Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-09
INSANE STfNOGRAPHtR
SHOT POSTMASTER
OF NEW YORK
Edward M. Morgan Wounded
by Assailant who Then
Took His Own
Lie.
MORGAh'S DAUGHTER
WITNESSED TRAGEDY
Because of a CrUdge Against the
Postmaster. the StenograIher
Attempted 10 Nil Him. and
Then Shot himself
Three Times.

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Edward NJ. Morgan was shot at the
corner of 14Sth street and Broadway
today, by a man later identified as
Erich II. b. Mackay, q stenographer'
who shot himself three times as Nor
gan fell to the sidewalk. Morgan is
in a critical condition anu his as
sailant died almost Immediately.
There were several persons within
a few feet of the two men but no
one heard a word spoken before a
shot was fired and Morgan tell TO the
ground. Before any of the Dystand-
ers could reach him the assailant
turned the revolver on himself and
hred three shots into his body, fah-
ing dead by the side Of the man he
hau shot down.
Morgan was hurried to his home
nearby and after an examination his
physicians declared there was little
hope for his recovery. Further eX-
animation revealed tnat the bullet
which struck Morgan entered MS
right side and passed out of the LETT
side of the abaomen without pene-
| trating the walls Of the stomach.
There was no internal bleeding and
there is every Likelihood that the
wounded man Hili {oFQT.
Morgan regained consciousness
while the physicians were working on
him. He said that he had never seen
his assailant until confronted by him
! this morning. He knew of no reason
| for the attack.
| The bouy of Morgan's assailant was
! removed to the morgue and later
| identified as Erich ii. B. Mackay, a
stenographer employed by Hunt, Hill
and Belts, lawyers, for the past four
years. He came from England nine
years ago and was held in high es-
TEEN by his employers.
The only excuse for the shooting Is
that Mackay had complained to the
authorities at Washington that his
mail had been tampered with and
that someone had turned out the
electric light while he was reading
by It in the corridor of the postof-
hce. Mackay had received a reply
from Washington that there had been
no evidence of anyone tampering with
his mail and that the turning out
OF the light was an accident.
Mackey's employers declared that
they could account for the tragedy
only on the theory that Maekey was
insane.
He had been pacing the sidewalks
two hours before the shooting, ap-
parently waiting for the postmaster
Morgan was accompanied by his
daughter Dorothy aged IA, who wit
messed the shooting. When they ap'
preached the corner where Maekay
was standing the latter stepped up
and confronting the postmaster. ask
ed:
| "Are you Postmaster Morgan?"
AT Morgan's affirmative answer hi
drew a revolver and fred. The bul
LEI struck Morgan in the right sid'
OF the abdomen and he fell to th'
sidewalk. Mackay then shot himsel
I three times and fen dead. Attracted
by the shots a crowd quickly gather
ed and the shooting created suen
sensation when It was known tina
/. Postmaster Morgan was the victim
that the street was blocked and th'
police had difficulty in clearing |
way for the removal of the wound
ed man and the body OF the suicide.
Morgan had been connected witt
} the postal service in New York 10
: more than a quarter of century
He began a. a carrier and worked
his way 10 the top.