The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-02
D. G. PHILLIPS M ,RDERED
NOTED AUTHOR VICTIM OF IN
SANE ASSASSIN.
A~ssahant, Who Committed Suicide,
Victim Of Authorizations
Public Funeral Held.

Phillips died in Bellevue hospital a
victim of Fitzhugh Coyle Goldborough,
an eccentric and emotional musician,
who shot the novelist down for a fan
cied grudge, then killed himself. Phil.
lips fought valiantly to live, but six
bullet wounds were too much even for
his ~tenscity. He was conscious up
to within a quarter of an hour Of his
death.
The shooting occurred in front of
the club. Six shots were fired at
Phillips by his %assailant, who then
used the last bullet in his revolver to
kill himself. Newton James and
Frank Davis, graduates of Princeton in
the class of 1907, were just coming
out of the club when the shooting
took place.
A great crowd assembled on Tween
ty-frst street in the vicinity of the
shooting, where the body of the as.
sassin remained where it fell until
the Cornorer's Office had taken action.
From an e~nvelop discovered in the
pocket of the nan the police believe
him to be Fitzhugh c. G~oldsborough,
a violin teacher, 80 years of age. A
school of socialism is a tenant Of this
building, and the secretary Of the
school, AlgeruCh Lee. told the police
that G~oldsborOugh had lived at that
address since November, and that, al
though he knew little about him, he
believed that he came here from
Washington.
What is regarded as an explanation
for his crime is found in extracts from
his dairy made public by the district
attorney and a statement made by
Goldsborough's uncle. r. II. Powers
Far. OF this city.
"Fitzhugh was most Courtly in his
ideas about women, and we are of the
opinion he became incensed with Mr..
Phillips because OF his treatment of
some of his women and girl characters
in his books. We think he brOoded
over this until he began to look upon
Mr.. Phillips as an enemy, and decided
TO kill him. We can explain his mad
action in no other way
Mr.. Phillips funeral was public.
So many friends and admirers of his
works have been stirred by his assas-
~sination that the plans for a private
funeral were abandoned. The serv-
ices were held Friday afternoon at
St. Georges Episcopal church, near
the scene of the attack against Phil
lips by Fitzhugh c. G~Oldsborough,
which resulted in the authors death.
Archdeacon Nelson, assistant to Bish-
op Greer of the New York diocese,
officiated.
The p~allbearers were United
States Senator Albert J. Beyeridge.
of Indiana, a former roommate of
Phillips at De PAW university, who
came on from Washington to take
charge OF the funeral; Robert w.
Chambers. Joseph II. Sears, George
Horace LOrimeT, editor of the Satur-
day Evening Post; Arthur W. Little,
editor of Pearson's Magazine; Samuel
G. Blythe, John O'Hara CosgraVe and
Otto Carmichael.
After the funeral the body was
removed TO a receiving vault in the
marble cemetery, this city. and will
remain there until taken to Phillips
former home in Indiana.
CLUB Owns Stanford White House.
The Princeton club. in front OF
which Phillips was shot, occupies the
/ old Stanford White house at the cor
ner of Lexington avenue, which was
formerly owned by the architect who
was murdered by Harry X. Thaw or
the root of Madison Square Garden
| ryl -l,L Iz,,rIt a., L-sfl
ing about two years ago..
David Graham Phillips has been one
Of the best known contributors to con
temporaneous magazines. He is q
native of Indiana. having been borr
| at Madison. in that state. in 1867, the
} son of David g. Phillips and MargareI
/ Lee Phillips. He took his Bachelor
| in 1887.
He is unmarried and has beer 8
resident of New York city. He /!
, listed as a member of the Princeton
Manhattan and National Arts club.
? Among his published books, which
! have had a wide vogue in America ant
r abroad, are The Great God Success.
. Her Serene Highness." "A Woman
Ventures" Golden Fleece" "A Mas
I ter Rogue The Cost The Plum
Tree" The Social Secretary" "Th'
] Deluge," The Reign OF Guilt" "Th'
t Fortune Hunter" The Second Gen
Grafton" "Light-Fingered Gentry,
e "Old Wives for New "The Fashion
: able Adventures of Joshua Craig an,
The Hungry Heart
: Pittsburg, Penn. - As a sequel t
+ the killing OF David Graham Phillips
. Miss Julia Kovar, supposed Hancee o
, Ritzhugh c. Goldsborough, the forme
member of the disbanded Pittsburi
orchestra, who shot the novelist. ha
D disappeared from her home. She i
% years old.