The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-09
Found Address of Relative,

An empty envelope bore the address
OF Miss sss Francis Mackay, care of Train
developed. was sister.
Although Mackay had been a stenog-
repher for nearly four years at the
twenty-tirst floor Of the Investment
Building, at No l65 Broadway. not a
great deal was known OF him there. 1t
was from other sources that the news
which showed the Embellishments mo-
tives in attacking the Postmaster.
At the Offices of Hunt Hill & Belts it
was said that Mackay was unmarried,
of the firm. that he came here from
Boston, In 1904 and that he boarded at
house kept by Mrs. Williams, at No.
2s9 West One Hundred and Sixteenth
street. He had never. so far as was
known by his business acGuafntances at
the office or by his employers. met Post
master Morgan personally He was
steady and compel ent man. VINO did not
drink to excess and was never trou-
ble-maker.
Mackay was at the office. attending to
his duties as stenographer as usual on
Saturday. and appeared to be in good
health and spirits. At the hour OF clos
ing he babe the other employees farewell
over Sunday, and waved his hand to
them as he closed the office door he
hind him. All of these employees were
very much agitated this morning. but
Evening World reporter this much:
Heard Him Make Threats.
II overheard Mackay muttering some
thing to himsel. the other day, which
seemed to me to be threats against
somebody connected with thePost- Office.
He told me he was worried about some
personal mail that had been DELAYED or
held up somewhere. He seemed unduly
excited"
Another of the law clerks made this
me. he had some trouble with the POST
ONCE people. At that time he COM
peIfng with his mail gathered that
he had written to the Postmaster. al
leging that when he was reading a lei
ter in he corridor of the General Post
out 10 annoy him. Mackay told me he
re ed a box in the Post Ofce-No. SOC
land received his mail there. l be-
lieved ''1m his talk that lac was inter
"After he had written to the Postmas-
ter about his mail having been tempered
With and the electric light incident,
Mackay told me he received a letter,
presumably from Postmaster Morgan
saying that an investigation had been
made and that no evidence of any tam
IN regard 70 the turning out of the
elo0 trio light, the i stmaster wrote
him. so he said to me. that it must
have been entirely unintentional on the
part of some employee of the Post
On'"e. 1t was promised, however, that
further Investigation would be made.
Later Mackay told me lie complained
OF the matter to the authorities in
Washington, and received an answer
similar TO the one he had received from
the local authorities He seemed some
what excited. but / did not think at tile
time; or, In fact. at any time, that his
mind was unbalanced. "
Letters and papers found in Mack
avs room In West one Hundred and
Sixteenth street, where he boarded
made II ahundantly evident that he shot
Mr.. Morgan because he imagined the
Postmaster was unjustly Withholding a
registered letter from him.
Had Brokerage Business.
In May, 1907. Mackay organized a
brokerage business under the name OF
Harold Saxon and opened Offices al
30. 200 Nest Ninety ninth street. He
rented Box No. 800 IN the Post once,
where the Saxon man was received
In the same box MaCkay received the
mail Of a firm which he had apparently
evolved from his own twisted intellect
and which he called Joshua DanlelsOn
* Company, builders and general brok-
ers in real estate" \ third business in
which he probably thought he meant 10
engage was that of conducting a dalc-
Building, l9t7 Broadway. In the Ger
tifcate Of trade style" which he filed
for his dancing academy project he
gave his residence address as No, 200
/ West Ninety ninth street. He did IN
deed rent floor In the Arcade for two
. months, but got no dancing pupils and
was finally d!sposse7sed.
/ According to the pOst-OrlCe records