Milford chronicle., 1911-01-27
PHILLIPS DIES =
OF HIS WOUNDS
Author Passes Away During a
Coughing SPELL
ATTAGKER HAD OELUSIONS

GoIdsborough Held Enmity Towards
Author Because Novel Contained
Characters Taken From His Family
David Graham Phillips, the novelist
who was shot six times on Monday af-
ternoon by Fitzhugh COyle Goldsbor-
ough in Grammercy Park, died at the
Bellevue hospital in New York.
Mr.. Phillips had been vomiting
blood during the day. which symptom
told the physicians that the perfora.
tion in the lung caused by a bullet
which had entered the right chest and
had passed out OF the body near the
left shoulder blade, was not healing.
DR.. Eugene Fuller, Mr.. Phillips per.
sOnal physician, gave the patient what
relief he could, but the patients con.
dition became especially alarming. The
excessive pain Of his abdominal wound
during the day, the constant leakage
OF blood into the throat from his Jung
and intestinal sufferings following the
administering OF ether on Monday, had
worn~the novelist out. During a severe
spell of coughing he died
At his bedside were Mrs. Frevert,
his sister; Mr.. Harrison Phillips and
Dr. Fuller.
Senator Beveridge, who roomed with
David Graham Phillips at Depau uni
yersity, had been at his bedside dur
ing the day, arriving from Washing
ton, but he was compelled to leave
for Washington again shortly after.
wards.
Many magazine writer's. nOvelists
and artists visited the hospital, but
none of the callers except Senator
Beveridge we're permitted to visit the
patients room. Many of the visitors
and others had sent floral gifts, and
after they learned of the death of Mr..
Phillips these we're arranged about
his bier
More evidence showing that Colds
borough held enmity toward Mr.. Phil
lips was learned, but at best no one
seemed able to piece enough of this
evidence together to show why Colds
borough should have gone to the ex-
treme of shooting Phillips or, for that
matter, why GoldsbOrough. unless his
brain were normal, should hold any
enmity at all
Stories that the violinist shot the
because Mr.. Phillips had writ
ten a novel in which characters in one
of his books, which Goldsborough
thought were taken from GOldbOr-
ough's own family in Washington.
where Mr. Phillips lived for a short
while, were repeated to Harrison Phil !
lips, and he was asked whether or not
the publishers of the book had not |
sent out press notices at the time the |
book was published to the effect that |
some one had objected to the novel on
the score that it caricatured members |
Of a certain family.
Harrison Phillips replied that he re-
that notices of this charac- |
ter had been sent out when the book
left the press. He was asked whether
he thought these notices were merely
the work of the publishers publicity
department or founded on fact. He
said that so far as he remembered they
we're founded on fact. He said, how
ever, that neither he nor his brother
nor sister knew the GOldsborough
'amily.
It was learned also that almost a
year ago Goldsborough went to the
,ity hall to complain to Mayor Gaynor
about persons annoying him. During
his visit the violinist mentioned to
he mayors secretary, Mr.. Adamson,
he name of David Graham Phillips,
)ut not with any especial show of ami
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