Butte record., 1856-05-17
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

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Casey Great Excitement at the Bay
The Military calIed ont.
To Mr. Nye, of the California Stage
Co. We are indebted for an extra from
the office of tie California Express, of
the 18th, containing the following par>
tieulars of the late tragedy at San Fran
SEQ.
San F'raaesco, lily 1871, II A. n
A shooting afTray occurred yesterday
afternoon, on the corner Of Montgomery
and Washington streets, between James
P. Casey, propri tor of the Sunday
Times, and James King Of VIM, Editor
Of the Evening Bulletin.
In rider that cur readers may under
stand fully the origin Of the affair, wc
publish The controversy which led to the
attack Of Mr Casey on Mr.. King.
Il last nday's issue Of the Sunday
TINES, appeared a communication, sign
ed "Calihan," stating that the reason
that the Bulle.in soSperrnctly attacked
Mr.. McDufie, was that Thos s. King,
James brother. had been and was an
applicant for the e. S Narshalsbip, and
hat he was part proprietor Of the Bul-
latin. Il appsars that lIr. Thomas S.
King called. ssver.l times. uqon Mr
Casey to obtain au avowal OF his author,
which Mr. Casey refused to give, upon
the ground that the party in question
was an old ran, and a n1n Of family
a man Of peaceabIe habits, and that
rather than h should sufer, hs Casey
was willing to be responsible ior the
communication.
On Tuesday morn ng last, Mr.. King
met Mr.. Casey ou Mont. omery street
and again demanded positive expose Of
the author Mr.. C. refused, and Mr.
King Informed him that he would Civ
him until 10 O'Clock on Wednes lay, aud
that f he did not hear from him by that
tim lie must stand the charge Mr.
/ Casey replied hat he had fully made up
his mind and that he would not give the
information desired.
On yesterday AIr. Kiug apparently
sought Mr. C in the City Hal AID 9th
er public places, aud mt him on the
corner Of Merchant AMI Montgomery
streets, in con, evsation with soy n.
friends, remaining in the same locality
for some time, bnt made no d moustra-
/ lion to carry out the threat Of forcing
Mr. Casey 70 avow the author ship of tie
communic ton. Matters stood thus
when IN an -diioriaI Yesterdays P. VI
Bulletin, the fol owing remarks in ref
erence to Mr. Casey, appeared:
The Offensive Article OF tlae Ba'le9In.
The fact that Casey has been an in
mate Of Sing>Sing Prison, New York, is
no oifense gajnst the laws of this State
Nor is he fact Of his having siuftd him
self through the ballot box as elected to
the Beard of Supervisors frcm district
( lille it is said he was not even candi-
date, any Justification for Mr.. Casey to
Mr.. Bagley to shoot Casey, howeyer
richly he latter may deserve to have
his neck stretched for su~h fraud on the
/ people
These are acts against lhe public good,
and not az ms Mr.. Bagley, in pa-tici-
ar. and, however much We NAV detost
Casey's character, or be convinced OF
the shalowness IF his promised repara-
ton, we cannot Justify The assumption
of Mr.. Bagley to take upon himself The
redressing Of these wrongs.
At about halfpast four O'Clock, Ca
sey visited the editorial room Of the
Evening Bulletin, and asked Mr. King
why he had used such languare in refer
ence to him, and told him he would not
low him to do SO gain.
Mr. King replied be would 10 so
whenever he might see proper, and told
Mr. c. he could leave the Office. Casey
left the Office. and short time after
wards, at about O'Clock, he met NIr.
King crossing the corner of Washing
ton and Montgomery streets, diagonal
y, when nearly in front Of tn Office of
the Pacific Express Com1anv. Mr.. Ca
sey being in front of Pnil's Oyster Sa-
loon, next to the Pacific Express Co. y
Office. The latter cAlled out to the for
mer:
James hing OF NIn. are you armed;
draw and d f-nd YOURSELF
Mr. King folded his arms and asked,
"are Won IN earnest'" Upon Mr. Ca
sey saying yes, and again repeating his
warning. "draw and defend yourself, ="
Mr.. King dropped his arms and made "A
motion as to draw his weapon.
There are several versions of the Ian
guage used by DO at that moment and .
it Is difficult to find out the precis
words.
Casey fired a sbo; from navy revol
yer which took effect in the LIT brea
Of Mr. King, above the nipple and with
in few ioches Of the shoulder
Mr.. King exclaimed, :'Oh, OIL am
shot," and walked into the Pacific E
press Office, where he was properly Ia
ken care Of
Mr.. Casey, after having discharged H.