The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-25
THE WOUNDED AUTHOR sue
cUMBs FROM THE EFFECTS OF
A CRAZY MANS DEED.
END CAME AT LATE
HOUR LAST NIGHT
Suddenly Took Turn for the Worse
and Medical Skill Is unavailng--
Murderer pemented, Says the coro-
ner.
Special By United Press.

Special by United Press.
New York, Jan. 25.-After examin-
ing the diary found in the room Of
Fitzhugh Goldsborough, who shot Da-
vid Graham Phillips and then commit
ted suicide, the coroner who Is holding
an inquest over the dead man said
the murderer was no doubt demented.
In the diary numerous quotations
from the writings Of Phillips were
found. One entry by Goldsborough
read: II deem Mr.. Phillips an enemy
of society and also my personal enc
my
The body OF the dead author was
taken today from his former residence
to the National Arts club where hum
dreds Of friends called.
Funeral arrangements are in charge
Of the Phillips family and Senator Al
bert J. Beyeridge whose friendship
with the author began many years ago
in the Hoosier state
A funeral service viii be held in
New York and the body win be in
TERED in Indiana It has not been de-
clded wnen the funeral win take place.
New York. Jan 25.-David Graham
Philips died IN Bellevue hospital late
last night. a victim Of Fitzhugh Coyle
Goldsborough
Phillips fought yalliantly 70 live, but
six bullet holes were too much. even
for ms grit and sturdy constitution and
at ll:i0 o'clock he died
He was conscious up to within a
quarter Of an hour Of his death, At
the bedside We're his sister, Mrs
Carolyn Frevert his brother Harrison
W. Phillips, his personal physician.
DR. Eugene Fuller and Dr. Donovan Of
Bellevue. The immediate cause was
hemorrhage Of the right lung, which
had BEEN pierced by one Of the steel
clad bullets from Goldborough's auto
matte pistol
up to O'Clock the novelist was
resting quietly and both physicians
and relatives We're hopeful Of the out
come He had been conscious ali day
and had received visitors. among them
his sister and BIS brother, United
states Beyerldge Of Indiana and sew
eral writer's OF note. Their visits were
extremely brief, but all who came
away appeared optimistic.
After 9 o'clock last night the patient
took turn for the worse and although
the surgeons did everything IN their
power the end was inevitable The
physicians met directly after death
and decided to request the coroner to
dispense with an autopsy It is be-
lleyed this will be granted, although
en- autopsy is usual in homicide cases.
The assailants real motive IS as
much a mystery as ever, although the
theory generally accepted here is that
he pictured himself and family as de
plcted unfayorably in one OF the au.
thor's novels.
There is doubt on this score, how
ever, for there was found in his belong
ings what appears TO be pages from
Goldsborough's diary IN these he bit
terly resents what he styles Phillips
ungallant picture OF the American wo-
man, as drawn in some of his writ.
ings
II these pages prove to be genuine,
Il would seem that the young music
ian resented not what he considered
an attack on his family, but rather
sought to vindicate American women
as a whole. AT any rate. the obsession
grew until he shot the man he hated,
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