The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-09
Though Malcolm W. Ford Had
Bad Feeling Toward Brother.
MONEY MATTER MAY SOLVE II
Tratricide Had Been Disinherited by
His Father, Who Left Fortune of
100000 to Other Children.
Physician Says Crime Was
Done During Temporary
Mental Alteration.
nv Associated Press.l

tBy Associated Press.l
NEW YORK. May S.-Paul Leicester
Ford the novelist shot and killed to-
day by his brother, Malcolm Webster
Ford writer and athlete, who Immediately
sent a bullet into his own breast dying
Instantly. The shooting occurred at lo:Z9
O'Clock A. NJ in the handsome new man
sion which Paul Leicester Ford had
built, at No 81 East Seventy-seventh
Street, and had occupied for about a year.
At the time Of the shooting there Were
in the house besides the two brothers, MIS-.
Paul Leicester Ford. Miss Elizabeth H.
Hall, the novelists secretary, and the
servants The novelist was sitting at
his desk in one corner of his library, a
large attractively appointed room at the
back of the h5use on the second floor.
Ii 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 Mr. Ford. Mrs.
Paul Leicester Ford was in her own room
at the front Of the house on the tnlrd
floor.
REVOLVER SrOT.
Malcolm w. Ford called. as he had
often done and went to his brother at
his desk. Words We're 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.
Suddenly there was a revolver shot and
Miss Hall. jumping up darted from the
room. Then. according to the state
ments 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 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 a sofa and
then ran next door for Paul Ford's
physician. DR.. Emanuel Baruch. In
less than five minutes DR. Baruch ar
rived. and the dying man. still conscious.
was carried up to a room beside his
wife's and placed on his bed He spoke
10 mis- wife, and asked the doctor for
his opinion. showing that he expected
death and was going to meet it calmly
and bravely. a few moments later. about
twenty minutes after he was shot, Mr..
Ford died.
The bullet which killed Paul Leicester
Ford Just graZed the top of his heart
and passed through a large artery
cending from It. The bullet which killed
Malcolm Ford was fred with the same
accuracy of aim for 1T made wound
scarcely an inch lower than the ora
which KileQ his III laCl, tiie
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 statement 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 for several hours, great
was the excitement In the house In
fact the murder and suicide We're not
known to the coroner until about 2:S0 P.
NJ and not to the policee unul As p.
NJ Dr. Baruch said that the time be-
tween 1920 A. NJ. and 2:3o P. NJ. passed
SO rapidly that no one in the house real
fzed it Much of the time was occupied
IN trying TO telephone to the father of
Mrs. Paul Leicester Ford. Edward III.
Kdder. OF Brooklyn, who was the first
person TO arrive after the physician.
MONEY MATTER.
Mr.. IIidder refused TO make any state
rnent in regard to the shooting, except
a brief memorandum. which was given
10 the police. In this it was said that
the cause OF the Shoouhs couiu ON! nc
sur1nised.
Information from other sources makes
4. apoear that Malcolm Ford called to
get money from his brother, and, meet
ing with a refusal shot him. DR.. Baruch
said that the murder was q resn.> OF tetn-
norarv mental alteration on the part OF
Malcolm Ford. due to nervous eNhaus-
ton.
IL IS said that there was enmlty be-
,weer, the two brothers and consequent
bitterness, and that it was OF eleven
wears standing: that never since the
death of their father have they been on
Intimate or bro;herly terms. Ihls aiiesed
e,,mi,y on the part of Malcolm Is saiu
20 have been brought about by the TACT
Tof nf
Malcolm, and that this action On the
farher's part was because he did NOT
wish Malcolm TO devote himself 10 an
a:hleuc career.
AFFAIRS IN BAD SHAPE.
Police Captain Brown said tonight that
Malcolm W. Ford had for some time been
causing much uneasiness to the fanliy
through evidences OF an unbalanced mind,
and declares that in his opinion he at
tackled his brother during a period OF
temporary insanity. then taking his own
lMe.
The cause of Malcolm Ford's act
eaId Captain Brown. can be explained
by inference For some time past his
financial affairs have been pressing him
n;Sd he has repeatedly asked and received
material assistance from his brother. 1t
Is presumed that his Importantly had
been such and his demand so excessive
that his brother had been forced to re-
fuse further aid
Malcolm W. Ford was born in Brook
lyn, February Z, 1852. He was educated
at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
Hie took up athletics while at school, and
for a number Of years Won Champion
ships in this country and Canada, and in
the huEdred-Nard run. two-twenty-Sard
run and quarter mile. as well as for the
hundred and NORTHUMBERLAND hurdles.
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