 Over time , competition from nearby bars and Victor Morris ' deteriorating health led to the decline and fall of his enterprise . During this time , due to his worsening constitution , Morris delegated most of the bartending to his employees . Adding to the problem , nearby competitors , such as the Hotel Bolívar and the Hotel Lima Country Club , housed bars which took clientele away from Morris ' Bar . Moreover , Toro @-@ Lira discovered that Morris accused four of his former bartenders of intellectual property theft after they left to work in one of these competing establishments . In 1929 , Morris declared voluntary bankruptcy and closed his saloon . A few months later , on June 11 , Victor Vaughen Morris died of cirrhosis . 
