Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-25
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The Sacramento Union of Yesterday re
Mtas the following:

The Sacramento Union ot Yesterday re
Mtes the following:
At about eleven o'clock on Sunday night
man rlmei Samuel Cohn was ~1ol ny John
AmuH. 9th. Gup O.; Iu..'h @ Arnold under
tIre following c.lr.lHstauc. Alr. Arnold
resides ot th. corrrr Of Seventh ana Ii sts
rud vi.h bis family had retired cle'y Al
,be hour uIm.d he was aro.-.l hy noises
made ny some one trying to open the front
door. On s'rpjry ou to the blIHonv and
Iuokiag down be LHcovyrel a man standing
on the porch near the door On demanding
of the visitor lis lu-iu.sa, CohN--aa 10 proved
to.te--Iyp.iui thlt la wanted to got into
,ht house that Ae had ley to ll. door and
bad q rjght tn 20 To. Arnold told him he
h.a u3cight there UNJ ordered him TO leave
several times, and getting no Other response
from Cohn Jan that chad room in the
h1use and hai a right to 90 to if, Arnold
dr-E % Smith d W.s-ou pistol, arl told
Cohen to -oaltot ihe gate in iuiuU'e or he
wond shoot him. lie agaiu told him that
uo h1l % pistol cooked and leyelsd ON him.
Ul l., he ail nos ep uut DC the gte in one
minute he would shoot him. Conu lid uol
so out and Arnold fired. Cohn then ran
along tla side yard to the rear Of The house.
during which movement AHold fired a sec-
oud shot, Cohu then passed into y street.
mp II 10 Eighth, down Eighth to and down
to seventh, where he crew weak. aud fall
ing ca!iNl for help. lie was taken iato Mac
-u oon ON the conner when it was found
that he had received bullet i'm the right
breast, eaicuoeiu-t below the shoulder, and
ranging downward Information of the event
was sent to the station house, aud an officer
ctlled upon Arnold, who accompanied him g.
the station house, and gave the necessary se-
ruritv for his appearance I'm the morning -
Cuhn was taken to the Water Cure c-tb-
.ishmcut ouSrveuth street, near J, whore he
vas attended yesterday 10y Drs Nont-om-
cry and Morse. On the previous evening.
while Mr.. Arnold and family were absent,
some one demanded admission into the house
which was Of course refused hy the woman
IN charge. He insisted on admission, claim
ing that h. had room there which hr had q
right TO enter lie at last left the place
10 appears that Samuel Conn is resident OF
SAN Francisco, and came 10 this city on Il
visit few days since, with friend named
lIeiss. who had rented room in a brick
house ON the same block, and had invited
Cohn TO room with him. On attempting t'
20 to the room, on saturday night, he went
! to the wrong house, and being unable TO ge'
in he told his friend the next day oi his idll
ure. Heiss then gave him key, and toI,
him he had perfect right to go into th'
room whenever he chose Since the shoot
ing occurred, Cohn has told his friends tha
when Arnold ordered him TO 60 out at tn,
gate he was alarmed, and dil not do so from
fear that he would be shot as he p1s-c,
out He therefore maintained his position
under the balcony. Cohn is possessed o
considerable money in san Francisco. ouC
appears TO be highly esteemed by his friend
and acquantance5 The convcrsation lc
tween the two parties previous to the shoot
ing which appears to have lasted two o.
three minutes was heard by several Of th
I ueighbors.