The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-05-16
THEN TURNS GUN On nlMsflf
NIALCOM w. FORD, TIE FAMOUS
ATHLETE, COMMITS DOUBLE
CRIME.
WANTED MONEY AND WAS REFUSED
ENMITY HAS EXISTED BETWEEN
THE BROTHERS FOR Sew
ERAL YEARS,

Ford, the novelist, was shot and killed
yesterday by his brother, Malcolm
Webster Ford, writer and athlete, who
Immediately set a bullet into his own
breast, dying instantly. The shooting
occurred at 1920 a. m. in the home Of
Paul Leicester Ford.
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, ami the servants. The nov
elist was sitting at his desk in one cor
ner OF his library. 1t is supposed he
was busily engaged at some literary
task. Miss Hall was at her desk in an
other corner of the room, about thirty
feet from Mr.. Ford. Mrs. Paul Leices-
ter Ford was in her own room at tho
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 tone so low that Miss Hall could
not hear what was said 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 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 DR.
Emanuel Baruch. In less than five min
utes DR.. Baruch arrived and the dying
man, still conscious, was carried ND to
room beside his wife's and placed on
his bed. lie spoke to his wife and
asked the doctor for mis- opinion, show
ing that he expected death and was
going to meet it
Calmly and Dravcly.
A few minutes later, about twenty
minutes after he was shot, Mr.. Ford
died. Edward H. Kidder Of Brooklyn,
father of Mrs. Ford, was the first per-
son to arrive. after the physician. He
refused to make any statement in re-
gard to the shooting except a brief
memorandum which was given to the
police. In this it was said the cause of
the shooting could only be surmised.
Information from other sources makes
it appear that Malcolm Ford called to.
get money from his brother, and. meet
ing with a -efus al, shot him. DR..
Baruch said that the murder was the
result of temporary mental alteration
on the Fart of Malcolm Ford. due to.
nervous exhaustion.
1t is said that there was ennity be-
tween the two brothers. and consequent
bitterness. and that it was of eleven
years standing; that never since the
death of their father have they been on
Intimate or brotherly terms. This
Alleged Enmity
on the part of Malcolm is said to have,
been brought about by the fact that the
father of the boys disinherited Malcolm
and that this action on his fathers part
was because he did not wish Malcolm
to devote himself to an athletic career.
Police Captain Brown said that NAL
colin w. Ford had for some time been
causing much uneasiness to the family
through evidences of an unbalanced
mind. and declares that in his opinion
he attacked his brother during a period
of temper airy insanity then taking his
own life.
Paul Leicester Ford was thirty-seven
years old, novelist Of much note.
Janice Meredith being perhaps his
most, popular novel.
Malcolm w. Ford was we'll known
athlete, hut had zen in i'll health for
some time