Show DOUBLE TRAGEDY WHICH ENDS LIFE OF PAUL PAULFORD FORD CAUSED BY FATHERS FATHER'S WILL i t 1 r HOW FORDS FORD'S BOOKS I V RANKED IN TIllS THIS CITY V. V i Miss A. A E. E Chapman the 1191 11 Ii- 91 oJ or the public library H said today that while Janice Janice i 91 Meredith Medith by Paul Leicester H book Ford was Quite cuite a a. popular j It itt vas by t no o means the most V f sought after ter romance In the 11 Ii- l Drar It probably ranked about V. V 1 i r Po t most in demand is V The book J. J naton n Churchill's Crisis H It 9 t 4 the he librarian At one time It J had ad on hand as many as thir- thir V It i iV 8 nino It-nino t bino postal cards calling for It j It The fhe he Crisis J n The Honorable Peter Stirling 9 It fit in n my opinion a much abler story storye 9 fi kS 11 nev never r in i demand like Janice It e It Meredith probably blY because the 9 It latter Is a historical novel It ItI tP w I j i P- P NEW YORK May 9 At At the time of or off ort I t tU of Paul Leicester Ford by byE f tae e shooting E t brother Malcolm Webster Ford in the house beles bethe be- be yesterday there were v s1 les the two brothers brothelS Mrs Leicester f R Elizabeth Ellzabeth B. B Hall the noveli novel- novel i j t secretary secretary and th the servants Mr I rf Fota d w was tAS s sitting at his desk in a cor- cor 0 of othe the library Miss rUss Hall was atI ath at I h desk in another corner of ot the room s a but f feet reet from Mr Ford ord Mrs Paul Pui P Ul Leicester ste stet Ford was in her own of the house on the i at the front thIrd floor Ford called as he be had often hi Ma his Mai a aon dona ie i.e. and went to his brother at i ic k Words were exchanged in a aI I to t- t o sq low that Miss Hall could not was sa said d. d S Suddenly there shot end ani Miss Hall 1 i fa revolver darted from the room ri PJ g uP up jI u wIilIe Malcolm Ford had called heg As S she e turned toward him he hen n ac bd d' d revolver to his heart fired d fell dying Instantly rohe bullet which killed Paul Ford grazed the top of his heart and passed l through a large artery ascend- ascend ns rom It The bullet which killed Malcolm lm Ford was fired with the same C I. I G y of aim for It made a wound scarcely arcelY S an Inch lower than the one i l. l killed his brother In In- fact the wounds were almost Ide identical I Dr Barch said aid the murder was th the r i of temporary mental ab d' d on Uie part of Malcolm Ford due to l r nervous exhaustion It is said that i t t there ere was enmity between the two brothers i and that it was of eleven Ye years years' ts' ts standing that never since the death eath le th of their father have they been I on Cn Intimate terms This alleged enmity on the part of Malcolm Is said to have been brought about by the fa fact t that s the father of ot the boys disinherited I c Malcolm and that this action on the fathers father's part was because he did not V J yit Malcolm to devote himself to an athletic career Paul Leicester Ford was 37 years old nd n a novelist of much note Janice Meredith and The Honorable Peter fling ying being his most popular nove nov nov- e H s was wa married about a year ago ioS Grace Kidder daughter of Ed- Ed rard sard rd H. H Kidder of Brooklyn He was 1 he j- j ap of Gordon Lester Ford of L IV Br j. oklyn who died eleven years ears ago md left an estate of some di- di 1 among mong his children with the the exception exception ex ex- ex- ex of who Malcolm was l. l 14 ted by the will It was decided last night at a family JJ 1 Council that the two brothers should be 1560 The funeral will 4 I burled together held Saturday m morning from the residence |