The age-herald., 1902-05-09
FORMERS MIND SUPPOSED TO
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AVEW YORK, May S.-Paul Leices- E ter Ford, the novelist, was shot \ " and killed today. by his brother Malcolm Webster Ford, writer and ath- lete, who immediately sent a bullet into his own breast, dying instantly. The shooting occurred at 10:20 a. m. in the handsome new mansion which Paul Leicester Ford had built at 37 East Sev- enty-seventh street and had occupied for about a year.
 At the time of the shooting there were in the house, besides the two brothers, Mrs Paul Leicester Ford, Miss Elizabeth R. Hall, the novelist's secretary, and the servants. The novelist was sitting at his desk in one corner of his library large attractively appointed room at the back of the house on the second floor. It Is supposed he was busily engaged at some literary task Miss Hall was at her desk In another corner of the room, about thirty feet from MT. Ford Mrs. Paul Leicester Ford was in her room at the front of the house on the third floor
 Malcolm Ford called as he had often done, and went to his brother at his desk Words were exchanged in a tone so low that Miss Hall could not hear what was said, though she says that possibly she might have distinguished the words if she had been paying any attention to this particular meeting of the brothers. Sud denly there was a revolver shot and MISS Hall jumping up, darted from the room. Then, according to the statements or the Then, according to the statements of the must act more bravely and re-entered the library.
 Fired Revolver at Heart.
 Meanwhile Malcolm Ford had called her As she turned towards him he placed his revolver to his heart, fired and fell, dying instantly.
 When Miss Hall turned to look at Paul he was still standing at his desk but rapidly losing strength. She helped him to sofa and then ran next door for MT. Paul Fords physician, Dr. Emanuel Baruch In less than five minutes pr. Baruch arrived and the dying man, still conscious was carried up to a room be- side his wife's and placed on his bed. He spoke to his wife and asked the doctor for his opinion, showing that he expect ed death and was going to meet 1t calm ly and bravely. A few moments later. about 20 minutes after he was shot, MT. Ford died
 The bullet which killed Paul Leicester Ford just grazed the top of his heart and passed through a large artery, as cending from It. The bullet which killed Malcolm Ford was fired with the same accuracy of aim, for 1t made wound scarcely an inch lower than the one which killed his brother. In fact, the wounds were almost identical.
 Just what disposition of Malcolm Ford body was made, immediately after the shooting could not be ascertained but 1t appears from the statements of cer- tain persons acquainted with the details of the tragedy, that the body lay where 1t fell, on a rug in the library for some- time, possibly several hours, so great was the excitement in the house. In fact the murder and suicide were not known to the coroner until about 2:30 D. m, and not to the police until 4:25 p. m Dr. Baruch said that the time between 1O:20 a. m. and 2:3O D. m. passed so rapidly that no one in the house realized 1t. Much of the time was occupied in trying to tele- graph to the father of Mrs. Paul Ford, Edward H. Kiduer of Brooklyn. who was the first person to arrive after the physician. MT. Kidder would only say