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Show GEORGE W. PERKINS, FINANCIER, DIES FRIEND OF T. R.' IS VICTIM OF BiNJSEASE Affection Believed Result of Influenza-Pneumonia Attack After War Work ITAKEN TO SANIT0RIUM ! ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO Intense and Continuous Overwork Over-work Blamed for Collapse of Noted Executive NEW YORK. Juno IS. George W. I Perkins, financier, died this morning i in the Stamford Hall sanitorlum. Slam-ford, Slam-ford, Conn. it. became known June 11 that Mr. Perkins had suffered a nervous breakdown, break-down, but members of his family did not Intimate at that time that his life ' was in danger, j Taken to Sanitarium. Mr. Perkins was takon to Stamford I about ten days ago when his son. Geo. j W. PerkhiJ, Jr., announced the change j w;as made ,tp afford his father, a com-I com-I pletc- "rest' and seclusion'1 froin hls i friends who sought him In counails I during the' poh'ticiil campaign preceding preced-ing the Chlcag'o convention. 'Tho affection-to-rt'hlcir!xrrrPCrkii1s I succumbed I a believed to have been j the result of influenza inul pneumonia contracted while serving with the Y. i M. C. A. in France during the war. Brnin Inflamed. A statement by tho dead financier's I physicians given out at Mr. Perkins' ' office, gave the time of his death as , 2:15 this morning. Death resulted j from an attack of "acute inflamma-I inflamma-I tion of the brain, the result of complete com-plete nervous exhaustion duo to ln-, ln-, lense and continuous overwork," the I announcement said. The deatli of Mr. Perkins was par-j par-j ticularly unexpected, it was said at his offices, on account of his having I recently survived a very acrlous heart I attack, after which his family and friends believed- his. constitution suf-i suf-i flclently robust to throw off the mal.-j mal.-j ady. ! It was saTd the funeral would take j place Sunday afternoon at the Rlv'er-I Rlv'er-I dale Preobytorian church in the Bronx, j The services will be private. I With Mr. Perkins at tho time of his I death were his son. Georgo W. Jr., his daughter, Mrs. Edward Freeman, and his sister. Emily Perkins. Distress over the loss of an old friend - was expresjcd by J. Pierpont Morgan when he way informed of Mr. Perkins' death. He said: "I am deeply distressed at the news i of Mr, Perkins' death. Ho was a I friend for more than twenty years ! and a very active partner for ten years." |