The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-24
Tangled WRONG
|. LED TO SHOOTING
Goldsborough's Attack on
Phillips Due to Disordered
Brain

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.--Following
an examination by Drs. Donovan.
Walker and Hotchkiss to-day of Da-
rid Graham Phillips, shot yesterday
afternoon by Fitzhugh Coyle Colds
borough, OF Washington. who directly
after the shooting was reported KILL
ed, IL was announced at Bellevue
Hospital that there had been no UNI
toward development, and that the in
jured man has excellent prospects OF
recovering. The chief danger Is that
pneumonia may result from the
wound in the lung. but up to the
present time there Is no indication of
this.
The cau+c of the shooting is still a
mystery. Relatives and friends of
Goldsborough. who after shooting
Phillips killed himself. insist that his
act was that of an insane person; that
he had been eccentric from youth,
and that he had become obsessed
with a fanSiful grievance against the
author over which he brooded until
he became insane. Phillips himself
says he never saw the man to his
knowledge. and that so far as he
knows he never gave him cause for
enmity.
Had Fancied Grievance.
- close lTltHu oh Htlilps N'iD NAs
also acquainted with Goldsborough
says that the dead violinist aired an
alleged grievance against the novel
ist to him some weeks ago. He told
me that Phillips had committed q
great wrong this man told the po-
lice to-day. but he did not say whe'
Their the wrong was against him OF
another person. He left the impress.
sion, however, that it was against an
other and asked me to bring him and
| Phillips together. / told him Mr.
| Phillips was man of the highes'
degree of honor and THAI l woult
not think OF speaking of this matter
to my friend. / also told him tha'
Phillips knew how to take care OF
/ himself, and warned him he would
get in jail If he annoyed him"
The police to-day carefully exam
ined all Of Goldsboreugh's effects IL
the hope of securing something tina
would throw light on the shooting
They thought II barely possible that
inasmuch as Goldsborough had tolt
another Of the alleged wrong, h
might have made a written record o
IT. Nothing was found, however, t.
solve the mystery
The suggestion made by some o
Goldsborough's friends that the dea,
violinist believed Phillips had takel
the Goidsborough family as a mode
for his book, THE Fashionable Ad
ventures of Joshua Craig" was scoffe,
at by Phillips friends. 1t was sal,
that the author did not know tn
Goldsboroughs at all and that hi
characters in the novel were purel
creatures of fancy.
The police are still hopeful. how
ever. that they will be able 10 es
tablish the motion for the shooting
The fact that Goldsboreugh sen
threatening letters and kilograms &
the author, they say. proves that h
really believed he had grievance.
Phillips retained all OF his nerv
at the hospital to-day. His intimat
friend. United States Senator ALDER
J. Beveridge. of Indiana. hurried owe
from Washington and reached Belle
vue hospital just about daylight to
day. He was permitted to see Phillip
and the latter, fully conscious, smile
at him and whispered that he wa
all right and would soon be well again
Beveridge stayed with him only
moment or two and then went to
hntel--As he was leaving the hospits
he said:
This is shocking, MIR. Phillips
a loveable character, and l did nc
know he had an enemy in the world.
Senator Beveridge said he woul
remain here until Phillips is out c
danger, despite the fact that his pres
ence is urgently needed in Washing
ton.