The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-21
The House That Morgan Built-No. s
  The MOrgans, Men Of Mystery
EDITORS NOTE: This e the nffh of six stories on tbe House 0f Morgan. soon tO be subjected to gcnat0rlnI 4nquiry.
BY WILLIS THORNTON MIA kerNicc WFlieF

NlsA berttce writer
 New York, April 21-in the somewhat rusty section of Madi- son avenue where It climbs the gentle slope of Murray Iilli, there stands n three-stOry stone house. solid, massive. but nowhere near as magnificent as many newer New Of !. r. Morgan.
 At the next corner stands a still smaller, dun-colored stone house that was formerly the Morgan home, and adjoining this on 36th street is a small gem-like marble art gallery. Practically the whole block has been bought by Morgan to protect the surroundings of the art gallery, which he has opened tO tho public. Morgan, as president of civic association, works hard to prevent encroachmcnt of trade on old Murray Hill. That struggle is like the one he carries on In banking to prevent the public from encroachIng on what he considers his private business.
 Few notice the Morgan homes, 50 dusty and old-fashioned. But If you should observe. you would prob ably note a couple of men lounglng about the stone baluBtrade that leads np to the front door. They arc guards. and they are part Of the price of being J. r. Morgan.
 You would find them also at the great rambling country house on Matinicock Point, near Glen Cove, Long Island, Ut the lowered Wall Hall in Hcrtfordshlre, England. or at the small modern brick house in Grosvenor Square, London, should his beautiful black yacht, corsair. have carried him there.
 The Corsair is the newest of a long succession of Corsairs built for tho Morgans, who have been yachtsmen and oarBmen for three generations.
 Two Attempts at Murder
 The guards arc no uBeleBB show. There iB actual physical danger in being head of the House of Nor gan. and the present incumbent haB met it at least twice, without fear. in 1915, a madman forced his way into the Glen Cove home and con- fronted the Hnancicr with T. waver- ing automatic. Morgan did not finch. Iie advanced with all his six feet and nearly 200 pounds upon the intruder. who fired. Shot through the right leg and abdomen Morgan staggered, braced himself, and lunged at the assassin. He flung his aBsailant to the floor and held him until help came.
 Five years later, il bomb intended 10 kill him exploded outside The Corner in Wall Street. Windows crashed in, iron gratings buckled inward, dust of debris filled the air. It was Morgan who stepped coolly to the shattered doorway and steadicd the office by his icy nerve.
 This cold contempt for danger iH part of the Morgan tradition. By heritage, upbringing and cxperi- ence, Morgan is an aristocrat.
 Indifferent tO Public
 He believes honestly that his huge bank is his business. none of tho public'g. He hates all news- papcrmen, especially cameramen. Yet when he went aB American representative 10 the Preparations Conference, he posed docilely for pictures. talked rather freely. That was public business.
 This is il man who did not hcsi- tate 10 sell his fathers art collec- lion at the Metropolitan when he inherited if, and felt he owed no "DIi DI hIH"'i Io AIit IptA'i VI 'h'~ eisrn that followed. Only years later was 1t learned that he actual ly needed the cash. This Is Il man who likes to potter among his prize tulips, to discuss Coptic m0nu- scripts with the Pope. A man who rcveres the memory Of his father with almOtl AEiatic devotion. A man essentially bookish and retir- ing by nature, yet who found it his job to carry on the Morgan in- terhBts and name, and who ihetc- fore did go, in billions where it had been millions. A man always deep- ly devoted to his family, and who retired even more 10 hlmBelf when hia wife died of lingering sleeping sickness. A fDnu who has taken care of himself physically, and whG nt GG retains vcgtiReB of athletic schooldayg at Grotop and Harvard. 4 faithful land dominant member of tho Protestant Episcopal church, and Il man rIgidly faithful 10 hit principles.
 And those principles? Since one of the first of them is "to keep out Of the newspapers" little has come from Morgan directly, But in T