Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-22
SHOT AT THE SISTERS.
Man Who Was Left on Door Step of
 Asylum When an Infant.

Asylum When an Infant. A strange and mysterious shooting took place in New York day or two ago, when two sisters of the New York Founding asylum were fired at by an intruder.
 Sisters Angela and Cyrilla were in bhe office of that institution when the slight figure of man burst into the room, and before either of the sisters knew what was the matter two pistol shots rang out and both had been wounded.
 The man, who was Henry F. King of 727 Lexington avenue, then rushed through the building into the yard on the SiXty-nineth street side, where he placed the pistol in slanting position across his own breast and fired the third and last bullet in the pistol. He was only scratched, but nevertheless fell to the ground as if mortally wound ed
 Sister Angela, who was at work on typewriter at the time, was shot in the right arm, while Sister Cyrilla. who was writing at q desk, was shot in the left arm and side. Sister Cyril las wound is not expected to prove fatal.
 It is said that Mother Superior Alloy s1a or the asylum was the person King intended to take vengeance, on for sup posed wrongs, but the mother superior was out yesterday afternoon and Sister Marla Ihefesa was acting mother SUI perior
 ToI the deluSion that Mother Superior Aloy- sia was withholding from him certain information concerning his parentage. In July. 1900, he had the officials of the institution brought into court in an attempt to force them to tell him ex- actly who he was. The attempt was without result, for the simple reason that no one connected with the institu- tion knew anything about his origin beyond the fact that he had been brought there on the night of October 2S. 1871, when a baby one day old. Later he was farmed out to man in Maryland, with whom he lived for some years. That was the sum total of the knowledge possessed by the nuns as to his origin.
 When searched at the station the fol- lowing letter was found in Kings pocket:
 ITO the Public at Large:
 Trusting in God and man that I may be forgiven for this deed which has been forced upon me through the denial of this institution. the New York Founding asylum, in not giving me the facts of how and under what condi- tions I was placed in said place. All the information that I ever got was that I was placed there in the year 1871. October 2S, about S:3O D. m Why should they be so careful in talk ing an account of the time, near to the hour, and not the account of the child that was placed therein? Does not this seem absurd? have begged and pleaded with this institution week after week, month after month, and year after year even risked my life on the 7th day of May last to gain this knowledge. But they throw the cold and heartless hand of defiance into my face. It is either life or death with me to gain this knowledge. for would rather die thousand times than be denied this any longer. for the anxiety and worry is almost driving me mad There is no one under the face of Gods 7sanotthat knows the agonies dhatl lie within niy. breast MaYy,God and his angels forgive me. for I do not know where I may land.
 HENRY F. KING.''