Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-24
SURGEONS AND ATTENDANTS
HAVE SOME HOPE THAT
AUTHOR WILL RECOVER.
NO DEFINITE MOTIVE
KNOWN FOR TRAGEDY
Man Who shos Phillips Down in Street,
Then Committed Suicide, An Eecen-
trie Musical Student With Fancied
Grievance Because Of Magazine Arti.
cIe-Sketch Of Graham's Career.

|; New York, Jan. 24.-"His chances
are fair" was this mornings report
from the bedside Of David Graham
Phillips. in the Bellevue hospital, where
the author was taken yesterday after
noon after he had been shot down in
the street by Fitzhugh Coyle Colds
| borough. an eccentric musician with a
fancied grievance and who followed
MS murderous assault by committing
suicide on the spot.
All things considered, the nurses and
medical attendants of Phillips felt
justified today in describing his night
as one Of comparative comfort and.
altho little change was noted in his
condition, there was no disposition on
the part OF the hospital authorities to
take other than hopeful view Of ths
case. At the same time the Fact re-
NAMED that the authors condition was
st.ll considered critical ard, while Il
/. favorable outcome was hoped for. 1t
was admitted that grave complications
might arise.
Motive Not Apparent.
The over night developments as to
the motive Of Goldsborough in shoot
ing Phillips were few. That for some
time Phillips had been receiving
Threatening notes. kilograms and tel
ephone calls, was . fact known to his
relatives. and Goldsborough. it Is said.
had been heard to say he bore a
grudge against a certain writer" on
account OF magazine article. Friends
Of Goldsborough. who came Of a prom
tnent Maryland family and was a Har-
ward man, were as much at loss as
ever today to explain his act. He was
only 81 years old and had been regard
cd as deep thinking student, devoted
to his profession Of music and to liter
ary pursuits.
A crum Of 1svsridss.
A report from the hospital this af-
ternoon shows that Phillips continues
to improve and the opinion 10 he will
recover.
Among his visitors today were his
brother. Harrison w. Phillips, Robert
w. Chambers, the author, and Senator
Beveridge, his college roommate.
Tells Of Mysterious Threats.
It was learned from Harrison w.
Phillips, brother of David Graham
Phillips. that for some time the author
had been receiving letters, notes. tele-
grams and telephone calls of q threat
ening and abusive nature. not only at
his home In the National Arts Club but
also at the Princeton Club. Harrison
Phillips said no name was attached to
these communications, burt that in view
Of the shooting he supposed Goldsbor-
ough had sent them.
DR. George +. Meurer Of 154 East
Sxty-fourth street, also said that about
nine months ago while Goldsborough
was rooYning in the Maurer house he
had complained to the physician that
he had a grudge against a certain
writer and had added a vague story
about being harmed by this writer in
magazine article some time ago. DR..
Maurer said Goldsborough always had
impressed him as being mentally
weak
When Mrs. Carolyn F'revert. sister OF
Mr.. Phillips, who lived with the novel;
ist In his studio apartment at the Ma
tional Arts Club. saw her brother at
Bellevue hospital not long after the
shooting. she asked Mr.. Phillips II he
knew why he had been shot He an
swered he did not. Then he told Mrs.
F'revert that yesterday he had received
a telegram Of mysterious nature.
1T was addressed to me and also
was signed with my name" the wound
ed man began. He tried to tell his
sister the nature of the telegram but
learn what the telegram had said.
Author Native Of Indiana.
David Graham Phillips was born in
Madison. Ind. on Oct 81. 1867. and
was graduated first from DhPaw Uni
versity and later from Princeton with
the class OF 81. His first literary work
was done as reporter for the New
York Sun, which he left to become an
editorial writer for the New York
World. While still with the World he
published in 1901 his first novel. "The
Great God Success" It brought him
royalties and he resigned from news
paper work to devote himself to fiction
and the magazines.
Most Of his novels have had a ming
ling Of society and business life in the
whirls OF New York City, with an oc-
casional swing back to the rural In
diana life Of his youth.
Some Of his writings have so strong
~ attacked woman and her influence
as to bring beratings on the author
from those who thought themselves
affected. When he laid the woes of
America to the women in his "Tho
Husbands Wife," he had to stand a
brisk verbal banterlng from indignant
feminine critics. "The Mems Story
also aroused storm of protest from
American women.
Says Women Are Not Companions.
How rarely in our country" Mr..
Phillips wrote. do you find a woman
who IL an interesting companion for
10 man except as female and male pair
or survey tho prospect Of pairing! And
It matters not what line Of activity the
man is taking-6usiness, politics, lit
esature. art. philanthropy even. The
women are eternally talking about their
superiority TO the business man. but
do they get along any better with the
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