Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-02 | Page 1 | Illinois Man Slays the Family Doctor

ILLINOIS MAN SLAYS THE FAMILY DOCTOR Harvey R. Fields Gives Two Reasons for Killing E. E. Gordon, Prominent Promi-nent Cairo Physician. CAIRO, 111., Sept. 1. Dr. K E. Gordon, Gor-don, a prominent physician of this cilty, was shot and killed hero tonight by Harvoy R. Fields, an insurance solicitor. so-licitor. About ten days ago Gordon operated op-erated on FWdn'p mother. Hor subsequent subse-quent death, the insurance mnn declared, de-clared, was caused by the physician 's carelessness. It. was to avongo her death that ho took tho life of tho doctor, doc-tor, he said. Wields mot the physician at the entrance en-trance of St. Mary's hospital and aftor a few words drow a revolver and iii oil two shott;, killing him instantly. Immediately after the shooting ho surrendered sur-rendered himself to tho police. In his coll hero tonight fields made tho statoment that Dr. Cordon, who was tho family physician, had at-tacked at-tacked the, younger Mrs, Fields in hisj of ice.