Omaha daily bee., 1886-06-15
SHOT DOWN In COLD BLOOD.
DR.. Mumford, Editor of the Kansas City
Times, Assaulted by Coward.
TWO OTHER PERSONS INJURED
Sens ational Revolver Practice in a
Crowded street Car-Murderous
Work ora shyster Attorney
Cause of the Trouble
An Assass,n's Revenge.

With these words w. ID. Carlisle, lawyer
of this city, at > o'clock this evening stepped
aboard Ninth street cable car and COM
mcnced firing at DIR. Morrison Mumford, edi-
tor of the Times. The scene then and there
enacted was bloody one, and came very
near resulting in one of the most sensational
tragedies ever know in Kansas City. Dr.
Mumford was seriously injured, and two
persons, a lady and gentleman, who were
sitting in front of him, were struck by
the flying bullets of Shooter Car
Isle. The cause of the trouble
was an article which appeared
in the Times yesterday morning rejecting on
the character of La awyer Carlisle and indi-
rectly another article of the same tenor pub
bished about a monts ago. Carlisle has been
brooding over the matter some time, and
when the second article appeared yesterday
he became half frantic and openly avowed
that he would kill DR.. Mumford on sight.
For several days he has been following the
object of his hate, even into and through the
Times office, but for some reason did not fire
on him until last night. The story of the
affair can best be told in DIR. Mumford's own
words.
II was about to step on the cable
car returning home" he said, "when
turning around saw Carlisle hurrying across
the street | took my seat near the side plat
form, when Carlisle jumped on, and, making
an exclamation of some Sort drew his revol-
ver and commenced firing. The first shot
fired hit me just below the left breast and
passed through to the middle making a sim
pie flesh wound. He fired one or two more
shots and then jumped off and ran around to
the other side, where he commenced to fire
through the windows. pulled my revolver
and started after Carlisle as he was running
across to Walnut street. Friends prevented
Inc from firing. AS soon as | saw that Car
Isle lad been captured l ceased to pursue
him."
The noise of the firing soon caused large
crowds to congregate on the scene of the
shooting, which was at the corner of Maine
and Delaware Streets almost in front of the
Times building itself. The excitement was
intense as soon as it became known that an
attempt had been made to assassinate DIR.
Mumford. All sorts OF rlmors were pre-
valent, according to one of which all of Car
isles victims were dead. The would-be as
sassin, as soon as he was captured, after q
blocks chase, was taken to the central sta
tion by Detective Hartley and Officer Sher-
lock.
'He ought to be hung to a lamp post" be-
was realized that Carlisle had sought
revenge by shooting at his enemy i'm a car
load of unoifending strangers If the fact
had been well established at once that Car
isle had fired the shots he would undoubtedly
have been lynched on the spot. He is now
in the central station in consultation with
his lawyer. complaint on the charge of
attempt to murder was at once filed against
Carlisle in the police court by City Editor
Phenis of the Times DIR. Mumford was at
once taken into the Times building, where
he was placed in charge of DIR. Jackson, chief
surgeon of the Wabash railway. During the
cutting and probing that followed the injured
editor preserved the GOODNESS which is his
chief characteristic. He did not vince once
and refused to be placed under the influence
of an aneSthetic.
II have been through worse things than
this" he said, as the surgeon at last located
DIR. Mumford was taken to his home, where
he is now, resting with every chance of re.
covery. The young lady who was injured
Jennie Streator, the sixteen year-old daugh-
ter of James StreatOr, q flour merchant of
this city resident at l02l Penn street She
was. sitting. two seats Ia front of DIR. Mum
ford at the time that Carlisle jumped on the
car. When the shooting opened she jumped
with the other passengers to her
feet fee Before Soweys sas eGSd 6s get ,een off
struck by two OF the bullets. One of them
hit her on the right side and being deflected
BY the corset, passed out Just above her heart.
wrist. She was taken to her home me BY W a
friend and placed under medical care. She
will recover, though her escape was mirac-
nlously narrow one She is a very, pretty
brunette and Il great favorite in social circles
here She manifested great grit all the way
through and expressed great anxiety lest her
father, who has been lying at the point of
death for two days, should be unduly alarmed
John A. Hale, gentleman who was sitting
In front of Dr. Mumtord, was the other vic
tim. A random bullet struck him on the
right cheek, within half an inch of the nos
trils, making ghastly wound. The chances
for his recovery are about even. lie isa
bookkeeper for j. L. Stoller ~ Co. cattle
firm of this city, The prisoner w. ID. Car
Isle, Is little, dark-compleXiOned man,
rather handsome in appearance lie was
very much agitated when approached by your
she IS dying this thing will Kin her her" VIE, lie
refused to talk to the reporters answering
them with the uniform expression, "Realiy,
gentlemen, you must excuse me from talk
ing"
The tragedy was the outgrowth of certain
articles published In the Times in which il
was stated that Carlisle had been unduly in
whom he had induced 10 leave her home and
live with his family, II was charged that
Carlisle, protesting TO be a christian, and a
moral. upright man had succeeded in so far
getting Miss Crute in his power that she con-
sented to take trip To California with him,
and that while abroad he had represented
himself as a retired banker and the lady as
taken not one but two trips to California
with Miss Crute, and that their relations
had not been purely of platonic
nature. 1t WAS further stated that Carlisle
had by his influence over the young lady sue
ceeded In inducing her TO place large
amount OF her money in his hands, and that
he had disposed of it for his own personal
benefit. At the time the first article was
published Carlisle was out of the city, but on
thing that had been alleged against him
Miss Crute, too, published small card in
which she held that MI. Carlisle had been a
friend In whom she trusted and who had
never betrayed that trust Carlisle has the
reputation here of being q shyster lawyer,
and II Is SAID that he has a bad record in
Chicago. He has wife and two children
the former of whom is suffering from q
nervous attack brought on by the publication
OF the scandals in the Times.