The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12
THE DE YOUNG MURDER.
How the Doomed Man Tried to Escape From
His Assassin.

How the Doomed Man Tried to Escape From
His Assassin.
The San Francisco Alta Californiss &C
count of the shooting of De Young, the
editor of the Chronicle, differs in some of
the minor but essential details with those
already published In this city. The follow
ing is an extract from it:
When De Young entered the office he met
EDWARD Spear and T.. b. Read and they stood
together engaged in a jolly conversation, De
Young standing sidew1se TO the Bush street
window, his back being turned TO the door.
Five minutes afterward young Kalloch hur-
riedly walked into the Office by the corner
door. Without uttering word OF either threat
or arm he rapidly drew a black handled i've
shooter, Smith & Wesson revolver, and, aim
ing IL at De Young, fired. Mr.. De Young
turned like flash, saw Kalloch preparing
leading behind the counter TO shield himself.
William Dreypolcher, assistant subscription
clerk and collector, was standing behind tn
counter talking to Charles F. Potter on the
opposite side of the counter. The first bullet
narrowly missed Potter and went through the
glass door leading up stairs TO the editorial
rooms. AS DeYoung ian to the gate, Dreypol-
cher got behind the subscription desk, Spear
and Read got to the wall out of range of Kali
behind the safe door. Just as DeYoung
reached the gate, Kalloch fired again, the
bullet striking the Bush street wall,
giancing into the under sill. DeYoung got
behind the counter, Kalloch running quite
close to him, and firing another shot, which
mis- head, and lodging in the easement of a
Bush street window. DE Young then dropped
himself to the floor, behind the counter, and
partially raised himself and looked up, to see
kalloch leaning over the counter and point
Ing the pistol at his face, not foot re-
moved from the muzzle. He attempted
to draw his own pistol, but Kalloch had
every advantage. 1t took only an instant
he fired the weapon, the bullet struck De
Young on the right side OF the upper lip, and
by the backward elevation of De Young's head,
consequent upon his looking upward, the bull
the brain. De Young raised TO his feet and
staggered behind the cashiers desk, at the
same time drawing and raising his pistol. Mr..
Gle, and Elias De Young, half-brother to the
murdered man. were behind the desk during
/ the shooting. When KallOch saw De Young's
pistol, he had his pistol raised to shoot
/ again, and discharged the weapon, the
bullet narrowly missing De Young, and crash.
/ Jog through a large plate glass pane in the
| private Office of NJ. H De Young, thence
through six inch wall and lodging In a stair
case to the upper rooms. The whole affair
happened SO quickly that the other persons IN
| the office scarcely had time to comprehend
| what was transporting. As De Young got be-
hind the cashiers desk ne rested both arms on
/ It and began to slowly sink to the ground
| Potter had watched the shooting from behind
the safe door. aud when De Young began &c
fall he ran and caught him under the arms
gently laying him on his back. Elias d.
| Young exclaimed, Are you shot, Charley 2
But his mouth was full OF blood and he made
no answer.