Arizona republican., 1911-01-24
ASSA|LANT HARVARD MAN
He Crowned His Work by Suicide. There Was no Known Provocation. A Chance, But Slender, that Victim Will Live.

New York, Jan. 23.-David Graham was shot six times today as he ap- preached the Princeton club by Fitz- hugh Coyle Goldsborough, a Harvard man. who immediately after commit ted suicide. Phillips is in critical condition but. as a relative expressed it. with d chance for life.
 The body of Goldsborough, whose ca reer at Harvard was brief, lies in the morgue. Apparently insane, he fancied he had a grudge against the author. and sought his life. He was only 31 years old Phillips is 43.
 There you go," said the assailant as he opened fire. and here I go." he re-echoed as he sent d bullet into his own brain. He used an automatic pis- tol and all the six shots aimed at Phil lips took effect. One penetrated the abdomen; another pierced the right lung and came out at the back; third shattered the left wrist. and the fourth drilled the right thigh. Two dropped from the wounded mans clothing as he was being undressed at  lets was so cratic and there was so much doubt as to just what wounds were points of entrance and which were points of exit that the surgeons were uncertain whether Phillips had been shot four, five or six times. but their best belief tonight was that it was six times. The most dangerous wound is through the lung.
 Septicaemia, or pneumonia, are the secondary effects most feared. The robust constitution of the patient bore him through the loss of blood and the shock well, and his first request to physicians was that no alarming re- ports be given out.
 My mother" he said. is an old lady. and the shock might kill her. I am young and strong; I may get well. Make the best of it and I'll try to bear you out"
 The six shots broke the quiet of one of the most aristocratic neighborhoods in New York. The Princeton club, formerly the home of the late Stanford White, fronts on Grammercy park. and at ? o'clock of the bright afternoon Phillips, who lives nearby at the Ma tional Art club. was sauntering through the sunshine for an hour with friends. A policeman stood not d hundred yards away. Two foot passengers had just passed the club as Phillips was seen approaching it. Nobody saw anything to attract attention in the well dressed Goldsborough, who was walking in a direction opposite from Phillips.
 There was no argument as they met: no opportunity for lf-defense. The shiny barrel of pistol glistened in the sunshine. a thin haze of powder smoke spat from the muzzle and a batter of shots Tunctuated the air with great rapidity.
 Phillips staggered but did not fall. He lurched against the iron railing that surrounds the clubhouse yard, one hand to his body the other grasp ing an iron support
 Satisfied that he had been success full the assassin fired the seventh shot into his brain and toppled over before anybody could reach him. For hours the body lay in the sunshine with only a sheet to cover it.
 The policeman and the two by islanders came up on a run At the same moment three members of the
 
 Fred Evans-rushed down the steps and carried Phillips into the house
 Graham, what has happened?" | asked Evans.
 Phillips was conscious and suffering intensely
 He shot me in the bowels" he answered. Don't bother with him. | For Gods sake get doctor"
 It was some time before an am bulance arrived and in the meantime | the club members were trying to | identify the dead man. In his pockets were cards bearing his name and ad- | dress, 1881 K street, Washington, D. C. l He carried S24.5O in cash and mem | bership card of the American Fedora tion of Musicians and two manuscripts | of short stories.
 William F. McCombs. secretary of | the Princeton club. recognized the man l for Fitzhugh Goldsborough, of an old and respected family, he said. Word i from Washington confirmed the identi- l fication and added that Goldsborough 1 was a Harvard graduate. MoCombs ! corrected that. He said Goldsborough l had entered Harvard in 1901 but left | college at the end of the freshman year. |
 After the arrival of the coroner. the | body was taken to the police station. | where i- was further identified by AL gernOn Lee. secretary of the Rand i School of social Science, where Colds l borough lived. Lee said that Colds