The Washington times., 1913-10-29
GATES DEAD AFTER
HUNT IN WYOMING
Heart Failure Takes "MiIIion-a-
Year. Spender - Doctors
Could Do Nothing.

day by the death of Charles G. Gates,
known from coast to coast as Spend
n-Million-a-Year" Gates. Gates. who
was only thirty-seven years old, was
stricken with heart failure and died
IN the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
railroad station here. With the iaem-
bers Of his party, he was about to
board train for New York
In the party with Gates were two
physicians. hut their efforts to relieve
his sluggish heart were without avail
and he died without responding to
strong stimulative treatment. Within
a few minutes from the time he was
stricken he was dead. He had been
complaining for several hours of mot
feeiing well, but his condition was not
regarded as serious. His body will be
sent East for burial.
Had Had "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 for
which Gates was noted
Gates had come West on the advice
OF his physicians. two of whom, DR..
MotherseIl and DR.. Williamson, accom-
panied him. The other members of the
party were Morrow G. Irving and John
Heisler.
hTe Gates outfit was the largest which
ever went into the big game country,
east OF the Yellowstone Park from this
place. F1fty-five horses were used to
carry the camp equipage and party and
ten guides and camp helpers We're en-
Iloyed. The party hunted in the noun
talns about Thoroughfare creek. and
Killed ten bull elk. five deer, a grizzly
bear and much other game. twenty-five
horseS were required to bring out the
meat ana heads secured by the hunters
The bag secured by the Prince of
Nonaco'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
alier the hunt was over, living in Il !
fashion which caused the simple in |
Hapltants of that section to marvel
Had Been UnweIi.
For several days before the start for |
home Gates's health was not good. But |
not until the instant of his death did |
the physicians who attended him be-
lieve that he was in serious condition.
Coroner Louis Howe stated that he die !
So
sary.
Gates, before he left for the railroad |
slauon, spoke enthusia stically of his
tl1p' and said that ne certainly would
De on hand next fall Tor another hunt
1hls Is the greatest big game coun-
ny on the globe" he saiG, and hence
forth II viii be my happy hunting
ground. I'll be back a year from now
During part of the tine the Gates
party was IN the field they could hear
TIE guns of the party Of the. Prince Of
Monaco, the first crowned head to hunt
in Wyoming. The Gates camp was
close 10 the line OF Yellowstone. Park,
the elk herds having been pushed into
mat sanctuary by earlier hunting par
ties. '-
Gates and his guides patroIIed the
park boundary, and six OF the ten elk
which they secured they killed within
ntty yards of the line beyond which the
animals would have been protected by 7,
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 in I
crates here, 1t having been Gates i'll
tention to use majority of them tc
decorate the walls Of his library. L
Charles G. Gates was a man who I
knew how TO make money and who be- II
lieved in spending it. Long before John y
w. Gates his father, died the youthful T..
broker was known from one end of the Il
continent to the other for his ski.lful {,
stock manipulations and for his disburs- !.
Ing proclivities.
He made spectacular trips in special J
trains, he was always ready with a bet
at the race track, his automobiles got -
him into much trouble but he never
worried and always said that such |
things were trifies to man who spent
a million in year for tips.
He never sought to break down the ,
impression that he was a pluggeT, but ,
he resented limitations that he was ,
nothing else When 4 report gained
currency last summer that he had been I
beaten by his father-in-law in a Min
neapolis cafe he denied il Indignantly. | I
He had just stepped off a special train !
when the reporters greeted him and /
asked him about the reported row.
OF all the miserable falsehoods ever S
orirted this is the worst" he said Il t
l8d the best father in the world, ana z
low ! have the best fatheT-in-law in
he world, and he wouldn't hit me, not G
n YOUR lie. l am only a kid, but any | \
,e:son who thinks he can lick me is at )
!berty 10 sail in right now. Although ;
m young ] am a director in twenty ;
hree corporations and they don't seem =
Able to get along without me-" ,
Liked To Go At Full Speed.
Speaking later Of his Special train he }
'aid:
When l travel l like to move. This is I
he lie Of speed. Like the Frenchman
have q penchant for getting where | l
.taTi foT and 1 like TO go fast. II L
-cn't break record it's not my fault,
. J was in the locomotive. NV time &
> worth money and | waste time on q
.Cw trains
Not that l care for money. | g;vei {
way Sl."o,VO0 in tips in year What's b
Ae U.s. CI boarding money? If you save }
money somebody Will burn it up after '
o. de. / have passion for burning /
4 my money while ] hive" ..--..
! nat "as the philosophy Of one side 0f [
.s III. as he himself expressed il, and
I = on that side that he was best
:! own 10 the general public. -I-
IN the financial world Gates was
iIpTn as a man who seemed to inherit
mach OF the shTewdness and business
,cUmen of his father The moment he
eft school he turned TO financial fields
ls the proper place for his activities.
nd Il was often said OF MIN that had he
lol geen the son Of John ". Gates, H.
would still have made a name for him
.clr
Charles G Gates was born in Turner
Junction. now q part Of CHICAGO. on
lay q 1876. When he WAS twcnIy-twoa. I.
ears old he married Miss Mary. W.
-3g4T. of ST Louis, despite the opPosi-4
ION Of her foster parents. In 1875 he,
,egan as a desk clerk 10 his father,
: no was then chairman of the board
4 the Consolidated Steel and Wire
'o.lpany.
-Four years later young Gates began
is career as partner in Baldwin, Cur
iey & Co, who were stock and commits