The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-24
harvard MAN
AUTHOR
|ssaiIant Jests as He Kills Self,
After WOunding David
Graham Phillips.
THERE YOU CO." AND HERE
! CO." HE CRIED, FIRING
D Quarrel and No Warning
Given by Foe Whose Motive
Is Obscure.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-David Graham
hlllips. editor. publicist and novelist, was
lot six times today as he approached the
rlnceton club by f'itzhugh Coyie Colds
Arough. a Harvard man, who immediate
committed suicide.
Phillips is in Bellevue hospital in a
Itical condition. but, as relatives express
. with "a chance for lite'
I'he body OF Goldsboroueh, whose career
Harvard was brief, Hes in the morsue.
rDarently insane, he had IanCied
ldge against the author and sought his
|e. lie was only 81 years old: Phillips
f'There you go.' said the assailant. as
Opened fire "and here I 60" he echoed
lie sent Il bullet into his OWN brain.
b used an automatic pistol and all six
'Ots aimed az Phillips took effect. One
Them perforated the abdomen. another
erced the right lung, and came out at
Ic back: third shattered he left wrist,
ID q fourth drilled the right thigh, Two
Them dropped from the wounded mans
ofhing as he was being undrcsScd at the
,spital.
"a Fears Effect on Mother.
The most dangerous wound is thought
be that through the lung. Septicemia
Dneumonia are the two secondary ef-
nn OF the patient bore him through the
es OF blood and shock we'll and his first
Quest To his physicians was that no
1rming reports he given out
;My mother" he said. lis an old lady
IA the shock might kill her, I'm young
" strong; | may get we'll. Make the
.st OF II and I'll try TO bear you out"
TIC six shots broke the quiet of one
Il the most aristocrstic ncighborhoods OF
tw York. The Princeton club formerly
~ 1s.tV. - H. l..t.
9uts ON Gramercy park. and al 2
lock of bright afternoon Phillips.
bo lives near by al the National Arts
20, was saunterinG through the sun
|Ine for an hour with his friends. 4
||jceman stood not 100 yards away No
Hy saw anything TO attract attention
the well-dressed ColdSborough. who
IS walking in Il direction opposite from
I1ilips- There Was no argument as
|ey met, no quarrel, no opportunity for
If-defense.
The shiny barrel OF the pistol clinted
the sunshine. a thin haze OF powder
ut from the muzZle. and the patter of
r. shots punctuaied the air with great
|pidity.
Assailant Kills Self.
Phillips staggered. but did not fall. lie
rched against the iron railing that sur
|unds the clubhouse yards. with one
md to his body and the other grasping
b SUPPORT.
Satisfied that he had been successful.
b assailant fired the seventh shot into
D own brain and toppled over before
aybody could reach him. For hours his
)dy lay in the sunshine with only
Get 10 cover IL,
The policeman and the two bystanders
me UP on the run. At the same mo-
mt three members or the club-Newton
mes. Frank Davis and Frederick Evans
fushed down the steps and carried
lillps into the house.
'Graham what's happened?" asked
Fans. Phillips was conscious and snf-
ring intensely. "Hc shot me in the
>Nels " he answered. Don't bother
fth him. For Gods sake. get a doctor
II was some time before an ambulance
rived, and in the meantime The club
Hmbers were trying to identify the dead
an. In the pockets were cards bearing
y name and the address 1881 X street,
fnshington, y. G. He carried $3.50 In
ish, a membership card in the Amerl-
n Federation of Musicians, and two
OF short stories.
William T.. McCoomns, secretary Of the
fInceton club. recognized the man as
tzhngh Goldsboroush. Of an old and re-
Htted MARYLAND family. be said. Word
Cm Washington confirmed the identii-
ltIon and added that Goldsborough was
Harvard graduate. MCCoombs correct
1 that. He said GoIdsborouSh had en-
red Harvard with the class OF 1901. but
II college AT the end Of his freshman
ar,
Motive Not Clear.
,,Hftcr The arrival OF the coroner, the
NY WAS taken 10 police station,
Iere il was further identified by AL
mon Lee. secretary OF the Rand
.'hool for Social Science. where Colds
,Nougin lived. Lee said Goldsborough
me here last November and took rooms
1.-The school lie was not "A student
ia mingled little with the life Of the
Btitutlon.
Harrison w. Phillips, David Graham S
longer brother, said that Goldsborougli
~ been botheriuG David with letters
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