth when the telenhono
rang. and the butler brought inc nov.
that Paul had tainted on flo firm fIoo~
of the Hotel seymour We irnned into
an automobile and were there in a Hffv.
rhcy told Us that he had fainted in
NV ""I"dH' On MS way 10 Il Ia NNcr
friend room.
~" let me ten you little about
my brothers health. About the first
OF last December the Equitable got
out what it called a Christmas policy
ana ii was suggested that it would be
fitting 10 make out the first nolic,, T.,
the name OF the president of the com
pany. Paul was examined by Or
Wells, the chief examiner for the com
pany. who rejected film.
"Of course it was a shock, but Pau
never dreamed now serious was Ifs
case. II alarmed the family. however
and We had him come on TO Chicag,
to be examined by Or. Frank Billings
Paul laughed at us They're onl,
trying to scare me. I remember h,
said
BLOOD PRESSURE TOO HIGH.
"Of course Dr. Billings didn't tel
Paul all he found. bur he did toll me
q Your brothers blood pressure is to,
high.' he said. He has au,o-tntovic,.
ton And thnn he evnlafnod thot 81,
} standardization is 81 ,opditior fl, v.bt,l
the body docs nor rid itsolf of tro tov
ms il socrates and eo nol.,ns iteolf
1 In addition bo di.,,nos,d coroi,,.,
tnromhoais Nv, +otbor dtod ne ura
/, iciseI,- similar conditions
"Tben ,a1,o M, f., l,,- yo,i- 70 o,,,
- ont wba, they trou.-ht hcr. IN, lea,
= Adler the roi-iI,. .,h,si.i.,. ,,,5 w., .l,,
r Paul was e.rro-fr, fron, [ilnc,. an,