Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-01
Financier Neared His Sew
enty-sixth Birthday as
Death Overlook Him;
End Feared for Hours.
DID NOT RECOGNIZE
FAMILY AT THE END
For Several Hours Before
Death Financier Had
Been Unconscious; Mon
!. ey Probe Blamed. .sss III

Rome. March 31.--J. p. Morgan. .ths
American financier, died at five min
utes past twelve o'clock. noon. today.
(6:05 a. M, New York time.)
Some time before the noon the COM
dition OF Mr.. Morgan grow worse. He
then seemed to have lost consciousnesS
and did not recognize his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert i.
Saterlee.
The financier was unable 70 answer
questions even with signs, but hops
was not abandoned owing 10 tho
robustness of his constitution.
6lames Pujo Investigation.
DR.. M. Allen Starr Of New York,
called into consultation. attributed the
lnancier's breakdown to emotion
caused by the investigation carried ont
by the Pujo committee at washington
on the operations Of the honey trust
Doctors Mr.. Allen Starr and Geo. A.
Dixon and Prof. Giuseppe Bastianelh
visited Mr. Morgan for over an hour.
examining all his organs minutely.
Artificial food was administered IN
their presence, besides injections
aiming to engthen the heart, calm
the nerves and regulate circulate ion. u |.
I The doctors expressed the opinion
then that his death might be expected
at any time and as noon approached,
ANNOUNCED his condition to have be-
come worse. He had not been able to
assimilate the artificial nourishment,
his pulse had become more rapid and
his temperature was rising. This
indicated, it was said, some affection
which either had not been detected by
his physician or had been kept secret
by them.
Issued Health Bulletin.
At quarter to twelve the hnancier
was still in state OF coma and the
physicians issued the following bulle-
tin shortly before noon:
''Mr. Morgan has failed very rapidly
since yesterday. He is unconscious.
His temperature Is 104h: his pulse
140 and his respiration 4s.
"The question Of his death II only
one Of hours II.
When the death OF Mr.. Morgan was
seen to be approaching rapidly Prof.
Bastianelli and DR.. Dixon forced Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlec, 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
that he was suffering internally only
by movement Of his right hand.
Otherwise he displayed no sign OF
vitality except by continuous heavy
breathing.
Frequent bulletins were issued dur
ing the morning showing that his con.
dition was gradually becoming worse,
and by IL o'clock the physicians had
given up all hope
In comatose State.
Mr.. Morgan was unable to assimilats
the artificial nourishment administered
during the morning and his physlcal
weakness was extreme. Heart tonica
were injected but these had no eject
and for several hours before his death
he was in state OF coma, unable to
respond to any questions or to recog.
nize any of those at his bedside.
One Of his relatives, Mrs. Fitzsimon,
wife of Rev. VIM. Fitzsimon, arrived
from Cannes. and was shown into the
death chamber, but her presence 70
mained unknown to the dying man.
Beside the four trained nurses IN
attendance, Miss Hen Hamilton was
of great assistance to the three physt
clans, Prof. Giuseppe Bastianelli, Dr.
M. Allen Starr and DR.. Geo. Dixon.
During the morning Geo. Post
Wheeler, secretary Of the American
embassy, called to make inquiries on
behalf of the American ambassador
Thos. ]. OBrien and was told that Mr.
Morgan had collapsed and that his CON
dition had been rendered worse by In.
creasing deafness.
From the time OF his arrival IN
Rome, Mr.. and Mrs Herbert l.. Satter
lee had feared a mistake had beer
made in bringing Mr.. Morgan here IN
stead of taking him direct to London
where he would have been In his owr
house instead OF In noisy hotel and
they thought, too, that the climate ol
Rome was too mild and enervating FOL
a man in his condition Of i'll health
Receive Many Inquiries.
Cable dispatches from America
Great Britain and other parts OF thu
world poured in all day, making anxi
GUS inquiries and expressing the affec
tion in which Mr.. Morgan was held
everywhere.
The body Of the late j. Pierponi
Morgan is to be embalmed and sent Il
the United States on board ship from
Naples. A funeral service will b hele
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