New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-29
Heart Failure Kills "MilIion-a-
Year" Spender in Railroad
Station at Cody,
Wyoming.
WAS COMING TO NEW YORK
Death Came in a Few Minutes
After He Was Stricken
Had Been Hunting
Big Game in the
Wilderness.
fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune ]

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Cody. Wyo., Oct 2S.-A week Of rev.
elry. following a hunting trip in the
big game country, was ended this af-
ternoon by the death OF Charles g.
Gates, known from coast to coast as
"Spend a Million "a Year" Gates. Gates,
who was only thirty-seven years old,
was stricken with heart failure and
died in the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy Railroad station here. With
the members OF his party, Gates was
about to board a train for New York.
In the party with Gates were two
physicians but their efforts TO relieve
his sluggish heart were without avail.
land he died without responding TO
strong stimulative treatment. Within
few minutes from the time he was
stricken he was dead. He had been
complaining all morning Of not feeling
we'll. but his condition was not re-
garded as serious. His body will be
sent East for burial.
Gates Had a Good Time
Gates and his companions came TO
Cody week ago, after thirty-three
days spent in the Wyoming wilds. They
registered at a rustic lodge on the road
TO Yellowstone Park and divided their
time between there and Cody. having
one of the typical good times tor
which Gates was noted.
on his return from his hunting trip
Mr.. Gates spent more than $1,000 buy
ing fur coats for friends. He gave hls
chauffeur $1,000 and presented his
guide on the trip with $4,000 in cur
rency.
4 few hours before his death Mr..
Gates said he had just made big turn
on the Chicago Board Of Trade ana
that ne expected TO spend S'hVo be-
fore leaving Cody.
Gates had come West on the advice
of his physicians. two Of whom. Dr.
Mothersel and Or. Williamson. accom-
panied him. The other members Of the
party we're Morrow G. Irving and John
Hesler.
The Gates outfit was the largest
which ever went into the big game
country, east OF the Yellowstone Park,
from this place. Fifty-five horses were
used TO carry the camp equipage and
party and ten guides and camp helpers
were employed. The party hunted in
the mountains about Thoroughfare
Creek. and killed ten bun elk. five deer,
n grizzly bear and much other game.
Twenty-Five horses were required TO
bring out the meat and heads secured
By the hunters.
The bag secured by the Prince Of
Monaco's party recently was small in
comparison. Gates was charmed with
the Wyoming mountains and was loath
10 return to civilization. He and his
companions fingered on at the lodge
after the hunt was over. living In a
fashion which caused the simple In
Ihabitants Of that section to marvel
Gates Had Been Unwell.
home Gates's health was not good.
But not until the instant OF his death
did the physicians who attended him
believe that he was in serious condi-
ton. Coroner Louis Howe stated to-
night that he did not consider an in
quest on Gates necessary.
Gates, before he left for the railroad
station, spoke enthusiastically OF his
trip. and said that he certainly would
be on hand next fall for another hunt
This is the greatest big game coun-
try on the globe" he said "and hence
forth IL will be my happy hunting
ground. I'll be back a year from
, now."
During part of the time the Gates
party was in the field they could hear
the guns OF the party of the Prince OF
; Monaco. the first crowned head to hunt
in Wyoming. The Gates camp was
close to the line OF Yellowstone Park
the elk herds having been pushed into
that sanctuary by earlier hunting
, parties
Gates and his guides patroled the
park boundary. and six OF the ten elk
which they secured they killed within
fifty yards of the line beyond which the
animals would have been protected by
the United States law.
Gates appeared to consider this out.
; whiting OF the elk great sport. The
heads Of the elk and deer which Gates
and his companions secured are ir
crates here, 1t having been Gates's In.
: tention to use a majority Of them T.
: decorate the walls of his library
Charles Gilbert Gates. son OF "Bet-You
a-Million" John w. Gates, and heir L
a large fortune, was one OF America!
E greatest and most picturesque spenders
4 The mania for speed which impelled hin
to ride only in special trains, at man,
thousands ride. and brought him st
often before magistrates to explair
, lightning day and night trips in racing
automobiles, extended to his activities IN
every scene OF gayety, from Paris to Sar
| Francisco.
e Gates was born in West Chicago in 1876
{ He was sent to private schools in th'
D Middle West. and began his business
T career there, but his activities outsid
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