Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-25
SHOT BY A CRANK
st.empt Upon tbe Life Of John
w Macssy.
A BULLET IN HIS SHOULDER
The bonanza Millionaire " an Recover.
n1s A<~A~~sa Commits sais,isie--fse-
iiesed "a Have Been Insane.

sAS FEAScfsco. Feb. 24.-Ths life 4
John v Aacksy vac attempted today
- " G. kippiey al old nan sho ~as
uhsi,ahte.iis insane. and xho after al
f~1priag Nf Aaekass zssassisListlon.
t4rne'. The weapon on himself AID III
ricted a mortal ~9an1
Shortly after neon totias tao men. one
a. cid nan. vas seen waking through
tAe Lick eliss az allss passage through
tlck house from Suffer o. Pet street.
lAose a ha 1ol.er,i the two men PAID 10
particular attention % them un,i
TO shots 10 rapid s4ecesslon we're
hresl aad the m.n sha had nsel
fh~m. fte older. was seen 10 TAI
near The end II the alley The
ofi.er ate seefard % he wounded, was
Al cnce tglp,si lato nuSgy ard driver
rapidly a1ay. Whi.e the cld man lay
i...ssilhe and 0nsonscious on the street
An faurnss crowd az oncc assembled
ard tar poiiee sson arfisest Tie patrol
49, called AID The Wounded nan was
harl 80 - thr fs,eisiog hospital There
tae .h.ctor feend that the bullet had
s-netiai.-i af,ltr the heart and had
la.-sd thraazn tie hack from, under the
ssio ~ ehich it Sas extracted.
Hippi~, soon Dse-.
AZ the fiae ~ the operation the man
~As unconscious and pu.ssiess. The
aoan4 was pcsoouncrd fatal. There was
ht'ie oc the DYING mans person - inii.
cate eho ne vas. he mad IN his
pneket 3 letter addressed Ia a morning
iogs- which tte writer stated that hs
waz - - age = VAS skned ". G.
kptlrt There Nas also found upon
han a. envelope bearing the name ~
bf T. L. Lincoln. IA the hack - the
rngfIafe Nfre lae words. TIE end Is
rot sef Upon a sheet - paper under
th.. hr.sling ftcd for Reelection" were
tire ssrf,is. Paid hundred tfsy thou
saad dollar for onr sapphire - place oa
the forehead II ois wife A sufficient
anso4nt % A4gc sawed ~ least ffr hur
drei - bs Victims from ss.icid4i graves
Just think ~ ff
when Nj NaeAay reached his room
r. The hotel d. removed his garments
ksifh.,nt assistance aa3 AZ taitesi for a
tsAxs.eian Dr kfery and Dr John 4.
haree arrived aAcuf tAe same tin
After q brief examination they stated
tie wound eas not fatal The ballet
hal entered Eu..cx ihc right shoulder
and zians-d toward Tire rlght II ass :
stcEesled thar the PHYSICIANS should
delay probing for fue teiirf until AIr
Nack1s became aote composed. bat the
uoacs.rd man lsSssfed dat iae opera
tion should t~ proceeded Hlfh iulnsc
diatsly seon tftts o'clock The ply
slcians extracted The bullet
Msckay VIII Live.
Dr Morse said sh~ wound was not
necessarily fatal hat that has patient
3..s ty ~ nlcans out - danger a.,
aided that in case n gunshot wounds
there vas always fear ~ blood poisoning
or loeklaw When closely questioned
Dr Morse said Il was TOO son after the
exfraeilon ~ fcrefcii the termination of
fhr Nounsi tut th>t Nr Mackay was
resting qisieiis. shortly before 5ocle-.k
IDr August A. Dro~ssi called AZ fae
frceisln- hospital aod sdentiiied tae
li4inx mau a. " g Eippiey. ffe
sad n knew I.iprley very well.
Iie nsrd ~ come - my place every day
70 read the p.sper~ before he went down
town he dld nof cor1~ IA this morniug
as usual. srt hs seemed very mach d.ls
fres<ali ossF something a. be- passed
aiout . neioek Hr vas born in C3n-
riraaff phso. ard leaTss wife AMI
famfig there ~ ore tlnsc be- was worth
over sio0eto and m4,lg about 1900 ga
~. Cou4afaek fie came g. San Fran
ri-co aod b--xan gambling 10 stsrcxs. Ills
r.ooey son hogan - r1 and then be
cfenct a t4sh grocery store- Fhis v.r-
turs faiiesi and ttout four years acn be
vas running . bar and dining rfosa on
steanlcr sshieh plie~ between san Fran
siseo and Stoekton.
Details of the shouting
r,efsii- = The shooting snd move
a.enta q IRE man who committed he
sl sfoa rlaftiy that Il vas the deed ~ a
erack ~ insane ~ the fellow sho tried
g. h+,e ap Russell Sage. For several
days cd ttirfiey Who vas vel known
sfs'ut he ~1ssk market. where ne had
-ank al tie money n mining stick
sffeR'stiers. bad bstn nofscsd ~ tte
bsfat'ire n Pine street. and Psupef alley
- T. greatly excited ile had been
heard g. aiai'ef that ~ bad been try sng
g. 80 iebn Nsrksv fer many months
and fois tai- Mafkag shaald aot
eeesrc barn rhesc Sfo heard his
vsHstsrings psid ~ attrnficn - him "a
they did est regsrl Us tax n any ecn-
rfr4useee. Even his nfdlatig notrssd
his anneesi aefveaseese hat attributed
II e. l1se e sre<k tbs merrirx ZAP
pes ess peen IN Nonfky fnerf street
rsEerlf wafcblrE tts Netsila ftanz
seon sfisswsei he sisppe'l ever foeud
fne t.,fk hoe@s
Eiepi..y Wa sn<sae
I1~ Talraa flfr.ey sndisSly sad
H,priry hti been 81 etlssi zreat seii
.ixef hia iese - 4 tsfFr a.,.,tisf q n.s.f.e4