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Show ROCKEFELLER MAY NEVER. BE ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN Attempt to Talk Likely to Cause Fatal Laryngeal - Spasm. .KV YORK, Jan. 8. William Rockefeller will probably nTr bo able to appear a a witoeri in the finance inquiry being conducted by the Pnj0 committee at Waahiafrtoa, in the opinioo of Dr. Walter F. ( bappell, bii phyaician. The only way he eoold an-irer an-irer qurationt on tha witaesa atand would ba in writinf, for apeech mlRht remit in ntranfrnlation, ao rioui ii the condition of Mr. Rockefeller' throat, according to the phyiician ' (tatemenu published hero tudny. Dr. ( happoll practically said Mr. Rockefeller must he ailent for the remainder re-mainder of hit life. In tha Bermuda, where Mr. Rockefeller It Dow letting, he it keeping very quiet and it it declared de-clared that hi every little with ha to be written, for every effort to apeak involvei the httard ' of a laryngeal painn. "I hare come to the conclusion that Mr. Rockefeller' throat troubla i chronic." taiil Dr. Thappell, "and that he mutt subject himself to 'lllent treatment' for the remainder of his cluy. This is not a new treatment, but simply means a rest cure for the larynx. It niutt be remembered that Mr. Rockefeller is past 70 year old, and in my opinion he will never ba physically able to appear on a wltnets stand, in fact probably not even for a written examination. his hands tremble so that it is difficult for him to writ legibly. |