The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
EN- in the renewed cheerfulness OF

mainland. and observed. as they |
waited, the new precautions taken to
guard East Island from i%ntruders, |
William II. Porter. one of the partners
vi !. i. Merran 81 Co, came from the
nouss Mr.. Porter was smiling hap
ply. He answered n flood of ques-
tons with two sentences.
1.-THE best of news. Mr.. Morgan's
condition is fine"
This was at 1890 a. NJ. n was
The first authoritative information that
had come from the Morgan home SINCE
Saturday night. An our after Mr..
Porter departed DIR. William II. Ia
brisk Of Glen Cove. the first doctor
called after Mr.. Morgan was wounded.
sped over the bridge in his motor
car. When he came nea the reporters
DIR. Zabriski flung up his hand.
"Oh. it's all right" he shouted.
laughingly. lie is now smoking u
cigar. His condition is very satisfac-
tory"
A few minute later Henry Sturgis
Morgan, j. +. Morsan's younger son.
appeared. lie bore news Of similar
good import.
MY father Is getting along nicely"
he said. His condition is good"
From various sources as the day
aged II became apparent that there was
much satisfaction in the Morgan home
over the optimistic outlook. on OF the
employees said that Mr.. Morgan had
rested very well on Saturday night and
that ne had taken "A refreshing nap in
the early afternoon. From one OF
Mr.. Morgan's partners II was learned
that the situation was IN no sense
Affirming and that the doctors and rela-
tives felt convinced that the real danger
was over.
Many Friends Inquire.
Many of Mr.. Morgan's friends
motored to East Island yesterday for
news Of the patient. Among these was
Charles \. Coffin, Lewis Cass Ledyard.
william II. Porter, william +. Sheehan
and Mrs. ". l.. Dawson. Mr.. Dawson
Is In Sngland.
Sir Cecil Spring-Itice. the British Am
bassador. who was near Mr.. Morgan at
the time of the shooting. remained at
she house over the Fourth.
Dwight w. Morrow and Willard D..
Straight Of the Morgan firm. who had
been untirinG on saturday and Saturday
night in their attendance on their chief
and in sowing the many vexatious prob
lens arising, felt so confident that Mr..
Morgan had taken n definite turn for the
better that they went to New York.
DIR. II. II. NJ. Lyle. the surgeon who dag
nosed the actual character OF the
ounds. and DIR. J. W. Markoe. the
Morgan family physician. were able to
leave the house. although DIR. Markoe
returned last night.
Evidences of growing confidence that
Mr.. Morgan's Injuries. while severe. were
not especially dangerous multiplied. In
the morning the Junius Spencer Nor
gans, Mrs. Herbert l.. Satterlee. Mr..
Morgan's sister, and Henry Sturgis
Morgan motored to Lattingtown Chapel
at Locust Valley. something more than
q mile from the Morgan home. and there
attended the Episcopal service. The late
j. i. Morgan built Lattingtown Chapel
and manifested particular interest In its
upkeep.
The service was conducted by the Rev.
John w. Gammack, who before reading
the Episcopal prayer for the sick. with
a special. Interpolation referring to Mr..
Morgan. said to his congregation
This community has been threatened
with a calamity almost national. ]
think 1t is fitting that we should offer
a special prayer for the rapid recovery
Of Mr.. Morgan"
All OF the other churches OF Glen Cove
paid special attention to the assault on
Mr.. Morgan. Prayers were said for his
recovery and he wac eulogized. The
Rev. Bernard O'Reilly of st. Patrick's
Roman Catholic Church at the morning
mass paid a high tribute to the finan-
cier, calling him one of the greatest men
In this country anG possessed OF the
most democratic spirit.
Several disquieting or. at least. an
noying episodes which occurred yester-
day in the vicinity OF Mr.. Morgan's
home appeared to justify fully the new
and very rigid precautions that have
been taken To guard the Morgan estate
and keep unidentified visitors at a dis
tance.
The first OF these incidents was re-
ported by Myron +. Ford. the automo-
bile driver who drove the would-be
murderer to Mr., Morgan's home on
Saturday morning. Yesterday Ford in
formed the Glen Cove police and Supt.
McGregor of the Morgan estate that
two men. middle aged. respectfully
dressed and obviously Germans. got
off the early train from New York.
They approached Ford and one OF them
asked him the way to Mr.. Morgan's
house. He gave them general directions
and then the inquirers wanted to know
what 1t would cost to be driven to the
Morgan place. Ford told them the fare
would be 81. They discussed the price.
talking in German. Ford says, decided
N'Sy "'e'' 49, - $500 80 vs. AO'Ns
Did Not Appear at Estate.
Ford telephoned to the Morgan house
and the guards we're on the watch for
the suspected men, They did not APP
pear, however. and IL was assumed that
they had become frightened and had
walked to one of the nearby towns from
which they had taken a train back to
the city.
A somewhat more exciting episode
tok place at the home of +. Worthing-
ton Hine, who has a country place at
Locust Valley. within a mile or so of
the Morgan home, Mr.. Hine gave a
dance on Saturday night. which lasted
until after 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
1t was just after that hour when Mr.,
Hire and several OF his guests heard q
disturbing noise on the veranda roof.
They ran to the lawn just in time 10
see three men leap from the roof OF
the veranda and scramble through the
trees toward the road.
With Donald Bayne. a son of $. G
Iayne, president of the Seaboard Ma
tional Bank, and A, w. Kelly, Mr.. Hins
jumped into an automobile in the hop,
of running down the fugltives. They
drove the car furiously down the pri,
vate road, but in the darkness anc
hurry they ran Of the roadway a little
and crashed into the fence. All tire.
were thrown out. They We're not hurt
but the chase had to be abandoned
Mr.. Hine thought 1t was "A curiou.
coincidence that he Should be presiden,
Of the Keystone National Powder Com,
pany OF Emporium, Pa, the concern
which manufactured the stirks of DIV