The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-24

opgh, whose career at Harvard was brief,
lies in the morgue. Apparently insane,
he had faneied grudge against the au-
thor and sought his life. He was only
81 years old; Phillips is 40.
There you go!7 snapped the would
be assassin, as he opened fire, and There
4 20, he said, as he sent a bullet into
his own brain Hc used l0-shot Seal
bre automatic pistol and all. six shots
he aimed at Phillips are believed 10 have
taken effect. One Of them perforated
the abdomen another pierced the right
lung and came out at the back; a third
shattered the left wrist and a fourth
drilled the right thigh Two OF them
dropped from the wounded mans cloth
ing as be was being undressed at the
hospital.
The most dangerous wound Is thought
to be that through the lung. Septieaemia
or pneumonia are the two secondary
effects most feared. The robust eonsti-
tuition OF the patient bore him through
the loss of blood and shock surprisingly
well, and his first request to his physi-
clans was that no alarming reports be
given out,
''My mother. be said. Us an old lady,
and the shock might kill her I'm Young
and strong; ! may get well. Make the
best OF it, and III try to bear you
out"
The six shots broke the quiet of one
OF the most aristocratic neighborhoods
OF old fashioned New York. The Prince
ton club, once the home OF the late
Stanford White, fronts on Grammerey
park and at o'clock OF beautiful
bright afternoon, Phillips, who lives
nearby at the National Arts club, was
sauntering through the sunshine for an
hour of leisure with his friends.
Nobody saw anything to attract at
tention in the well-dressed Goldsbor-
ough. who was walking in the opposite
direction from Phillips There was no
argument as they met, no quarrel, no
opportunity for self-defense. The pistol
glinted in the sunshine and the patter
OF the shots punetuated the air almost
with the rapidity Of a broken volley.
Phillips staggered, but did not fall
He lurched against the iron railing that
surrounds the clubhouse yard, with one
hand TO his body and the other grasping
Tor support Satisfied he had been sue
cessful. the assassin fired his seventh
shot into his own brain and toppled over
before anybody could reach him. For
hours his body lay there in the bright
sunshine, with only sheet to cover it.
It was some time before the ambu-
lance arrived, and in the meantime the
club members were trying to identify
the dead man on the sidewalk In the
pockets were cards bearing his name and
address, 1891 X street. Washington, ID.
c. He carried s2470 in cash. a mem
bership card in the American Federation
of Musicians and two manuscripts Both
of them were shot stories. one entitled
''Thc Conquest Of the Climate and the
other "For Conscience sake"
The body was well dressed and well
nourshed. Goldsborough wore silk socks
and had been freshly shaved.
William F. AleCoombs, secretary OF
the Princeton club. recognized the man (
for Fitzimqh Goldsborough. Of an oldt
and respected Maryland family, he said 4
Word from Washington came back over
the wires, confirming the Identification I
and adding that Goldsborough was q
Harvard graduate McCoombs corrected .
that. He said Goldsborough had entered 1
Harvard with the class Of 1901. but left .
AZ the eud OF the freshman year.
After the arrival of the coroner. the 4
body was taken to a police station
where Il was further identified by Al
zernon Lee. secretary Of the Rand School 4
Of Social Science. where Goldsboruugh /
lived lee said Goldshorough came %
this city last November and took rooms
NJ the school. who're he was not a stu.
dent. aud mingled little with the life
Of the institution. The Rand School of
Social Science was founded five years
ago by Dr. George =. liarruu, a socialist,