The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-23
mo LIGHT ON ELLIS SHOOTING
SLEt rms tRE NOT LOOkING FOR
HEIP EROH UOt NDED Wv.
NkStcrI Deeprnrd bS story Of Man Who
saw Rash OF NsSasSln's shot gun q
Hundred Feet Away Doctors Say
IIIis's Chances of Recover, Are Good.

Hundred Feet Away Doctors "a,
IIIis's Chances of Rrco,rry Are Good.
BASkING RIDGE. y. J.. nov. p. The
cotithat the physicians attending Monroe
T. Ellis. president of the New Jersey
State Iumber Association. who was shot
with charge of buCkshot while sitting
in his dining room on Monday evening,
could say concerning his condition to-day
was that he was holding his own and
that they hoped for his recovery if no
blood poisoning appeared in the wound
within the next twnnty-four hours. They
added that they had not dared ~ yet to
attempt an operation for the removal of
the shot which is behnvcd 10 have lodged
IN some organ below tn" diaphragm.
While the chances Of Mr.. tlliss re-
covery hung thus still IN doubt County
Detective George y. Toitcn uf Somcrvillp
and county Prosecutor Frederick A.
Pope. who share hrtwccu them the in
vc~tigaiion into the circumstances sur
rounding tho attempt upon tho lumber
mans life admitted that another day
u I'd passed with NO prugrr., made toward
discovering tho identity of the man or
mrn Responsible for the murderol4
attempt or the establishment of n motive
for tn" crm" Detective rottcn made an
effort this afternoon To- got an interview
with the wounded man, but the doctors
denied tins privilege.
1t vas Mr.. lin, her. cif who had sun
uoncd IN" Prosecutor and his detective
from ,omrryiIl" She wished to complain
against the I'M lina'iOn D"teC tive Iotten
hld given 'ha' his work was bein cloggcd
i"c4I>c of the lack OF frankness on the
n; of Nj Ills and hs family in detail
,u- al 'ha, hey nigh. know which would
throw "A UOssIni" light on the existence of
suaIo motive of malice or revenge that
mi.h' have prompted the well planned
aitcmr, 10 murder. hftcr his interview
with Mrs Ills. lottcn characterize he
various reports concerning possible rca-
sons for the shooting as all rot"
The local const ableS gave mp work on
the case to-day. saving ha, all was being
lci; in the hands of the county officials
.,side from ;hc hour spent in the Ellis
home the county officials fingered no
longer in BasknS Ridge, bu, motored
back to som crvlll"
he single immediate element of in
t"res: bearing on ih" case that investi-
Eariun Welded TO-DAY served but TO make
NOR" ineNphCable the manner in which
an" wouli-bc ASSASSIN gD' away un-
observed after firing the shot that so
thoroughly aroused the neichborhood
that h" village fire hcll was ealing be-
fore Mr.. His had managed to ge, up
sjalrfto MS bed room after being wounded.
THIS added feature of the mystery was
furnished Dv David Moore. the B5lsking
Ktdc" BLACKSMITH. who lives abou, 500
yards down he Bernarisvlle road from
the HON" Of Nr. Ellis. He was within
lCr f"et ct T." dining room window when
Tia" -h", was irci through the glass and
h" saN ~" fash of IA" discharge. but
NO shadow ot a man and no vnnlCie pGescd
h.m ON IN" road Thereafter
! vas driving down the BcrnGrd-viile
r'gd toward Mr. ElliS's house. said Moore
'r-d"... and wH- wh"r" Cnuld see the
hight shining through his dining room
wlnd,w heard IN" discharge End .
looked up uui"kly. iu~: ~ tim" - soc IN" =
flash Of tn" gun fading Though; II vas
Srmehody eIylarklnG and paid no a'ten.
ton. hut kept right ON driving toward
the house Then Mrs. Ellis ran scream
ing ont ON the road and told me f. tele-
phone t. the doctor. because Mr.. Ellis
wGS shot Between III" time the gun was
fired and the moment when Mrs. Ellis
came out Of the house | saw nobody run
across the road. | saw no rig or automo-
bile and heard no automobile
Mr. EIlis's acquaintance with BlSking
Isidg" dates back further than the time
of his marriage 70 Miss Mary ConKlng
daughter of Oscar tOnklug. who was
president Of the Conkling Lumber Com
pany He first met Miss Conkiing in
TeNas - il was said To-day by those who
had for years been intimate with the
{ lnhlI family md aFfnr SnN,arvl
- BasHing Ridge their engagement was
IN 1895 The bride t. be pre-
p-red her rousseau end all arrangements
we're made for the wedding, when a.
stranger 70 tn" neiGhborhood came To
I Dwu 70 So. Mr Ellis He left for Texas
thereafter and the Conkling
family anuounCed that beCause of press
ing business reasons Mr.. Ellis'S presence
in leNGs would cause an indefinite post
pun"ment of the wedding
shortly thereafter Mis-, Conkling. ac-
10y her brother George wnu
has since died Went Ia Texas After their
return Mr.. Ellis's visits To- the COnliling
house wcr" renewed at regular intervals
until IN 1898 cards We're sent out for the
wedding, and it was held in the Conkling
home the Rev. Edgar C. Mason, then Of
Ba skiing Ridge and now pastor of the
f"wsmith Memorial Presbyterian Church
N Newark. performing the ceremony.
Aside from the first year Of ina arred life
spent in the Southwest Mr.. and Mrs. Fills
nave resided continuously in Basking
Ridge and Mr.. Ellis's business has been
n Bernardsville. two miles away
A discrepancy in the matter Of Mr.
illiss age was allowed TO become public
through inadvertency on the part Of Mrs.
ellis. She said on Tuesday that she was
lot sure what her husbands age was
lut that il was somewhere between 55
md 90. The marriage record in the pos
ession Of the Rev Mr. Mason shows that
10 gave his age as "a when he was married
n 1895.
Values stolen Plants Above IS 900.
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