Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-25

DeaHh Of HE Assaiiant without Revealing
His Motives.

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His Motives.
Al was announced in . postscript edition Of
TIE STAB yesterday afternoon the life Of John
". Mackay was attempted in San Francisco by
". C. Rippsy, an old man who was undoubtedly
insane, and who, after attempting Mr.. Mackay's
assassination, turned the weapon upon himself
and inflicted . mortal wound.
Shortly after noon two mon, one Of them An
old man, were seen walking through Lick
alley-s passage through the Lick House-from
Suffer to Post street. Persons who noticed the
two men paid no particular attention to them.
until suddenly two shots in rapid succession
were fred, and the man who had fred them-ths
oldsr-was seen to fall near the end OF the
alley. The other. John ". Mackay, the
''bonanss king" who seemed to BE- wounded,
was Ut once helped into buggy and driven
rapidly away, while the old man lay bleeding
and unconscious on the street.
An immense crowd at once assembled and
the police soon arrived A patrol wagon WAS
called, and the wounded man was hurried
to the Receiving Hospital
There the doctor found that the suicidal
bullet had penetrated above the heart aud bad
passed through the back, from under the akin
Of which It WAS extracted.
conscious and pulselcss, and the wound was
pronounced fatal. There was little on the
dying mans person to indicate who he was. He
had in his pocket letter addressed to a morn
ing paper, IN which the writer stated that he
was seventy three years of age. 1t was signed
". c. Rippey. There WAS also upon him an
envelope bearing the name OF DR.. L. L. Lincoln.
On the back Of tho envelope were the words:
The end is not yet" Upon sheet Of paper.
under the heading, Food for Reelection"
we're the following words: paid $3.50. 900 FOR
one sapphire to place the forehead Of hts
Wlfc-a suffi clent have saved at least
500 Of his victims from suicidal graves. Just
think Of it,
Nh. NACKATs WOUND NOT FATAL.
When Mr.. MackAy reached his room q. tho
hotel he removed his garments without assist-
ance and waited for physician.
DR.. Keeney and DR.. John F. Morse arrived
about the same time. After brief examine
ton they stated that the wound was not fatal.
The bullet entered under the shoulder
blade and glanced toward the right. 1t was
| suggested that physicians should delay probing
for the bullet until Mr.. Mackay became more
composed, but the wounded man insisted that
the operation should be proceeded with imme-
diately. Soon after 2 o'clock the physicians ex-
tracted the bullet DR.. Morse said that the
bullet entered below the shoulder blade
and ranging slightly toward the right struck the
| vertsbre, lodging in one Of the spinous pro-
cesses DR.. Morse said that the wound was not
necessarily fatal, but that his patient was by
no means out Of danger. He added that in cases
Of Qunshot wounds there was always danger Of
blood poisoning or lockjsw. When closely
| questioned DR.. Morse said that 1t was too soon
after extraction to foretel the termination Of
tho wound, but that Mr.. Mackay was resting
quietly.
Richard v. Dey telegraphed to Mrs. Mackay
in London and young Mackay in New York
| that Mr.. Mackay had been shot, but that the
wound was not considered dangerous. After
| the VI cfiou Of ho hnlat ha uirad oil viz
the above statement Of the patients condition.
The news spread rapidly, and Mr.. Msckay had
hardly reached his room before it was bssieged
with friends, anxious to know whether his
| wound was serious. As he had not yet been
examined by Q surgeon, 1t WAS thought ad-
visable to receive no one. The assurance was,
however. sent out to his friends that he did not
consider bis wound serious. and that he was
not confined to his bed.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING.
Mackay's statement Of the affair is as fol-
lows: II was walking down Suffer street, bound
for my room to pack my vslise. as intended to
20 to Virginia City this afternoon. When
reached Lick alley I thought it would be short
cut to the hotel. had hardly taken two steps
into Lick alley when l heard q pistol shot.
paused for a moment, rather startled, for had
not seen any one in the alley when l entered it.,
| and did not at first know in which direction the
claimed. "Mr. Mackay, you have been shot, "
| and, looking up, I saw the gentleman who
| brought me to my room-Mr. Bonner--on the
| other side OF the alley.
mo. am not shot," 1replied.
"Yes, You are," he insisted. "for I SOW dust
| fly from your coat when the bullet struck you.
l put my hand around under my coat, and,
sure enough, when looked at my hand it was
covered with blood. then felt q pain in my
| back. 1t all happened in q second, and, turn
| ing half way around, saw my sssailant stand
ing at the head Of the alley, with his pistol
pointed at me. then hurried across to the
east side Of the alley and as did so saw the
| old man put the pistol, as l thought. to bis
| mouth and fire it again. He then reeled and
| feel, and continued up the alley until we
reached Mr.. Bonner's cart, and he drove me to
| the Palace.
! When Mr.. Mackay was asked il he knew the
| mon who had shot him he said: ~ never knew
| OF a man named Rippey. i had good look at
the old man who shot me, and am certain do
not know HIM. cannot give any reason for
| the assault"
TIE MAN WHO SHOT MACKAY.
Shortly before o'clock August Drossel
called at the receiving hospital and fully
identified the dying man as W. c. Rippey.
He said: knew Rippey very well. He used
| to come to my place every day to read the
| papers before he went down town. He did not
come in this morning ~ usual and he seemed
very much distressed over something he
passed. shout o'clock.
| He Was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. and leaves
| q wife and family there. At one time he was
worth over 100000. He ma le about CSC, 0o0
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