Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-21
FALLS IN HALLWAY OF HOTEL
Former Nebraskn Man Passes Away
within IN Hoar AFTER BeinE
stricken-WiTe rails 60
Arrive In Time.

recognized those about him nor spoke.
The funeral will be held Saturday after
noon at 81 Thomas Protestant Episcopal |
church and the intcrmcnt will be at Wood /
lawn cemetery, here.
The coroners office is satisfied that
death resulted from natural causes and |
there will be no autopsy.
- Condition Has Been serious.
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, before he left the room where the |
body lay, gave fun account Of his /
brothers ill health and sudden death.
Paul and took luncheon together at
noon today" he said. ~ came from Chi /
cRgo this morning and Paul met me at the /
station We went to the Equitable building |
where at Paurs request, J attended meet
ing Of the board of directors at which he
presided. Then we had luncheon together
in the building and sat together talking
until perhaps 23o.
Il had other business and so did he. See
you at the house at OF a little before I
said, and we parted. At o'clock I dropped
into his office. thinking we might go up
town together but he had left. SO / went
up 20 the house where ! met Mrs Morton
and wO drank tea together
Fails Z" Came Home.
IT told her Paul had promised to be
home at 6 end Il grew late, she said
Joy. isn't Il odd that Paurs late? He's al
ways punctuaL The words were hardly
out Of her mouth before the telephone rang
The butler answered and then said: Mrs
Morton. the Hotel Seymour telephones that
Mr. Morton has just tainted
1--WE jumped into an automobile and were
soon there. Edwin j. Berwind was there
before The hotel had telephoned to
the Metropolitan club, 70 Pauls office and
TO several friends
He was stricken on the fifth floor. where
<he had an appointment with a lawyer,
4 whose name am not sure OF. They told
ps he had tainted in the hallway on his
way to his friends room and that they
carried him into a vacant apartment.
Rejected by Physician.
About the first of last December the
Equitable got out what it called a Christ
mas policy and when everything was in
readiness II was suggested that II would
be fitting TO make out the first policy in
the name of the president of the company
Paul was examined and DR. Wells. the
chief examiner for the company, rejected
him.
"of course II was a shock, but Paul
hever dreamed how serious was his case
It alarmed the family, however. and we
tAad him go to Chicago to be examined.
THAT, think, was about December S. Paul
laughed at us They're only trying to
scare me- he said. OF course DIR. Billings
did not tell Paul. but he did tell me, Your
Brothers blood pressure is too high. He
has administration And then he ex-
plained that auto-intoxication is a condl-
tion in which the body does not rid itself
Of the toxins 1t Becretes and so posons IT.
helE In addition he diagnosed cerebral
thrombosis. My father died of precisely
b@imilar conditions on April 81. 1902
Others Concur in Diagnosis.
- Then 1 came to New York to find out
/ NCghat they thought here DIR. Isaac Adler
/ She family physician, told me that Pau
/ was suffering from a kidney and arteria
/ condition. indicating Brigbts disease. DR.
Wells told me that he had rejected Pau
because his tests showed traces Of albumen
Your brother. he said, lie feeling tn,
effects OF what we call an unbalanced
cation
Paul was q very temperate man. II,
&c sparingly drank and smoked not a
ALL For breakfast he would eat sometimes
, grape fruit nothing more. For luncheon
ne would sometimes eat sliced orang
and nibble at sweets. You see his die
RRs unbalanced and his blood lacked som
Of the elements OF strength needed by
man that did the work he did DR.. Well
sold me thai he would have to take tn
greatest care OF himself and he ought L
out down on work.
1t was mis- first illness and he refused L
call himself sick. but We had persuaded hin
% take q vacation a theoretical invalid
He would have sailed for Europe on Feb
ruAry "a
This u tragic" he ended abruptly. III
was my younger brother the last of u,
Treat him kindly, gentlemen"
In the Rnteroom OF the Hotel Seymour
while Mr.. Morton was talking, stoo
Thomas Fortune Ryan. k. j. Berwind an
Theodore shonts. all OF whom had bee
summoned by telephone.
Mrs. ]. Hopkins Smith, Jr., a daughte
and her husband had Joined Mrs. Morto
upstairs,
NO Doubt as 20 Cause.
Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon said ths
- from the antecedent history and the SYM
toms there was no doubt In his mind this
death was due TO arterial sclerosis.
hardening of the walls OF the arteries, tel
ninatiug In a cerebral lesion. He though
that Brights disease was indicated. bl
there would he no autopsy.
A permit for the removal OF the body
Mr. Morton's house was granted almo
Immediately.
The death was reported by the coroner
office In the usual stereotyped form 10
lows ""' h"l 'oh' % years O'u' ole
suddenly at the Hotel Seymour, 80 We
Forty fifth street; reported to coroner
office by DR.. Pearson OF ~ West Fort
fourth street; occupation railroad man"
Few, II any OF the directors OF Il
Equitable had news Of the death until tn,
we're Informed by the newspapers FrsT
g. Witherbee, a member Of the executi,
committee, said:
II am inexpressibly shocked. / saw N
Morton as late as o'clock this afternoo
after the regular monthly meeting Of Il
Equitable directors lie complained OF n
feeling well and / urged him TO take a re
and vacation, never dreaming, howev'
that his condition was 50 serious
Relations with Insurance Company,
Paul Morton came 10 New York In ~
70 assume charge OF the Equitable Il
Assurance society. after Thomas Fortu