Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

'A AIM BEACH, June Is
while number of the charges made
ny Amasa Flagler, Of California. re-
saralng strange circumstances sur
Tounolng the death of Henry NJ, Flag
Ier to-day are found to be Substantial
the principal accusations that codicils
we're auoed TO the Flagler will, COM
oIeteiy changing its effect, and that
IiiC uStns man was given insufficient
medical attention. appear to fall with
out support.
seven codfcils to the VIII are not
signlhcant Investigation into the
charges by Amasa F1agler that dark
work accompanied the end of his kins
man was conducted by The Sunday
american. The stories of the Califor-
MIA man that Henry NJ. FIagler was
Kept IN deep seclusion until the end;
Lhal visitors, including himself, were
refused admittanCe; that the most
rigid privacy shrouded every detail Of
the railroad kings illness-all are
FOUND to possess a substantial basis
of fact.
Palm Beach, deserted, boarded up.
uncanny in its summer desoiation. to-
day furnishes the setting for be-
lated story of tragedy-the tragedy in
the death Of Henry NJ. F1agler. the
Florida railroad king, who died MAY
20. 81 years old, his brain worn out.
Built Empire;
Dies in Seclusion.
The story is how man who had
built an empire came to die in seclu-
sion on a deserted island, attended
by unskilled nurses, denied to visitors
and some of them his kinsmen-and
with never word given out al to his
condition, from time to time.
AmaSa p Fla plpr Of California
who says he is the closest male rela-
tive of Henry NJ. Flagler, except for
Harry Hardness F'lagler, a son, came
to Palm Beach while the financier was
dying and was refused a sight of him
To-day he is talking freely to news
paper men. limiting at mystery in the
death of Henry NJ. F1agler charging
that the great railroad man was not
given the proper treatment or care,
and that Mrs. Flagler, ]. B. PARROT
and DR.. w. r. keenan,, the three
who were practically alone with him
toward the end, and who, he points
out were the beneficiaries under the
will kept visitors away purposely.
Amasa P. Flagler, according to the
variety of opinions maintained by res
idents of Palm Beach. is anything
from a faker to a justly aggrieved
person. The fact remains, however,
revealed as a result of Investigations
by The Sunday American. that Henry
NJ. Flagler died in loneliness and in
enforced seclusiOn.
He died in small room of a frame
cottage on the Atlantic beach, to
which he had been moved some time
before the end. From one window is
to be seen The Breakers" his own
great hotel. 1t has been locked and
deserted since March. Through the
Z L., fnhA 1F
stretch of parched grass, the beach
and the ocean.
George Conway, a boy who waited
on Mr.. F1agler during his Illness, said
to-day that the dying man kept his
eyes always on the ocean.
He loved it," said Conway. "One
time. not long before the end, he said
to me: George, there is the greatest
thing in the world pointing out at
the sea IF there ever comes a time
when you would be proud Of yourself
and of what you have done, think
about that ocean. There is something
greater, more wonderful than any
thing a man can ever make or be-
come. Railroads and cities are moth
ing But a lot of the times he was
not conscious to what went on"
Mr.. F1agler was moved to the beach
cottage from his mansion, White
hall" when summer began to set in
at Palm Beach. He was moved at
the combined orders of his physician,
DR.. W. r. Keenan,, and Mrs. Flagler.
DR.. Keenan, is Mrs. Flagler's brother
Because has was moved Amasa P
F1agler finds the basis for a denun
citation of those who took care OF
him, declaring that his kinsman was
taken TO the empty beach cottage
that he might be more securely iso-
lated.