The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-09
ASSailed Near His Home
by Man With Alleged
Grievance.
BULLET PLOWS
THROUGH BODY
Bravery Of Daughter May Save
Life of Victim-Assailant
Kills Self.

NEW YORK. Nov. s.-Edward NJ.
| Morgan, postmaster Of New York city.
was shot and probably fatally wounded
today by a man who accosted him near
his home at 146th street and Broadway.
The assassin. who was later identified
| as Eric II. Mackay. stenographer,
then blew out his own brains.
Mr.. Morgan was accompanied by his
twelve-year-old daughter, Dorothy Nor
gan, when he left home. and was near
ing the subway entrance when Mackay
walked Ecross the street toward him.
rs this Mr.. MorganT' he asked. ana
the little girl moved on a few feet.
| Yes. / am Dir. Morgan she heard
her father say. and then she saw
Mackay press a pistol against her
fathers stomach and fire. As the post
master reeled and fell, his assassin
placed the gun against his own fore
head. and, With the third shot. the first
going wild, blew a hole through the
top OF his head.
| The whole tragedy was over in
minute. Alarmed by the shots. men
came running from all directions. ana
MF. Morgan, unconscious and badly
/ wounded. was at once taken TO his
home. There It was found he had been
shot in the left side OF the abdomen,
and that the bullet had passed through
and came out on the right side. II is
believed certain that the wound win
prove fatal
Lies in Wait for Him.
The man was laying in wait for Mr..
Morgan tn front OF Newberry's drug
81 a h.
nue. and 18th street. He had tried re-
Peatedly to see Mr.. Morgan at his home,
| after his failure 10 obtain a position
/ in the postofice, but his insistenee
caused him 10 be denied access TO the
postmaster
II was shortly before O'Clock when
Mr.. Morgan and his daughter left his
home and walked up 148th street toward
/ Amsterdam avenue. AS Miss Morgan
drow aside Mackay spoke a few words
70 Mr.. Morgan. The latter made some
reply and Mackay whipped out a re-
/ VOlVer and fired one shot
Mackay looked wildly around him as
! Miss Morgan screamed. He saw sew
eraI persons running toward them and
/ pushed the muZzle- OF his revolver
| against his head. At the first shot he
gered, but shot a second time and
/ then third, falling dead to the side
I walk.
Mr.. Newberry and his clerks rushed
out. and Mr. Morgan was carried into the
drug store. A superficial examination
showed that the wound would not be
Dulahce was being called from the
/ Audubon Hospital the wounded man
/ was carried TO his home. DR.. Titus T.
Bull was called in TO attend him.
Assailant Is Dead.
/ The ambulance surgeon found Mr.
/ MOrgan's assailant dead, and his body
was taken TO the police station.
Edward n. Morgan has been connect
ed with the POstonice Department for
long term OF years. He started as a
IIetter-caTrier in 1873. Promotion came
/ TO him rapidly, and in 1874 he was made
chief clerk Of Branch B. In 1888 he was
made superintendent OF Branch l.
In 1851 he assumed charge OF Branch
/ D. remaining there until 1853. That
! same year postmaster Van COtt made
/ Mr.. Morgan superintendent OF city de-
/ livery. In 1897 Mr.. Morgan was an
/ pointed assistant postmaster. He served
1 in this Office under PosImasters Van
/ Cott and Wilcox.
When Mr. Wilcox resigned. President
/ Roosevelt appointed Mr. Morgan to his
/ place. the appointment being made on
/ Nj. Morgan was born I'm Marshall.
/ MiclL, NOvemb ber l6, 1855. He N 7rried
/ Miss Fannie Tattersall They have three
| children. ali daughters.
Mans Identity Learned.
/ At the police station. the mans iden-
4 tity was learned fr)m a notice Of prem
/ ium due from the New York Life In
/ surance Company. addressed to Eric II.
| Mackay, care Of Mrs. CogswelI. 239 East
10th street.
/ Indication that hTackay for some time
| deliberately had plotted the murder of
/ Morgan was also obtained by a card
\ found in his clothing 1t was the bust
/ ness card Of Hunt, Hin & Belts, attor-
/ neys of 165 Broadway. and on it was
! written in pencil: In the event Of any
! accident please notify the above firm
/ IN addition to this, an empty envelope
] addressed Annie Mackay. care Train
1 ing School. Anna Jacques Hospital.
/ NewburypOrt. Mass, was found. The
/ only other thing in Mackay's clothing
/ was dagger and a slungshot.
/ Inquiry at the Office of Hunt, lIiu &
Belts. developed the information that
/ Mackay had been stenogra oher Tor that
I firm. After that. all other requests for
4 information were refused.
Morgan Talks.
/ At the hospital. Mr. Morgan made the
| following statement:
/ Il am resting easily. I feel no per-
sonaI alarm ] do not know the man
who shot me. So far as I know never
saw him before
! 1t was said in the neighborhood. how
ever. that Mackey was a member of
/ the Sterling Republican Club, OF which
/ F OstmRsteF Morgan is president.
At the office of Hunt, Hill q Belts,
/ r .embers of the firm said that Mackey
! I al always proved an intelligent and
/ a sceptable employe.
/ An associate OF the dead stenographer,
/ however, threw some light on the mys-
terry.
''Mackey was always erratiC and
| imagined he had a grievance against
| the Postoffice Department" he said
| ''Some time ago he had a letter box
which he rented, and we thought he
was engaged in some financial scheme.
/ He told us that his mail had beer tam
pered with ana he wrote a ter 20
( Postmaster Morgan complaining about
I il.
He wrote a letter to Postmaste. Nor
gan complaining that the electric light
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