Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-03
Crank Says Financier Started
War and Could Stop 1t If
He Would
PRISONER TOO DICNTFIED
TO TALK TO POLICE
Bankers Wounds Not Serious
---OVerpOwers His
ASSailant

Glencoye, h. l., July al. p. Nor.
gan was shot at mis- home here early
today by an unidentified man, appar.
entity of German extraction. The would.
be assassin picked his way past the
butler of the Morgan summer home,
carrying revolver in each hand He
rushed Immediately into the presence
Of the financier and after brief ex.
change of words, opened fire. The rc.
yolver used was of .32 caliber. Morgan
is known to have been hit once, and
servants in the household are reported
to have declared that two shots were
effective. One bullet entered the groin
and came out at the hip. The second,
according 10 one ~ IT, went wild.
Before the would.be assassin could fire
a third time, Mogan closed in and
grappled with his assalant. With the
assistance of the butler the man was
Overpowered and disarmed. He strug
gled desperately to escape and succeed
ed once in breaking away. He was re-.
captured, however before he could
leave the house, aud was turned over
to the police by Morgan employees in
the household At police Headquarters
the prisUer, apparently tramp re.
fused to give his name, his business or
his home or furnish the police with any
account Of himself Soon after his ar
rest tue police prepared to put him
through the third degree. Confirmation
of reports from the Morgan servants
that the financicr had been shot twice
could not be obtained. II was stated
that report would be made by the
attending physicians at noon
j. Z. Morgan is known throughout
the world as America 3 financial king
He is the senior member OF the firm
Of j. p. Morgan & Co., of New York,
and of Morgan Grcnfell & Co., of Lon.
don. He Is also director in numerous
New York financial corporations.
Morgan was born in New York in
1867 and is the son of John Pierpont
Morgan, the former head Of the Morgan
interests, who died in 1913.
He succeeded his father as the domi.
mating power in American financial af.
i'airs. France and other European pow.
ers turned 10 him to establish credits
in this country for the purchase of
munitions soon after the European war
broke out.
In personal appearance Morgan bears
striking likeness 10 his late father.
lie is Of huge frame, his features are
strongly lined and In his movements
he constantly reminds those who were
intimate with the senior Morgan Of the
financial king who proceeded him.
He appeared twice within last year
before government investigating com.
mittees and testified as TO the vast
holdings Of his firm and the numerous
dictatorships which he held. Late in
1914 Mrgan resigned az director in
numerous big corporations, following
the probe made by the government into
interlocking systems which had prevail.
ed in the financial world. The firm Of
Morgan Go. has figured prominently
in affairs Of New York, New Haven q
Hartford falroad and, in fact, in prac.
tically every big eastern corporation.
Morgan returned from London only
q short time ago. where IL WAS reported
be had completed arrangements for the
establishment in the United States fn'
gigantic credit for The allies.
As was the ease with his father, the
general public has known little Of Nor
gan except a. % great, silent factor In
financial affairs. Nevertheless, he r.
not only the financial leader Of this
country, but a dominating figure in In.
iernational politics, owing 10 the i'm.
mense power which rests In his hands
The general characteristics Of Mw.
gan are much the same as those or his
late father. He has the greatest aver.
sion 10 publicity Hs Is brusqne Of
speech and manner, consistently refuses
20 receive nteryiowes and is seldom
seen in public.
lle inherited bis fathers love for
works VI art and rare relies. Only re-.
Gently suit has been threatened by the
state Of Virginia t0 recover frGn Nor
gan the win Of Martha Washington.
This h. but one u the rare historical
relic. aid 10 be among Morgan treas.
urcs.
Morgan is trustee Of the New York
Trade srhool and governor Of the Pea.
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