The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-31
End Comes to American Finan.
cier i'm City of Rome.
Was Unconscious During His
Last Hours.
ANNOUNCED IN new YORK
Notice Posted on Office Door in
Wall Street.
Doctor Attributes Death to
Worry Over Investigation.

Rome March 31.-J. P. Morgan, the
American financier. died at five min
utes past twelve o'clock, noon, today
(6:O5 a. m. New York time.)
Dr. NJ. Allen Starr of New York,
called into consultation over ]. Pier
pont Morgan's illness. attributed the
financ:er's breakdown to emotion
caused by the investigation carried on
by the Pujo committee at Washington
into the operations of the money trust.
When the death of Mr.. Morgan was
seen to be approaching Professor Bas-
tianelIf and DR.. Dixon forced Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, his son-in-
law and daughter, and Miss Helen
Hamilton, who had been in constant
attendance, to leave the room.
Mr.. Morgan toward the end showed
he was suffering internally only by a
movement of his right hand. Other
wise he displayed no sign of vitality
except heavy breathing. Frequent bull
letins were issued during the morning
showing his condition was gradually
becoming worse and by IL o'clock the
physicians had given up hope.
Mr. Morgan was unable to assimilate
the artificial nourishment administer
ed during the morning and his physical
weakness was extreme Heart tones
were injected but these had no effect
he was in a state of coma, unable to
respond to any questions or to recog-
nize any of those at his bedside.
Unconscious to End.
One of his relatives, Mrs. Fftzsimon,
wife of the Rev. William Fitzsimon,
arrived from Cannes and was shown
into the death chamber but her pres
ence remained unknown to the dying
man.
Il oil EJ1111 1ff0T1 Txv9S
of great assistance to the physicians,
Professor Giuseppe Bastianelli, DR.. M
Allen starr and DR.. George a. Dixon.
During the. morning George Post
Wheeler, secretary. of the American
embassy, called to make inquiries on
behalf of the American ambassador,
Thomas J. .O'Brien, and was told Mr..
Morgan had collapsed and that the pa
TENTS condition had been rendered
worse by increasing deafness. From his
arrival in Rome, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
NJ. Satterlee had feared a mistake had
been made in bringing Mr. Morgan to
Rome instead of taking him direct to
London, where he would have been in
his own house instead of in a noisy
hotel, and they thought also that the
climate of Rome was too mild for a
man in his condition of i'll health Gable
dispatches from America, Great Br1-
tain and other parts of the world
Doured in all day, making anxious
INQUIRIES and expressing the affection
in which Mr. Morgan was held every
where. The ffnancier's secretary found
it impossible to reply to all the in
quiries and Mr.. and Mrs. Satterlee. ex-
pressed the desire to inform the in
nuirers how touched they were at the
manifestations of sympathy.
Mr. Morgan's condition grew worse
at 1O:45 this morning. He seemed to
have lost consciousness and did not
recognize his son-in-law and daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Satterlee. 1t was feared
the end would come at any moment.
Drs M. Allen Starr and George A.
Dixon. and Professor Giuseppe Bas-
tianeIIi, this morning examined all Mr..
Morgan's organs minutely. Artificial
food was administered besides injec
tions aiming to strengthen the heart,
calm the nerves and regulate circula-
tion.
The do tors in attendance on Mr..
Morgan expressed the opinion early to-
day that his death might be expected
at any time.
At half past eleven Mr.. Morgan's
condition was announced to have be-
come still worse. He had not been
able to assimilate the artificial nour-
ishment administered earlier in the
morning
His pulse had become more rapid
and his temperature was rising.
1t was said by his attendants that
the increased pulse and higher tenn
perature indicated some affection
which either had not been detected by
his physicians or had been kept secret
by them. At a quarter to IL the finan-
cier was still in a state of coma.
The physicians in attendance issued
the following bulletin shortly before
noon:
Mr. Morgan has faile- very rapidly
since yesterday. He is unconscious.
His temperature is 1O415; his pulse I4O
and his respiration As.
The question of his death is only
one of hours (Signed)
PROF. GIUSEPPE BASTIANELLI.
DIR. NJ. ALLEN STARR.
DIR. GEORGE A. DIXON"
Mr. Morgan's body will be embalmed
and sent to the United States A fun
eral service will be held here before
the departure of the body.