Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — MALCOMB FORD A MURDERER [ARTICLE]

MALCOMB FORD A MURDERER

Shoots HU Brother and Then Uses Revolver on Self. New York special: The end of the long existing trouble among the children of the late Gordon L. Ford, millionaire and rear estate lawyer of Brooklyn, came in the shape of a tragedy, which deprived literature and the athletic world of distinguished figures. Paul Leicester Ford, the author and favorite son of the millionaire, was shot and killed at his desk by his disinherited brother, Malcolm Webster Ford, former champion all-around amateur athlete of America. Malcolm calmly surveyed his dying brother for a few moments and then shot himself dead. It was to Malcolm’s devotion to athletics that the cause of the tragedy may be traced directly. Before the death of his father, nearly eleven years ago, the young man had attained the first rank among amateur athletes. His father was very much opposed to all this. The elder Ford had accumulated a large fortune as a real estate lawyer and desired to have his son devote himself to business, but the young man declined to accede entirely to his father’s wishes. The result was that when Gordon Ford made his will he left Malcolm out of its provisions.