Show y y yAU AU AUDITOR MORRIS IS ASSASSINATED I War Department Official Shot Down In SMUEL MDONALD DID IT ITI I I had Ud lii In Ir cr Cut 1110 Own hid a Huud oud Washington D C U Morris ot of Ohio for time the war department was vas shot at this after noun In his In the Winder build lag by A man named McDonald former formerly ly b IL a disbursing clerk In time the Mar Marne ne died almost Instantly Morrie was shot near the heart Mc McDonald Ic Donald who did the then cut his hili own throat and shot eliot himself lie Be tore Core doing so he had a desper desperate struggle gle Ie with the watchman of oC the building who tried to arrest him The man maim was badly beaten about the head with the murderers pistol Samuel McDonald who did the kill trig Ing had been time the second disbursers clerk In Morris but hid had been reduced It Is said suld that brooding over Oel this led to the tragedy Morris had ben auditor for tor the navy d department but was wall transferred to the present poet IL year au o on account ot of his hili Hood good record Donald was taken to the erner emner gene hospital and was still alive alle at 30 p fI m in The bullet imad his heft leCt breast near the heart but the doe doc doctors tore tors had been unable to trace It rhe rhela la gash h In his throat Is severe but It Is not known It result 0 Dec of Frank Frnnk n II Morris who was shot eliot and killed In this was In thIs city lie was tree formerly lIn en engaged In business here and had for u a ulong along long time lime been rl recognized as IL a prom promInent and leading He was appointed three threll yrs ago us as auditor of at atthe the navy department and subsequently was transferred to n a position In hi the war department Mr r Morris about 50 years of at ago |