The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-09
ASsA|LAhT Then
SHOT HIMSELF
No Cause for Act as Victim Did
Not Know the Man Who
Shot Him

New York, Nov. 9.-Postmaster Ed
ward NJ. Morgan was shot at One
Hundred Forty-sixth street and
Broadway today by man who then
shot and killed himself. Morgan was
shot through the stomach and proba-
bly, will die. He was taken to his
home in an unconscious condition.
The identity of his assailant has not
been learned. The man was we'll
dressed and about 40 years old. He
died instantly after firing three shots
into his head.
Morgan had left his home in West
One Hundred and Forty-Sixth street
for his office and had just reached the
corner of Broadway when the man
stepped in front Of him. There were
several persons within few feet of
the two men but none of them heard
any words spoken and the first intima-
tion they had of trouble was when
the shot rang out and Morgan fell to
the ground with a bullet through his
stomach. He lost consciousness i'm
mediately. For an instant after the
shot had been fired the assailant stood
looking down upon his victim. Then
he raised the still smoking revolver
and pressing it against his forehead
pulled the trigger. The bullet did not
cause a fatal wound and once more,
and then a third time he sent q bullet
crashing against his skull. The third
bullet penetrated the brain and the
man fell dead. A. physician was called
from house nearby and was with the
wounded man within few moments
after the first shot had been fired. He
was unable to do: anything to relieve
him at the moment bat had Morgan
removed to his residence only a few
doors from .. the corner. Physicians
found that Morgan's wound was not
SO serious as 1t was at first supposed.
1t Is believed that the walls of the
stomach were not penetrated by the
ball and that the postmaster has a
chance for recovery. While the sur
geons were working over Morgan at
his home in an effort to'save his life,
the body of the man who fired the
shot and then killed himself was lying
on the sidewalk where he had fallen.
A great crowd gathered at the scene
but detail of policemen stood over
the body. They were directed to
guard 1t and prevent it's removal until
th. 1rrival of the coroner.
Morgan had been connected with the
postal service in New York for more
than quarter of a century. He began
his career as letter carrier thirty-One
years ago, and worked his way to the
top.
The man who shot Morgan has been
identified as Erich H. B. Mackey, a
stenographer. He has been employed
way.
Mr.. Morgan regained consciousness
while the physicians were working on
him. He said he never saw hts assail-
ant until he confronted him this
morning. He knows of no reason for
the attack, he said.
The single bullet which struck Nor
gan, entered at the right side of the
abdomen and passed out at the left
side without penetrating the walls.
There was no internal bleeding and
there is every liklihooda that the
wounded man will recover. The only
excuse known for the shooting was
that Mackey had complained to the
authorities at Washington that his
mail had been tampered with and that
some one turned out an electric light
when he was reading by 1t in the cor
ridor of the post Office. Mackey had
received a reply that there was no
evidence of tampering with his mail
and that the incident Of the electric
light was an accident. Mackey's en-
ployers think he was insane.