The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-27
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ASSASSINATION
Charles De Young Murdered
the Chronicle Office,
By the Son Of Mayor KallocI
Of San Francisco.

DAN April Z3.-JuSt befota
o'clock last evening Charles De YOUNG.
tered The business Office Of the Chronicle
the ground floor, corner of Kearney ),
Bush streets, and stood talking 10 80,
gentleman leaning against the counter.
rectly the door opened and l. M. Kalo
entered and drawing a pistol without, az
as can be learned, speaking a word, bed
firing at De Young. The latter ran tlrov
the gate of the counter to the desk ipsll
kalloch flying at him as he ran. On rcacl61
the desk De Young turned to face his opDr
ent with a pistol in his hand, when Kalo4
leaning over the counter fired again, the b
striking De Young in the mouth. Kally
then started for the door. De Young rav
his pistol as if to fire, but evidently
strength had failed him, for the pistol was
discharged. aud sinking backward he fell h
the floor. The bystanders ran to his ASH.
ance, but the ball had evidently piercedd
base Of the brain, aud in a few moments
expired.
AS Kallock ran out Of the door he
seized by a citizen, and at the same momeI
an officer came up, took him into custody Al
conducted him to the city prison, where
was locked up.
News of the murder flew through the eli
like the wind, and in a few moments d
streets in the vicinity of the Chronicle oSl
were crowded with people eager to learn
particulars of the affair. Policemen were ID,
toned at the doors Of the office to keep cd
the inquisitive crowd, ana only a few person
friends and reporters were admitted. LTD
real office, M. Ii. De Young, brother of ID
deceased, reclined OH a lounge, surrounded
friends, evidently overcome by the TRACED
but with dry eyes and calm thought. He vs
not present at the time of the shooting, haytI
left home after dinner a few minutes lad
than Charles.
The deceased lay III his back on the fud
with his face and breast dabbled with blwd
his eyes closed and face bearing a calm ed
preston, noticeable in case of a person dyh4
from shot wounds. Only one wound v
found on his person, though al least fa
shots were fired by Kalloch, two havh
pierced the glass door and partition Of N
office, and the third lodged in the windu
casing. Young Kalloch was, as the arrests
officer remarked, the coolest man he evcra
He still carried the smoking pistol in
hand, which he surrendered to the Office
On his way to the s%tation-house he obserd
strict reticence, and on being shown his ell
he positively refused to have any ~intercoan
whatever with representatives of the press.
In the absence of any explanations fr4
the assassin of the cause of the act, it is gtl
orally understood to be attributable to a pam
phlet which has recently been cilculas
about the city attacking Mayor kalloch, fahsI
of De Ioung's slayer. During his rcta
visit East, it is believed that deceased devoid
a great deal Of attention to gathering mattI
regarding the past life Of Mayor kallocb, NJ
the presumed purpose of either using it aIth
expected trial of the deceased on the chag
of shooting kalloch last August, or of MAJ
pamphlet above referred to was Il documed]
of the same, of sixty pages, aid ~recounte
the details of Kalloch's scandal III Boston ao
other matters of a scandalous nature. tn
pamphlet was anonymous, but young kalN
evidently considered that deceased was n
spolsible for its publication, and acted acco59
ingly.