, 1870-12-27
TIE SACRAMENTO LOVE TRAG.
EDY.
The Business Manager OF the Dali,
Reporter CnucS tltx Dmurhlerss
lover and Il Ahot ncad-'Ehc
Young Mnu ERue1ly Jgcntcn.

The Business Manager OF the Daily
Reporter canes tatx Daughters
f.over. and I. Ahot Dcad-Thc
Young Man RudfF sscntcn.
FfvtN The Sacramento Eaion, Ike. 14
About quarter past 2 O'Clock, last night,
Charles F. Fisher, tnsin:ss manager Of tke
ETeter. was shot, and almost instantly killed,
ht his res1ttnce. on Ninth street, near J, over
3fitiet.s stable. by Charles Dell, : Htep-son Of
l. B Hsrr's. and Ut one time student with
daughter Of Fisher were fond Of each otGar.
hut her father did not, 70. some reason, deom
him i suitable companion for her. However,
tt,is u,ss be, FiaIler on eundry occasions tos-
bid Dell his house, and probably intimated
that hc would eane him i hs neglected the
II Ftsher s' fooled With hia LIE would shoos
him." Last evening Fenwick Fisher, brother
Of Charles. took Mi.s Fisher and his
sitter orer to tho fair at Turner
Hall, leavirg s Miss Firhet at homa. Coming
Ct. who presently walked hoae. "a bis s.ri-
Eai there, he found tie raEios occupied hy hia
daughter, DELL. and yorng nan named Pot
ter. II would rcem that lie orIsred Dell to
leave. and un his refusing or negtecsing to do
70, commenced striking l.'u e,.h bis cane,
~hiol, ~.a one unusually heavy. Detl drew
Pistol, after being struck. aud nred Tires
shots, one Of which struck Fisher in the right
j! trcsst, shout two inches above and to tie left
Of the nipple. probably sexering au .arters;
aEothcr bullet grazed Lis side, breaking taa
tlcst. and the third pase ed ihrongh the viii
COW. After the firing Of the =ho:s Dell and
. Fisher had slisht .cuiale, during whi:h they
fell over the store, aud the1 the forn9r
,, broke Away, rAn down the stairs, and
disappeared: The report Of f1c-sfms
soon called to the scene = number OF
t that Fisher WAS mortalty wounded. his wife
! and brother we're sent Tor. Their grief may
I fc imagined. Special 0fscer Jackson, WHO
! Wa the frst officer o. tho spot, obtained pos
eession Of the pistol With which the shooting
obtain atsl=tAnee to find Deli. Qna.ers Rider
and Swift in due time answered the whistle,
| and, after viewing the premises, the trio via
tied the rtsidence OF HsHis, at Seventh sad
Il streets, and found Dell there. Ho h.d
come bone bleeding Profnse3y from the
wounds GU hi. hesd. and also suffering from
brnises on his arm, md was in fainting con
dition. Reetora:ives we're administered. 4
phseic,an who Was eent for speedily ar
rlved. and fonnd that be had three or four re-
, we're cuts on the head and TINT he vas in such
! critical condition that i would b. inrass'-
b!e to move hica. aua the oti.e1a therefore
i decided that they could do nothing in tus
! premises. Onr reporter. who visited d Ill III
company With the oticsrs- Was informed hign
III i f4iut whisper, thai h. called u esu Mi..
Fisher, ard willie be was there Fisher cane
/
teechAngc Of \ few sentences, he struck him
With his care He endesrorej to explain 70
Fisher that it way:.his last cali. sud that be VI
only come to trF and explain away. th:'
misunderstanding existing. Fisher would ..
lls.sn to him. but struck him four time. on til ::
head and arm With Lis cane. althongh be tr;el
to avoid tho blows. Feeling the blood Gun
pirg doxn into hia eyes. ho drew his pistol
and told FisheE not to str.ka lin or heHould
shot him Fisher said: .'Don't you shoot. y
and ssruck again, and then he DelD ared:
oysr the s,oye. Dell w1s certainly badly hn1,
By Fisher. whether before or after the shoot.
ilg. 1t would naturally eeem TO have peer
bsfore The wall Along the stairway b
! which be decended from tho psr1or In whict
md toward the foot 0: the stairs 1t wpall
seem ~ il Dell had staggered to tbs door
co1one, Counts will hold IN inquest npon the
body 1t 10 o'clock this morning.