Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-09
BULLET WENT THROUGH HIM.
WouId-Be Assassin Then Turned
Pistol on Himself, Taking
His Own Life.
y-t,tlm May Livc-Assailnnt Had Made
Complaint About His Mail, Which
May Have Prompted Deed.

New York, Nov 9.-Postmaster Ed
ward w. Morgan of this city, was shot
down in the street as he was leaving
sixth street for the pGstottice tins
morning by Eric II. B. Mackcy, a stem
ographer employed by a downtown law
firm who then shot and killed himself.
The single bullet which struck MI
Morgan entered at the side of the alb
dolllen and passed out at the lett sldc
Without penetrating the walls, There
was no internal bleeding and there Is
every likelihood that the wounded man
will recover.
The only excuse known forsthe shoot
ing was that Mackey had complained
10 the authorities at the postotiice in
Washington that his mail had been
tampered With and that someone
turned out an electric light when he.
was reading by it in the corridor OF.
the postoffice. s.
NLackey had received reply mat
there was no evidence of tanperlns
With his mail, and that the Incident
of the light was an accident. Mackey's
employers, the firm of Hunt, Hill &
Belts declared they could account for
The tragedy only on the theory that
Mackey was insane. Besides revolt
yer, it was found that AlackeS carried
Il dagger and a slugshot.
Mackey was an Englisfman. 81 years
cid. and he formerly was employed III.
Boston.
THE SHOOTING.
The shooting took place in the pres
ence Of Miss Dorothy Morgan, the IA
year-od daughter of the postmaster.
who was. accompanying him 10 the sub
St., In, nn a
Macliey had been pacing up and down
The sidewalk near the corner of Broad
way and One Hundred and FortS-siXth
street for two hours before the snoot-&
ing. When Mr.. Morgan and his daush-
ter. left their home and walked 70
wiscd Broadway Mackey turned down
the side. street and met them. EVi-3
tdeutly&lie had never seen the postillas-
ter before, for, as he met Mr.. Morgan,
9 he asked. Are you Postmaster Nor
~, 49, At MI. Morgan's affirmative re-
ply. Nlaclsey drew his revolver amt
fired one shot into the postmaster'ss
abdomen The wounded men fell TO
the sidewalk, and, as two witnesses OF
the shooting came running up, MhckeS
laid down on the sidewalk, opened his
vest and sent one bullet into his head
and another entered his heart de
was dead when the first man reached,
him,
MIR. Morgan was carried into his own
home, physicians were hastily sum
moned and it was found that the bull
let had merely passed through me
neshy portion of the abdomen for eight
inches inilicting superficial wound.
Mr.. Morgan declared that he did
not know Mackey and never saw him
before the shooting. 1t was learned
that a man answering Mackey's des-
cription had called at Mr.. Morgan 8
home three times during the past 10
days.
Mr.. Morgan has been connected With
the postal service in New York ioc
more than a quarter century. He began
his career as Il letter carrier 81 year;
ago and worked his way to the top
Last year he was promoted from as
sistant postmaster to the position OF
postmaster, TO succeed William X,
Wilcox. who became a public service
commissioner MIR. Morgan is the Re-
publican leader in the Washington
Heights assembly district.
WHO MACKEY is.
Boston, Nov 9.-Erc II. B. Mac
key. who shot Postmaster Morgan in
New York City today and then killed
himself. was a son of III. w. i. Mac
KEY of Cambridge, who is engaged III
4 literary work. Mackey formerly lived
IN Cambridge, where he was employed
al the factory of the Boston Woven
Hose and Rubber company. He was
born near Dublin, Ireland, and was
about Is years old when his parents
came to Boston. About six years ago
he shot a fellow employee because of
fancied grievance and after trial was
aljudged insane and committed to the
. NVorrncter oSvlim, from which he eS.