Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
MORGAN BODY TO us.
REMAINS OF LATE FiNANclER
WHO DIED AT ROME TO BE
SHIPPED HOME.
MONEY PROBE CAUSED DEATH
Or. NJ. Allen Starr Attributes the Mag.
mates Breakdown to Emotion
Caused by the Inquiry Carried On
by Pujo Committee.

Rome, Italy, April III Pierpon
Morgan, the American financier, dice
at the Grand hotel at 1905 p m. He
had been confined to his bed there
since Easter Sunday.
The body is TO be embalmed ant
sent to the United States on boarc
ship from Naples. A funeral service
will be held here before its departure
When death was seen to be APP
preaching rapidly Prof. Giuseppe Bias
tianelli, DR.. G. A. Dixon and DR.. NJ
Allen Starr, the noted New York spe
cialist, forced Mr.. and Mrs Herbert l.
Satterlee, his son-in-law and daugh
ter, and Miss Helen Hamilton, who
had been in constant attendance, to
leave the room.
Mr.. Morgan toward the end showed
that ne was suffering internally only
by movement Of his right hand. 9th
erwise he displayed no sign of vital
ity except by continuous heavy breath
ing.
Long in a State of Coma.
Frequent bulletins were issued dur
Ing the morning showing that his con
dition was gradually becoming worse
and By eleven o'clock the physicians
had given up all hope. Mr.. Morgan
was unable to assimilate the artifi
cial nourishment administered durins
the morning and his physical weak
ness was extreme. Heart tonics were
injected, but these had no effect. and
for several hours before his death ht
was in state of coma. unable to re
spond to any questions or to recognize
any of those at his bedside.
One of his relatives, Mrs. Fitz ST
mon, wife of the Rev. William Fit;
Simon, arrived from Cannes and was
shown into the death chamber, bu
her presence remained unknown Il
the dying man.
Besides the four trained nurses II
attendance, Miss Helen Hamilton wa:
OF great assistance to the three ply
sicians.
American Secretary Calls.
During the morning George Pos
Wheeler, secretary Of the American
embassy. called to make inquiries OF
behalf of the American ambassador
Thomas J. O'Brien, and was told tina
Mr., Morgan had collapsed and that hi
condition had been rendered worse b!
increasing deafness. From his arriva
In Rome Mr.. and Mrs. Satterlee feared
a mistake had been made In bringing
Mr.. Morgan here instead of taking hin
directly to London. where he woul'
have been in his own house instead o
in a noisy hotel, and they thought, too
that the climate of Rome was too mil,
and enervating for man in his con
dition OF i'll health
Inquiries From All Parts OF the World
Cable dispatches from America
Great Britain and other parts OF tn,
world poured in all day, making anx
ious inquiries and expressing the al
lection in which Mr.. Morgan was hel,
everywhere. The financier's secretar,
found it impossible to reply to all tn,
inquiries and Mr.. and Mrs. Satterle,
expressed the desire to inform the in
quirers how touched they were at tn,
manifestations of sympathy they hat
received.
Attributed to Money Trust Worry.
DIR. Starr attributed the financieri
breakdown to emotion caused by thu
investigation carried on by the Pujt
committee at Washington into the Oh
erations of the money trust"
Market Not Affected.
New York, April 1.-The stock mar
ket bore up we'll under the news o
Mr.. Morgan's death. Opening price
showed declines which in almost n,
case exceeded point. Supporting OF
ders rallied the market quickly Trad
ing showed no evidence of nervous
ness.
Firms New York Offices Close.
New York, April III. Pierpont MOI
gan is dead. He succumbed at 1870
p. m. (Rome time). This announce
ment was made by the Offices of j. F
Morgan & Co. The Morgan offices a
the corner of Broad and Wall street
are closed. On the front doors Is thi
notice:
u. p Morgan died at Rome, Italy
1905"
Henry p Dawson, member of tn
house, made the announcement o
death. He said merely that he ha
received a cable that the financier ha
passed away shortly after noon, MI
Dawson had planned to go abroa
some time this week, but II is though
probable that this trip will be posi-
poned.
J. p. Morgan, Jr., Says Little.
Please don't speak to me now,
was the request of J. Pierpont Morgan
of the small army OF newspaper me
who greeted him when he left hi
home in Madison avenue. Mr.. Morga
was bound for the home of his mother
few doors away.
Had an Attack in New York.
Coincident with Mr.. Morgan's deaf
1t became known that he had su.
tanned serious attack before his d,
parture for Europe, but rallied so raj
idly chat 1t was not considered for,
runner to fatal illness and was know
only TO his most intimate friends.
For many years Mr.. Morgan spent
considerable portion of his tim
abroad, but on this trip for the frs
tip,a he cayarad oonpaoffnv ,,,;th -,