Evening journal., 1915-07-03
j. P. MORGAN shot,
ONLY SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
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man, was more than match physi-
cally for the slender intruder, and
Overpowered him after a struggle,
during which the man fired two more
shots. Several servants rushed to
the aid of the fnanciar, and closed in
on the wOuld-be assassin. The man
was badly bruised and cut about the
head. so that when Constable Nc
Cahill arrived he was smeared with
blood and his clothes were torn.
Morgan had scarcely felt the wound
made by the first bullet when he
sprang upon the man, but after the
struggle he sank in a chair, evidently
exhausted from the sudden exertion
and the pain from the injury The
constable had been summoned by
telephone and soon arrived on the
scene A hurry call was sent for Dr..
W. H. Zabriski, a local physician.
who rushed to East Island and dress
ed Morgan's wound. Another tele-
phone message was sent to New York
Tor DR.. j. w. Markoe, a specialist.
who came to Glen Cove, ACCOMPANIED
by some of Morgan's business asso-
clates, in a high-powered automobile
that made better than go miles an
hour whenever the road permitted
After examining the injury DR.
Markoe said that il was not serious
and there was no danger, except from
infection.
Careful precautions were taken to
prevent infection.
Il was directed to do this by God
Almighty. and He was my only accom-
plice," said the prisoner when ar
raigned before Justice Luyster. THE
war must be stopped, and Morgan is
the man who can do it whenever he
desires. l am an American citizen
and ! acted at the direction of Cod"
John Pierpont Morgan, who was
shot at his Glen Cove home today.
succeeded his father as the head Of
the great banking house of ]. p. Nor
gan & Co., on the latter's death, in the
spring of 1912.
Besides holding Office as president
of ]. P. Morgan & Co., he IS a direc-
tor and leading figure in many corpo-.
rations and is one of the DOMINATING
figures in international politics.
Only a short time ago he returned
from London, where he was reported
to have completed arrangements for
establishing in the United States. gl-
gantic credits for the allies for great
war contracts
Morgan is As years of age. He was
born In New York in 1867, and was
graduated from Harvard in 1889. err
tering the service of Morgan e. Co,
Immediately upon graduating. He
was married in 1890 to Miss Jane
Norton Grew.
Besides heading the great New York
firm, Morgan is the head of the Lon
don firm Of Morgan, Grenfell and
Company, the English banking cor
poration affiliated with the Morgan
interests here. Among other posi-
tions he holds are those of trustee
Of the New York Trade School and
governor of the Peabody Fund of Lon
don.
Morgan. like his father, the first
]. Pierpont Morgan, moves as
silent figure among great interna-
tional financiers. He has all his
fathers aversions to publicity and
has consistently avoided newspaper
interviews. The physical appearance.
the dominating facial features and
heavy eyebrows of the late J. P. Nor
gan are repeated in the son. The
younger Morgan has become noted,
though to a lesser degree than his
father, for the brusqueness of his
speech.
Morgan maintains mansions at 231
Madison avenue. New York. and at
II Grosvenor Square, London, besides
his summer place at Glen Cove. He
is a member of many leading New
York clubs and also of organizations
across the water.