The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-28
LEVY LOSES GAME
FIGHT FOR LIFE
lndomitable VIII Alone Enables ,
Him to Stavc Off Inexorablc
Fate Tor 179 Hours.
Specialists Unable TO Alleviate
Excruciating Agony in
Slightest Degree.
Especial to The rimes-Dispatch J


New York. October o7.-Isaac Levy
the retired clothing manufactures. ol
E"nsonhurst. died to-day from bichlo-
ride OF mercury poisoning. His valiant
night TO defeat the effects Of hat dead
iy drug by indomitabe will power
alone enabled him TO stuve OFF an In
cXorablc fate for l7o hours
When death came every vital organ
III his body had hcen destroyed by the
iavases Of scorching poison, but up to
within two hours Of the end hc WAS
conscious and smiling fcebly. although
unable longer TO express a wish
The last words spoken by Mr.. Levy
were Il few minutes before 10 o'clock
when he whispered To the heart broken
family gathered around his bedside.
he your natural selves Let US not
act funcrcal'
Just before this he had turned to
pr Sarnoif and said: Please do some
thing for this agony; please try"
HHp0dcrmics Injected.
Ihcrc was nothing to DO but admin
lister powerful hypodcrmic injections
OF pain killing drugs, accordinc to the
PLY sician. ami even these had no ef-
feet
Al $3.50 o'clock his temperature drop-
ped 10 -. pulse 50. ana respiration in
creased To 10. pulmonary oedcma set in.
and AZ 10 o'clock a deep coma. from
which there was no awakening. over
took him. At 1905 his heart ceased TO
beat.
For many hours prior 10 the end Mr..
Levy HAD been III cNcruciating pain.
which the specialists about him we're
unable To alleviate even to the slight
est degree. AS disintegration became
hotlccable. Mrs. Sarah Levy, his wife.
VINO Tor eight days has remained sleep
less hy his side, collapsed and was led
iroui the room III Il critical condition.
i'ut the other eleven members Of the
iahily Were there when Dr Sarnot'
turned 10 them ana said: 1T is over.
your father viii suffer no longer
ior man! hours before MIR. Levy died
there had been no manifestation that
the end was near The splendid eN-
hibition of Will power was as uoticca bls
as on the first day, eight days ago, when
he discovered that he had accidcntAIlv
swallowed :hrt! grains OF the drug
III mistake, and the doctors who held
= hr''t hurried consultation announced
mat he hadn't even one chance in n
million 10 pull through
Determines 10 Live.
Told OF This verdict. Mr. Levy re
FUSED 10 believe that modern science
would fa!i - save HIM. ana from that
moment he determined that he would
fool the physicians and recover his
health
For several Gays he was without
pain. ANA THIS fatt stimulated his cour-
age. AS the POISON was gradually all
sorhcd into tie vital organs Of the
body ahi they IN turn were destroyed.
the patient grew weaker ana less able
to move about. But even rs late as
sunday he was permitted 10 leave his
bed occasionally Everything known
To the medical profession WAS tried az
ceptinG surgical operation. which
was considered aud Abandoned Hut
ne wc;thc" ana more helpless he grew
the more determined he was 10 live
Before h: sank into a fathomlcss
coma to-day he 10 longer could see
ne could not move 10 make even n
sign lie WAS motioulcss figure
which lay With eyes staring upward
Bni cen H. that look he was smiling
u benediction on the sorrowful ones
gathered At his side lie viii hc
buried tomorrow