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

WEST PALM BEACH, June Is
While a number of the charges made
oy Anasa Flagler. Of California, re-
earning strange circumstances sur
sounoing the death Of Henry NJ. Flag
4SI To-Day are found to be substantial.
me principal accusations that codicils
were added to the Flagler will COM
oLetely changing its effect, and that
INC dy!ng man was given insufficient
mealcal attention appear to fall with
out support.
Seven codicils TO the will are not
significant Investigation into the
charges by Amasa Flagler that dark
WORK accompanied the end of his kins-
man was conducted by The Sunday
american. The stories of the Califor-
MA man that Henry NJ. Fqagler was
hept in deep seclusion until the end :;
mat 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 a be-
lated story Of tragedy-the tragedy in
the death Of Henry NJ. FTagler the
Florida railroad king. who died May
90 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 a word given out as to his
condition, from time to time.
Amasa P. Flagler, OF California,
who says he is the closest male rela-
tive of Henry NJ. Flagler, except for
Harry Hardness F1agler. a son. came
to Palm Beach while the flnanCier 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. J. 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 aggrievei
person. The fact remains, however,
revealed as a result OF Investigations
by The Sunday American, that Henry
NJ. FlaKler died in loneliness and in
enforced seclusion.
He died in a 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
t. nd
deserted since March. Through the
other window there is the sight of a
stretch Of parched grass, the beach
and the ocean.
George Conway, a boy who waited
on Mr.. Flagler during his Illness, said
to-day that the dying man kept his
ewes always on the ocean.
He loved it," said Conway. zone
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 70 what went On.
Mr.. Flagler 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.
Flagler 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.