, 1886-06-15
A SHOOTING ARRAY.
Lawyer Carlisle Attempts the
Life of DR.. MumfOrd.
A Pretty Girl and $l5O,OOO
the Cause.
Large Fire and Loss of Life in
Chicago.

KANSAS CITY, June IA sensational
shooting ARRAY occurred shortly after 5
o'clock this evening at the cornerof Ninth
and Main streets in this city, in which
DR.. Morrison Mumford, proprietor of the
Times, and two other persons were shot
by w. A. Carlisle, an attorney of this city.
The locality is known as the Junction y
where Main and Delaware streets unite
and the Ninth street cable cars receive
and discharge the greater portion OF their
passengers. DIR. Mumford, accompanied
bya gentleman friend. had come from
the Times building to take a car going
east. DR.. Mumford entered the car, which
was about comfortably filled with tpeople.
He was about to take a seat near the
door, when Carlisle, who had been stand
ing near the First National bank building,
a few feet away, came to the platform of
the car, drawing a revolver, and spoke to
Mumford, saying: you have traduced
my wife and | will kill you
At the same moment Carlisle began
firing at Mumford, who was but three feet
distant. A ball struck Mumford in the
side, glancing from a rib and lodged under
the skin, Just below the breast bone. Car
Isle quickly fired again, the ball cutting
his intended victims coat and striking
Miss Jennie Streeter, a girl l6 years Of
age, who occupied the next car. DIR.
Mumford then stepped forward, trying
meanwhile to draw a revolver. Carlisle
stepped into the street on the south side
and began firing through a window, one
ball striking a passenger named John
Hale in the face. Alter firing five shots
in rapid succession, Carlisle started to run
around the forward ear attached to the
other one, and was seized by the officers.
Mumiord stepped down to the pavement
on the north side with his drawn revolver.
The latter. who was thought to have been
fatally wounded, had trie1 to shoot,
but had not been able to free
his weapon. MumforI called to the
officers to let Carlisle go and
give him a chance, but the bystanders
interiered and persuaded the doctor to
give up his weapon. He was taken to DIR.
Jackson's Office in the Times building add
Joining, where the bullet in his breast wa
extracted and the wound dressed, after
which he was removed to his house. Car
Isle meanwhile was conducted down
Main street, followed by an angry crowd.
His action in shooting unfortunately in
to the throng, aroused the greatest indig-
nation, and threats of violence were heard
on all sides. At Seventeen street the
prisoner was put in a carriage and hurried
to the police station.
DR.. Mumford, who remained cool and
collected throughout the affair, is resting
well to-nlght, and will soon recover. Car
Isle is at the police station in custody.
The trouble originated in the publication
by the Times of charges against Carlisle's
professional and moral character. On
May 10 last the Times published an ac-
count of a trip to California by Carlisle
and Miss Sallie Crute, a young heiress to
a fortune of $3.50, 900, on which occasion
the young lady travelled as Carlislc's
niece. This was in March. A second
trip was made later, Mrs. Carlisle and
their three children meanwhile remaining
at home. In their connection the Times
charged that Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle
enticed the girl from her mother, Mrs.
Joseph Hendrickson, and kept her at
their house for the purpose of getting her
money away from her; that Carlisle had
obtained from her, as his ward, unlimited
power of attorney to control or dispose Of
her property.
1t was also minated that Carlisle had
taken improper, if not criminal, liberties
with the girl. Carlisle made a denial of
these charges in print, but did not bring
any libel suit, as he was requested to do
by the paper. lie isl prominent member
of the Methodist church, with which Miss
Crute is also connected. Some talk of
| church action was heard, but nothing has
been done in the matter. Carlisle several
times of late threatened Mumford's life,
but had not before attempted il.