Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-08-25
M YouNa's Fatal BLUNDER,


criminal and disastrous blundsr oil dis
life when he adopted the role OF the as.
sassin and shot Kalloch in such n brutal
and cowardly manner Hsnaturaiiy mas
but little to say in defense OF his acsion'
merely pleading in justification the ter.
ribls feelings OF resentment aroused
within him by the language made use OF
BY Kailoch rejecting upon his parentage.
His paper, tho Chronicle. contains simply
the following editorial on the subject,
dictated by De Young in his prison cell:
We do not propose to comment in detail
upon the deplorable event Of SATURDAY
morning. The time has not YET come ior
q calm and candid discussion OF the meriu
Of the case. But II there 10 IN this gress
city one human being In tho shape Oh =
man. and pretending to the dignity OF
manhood. who could tamely have heard
the mother that bore him assailed In Ian
gusge too vile TO DO repeated without
offense to modest ears. let that despicapie
creature throw the first stone at the avenger
Of the grossest insult that was ever offered
70 q woman venerable In years ana
irreproachable In character. when men
present themselves before the people a
candidates for Office, they become fair and
proper subjects for criticism. III their
sntecsdents and their record are venti-
lated. they have no right to complain.
From the moment in which they Oder
themselves a. candidates they become
public property. But their households
and homes should DO sacred. Whatever
may be the blots upon their record. their
mothers, wives. sisters and dauSnters
should not DO brought into the
dght. No manly or chivalrous antag-
onist would resort to 80 desp,caoie
q system Of warfare and no human oeing
with the natural instincts which peions 70
W all a. sons. brothers and husbands can
be expected without special grace from on
high, to hear those who are nearest q
dearest to him coarsely sspersed n Will
ned before the public without experience
ing an overwhelming impulse to resent the
outrage. Let those who are disposed to IN
dulgs in harsh Judgment in this case make
IL their own. Let them consider what
they themselves would have been impelied
70 do had their WI mothers and sisters
been subjected to brutal insult before .
public sssemblage.
De Young is correct in saying that in
such personal attacks households and
homes should be held sacred. and moth.
srs, wives. sisters and daughters should
not bs brought into the fight" Then.
why did be drug the corpse Of Rslloch's
poor old father. dead years ago. from its
grave into this fsh,2 Kalloch's reputa'
ton was bad enough already without
this attempt to further besmirch 1t
through his parentags. 1t was this
which induced kalloch to respond BY
publicly speaking Of the De Younss as
"hastard sons Of q prostitute" Such
. damnable expression. coming from
the lips Of any man, calls for
the deepest and most violent resentment.
A modified form Of the same vile eI.
preston has been the cause Of many Q
sudden personal encounter. bloodshed
and death. Had De Young Immediately
upon hearing OF II sought q personal
encounter and killed the foul.mouthed
wretch In his tracks be would have been
justified in the eyes Of men. and OF the
law. But no. he waits till the next day
and then hires O covered carriage and
starts out upon Q deliberate. systematic
expedition to assassinate his obnoxious
adversary. He ands him. entices him
to the side Of the carriage under false
pretenses, and then coolly shoots his
unsuspec,ing and dsfensel,ss victim till
he thinks he has killed MIN. Secure in
the protection Of his covered carriage be
doubtless intended to have driven of.
but was prevented by the indignant
populacs. Did De Young vindica,s
the honor Of his relatives or better
his own condition by this GRIM
inslly injudicious actioni Did no
not rather place his own life at
an equal risk with that OF the wretch
whom he deemed unit to live Has
he not placed himself in danger OF q
far more dissraceful punishment and
death than he sought to mete out to his
victim Had he killed Kalloch. he
would most probably have been
lynched. II Kalloch lives he will bs
made Mayor Of San Francisco. and by
the very man who sought 80 hard to de-
feat him. and must evermore be degraded
to the rank Of q cowardly assassin. De
Youns's blundsr was q criminally impol-
i.ic, injudicious and vsnal one. and he
can never recover from 1t.
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