The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902. PAUL LEICESTER FORD MEETS DEATH AT HANDS OF BROTHER Slayer of the Briliiant Young Author of ‘‘Janice Meredith’’ and *‘The Honorable Peter Stirling’”’ Commits Suicide--Enmity of Eleven Years’ Standing Culminates in the Terrible Double Tragedy AL 1_E=ICE-STE = e i you as long as you do not make any trou- ble. There is no disgrace in it for you, for hoth Washington and Catherine were left out of a former will.” Paul Ford was called to the stand and when under cross-examination testified that there was a sentiment among the brothers and sisters that Malcolm should have a share of the estate of his father if his future life was such that he would command respect. He explained that he meant by this that his brother should give up all athletic sports. After testi- fying that his father had died from ty- phoid fever, he said: “T do not see why Malcolm should get any of the estate, as my father had laid down his life to save Malcolm. He gave a worthy life to save an unworthy life.” Paul Fordl denied that he had entered into an agréement to share the estate with Malcolm, and said that the sentiment to share the estate provided Malcolm gave up athletics originated with his mother, who has since died. Police Captain Brown said to-night that EW YORK, May 8—Paul Lei- cester Ford, novelist, was shot and killed to-day by his brother, alcolm Webster ord, writer and athlete, who immediately sent & bullet into his own breast, dying | instently. The shooting occurred at 10:2) the handsome new mansfon et rd had built at a street and ha house besides the two brothers er Ford, Miss Elizabeth R. ovelist's secretary, Ford w: tting at his desk It is supposed engaged at some lterary Hall was at her desk in an- f the room, about thirty Ford. Mrs. Paul Leices- n her own room_at the on the third floor. led, as he had often his brother at his were exchanged in a tone at Miss Hall could not hear what was said. 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Circulars free, s BISHOP REMEDY CO._ 40 Eilis st., rancisco, Cal. GRANT DRUG CO.. 38 ird st G Hnrns xmnmhnmbqn_fmml . Laxative Tablets W remedy that cures a cold in one day. Nervous Debilit Loss of Semen, , Stop Ner !\'01\'9!‘ shot, and Miss Hall, jumping up, | darted from the room. Then, according to the statement of the police, Miss Hall sald to herself that she must act more | bravely and re-enter the library. | SUICIDE OF MURDERER. | . Meanwhile Malcolm Ford had called | her. " As she turned toward him he placed his revolver.to his heart, fired and fell, | | dvirg instantly. When Miss Hall turned | to look at Paul he was still standing at | his desk but rapidly losing strength. She | helped him to a sofa and then ran next | door for Mr. Ford's pnhysician, Dr. | | Emanuel Barch. In less than five mi j utes Dr. Barch arri and the dying man, still conscious, was carried up tc a room beside his wife's and placed upon | | his bed. He spoke to his wife and acked the doctor for his opinion, showing that he expected death and was going to meet ;t‘(’a]mll»y and bravely. A few moments ater, about twenty minutes after he wi shot, Mr. Ford died 25 The bullet which killed Paul Ford just grazed the top of his heart and passed through a large artery ascending from it. The bullet wh killed Malcoim Ford | was fired with the same accuracy of aim, | for it made a wound scarcely an inch lower than the one which killed his brother. 1In fact, the wounds were al- | most identical BODY IS OVERLOOKED. Just what disposition _ of Ford’s body was made, after the shoot- ing, could not be ascertained, but it ap- pears from the statement of certain per- sons acquainted with the details of the tragedy that the body lay where it fell, on a rug in the library, for some time, possibly several hours, so great was the excitement in the house. In fact, the murder and suicide were not known. to the Coroner until about 2:3) p. m., and not to the police until 4:25 p. m. Dr. Barch saiG that the time between 10:20 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. passed so rapidly that no one in the house realized it. Much of the time was occupied in trying to telephone to the father of Mrs.” Paul Leicester Ford, Edward H. Kidder of Brooklyn who ‘was the first person to arrive after the physician. Mr. Kidder refused to make any state- ment as to the shootimg except a brief anemorandum, which was given to the police. In this it was said that the cause ©of the shooting could only be surmised. Information from other sources makes it appear that Malcolm Ford called to get money from his brother, and, meeting with a refusal, shot him. Dr. Barch gaid that the murder was the result of temporary mental aberration on the part of Malcolm Ford, due to nervous exhaustion. AN OLD ENMITY. It is said there was enmity between the two brothers and that it was of eleven years' standing; that never since the | death of their father have they been on intimate terms. 'Lnis alleged enmity on the part of Malcolm is said to have been brought about by the fact that the father of the boys disinherited Malcolm and that this action on the father's part was be- cause he did not wish Malcolm to devote himself to an athletic career. Mr. Ford, the elder, left a will in which he made no mention whatever of Malcolm, bat divided his large estato in equal parts among his six other children. Malcolm did not contest the will, and it was admit- ted to probate shortly after his father's death. He told his friends at the time, however, that an agreement had been en- tered into between him and his brothers and sisters by which they had promised to share with him their father's estate, In May, 1894, Malcolm Ford brought suit against his brothers and sisters in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn to- compel them to live up to the alleged agresment. ‘The ailéged agreement was a verbal one, and as Malcolmr Ford was unable to ad- {I;me proof of it. the court decided against hitn. When Malcolm was called to the stand to testify in his own behalf he said that shortly after his father's death his brother Paul had spoken to him about the wil! of is father and said: “I think you are left Malcolm I out of the will, but we. will take. care of i & o+ .THE YOUNG NOVELIST AND BROTHER WHO COMMITTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. 2 o Xt Malcolm Ford had for some time been causing uneasiness to the family through evidences of an unbalanced mind, clared that in his opinion he attacked his brother during a period of temporary in- sanity. “The cause of Malcolm Ford’s action,” said Captain Brown, ‘‘can be explained by inference. For some time past his financial affairs have been pressing him, and he had repeatedly asked and received material assistance from his brother. It is presumed that his importuning had been such, and his demands so excessive, that his brother had been forced to re- fuse further aid.” CAREERS OF THE FORDS. Paul Leicester Ford was 37 years old and a novelist of much note, “Janice Meredith” and ““The Honorable Peter Stirling” being_his most popular novels. He was married about a year ago to _Miss Grace Kidder, daughter of Edward H. Kidder of Brooklyn.. He was the son of Gordon Lester Ford of Brooklyn, who died eleven years.ago and left an estate of some $2,000,000, divided among his children, with the exception of Malcolm, who was disinherited by the will. Malcolm W. Ford was born in Brook- lyn, February 7, 1867. He was educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, He teok up athletics while at school, and for a number of years won championships in this country and Canada, and in the 100- yard run, 22-yard run and quarter-mile run, as well as the 120-yard. hurdles, run- ning broad and running high jumps. He married a daughter of Robert Graves, a wall-paper manufacturer, but they were divorce It was decided to-night at a family ccuncil that the two brothers should be buried together. The funeral will be held Saturday morning from the . residence. To-night the bodies were laid out together in adjoining upper rooms of the house. l\%glcolm Ford leaves a son about T years old. It was sald to-night at the apartment house in which Malcolm lived that he had talked frequently of late of being in financial difficulties, and that things were “going wrong down town.” He was the editor of thé New Centaur, a monthly devoted to the interests of the automo- bile, and published by the New Centaur Publishing Company. It could not be learned whether or not Malcolm had any financial interest in the publication. On Tuesday the company failed and a re- celver was appointed. The failure of the company would explain to an extent Mal- colm Ford’s pressing need of funds, and would tend to corroborate the presump- tion of Miss Hall, who said she thouggt the conversation between the two broth- ers just before the shooting was concern- ing money matters, and that Malcolm had again asked for financial aid. 5 Three Firemen Crushed to Death. DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 8.—Three fire- men were crushed to death in a fire at the Towa Iron Works to-night. The dead: Frank Ganahle, aged 35, captain of the chemical company; John Fitzpatrick, aged 38, truckman; Charles Wise, aged 2, truckman. Financial loss, $15,000. VEST MIAKES AN HISTORIGAL CONTRIBUTION Gives the True Version of Hampton Roads Conference. Says Lincoln Demanded Un- conditional Surrender of Confederacy. Sole” Survivor of Richmond Senate Refutes Story That the Martyr President Wrote “Save the Union.” — ey WASHINGTON, May 8.—During the ses- sion of the Senate to-day Vest of Mis- sour! made an interesting historical con- tribution with reference to the Hampton Roads conference between President Lin- coln and Confederate leaders. Vest began by calling attention to ths statement of Tillman, made yesterday, that at the conference in Hampton Roads in 1864 between President Lincoln, Willlam H. Seward, Secretary of State; Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Con- federate States; E. M. T. Hunter, former United States Senator, and John H. Campbell, formerly Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Lincoln wrote on a piece of paper, “Save the Union,” then, handing it to Stephens, sald, ‘‘Alexander, take this paper and fill up for yourselves the conditions of peace between the two countries.” . Vest said the story had been denled by John H. Reagan of Texas, who was the last surviving member of the Confederate Cabinet. He knew personally, sald Vest, without having been present at that cele- brated interview, that the incident was without foundation. “If true,” sald he. “it would place the Government and. officers of the Confed- eracy in the category of criminals, be- cause it offered the Confederacy all that it ever demanded in the wildest hope of the most extreme partisans of that cause if they would only return to the Union.” WHAT LINCOLN SAID. A deep silence had fallen upon the chamber and every Senator on the floor listened to him with rapt attention. Wth great deliberation he continued: “If true, it would mean that the Con- federates could have placed on that sheet of paper the perpetual establishment of slavery and the right of secesslon, the most extreme demand that had ever ta- ken shape even in the dream of any Con- federate.” From the lips of Stephens and Hunter | had come to him, he said, the detalls of | what had taken place. Upon the return | of the commissioners of the Confederacy | he heard their official report as Reagan | heard'it, the latter being a member of the | Cabinet and the speaker (Vest) a member | of the Senate of the Confederacy. |, “1 am to-day the only survivor of the | twenty-six gentlemen who were the Con- | federate Senators,” he said. Vest then stated that what did happen ?;_Hamplon Roads, beyond question, was is: ‘When President Lincoln and Secretary Seward met the commissioners of the Confederacy, Mr. Lincoln, addressing himself to Mr. Hunter, whom he knew well,"sald: ‘In the first place, gentlemen, I desire to know what are your powers and instructions from the Richmond Gov- ernment,’ avoiding)V’ &8ifl Vest, as Hunter tso!ld( him himself, thefwerds ‘‘Confederate ates.’” ““Mr. Hunter, to whom the inquiry was addressed, said: ‘Mr. President, we are instructed to consider no proposition that does not involve the independence of the Confederate States of America.’ “*Then,’ said Mr. Lincoln, ‘the inter- view had as well terminate now, for I must say to you gentlemen frankly and honestly, that nothing will be accepted from the government at Richmond ex- gept absolute and unconditional surren- or Vest saild that this terminated the in- terview and as_the Confederate commis- sioners retired President Lincoin, address- ing Stephens, who was the last o go out, said: ‘“‘Stephéns, you are making a great mistake. Your Government is a failure and when the crash comes, as it soon must come, thére will be chaos and dis- | asters, which we cannot now foresee, | which must come to your people.” VEST DOES HIS DUTY. “This account of that encounter,” con- tinued Vest, “substantially and almost word for word, as I have given it, came to me from Mr. Stephens and Mr, Hun- Vest said that he considered it his duty to make his statement in order that his- tory may not be falsified; in order that he men who were said to have refused his offer at the hands of President Lin- coln 'should not be made to sin in their graves, adding: “For if they had refused | what was said to have been tendered them by the President they would have been accessories to the murder of every man who fell from that time in defense i of the Confederacy and they would have | risked everything. that is held dear | among men in defense of the Confeder- ate cause.” While the deep silence still reigned in the chamber as he spoke and with every eye directed toward him, Vest ciosed as ollows: | _“It may be but a very short time until {1 shall join the twenty-five colleagues 1 | had in the Confederate Senate, and I did not want this statement to go on the record of this country without my state- ment of those facts and my solemn denial that there is a shadow of truth in this as- sertion which has been going the rounds of the newspapers.of the country for the last few vears.” = Railway Extension Is Completed. ARDMORE, I. T., May 8.—Completion of the Hartshorne-Ardmore extension of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road was made to-day. This morning at 9 o’clock the last spike was driven at Dur- wood, when two forces of track-layers met. passes through the central portion of Chickasaw Nation, tapping a fine coal re- gion. The Choctaw was recently pur- chased by the Rock Island road and will probably build from Ardmore westward. Vice President Holden of the road says that regular train service will be put on in a few days. This road has railroad connection with Memphis and a direct line to the East. B i) Award Carnegie Scholarships. LONDON, May 7.—At this morning’s session of the Iron and Steel Institute it ‘was announced that the Andrew Carnegie scholarships to carry on research in met- allurgy for this year had been awarded to a Mr. Campbell of New York, to three Englishmen, to a Parisian and to a resl- dent of Berlin. Three scholarships were awarded in 1901, but Carnegie was so grat- ified with the results then obtained that he doubled his donatio: g TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BODKS A car-load of Cook Books has just arrived from Chicago and they are ready for distri- bution at the business office of this paper, All Call sub- scribers are entitled o a copy of this great Cook Book at the premium price of fifty cents. An additional charge of 20 cents to pay expressage will be required from out of town subscribers ordering by mail. — % - HETTY GREEN CARRIES PISTOL FOR PROTECTION Wealthiest Woman in America Declares Shle Fears That Lawyers ard Other Persons Are Conspiring to Kill Her, and Desires to Avoid the Fate of Father and Husband f—- EW YORK, May 8.—Mrs. Hetty Green, the wealthiest of American women, fearing that lawyers and various other persons had con-| | spired to Kill her, has obtained a permit to carry a revolver. She is the first woman to receive such a permit from the New York Police Department. The law- yer concerning whom she complains looked visibly annoyed when he heard of the permit and what she said about him, and remarked that she should not be granted such a privilege. Of 44 caliber is the weapon, and it came originally from California, where Mrs. Green says it was presented to her by a grateful public. She ,v(vlisll"lfs t1.0l1|a\"te lx& vs near. She wou e to lay it o Hhe Tablo while she talks over her litiga- tions with the disciples of Blackstone, Who may have legal aces up their sleeves. She i& of the opinidn that the lawyers have not been treating her fairly. “When my father is murdered,” she said, “when my husband dies from an overdose of mercury, and when my daughter says to me that she would have her hair cut because it is too heavy for her, were it not that she believes that she | , had only a year to live, it is time for me to look out for myself. I was advised by some very shrewd persons to carry a L o 2 el NO GRATUITIES RICHEST WOMAN IN AMER- ICA, WHO GETS PERMIT TO CARRY A PISTOL. T I — revolver, and that is why I got this per- mit. “What can be done in these days? Law- yers want to gobble up gverything. When meat is out of your md&th and ice is out of your mouth the poor must look out for themselves. My father died in 1865, and I have been trying ever since to settle up his estate. A firm of lawyers in_ Wall street had the work of doing it, and now the estate is a_million and a half short, and they have books which are necessary MILES REFUSES 10 HONOR DEAD Declines Invitation to Serve at Funeral of Sampson. Admiral George Dewey Heads the List of Honorary Pallbearers. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 106 G W., WASHINGTON, May Miles has refused to honor dead Admira Sampson. He was invited to act wi Admiral Dewey as one of the honorary pallbearers at the funeral to-morrow, Secretary Moody intending to have leutenant general of the army and miral of the navy at the head of that list. Dewey is to serve, but Miles is not. H declines to discuss the matter, neither ad mitting nor denying that he refused perform_this service for the dead. Moc also declines to_takk about the matter. is known that Miles was intended to as one of the homorary pallbearers 1 he is not to serve. The reprimand Miles received from the Secretary of War expressing an opinion on the controve over the Santlago campaign while it was still under consideration is said to be the cause for the general refusing to pay a soldier's tribute to a naval commander. 1d- The _following honorary _pallbearers have heen selected to officiate at the funeral; ‘Admiral George Dewey, Rear Admirals Remey, Watson, Higginson and Taylor; Brigadier General Charles Heywood of the marine_corps, Captains Cook, Clark, Chadwick, Mc€Calla and Folger and Com- mander Wainwright. S OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Changes ~Are Made in the Postal Service and More: New Pensions Are Granted. WASHINGTON, May 38.—Postmasters commissioned: California—Roy B. Steph- ens, South Pasadena; Washington—Inez D. Coburn, Fort Simcoe. Pastmasters ap- pointed: California—F. M. Quigley, Oro Vino, Siskiyou County, vice John Quigley, deceased. The postoffices at Highland and Ocean Park, Cal., are advanced to the Presiden- tial class and the salary 8f the postmas- ters increased from $1000 to $1100. Rural free delivery will b¢ established July 1 at Sunnyvale, with additional ser- Vice at Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Mountain View and San Jose, Cal. These pensions were granted to-day: California—Original—Albert M. Hubbard, San Francisco, 3. War with Spa Charles E. Johnson, San Francisco, $10. Increase—Willlam H. Warren, Los Ange- ies, $10; Daniel K. Sanford, Santa Ana, 38; Homer P. Moore, Riverside, $10. Mexican War—Frederick Evick Lang, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, §12. Widows—Eliza~ beth E. Cole, Los Angeles, 3; Louisa L. ‘Webb, Chula. Vista, $8. ; Oregon—Original—Jonathan McCain, Sol- diers’ Home, Los Angeles, $8. Increase— Robert Kelland, Oregon City, 3 Washington — Original — Grant Rogers, Sumner, $6. Increase—Levy Florence Pres- ton, Rockford, $8; S. Merritt Allen, Ort- ing, $; Abraham Collings, Vancouver, $10. An orders: Captain James W. Me- And\:&, paymaster, is transferred from the Phllippines to San Franci Firs Lieutenant Willlam J. Lyser, surgeon, is transferred from the Philip pines to San Francisco for duty with the Hospital Corps Company of Instruction at Fort McDowell; Contract Surgeon Hed- ley V. Tweedie of the Department of the Columbia, goes to San Francisco for sa~ signment to duty. o A BRI LONDON OPERA SEASON OPENS AUSPICIOUSLY King and Queen Occupy Royal Box for the First Time Since Their Accession. LONDON, May 8.—Rarely has the opera season opened more brilliantly or under more auspicious circumstances. This year's opening night will always be re- membered by the fact that it was the first night that the King and Queen had occus pied the royal box since their accession. There was one unfortunate circum- stance in that the roadway authorities still had Bow street torn up, though they had plenty of time and notice to get the work finished before such a great night Much confusion of carriages was caused in the approach to the opera-house. So great indeed was the block that éven the royal carriage with the King and Queen could not get by, and in consequence the curtain had to be kept down fully ten minutes to allow the King and Queen to get in before the playing of the national anthem, when the whole great audience rose and cheered with more vigor than was ever before heard in the opera-house. It was a most impressive sight. The Queen was looking radiantly beautiful in a black dress with a small diamond tias. The Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark, who accompanied their father and mother, were very sim- ply dressed in white. ——— to a seftlement and won't give them up. The extension is 116 miles long and | 1 can prove that they hooked these boeks by a letter in which they acknowledged it. FOR OFFICIALS NEW YORK. May 8.—J. Adriance Busch, assignee for Henry Bros. & Co., said to-day that the liabilities of that firm amount to $2,163,314. He also says that the frm has sufficient assets to cover all debts. New Rules Are Issued to Govern Customs Inspectors. WASHINGTQN, May 8.—Secretary Shaw to-day issued amended regulations governing the inspection of baggage of in- coming passengers at the ports of the United States. The Secretary also has prepared a circular which will be dis- tributed among passengers on all outgoing steamers, giving information as specific as possible as to the rates of duty on 0ods usually purchased abroad by tour- f8ts; what articles may be brought in free of duty, etc. Another circular issued to- day will be distrbuted at sea among in- coming passengers containing forms of declarations and other information of which travelers are usually in more or less ignorance. Another circular is ad- dressed to collectors and other officers of the customs service giving them par- ticular instructions as to the examination of baggage and the courteous treatment of passengers. Among the more important modifica- tions are the following: The free admission of any article that was taken abroad as baggage provided it is brought back as baggage and accom- panies the owner. The hundreds dollars exemption may not be claimed on wearing apparel, arti- cles of personal adornment, toilet articles and such other things as are commonly |, urchased by American tourists and are n the possession of the person bringing them and not for sale. The statute allows non-residents to bring all wearing apparel and other per-| sonal effects in actual use and appropri- ate to the purposés of the journey with- out regard to value. Heretofore the ruling has been that persons who had spent two years or longer abroad and had here a fixed place of abode for one year or more, were considered non-residents within the meaning of the customs law. Hereafter officials or employes will be discharged should they accept a gtratuity or tip under any circumstances while in scharge of their duties. Ladies desiring to have their baggage examined privately will be granted the privilege whenever the steamship com- pany has provided a suitable place. Sev- eral companies have promised to make this provision. They are sailor hats made of styles in various trimmings ; crowns and brims; all have very are in round and square shapes. the boys’ clothing window; the shapes, 50e to $1.50. . TOPEKA, Kans., May 8-—At the opening session of the Kansas Temperance Union Con- vention in this city to-day reports were given from nearly every county in the State upon the effects of the prohibitory law. Without ex- tion the renorts sald the law was success- fully enforced. L Straw hats in rough and smooth braids, Sailor Wash Hats. Here is the swellest thing of the season for boys and girls, and even ladies can wear them as outing hats. wash materials in blue, white, pink, brown, tan, red and ox-blood, comprising eighteen different some come with ‘patent K 3 leather flexible brims and. the crowns B The hats came in day before yesterday from New York and are the very latest for summer wear. . See the display of them in prices range 45¢, 78c, $1.00 and 8$1.50. walking or - Out-of-town orders filled - write us. SNWO0D 718 Market Street.