Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-18
SHOT down BY
YOUNG MANIAC
Postmaster Morgan Re.
ceiyes Painful Wound
In Abdomen

NEW YORK, n. Y, Nov. y. -
Postmaster Edward W. Morgan of
this city was shot down in the street
as he was leaving his house on One
Hundred and Forty-sixth street for
the postoffice this morning by Eric
ii. Is. Mackey, a stenographer employ
ed by "a downtown law firm, who
then shot and killed himself. The
single bullet which struck Morgan
entered at the right side of the alb
domen and passed out at the left
ide without penetrating the walls.
There was no internal bleeding, and
there Is every likelihood that the
wounded man will recover.
Mr.. Morgan was resting well to-
night, and unless complications de-
velop he will recover. Mr.. Morgan
probably owes his life to the quick
wit and bravery OF his 14-year-old
daughter, Dorothy, who saw Mackey
draw his revolver and struck It with
her hand. This DETECTED the bullet,
otherwise the postmaster would have
been fatally wounded, for his assail-
ant was at close range and fired four
| shots.
The only excuse known for the
shooting was that Mackey had COM
planned to the authorities at the post
Office in Washington that his mail
had been tempered with and that
some one turned out an electric light
when he was reading by 1t in the
corridor of the postoffice.
Mackey had received a reply that
| there was no evidence of tampering
| with his mail and that the incident
of the light was an accident. Mack
ey's employers, the firm of Hunt, Hill
& Belts, declared they could ac-
count for the tragedy only on The
theory that Mackey was insane. Re-
sides revolver, 1t was found that
Mackey carried a dagger and a slung
shot. Mackey was an Englishman,
81 years old, and he formerly was
employed In Boston.
The shooting took place in the
presence Of Miss Dorothy Morgan,
the 14-year-old daughter of the
postmaster, who was accompanying
him to the Subway station on her
way to school. Mackey had been
pacing up and down the sidewalk
near the corner of Broadway and
One Hundred and Forty-siXth street
for two hours before the shooting.
When Mr.. Morgan and his daughter
left their home and walked toward
Broadway. Mackey turned down the
side street and met them.
| Evidently he had never seen the
postmaster before, for, as ne met
Morgan he asked: Are you Postmas-
ter Morgan" At Morgan's afiirma-
Tive reply Mackey drew his revolver
md fired one shot into the Postmas-
ter's abdomen. The wounded man
Tell to the sidewalk, and, as two wit
nesses of the shooting came running
iup, Mackey lay down on the side
walk. opened his vest and sent one
bullet into his head and another en-.
tered his heart. He was dead when
the first man reached him.
Mr.. Morgan was carried into his
own home, physicians were hastily
summoned and 1t was found that the
bullet merely passed through the
heshy portion of the abdomen fol
eight inches, infiicting superficial
wound. Mr.. Morgan declared that
he did not know Mackey and never
saw him before the shooting. II was
learned that a man answering Mack.
sy's description had called at Mr.
Morgan's home three times during
the past ten days.
Morgan has been connected with
the postal service In New York for
more than a quarter Of century. lie
began his career as letter carrier
thirty-one years ago and worked his
way to the top. Last year he was
promoted from assistant postmaster
to the position of postmaster, to sue.
aeed william r. Wilcox. who be.
came Public Service Commissioner
Morgan is the Republican leader IN
the Washington Heights Assembly
district.
Mackey left n letter IN his room
In which he declared that his act was
the last protest OF poor man
against the custom Of never enforc'
Ing laws against prominent or veal
THY people,"
| Mackey declared that he was rec
onciled for killing himself because
Of his falling eyesight. which, HI
said, would leave him only barr
existence for the rest OF his life.
BOSTON, Mass, Nov. Eric II