New-York tribune., 1911-01-20
PAUL MORTON
DIES SUDDENLY
Stricken As He Was Entering
Hotel to Keep Business
Appointment.
GOES WAY FATHER WENT
Brother Tells of Gradual Decline
in Health and Rejection by
Equitable Physician -.
Few Weeks Ago. = \

Seymour, At No. ~ West 45th street,
Paul Morton, president OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. and Secretary
Of the Navy i'm Mr.. Roosevelts Cabinet
from 1904 TO 1905 died there from cere-
bral thrombosis at 6.45 o'clock las.
night. Mr.. Morton was on his way to
his house, No. Si4 Fifth avenue, and had
stopped to keep an appointment with a
lawyer. who was staying at the hotel.
Mr. Morton complained Of feeling i'll.
and had To be assisted from the elevator
on the fifth floor. He became uncon-
scious and DR. Henry p. Pearson. OF No.
80 West 44th street, and DR. Charles c.
Barrows. Of No. G3 East 56th street.
were called. While they were working
over him they discovered cards and
rapers which made known his Identity
and his wife and elder brother JOY.
were summoned. They arrived a few
minutes after he had died.
Coroner Fenberg and DR.. Phillip J.
OHanlon. acting as his physician, inves-
tigated Mr. Morcon's DEATH and agreed
that it was due to natural causes. The
body was taken 10 his house.
At the hotel 1t was said that Mr.. Nor
ton had an appointment with =. L.
Kiernan, but Mr.. Kiernan could not hs
found there during the evening. It was
said that he had gone to a theatre. In
statement made TO the reporters after
leaving the room where his brothers
body lay JOY Morton said
Paul and took luncheon together at
noon to-day. I had come on here from
Chicago only this morning, and Paul met
me at the station. We went 10 the
Equitable Building together, where, at
Paul's request, l attended a meeting of
the board Of directors. at which he pre-
sided. Then we had luncheon together
in the building and sat talking until
perhaps 2:30.
Said He Would Get Home Early.
'T had other business and so had he.
See you at the house at or a little be-
| fore I said, and we parted. | never
saw him alive again. At. o'clock
dropped into his Office, thinking We
might go uptown together but he had
left before me. SO went on up 10 the
house alone, where | met Mrs. Morton,
and We drank tea together.
She knew that Paul had promised
me TO be home at o'clock or before.
and as il grew late she turned to me
| and said: Joy. isn't it odd that Paurs
late? He's always SO DunctuaL' The
words were hardly out Of her mouth
when the telephone rang and the butler
brought bad news. Mrs. Norton he
said. the Hotel Seymour telephones that
Mr.. Morton has just tainted on the fifth
! floor
I'VE jumped into an automobile and
we're there i'm A iiffy Edward J. Ber-
wind was there before us They had
telephoned TO the Metropolitan club. 10
Pgul's office and to others Of his friends.
He was on the fifth floor. where he
had an appointment with lawyer
whose name I'm not sure of. They told
us that he had tainted in the hallway.
ON his way to his fsends room. and
| that thew carried him into vacant
apartment
| "Now let me tell YOU little about my
hrother's health. About the first Of last
December the Equitable got out what It
called a Christmas policy. and when
everything was in readiness it was sug-
qested that il would be tittirs 20 make
out the first policy in the name OF tho
president of the company. Paul was ex-
smined. and Or. Wells, the chief Az
aminer for the company, rejected him.
Ridiculed Physicians Diagnosis
"Of course it was a shock, but Paul
never dreamed how serious was his case
II alarmed the family however, and We
had him come on to Chicago TO be ex-
amined by Or. Frank Billings. That
think. was about December >. Paul
laughed at us. They're only trying TO
scare me- remember he said.
"Of course. DR.. Billings didn't tell
Paul all he found. but he did tell me.
Your brothers blood pressure is too
! high he said. He has suto-intoxica-
ton And then he explained that auto
intoxication is a condition i'm which the
body does not rid itself Of the toxins It
secretes, and SO poisons itself. In ad-
dition, he diagnosed cerebral thrombosis.
My father died under precisely similar
conditions on April %. 1902
Then came on 10 New York 10 hnd
out what they thought here. Dr. Isaac
Adler. the family physician, told me that
Paul was suffering from a kidney and
arterial condition. indicating Brights
disease. DIR. Wells told me that he had
rejected Paul because his tests showed
traces of albumen. Your brother he
! said is feeling the effects Of what we
! call an unbalanced ration
III | tell you little about Pauls
habits that phrase will explain itself.
/ He was very temperate man. He ate
/ sparingly. drank and smoked not at all
For breakfast he would eat sometimes a
| grapefruit nothing more. For luncheon
he would sometimes eat a sliced orange
and nbble AT sweets You see his diet
was unbalanced and his blood lacked
some NJ the elements Of strength a man
| that did his work needed. DR. Well.
told me that ne would have to take the
greatest care Of himself. and that he
ought TO cut down on work.
Was Planning Trip Abroad.
"lt was his first illness, and he refused
Ia call himself sick, but we had per-