Milford chronicle., 1913-04-04
J. P MORGAN
DIES IN ROME
FlnaAGieT SuCCumhS After q
Months Illness.
He SUFFERED LITTLE PsIY

y. Pierpont Morgan. master Of
I hundreds of millions Of dollars ana
the greatest financial and commerc.a al
power in the United States. d.ed IN
his hotel in Rome MIR. Morgan
would have been seven,y-six years
old on April II.
The body Of Mr. Morgan is to be-
embamed and sent to the United.
States. A funeral service will be held
before its departure. Italian troops
will assist at the ceremonies. Il Isl
said that Mr.. Morgan has left his art
treasures to the United States govern
ment
Dr. NJ. Allen Starr, Of New York.
called into consultation in connec. .fonl
with J. Pierpont Morgan's illness. at-i
tributed the fnancier's breakdown to
emotion caused by the investigation
carried out by the PujO committee atl
Washington into the operations OF thel
so-called money trust" OF which Mr..
Morgan was considered the head.
A statement giving the full history
OF Mr., MOrgan's illness has been ca |
bled by his physicians to his son in |
New York The statement recapitu-
lates the symptoms of Mr. Morgan's |
malady since it first developed in /
Egypt 1t qualities his illness as ner-
vous prostration, but says that his in
telligence remained normal until Eas-
ter Sunday
When the death of Mr.. Morgan was
seen to be approaching rapidly, Pro
fessor Giuseppe Bastianelli and DR..
George D. Dixon forced Mr. and Mrs
Herbert L. Satterlee, son-in-law and
daughter of the fnancier, and Miss
Helen Hamilton, a niece, who had
been in constant attendance, TO leave
the room. Mrs Satterlee had been
with her father from the time he left
New York, and Mr.. Saterlee had join
ed them in Egypt.
Mr. Morgan toward the end showed
he was suffering internally only by a
movement of his right hand Other.l
wise he displayed no sign OF vitality
except by continuous heavy breath
ing.
Mr.. Morgan was unable to assimil
late nourisament artifcially admins.
tered. and his physical weakness was
extreme Heart tOnics were injected,
but these had no effect, and for sew
eral hours before his death he was in
a state Of coma. unable to respond tol
any Ques ions or TO recognize any OF
those AT his bedside.
John Pierpont Morgan was born on
April II, 1887, in Hartford, Conn, the
son of Junius Spencer Morgan.
banker. His mother before her mar
riage was Juliet Pierpont. Both Of
his parents were from Old and well
known New England families. Had
Morgan 50 chosen he might have en-
tered the ranks of the idle rich, for
his father left him s10,0O0,00O, but
his was a will to work, and work he
always did in a thorough-going. mas
.erly manner.
He was educated, first in the public
schools of Hartford. later graduated
rom the Boston English high school
md finished his studies at the Univer-
3ity OF Goettingen, Germany
He entered the banking house OF
Duncan. Sherman & Co. as a clerk in
.S57. Became United States ageni
or the London banking firm of George ]
Peabody & Co., Of which his father ]
vas a member. in 1860.
Married Amelia Louise Sturges in !
S61, who died in 1862. s
Married Louise Tracy in 1865. Had I
me son and three daughters.
Became member Of the respective
Irms of Dabney Morgan & Co. and
)rexel, Morgan & Co. in 1864 and s
S71. The latter firm became j. z "
Iorgan & Co. a
Floated bond issue of $62,OO0,0OO t
uring President Cleveland's admin S
stration. S
Organized and foated securities Of
rnited States Steel corporation 1901,
apital s1,10O,OOO.O00.
Secured American subscriptions to a
ritish war loan Of 1901, amounting d
, S5O,OOOOOO. d
Controlled $4,000 miles Of railways, O
.rge American and British ocean s.
.ansportation lines and English trac
on railways.
Gave s1,5O0,0O0 for site and build
lgs for lying-in hospital in New
ork. Other benefactions total NIL
Ons. &.
Twice won the international yacht =
ices with the yacht Columbia which 81
, caused to be built to defeat Sir
homas Lipton's challenger, the Sham IS
Ick.
Checked a disastrous panic in 1870. o'
|, personally taking hold Of the sit On
.tion and dumping millions of dol fT
rs into the New York stock ex IA
ange. a
Testified before the Pujo committee
1913 that there was no money ne
lst." and could be none.
Made famous collections Of pain
gs. bronzes and antique art, inclad
2 the famous Gainsborough pain
:. which ne later turned over to IL" Or
stropolitan Museum of Art in Ne
,rk city. 81
Bank Bandit Soon Slain. a.
Robert l. Brown. cashier Of th' ifg