Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-04
Particulars of the Street Fight in Sacra-
mcnto City.

mcntO CITY.
From the Union we take the following par |
ticulars Of the desperate fight mentioned III
our Sacramento dispatch, yesterday Gallo
way and MeGee are both well known III TINS
city. Edward Lloyd is better known III
Butte county, where he formerly resided, as
Limerick" McGee lost his nose, and prob
ably an eye in the combat, and was cut ana
br,,sed besides. He has the reputation here
Of being hard 10 kill. Galloway was badly
bruised about the head in the first battle, but
seems to have escaped further injury. The
Union Of yesterday says:
At about half-paet eight o'clock last even
ing, n desperate street fight occurred at Sec
ond and } streets, in which five or six per-
sons were seriously wounded The atfr"y
originated as follows: In the examination Of
the Branigan rape case in the Police Court,
on Monday, Thomas Galloway was called to
the stand as witness. lie testified as TO con
fossions which he had heard from Charles
,,dnord, he continued as follows, according to
the report in Yesterdays Union; "He said
! little Johnny Davis came up into his room
! and walked him and the boys up. and said
they had u "brum," lie did not know at that
time what Chat meant; Charley told him Of
some other parties that wert-one OF the
Ilovds was onc-and he said Lloyd had done
more talkind about it than he had; he said
she was rather stupid or sleepy, and witness
understood him it was at the French House
or French Hotel" On account OF the publi-
cation of this testimony, or at least soon af-
terward, before nine o'clock in the morning,
a difficulty occurred between the Lloyds and
Galloway. At the hour designated, Gallo
way entered the Champion Saloon, corner of
Second and X streets, kept by the Lloyds,
and Thomas the younger brother, ordered
him out George also approached him in a
beligevent manner He retreated to the
Second street sidewalk, Thomas throwing
several tumblera at him. George followed
aud on the sidewalk knocked him down, and
struck and kicked him in the face. lie APP
pears 10 have been taken by surprise, or TO
have been unprepared for self-defense When
he got up his face was beaten and cut i'll such
a manner, and soon became so much swollen,
as to scarcely present the appearance of a hu-
man face. Galloway was on the street dur
ing the day having had his head and face
baudaged up, and being able to see out of but
one eye. Last evening at the time above
named, Galloway and Joseph McGee, in COM
! pany, met George and Edward Lloyd AT the
! corner OF SecOnd ana IA streets, On tHe Sltt-
walk in front Of Hastings bank. a fight en-
sued, the details Of the commencement Of
v hich we VT ere unable to obtain Several
others than those above named soon became
engaged in it, and statements concerning it
are confused and conflicting Twopstol shots
we're fired, and knives were drawn and used.
One man was knocked down and badly
beaten over the head, while down, with "a
pistol in the hands of bis adversary, before
any one intercede9 in his behalf Another
was pugsuedup } to Third, and down Third
to X, being knocked down several times on
the way In the frncas George Lloyd was
shot in the left forearm, the bullet passing
through between the bones He WAS also cut
in the left leg. McGee had the end Of his
nose bitten off and Was otherwise cut and
bruised. Thos. Rooney was cut with bowie
knife in the right thigh. Charles Duret was
stabbed in the right breast and was badly cut
| in several places on the head. a colored man
canned Davis was shot in the neck Davis is
a loo4- black and was sitting in front Of his
stand On Second street. adjoining Wells, Far
| 90 d Co., at the time CT the shooting. The
bah struck the left side of the neck, making
an ugly, though not a dangerous wound. MIR
Duret is Deputy Constable. At the time the
difficulty commenced, he was in the Neran-
dah Saloon, whore some one was reading the
Eastern news just issued in an extra. On
hearing the first shot lie rushed to the spot,
and it is said attempted to stop the fight
The wound in the breast is about an inch in
painful mst eteuniq, ur,''s 1T a,r1- -rUj's
2 The extent of The injursea on the head was
not accurately known. His wounds appear
to be more severe than those of either OF the
other parties concerned. The entire trans
action, from beginning to end, is one which
should receive the most rigid scrutsny at the
hands Of our legal authorities. Wee We're in
formed at a late hour last night that +. Lloyd
was not with George when the difficulty
commenced but was on n horse in the vicini.
| ty--lhat three shots in all were fired-that
McGec will probably lose an eye, and that
Duret was removed from Or. Moisqs office 10
his residence on Seventh street, and is thot
by lis fiends TO be seriously wounded.
Edward Lloyd, on a charge ofassault with
a deadly weapon. Thomas Galloway, on a
charge Of assault to XIII George Lloyd Geo.
Lloyd, en- a charge of mayhem on the person
Of Niece; and Jos. McGee, for assault with a
deadly Wcapon.