The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-09

New York, May s.-Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, was shot and killed today by his brother, Malcom Webster Ford. writer and athlete. who immediately sent bullet into his own breast. dying in- stantly. The Shooting occurred at 1o:2o a. m in the handsome new mansion which Paul Leicester Ford had built at 37 East seventy-seventh Street. and had occupied for about a year. At the time of the shooting there were in the house be- sides the two brothers. Mrs. Paul Leices- ter 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. at- tractively appointed room at the hack or the house on the second floor. It is sup posed he was busily engaged at some literary task. Miss Hall was at her desk in another corner of the room. about thir- ty feet from MT. Ford Mrs. Paul Leices- ter Ford was in her room at the front of the house on the third floor.
 Malcolm Fore called, as he had often done and went to his brother at his desk. Words were exchanged in tone so low that Miss Hail could not hear what was said though she says that possibly she might have distinguished the words 1T she had been paying any attention to tnis
 particular meeting of tho brothers. Suo- denly there was revolver shot ana MISS
 Hall, jumping up. darted from the room.
 Then according to the statements of the
 police. Miss Hall said to herself that she
 must act more bravely and re-enter the library.
 Meanwhile Malcolm Ford had called her, As she turned toward 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 a sofa and then ran next door for Paul F'ord's physician. Dr.
 Emanuel Baruch. In less than five min-
 utes Dr. Baruch arrived and the dying
 man, still conscious, was carried up to 2
 room beside his wife's and placed on
 bed. He spoke to his wife and asked the doctor for his opinion, showing that he expected death and was going to meet Il calmly and hravely. A few moments la | ter, about twenty minutes after he was shot, MT. Ford died.
 The bullet which killed Paul Leicester Ford just grazed the top of his heart ana DaSSeu InfOukn II idIEc dTtCty d6- cending from It. The bullet which killed Malcolm Ford was fired with the same accuracy of aim, for it 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 s body was made, immediately after the shooting, could not be ascertained, but it appears from the statements of certain persons acquainted with the details of the
 tragedy that the body lay where it 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 p. m, and not to the police until 4:25 p. m.
 Dr. Baruch said that the time between 1920 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. passed so rap- idly that no one in the house realized it. Much of the time was occupied in trying to telephone to the father of Mrs. Paul Ford, Edward H. Kidder of Brooklyn
 who was the first person to arrive after the physician. MT. Kidder would only
 say the cause of the shooting could only be sprmised.
 Called to Get Money.
 Information from other sources makes 1t appear that Malcolm Ford called to get money from his brother and meeting with
 a refusal shot him. Dr. Baruch said that the murder was a result of temporary