Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-24
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|AvID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
VICTIM OF MAD ASSASSIN

Uulu Nv t"~
Into Own Brain, Dying In
stantIy; Victim Has Chance
of Recovery
Naming journal Special Leased Wirel
Now York, Jan. 2S.-David Graham
h,,;ps editor, publicist and novelist.
os shot six times today as he ap-
,ooched the Princeton club. by Fitz-
,ph Coyle Goldsborough, Harvard
an who Immediately after commit
"a suicide.
Phillips is at Bellevue hospital in a
ltical condition, but, as relatives
press it, with "a chance for his
e." The body of Goldsborough,
hose career at Harvard was brief,
ps in the morgue. Apparently in
me- he had a fancied grudge against
L author and sought his life. He
as only thirty-one years old; Phillips
forty-three.
There you CO. said the assailant.
he opened fire, and here | 60
echoed, as he sent a bullet into his
I'm brain.
/ He used an automatic pistol and all
shots aimed at Phillips took ef-
let. One of them perforated the
bdomen; another pierced the right
3ng. and came out at the back, 9.
bird shattered the left wrist AMI n
Surth drilled the right thigh. Two
them dropped from the wounded
an's clothing as he was being un.
Fessed at the hospital.
The course of the bullets were SO
ratio and there was much doubt as
Just which wounds were principals
entrance and which points Of exit
at the surgeons were uncerrain
neither he had been shot four, five
six times, but their best belief to-
ght was six. The most danger ,us
bnnd Is thought to be that through
y lung.
|Septicaemia or pneumonia are The
10 secondary effects most feared
be robust constitution OF the patient
lre him through the loss Of blood
IA shock we'll. and his first request
his physicians was that no alarm
K reports be given out.
My mother" he said, lis an It'd
dy and the shock might kill her-
m young and strong; may get wei.
lake the best of 1t and I'll try 10
par YOU out"
| The six shots broke the quiet of one
the most aristocratic neiSnbor-
pods in New York. The Princeton
5ub, formerly the home Of the lata
fanford White, fronts on Grammcrcy
brk. and at o'clock of bright af-
>rnoon, Phillips who lives nearby,
as sauntering through the sunshine
pr an hour with his friends. A police
an stood not one hundred yards
way. TWO foot passengers had Just
Rssed the club as Phillips was seen
approaching 1t.
Nobody saw anything to attract at
ntion in the well dressed Goldsbor-
pgh who was walking In a direction
pposite from Phillips. There was no
rgument as they met, no quarrel, no
opportunity for self-defense.
The shiny barrel of the pistol CLINT
In the sunshine, a thin. haze of
owder spat from the muzzle as the
patter OF the shots punctuated the
ir with great rapldity.
Phillips staggered, but did not fall.
e lurched against the iron railing
'at surrounds the club house yards,
lth one hand to his body and the
'her grasping for support.
Satisfied that he had been success
ui' the assailant fired the seventh
not INTO his own brain and toppled
ver before anybody could reach him.
or nonrs his body lay in the sunshine
llh only sheet to cover it.
me policeman and the two by
'ahders came up on the run. At the
ame moment three members of tho
luo--Newton James, Frank Davis
hd frederick Evans--rushed down
bouse. 'ps ''i'o 'he
uraham' what's happened ?" asked
,ans' Phillips was conscious and
ulterng intensely.
ne shot me In the bowels" be an.
rar "ereu' Don't bother with him. For
'oas sake get a DOCTOR
- was some time before an ambuI-
{r,"s {,e arrived, and In the meantime the
tha S0 members were trying to identify
carau ueau man. In the pockets were
~'os bearing his name and the ad-
''s 1871 X. street, Washington d
ne carried s24.5O in cash. a mem. .
,,o e,'n'p card in the American Fedora
!, >" VI musicians and two manuscrInts
y short stories. 'p''
william z. Mccoombs seeretarv !,
ma, ,r'neeton club. recognized the
A. o,, 'of fi'zhugh Goldsborough Of
n ~, ~ ard respected Maryland family.
|n,maa Saa word from Washington con-
Ina, c, .ne Identification and added
r,ss,' s 'uolosborough was Harvard
\. sua.e .us McCoombs corrected thai
a Va ,a'u mat Goldsborough had enter.
harvard with .he .a..a. esaa.
man year. " ~ ~ ms iresh-
| |bodv me arrival Of The coroner the
shers 'aS :. 'sken to a police station
Alrernaaa as further identified by
schoo, = E secretary Of the Rand
hOrona el9lScienee. where Colds
ouyh "a. Lee said Goldsbor-
|tosl -. here last November and
4 nns. at the school. He was not
Il. ~ ld mingled little with the
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