Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-24

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Phillips, editor. publicist, and novelist.
| vas shot six times today as he ap-
preached the Princeton Club by Fitz-
| hugh Ctyle Goldsborough, a former
Harvard man. who immediately after
committed suicide.
Phillips is at Bellevue hospital in
| q extremely critical condition, hui, as
relatives hopefully express it, with "A
chance for life" The body of Colds
| borough. whose career at Harvard,
was brief. lies in the morgue. APP
parently insane, he had fanciel
grudge against the author and sought
his life. He was emily 81 years old;
Phillips in 43.
There You 60" snapped the as
sassin. IS he opened fire. and Here
I go" he echoed. as he sent bullet
into his own brain He used a 1e-
shot 32-calibre automatic pistol and
all six shots he aimed at Phillips
took effect. one of them perforated
the abdomen; another pierced the right
lung and came out at the back; 4
third shattered the left wrist and a
fourth drilled the right thigh. TWO Of
them dropped from the wounded mans
clothing as h2 vas being undressed
at the hospital. The most dangerous
wound is thought TO be that through
the lung. Septicaemia or pneumonia
are the two secondary effects most
feared. The robust constitution of the
patient bore him through the loss of
blood and shock surprisingly well. and
his first request 10 his physicians was
that no alarming reports be given out.
My mother" he said. is an OLD
lady. and the shock might kill her.
I'm young and strong; l may get
we'll Make the best of it and I'll
try TO bear you out
The six shots broke the quiet Of one
Of the most aristocratie neighborhood s
OF oid-fashiOned New York. The
Princeton club. formerly the home OF
the late Stanford White, fronts on
Gramercy Park, and at o'clock Phil
lips, who lives nearby at the National
Arts Club. was saunterng through
the sunshine for an hour of leisure
with his friends. A policeman on post
stood not a hundred yards away. Two
foot passengers had just passed the
club as Phillips was seen approaching
y.
-NpboiS SdN ally liliIS u at
tention in the we'll dressed Goldsobor-
ough, who was walking in the opposite
direction from Phillips. There was no
argument as they met, no quarrel. The
shiny barrel of the pistol glinted in
the sunshine Il thin haze OF powder
spat from the mu2zle and the patter
of the shots punctured the air.
Phillips staggered. but did not fall.
He lurched against the iron railing
which surrounds the clubhouse yard
with one hand to his body and the
other grasping for support. Satisfied
that he had been successful. the as
sassin fired the seventh shot into his
own brain and topplcd over before
anybody could reach him. For hours
his body lay with only sheet to COW
er il.
The policeman and the two by
| ISLANDERS came up on the run. At the
| same moment three members of the
club-Newton James, Frank Dayis and
Frederick Evans--rushed down the
| steps and carried Phillips into the
house. Jacob Jacoby had already
reached him and was supporting him.
Graham. what's happened"" asked
Evans. Phillips was conscious and
suffering intensely.
He shot me in the bowels" he an
swered. Don't bother with him. For
Gods sake get a DOCTOR"
1t was some time before an ambulance
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 the ad-
dress 1881 X street, Washington, D. c.
He carried s2470 in cash, a membership
| card in the American Federation of Mu-
sicans and two manuscripts. Both of
them were short stories
William p. McCoombs, Secretary of the
Princeton Club, recognized the man for
Fitzhugh Goldsborough, of an old and
| respected Maryland family. he said. Word
| from Washington came back over the
| wires confirming the identification. Nc
Coombs said that Goldsborough entered
Harvard with the class of 1901 but left at
the end Of his Freshman year.
After the arrival of the coroner the
body was taken to a nearby police sta
| ton, where 1t was further identified by
Algernon Lee, secretary of the Rand
| School of Social Science where Colds
| borough lived. Lee said that Goldsbor-
ough came to this city in November. 1910,
| and took rooms at the school, where he
was not student. and mingled little
with the life of the institution.
| Il am surprised" said Mr.. Lee. that
Goldsborough should have attempted the
life Of Mr., Phillips. who lived near us,
sometimes came to see us and took a
friendly interest in us. We knew little
1 ~e IlcI,n 1.s, To
came to us as Socialist and said he
| would like to live with us. We rent
| rooms ana he took one of them. lie
was a violinist and gave lessons. I am
told that he had been writing begging
A. tare IN Mr. Dl,fntrc W. haas, 10th