The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-09
FORD IS
 SLAIN BY BROTHEI
The Latter Then Fired a Bull(| Through His Own Heart, Death
 Resulting Instantly.

mental abberation on the part cx I colm Ford, due to nervous exhauQk
 It is said that there vi enmity bet10Qo3
 the two brothers and Sonsequent 1It<
 ness and that it was Of eleven 4c15[ standing and that never since the deq<< @1 their father have they been on iqtln
 terms. This alleged enmity on tho 1
 of Malcolm is said to have beeu MrN( k about by the fact that the fnthH exHt
 boys disinherited Malcolm and this &G1l on the fathers part was because "
 not wish Malcolm to devote hIuaelk M ~1
 athletic career.
 Police Captain Brown said tonight. 114I
 colm w. Ford had for some time t1S
 causing much uneasiness to the fa1GI|1
 through evidences of an unba1auce4 m[I
 and declares that in his opinion n6 @(*
 tackled the brother during . pefic1 (
 temporary insanity. then takin8 his oXM life.
 .The cause of Malcolm Ford's acltdS >
 said Captain Brown. 'can be explalu0& by inference. For some time hie nunN<l0I affairs have been pressing him and n A4I repeatedly asked and received met4si1K assistance from his brother. It is ug1s
 sumed that his importnning had be61 1& excessive that his brother had been foftx
 ed to refusc further aid.'
 Paul Leicester Ford was 37 years of o16;
 novelist of much note. "Janyce Mef1<
 dith" being perhaps his most popuia<
 novel. He was married about . S9or
 ago to Miss Grace Kidder, dauG1lor of Edward 1T. Kidder of Brooklyn, 86 was the son of Gordon Lester ron1 6k Brooklyn. who died eleven years aoo on<(
 left an estate of some $2.00o000 divtded bc4 tween his children, with the exception ok Malcolm, who was disinherited by m will. 3:s
 Paul Ford's Works. Mir. Paul Ford Is the author of Tho
 Hon Peter Stirling, "The Great K. and
 A. Train Robbery" The True Geofea Washington" "The Many Sided Frank lin." (which ran serially in the CentaryI ''Tattle Tales of Cupid" "Janyce Nero dith." which ran serially in the Hoc,le
 man 1889. and collection of ehc(<
 stories. E He also edited the writings of Thoma1 Jefferson in ten volumes; the writings ok John Dickson In three volumes. ana
 numerous other works relating to Amef1- can history and autobiography He wah | member of the Players. the Reform and l the Growfer Cfubs. the Century xssoci&-
 ton and Sons of the Revolution.
 Malcolm W. Ford was born in Brook lyn Feb. '. 1862. He was educated at the Brooklyn polytechnic institute. He tObk Qp dtuitttCo Wtul0 ab SJAt$tSA 6tt4 @4+ a number of years won championships in this country and Canada and in the hum dred yard run. the 22o yard run and quarter mile run, as well as for the hundred and the 20 yard hurdles, runs
 ring broad and running high jumps. ns was the ail-round amateur champion for half a dozen years. He was so pas- sionately fond of athletics that he is s91d to have neglected everything else to de- vote time to running and jumping. Ho married daughter of Robert Graves. q wall paper manufacturer. but they were 1 divorced He was a member of.the Law yers Club.
 It was decided tonight at family council that the two brothers should pe buried together It was said tonight at the apartment house in which Malcolm lived that he. had talked frequently or late of being in financial difficulties ans that things were going wrong down town ' There it was known that he was the editor of The New Centaur, monthiy devoted to the interests of the automooile and published by the New Centaur Pups fishing Company. It could not be iesrn- ed whether Malcolm had any financial interest in the publication. Tuesday the company failed and receiver was ap-
 pointed. The failure of the company would explain to an extent Malcolm F'ord's pressing need of funds.