Evening star., 1932-09-30
Lodge Secretary Critically
Injured by AssaiIant in
Front of Home.
DAUGHTER, ID, VIEWS
WOUNDiNG OF FATHER
Victim Repeats Name Many Times
on Way to Hospital-Tells
of Dispute Over $5.

While James F. Morgan, 81, lay criti-
cally wounded in Emergency Hospital
today. headquarters detectives and po-
lice of all precincts were searching in
tensively for a former Navy Yard en-
ploye named as the gunman who fired
six shots from 32-caliber automatic
pistol into his body last night.
Morgan. financial secretary of CO.
lumbia Lodge, No. 174, Machinists
Union, was fired upon in front of his
home, 3629 Jocelyn street. while his
daughter, Eleanor, IA, watched.
Leaving his victim sprawled on the
sidewalk the gunman ran across the
street and darted into patch Of woods
a short distance away. A few moments
later Eleanor's older sister. Alice. "a,
peering from a second-story window
after hearing the pistol reports, saw
an automobile pull away from the curb
paralleling the woods.
Rushed to Aid Father.
Meanwhile. Eleanor had rushed to her
fathers assistance. AS she leaned over
his PROSTATE form she heard him NUT
ter, If I die it's KaiSer'S fault" He
mumbled the name over and over again
Examination by physicians revealed
that Morgan had been shot twice in the
abdomen, once in the neck, once in the
left arm, once in the hip and once in
the side.
After receiving emergency treatment
he told police Harrison Kaiser. AZ, of
the 1900 block of L street southeast,
shot him as the result Of a dispute
over S5.
He said that Kaiser, recently dis
charged from the torpedo division of the
Navy Yard. had made several demands
for a rebate from the union. When he
refused to give Kaiser the SIS without
the authorization OF other union Off
cials. he declared the discharged en-
ploye threatened him.
Police Immediately began a citywide
hunt for Kaiser whose description was
broadcast to all precincts.
Man Eludes Police.
A short time later man Of the same
general appearance as the fugitive was
address, but escaped after a chase in
which several shots were fired by police
All hospitals were ordered to notify
police at cnce if man answering
Kaiser's description applied for treat
ment for bullet wounds.
Morgan, himself Navy Yard ma
chinist, had just entered his auto
mobile, preparatory to going to the
weekly meeting of his lodge, when he
was fired upon.
He was sitting in the car. with one
of the doors open waiting for his wife,
Mrs Eleanor Morgan, whom he was
going to leave at his mothers home OH
his way to the meeting, when the first
shot was fired
He leaped into the street and ran
around to the other side of the ma
chine, in an effort to put it between
the gunman and himself. At the same
time, man stepped from the shadows
of a driveway on the other side of the
street and rushed toward him. firing
as he ran.
Daughter Runs to Porch.
Hearing the pistol reports, accom-
panied by a cry for help, Eleanor ran
to the front porch. AS she stepped
through the door, another shot was
fired, and she saw a flash in the dark |
ness.
The gunman continued firing after
his victim had dropped. How many
shots he fired in all was a matter Of
dispute, for estimates of various persons
who heard the reports ranged all the
way from four-an impossible number,
because of Morgan's wounds-to seven. |
The last shot was fired, Eleanor said, as |
the gunman ran into the woods.
Police continued their watch OF
Kaiser's home today. at the same time
requesting Maryland and Virginia |
authorities to be on the lookout for him. |
Morgan also has a son, Leonard, %.