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Show DIES IH A'HESOHT AFTER BUYING VI Son of Chicago Millionaire Conies to Ignoble End; Heart Disease Verdict. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Nathaniel Ford Moore, tho ton of James Tlobart Moore, tho financier and millionaire, died of heart disease or acute dilation, according accord-ing to the verdict of the coroner's .jury today. Moore was found dead yesterday yester-day in ,i resort conducted by Victoria Shaw, 20H Dearborn street. According to testimony given by tlic Shaw woman ami Pearl Moore, who was tlic first to discover that Moore was dead, he died vcslcrdny afternoon, but it 'was not until curly tnis morning thut the police gave out the news. Rumors that Moore bud died from the effects of drugs administered while in tho resort were not substantiated by tho evidence- at the inquest. Tho verdict ver-dict that ho died of heart disoaso met tho unanimous approval of- three physicians, physi-cians, who conducted a post mortem examination ex-amination at Moore's home on the Lake shoro drive. No Traco of Drugs. "A more thorough post mortem examination ex-amination could not have been made." said Coroner Hoffman. "It proved conclusively that Mr, Moore diud of heart disensc. Xot tho slightest trace of drugs nor poisoning could be found, nor was there an external mark of violence. vio-lence. The iutornal organs showed that Monro wis in poor physical condition." Mr. Moore had long been a sufferer from heart disease, according to W. 1?. Mygatt. a friend who lias taken charge of tlio body. "Mr. Moore bad been subject to fainting spells all his life," said Mr. Mygatt. "On various occasions while driving ho would bo s'cizod with a faiut-ing faiut-ing attack and fall from his rig. He also collapsed on a number of occasions whilo playing golf." Dr. McKenna, who had been Moore's physician for sonic timo, said that ho had treated Moore for heart disease and had administered strychnino to him on a number of occasions. Mrs. Moore, formerly Miss Helena Targo. of New York, has been in a -stale of coilapse over sinsc she was told of her husband's death. Sho has expressed ex-pressed the wish that Mooro bo buried in a purple robe. |