The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-01
THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY.

shot and killed Charles De Young, he editor
Of the San Francisco Chroa,cle, who nine
months ago had shot and nearly killed J. s.
| KallOch, soon afterwards elected and still
/ Mayor Of San Francisco, The killing took
, place at O'Clock en- the previous evening, Kali
loch having entered the business office Of the
ChroHicle and finding De Young at his desk
without word fired upon HIM with rcyol.
T YER -Four shots were discharged the fatal
ball entering De Young's mouth and piercing
the brain. Though grasplng a pistol to re-
turn the fire, he fell dead before the pistol IN
T his hand could be discharged. KallOch was
at once arrested and conveyed to the city
prison.
/ While deadly icul had of course existed
between the kallochs and De Youngs ever
since the shooting Of l. S. Kalloch last August,
the immediate proyoCatiOn to this deadly at.
tack is said to have been the free circulation
within week of pamphlet in San Francisco,
Il reprint Of one issued in Boston as long ago
as 1857, giving full history Of the trial of |.
). kalloch at that time for adultery, for which
he was punished by fine and imprisonment rs
well as expulsion from the Baptist church, of
which he was minister. Chas. De Young
had recently been at the east, his partner says
to make some business contracts IN regard to
paper, but the Kallochs supposed to rake up
evidence there against them 10 be used in the
defense of De Young, whose trial was soon to
come off for the assault on Kalloch nine months
ago, and they naturally supposed that in his
search for evidence, De Young had come upon
this pamphlet, ana procured its reprint and
circulation in San Francisco to prejudice pub
lie opinion in his favor. In point of fact how.
ever, 1t appears that the pamphlet had been
reprinted and circulated in San Francisco by
one Smmmins, a Kansas City editor, who
claims that while kalloch lived in that city
he had swindled HIM (Shimmlns) out of sl4,.
900, and he had adopted this as one means to
compel him TO repay the amount now that
kalloch was able to do so
Chas and ii. NJ. DE Young, who are of Jew
lsh extraction, were printer boys in San Fran.
cisco, and in 1859 started little dramatic
sheet which attracted considerable attention
and year or two later was merged 10 the San
Francisco Chronicle, of which the Dc Youngs
became proprcors, and which soon became
the leading newspaper on the Pacific coast 1t
was personal journal, acknowledging tcalty
to no political party, but defending or assal.
ing The candidates of all parties in turn rs 1t
suited the interest or caprice of the editors.
1t had supported Kcarney and the working
mems cause until 1879, when 1t Joined that
combination of working men and democrats
known rs the Honorable Bllks." When Kal
loch became candidate for mayor it assalled
him without STINT; not stopping to defame the
memory Of his "santcd father" 1t was in
response to this assault that l. s. Kalloch, in
speech on the sandlots said it justified the
retort on his part, which he then made that
the De Ioungs were the bastard sons Of a
prostitute" This was on the night of the oath
of August and next morning at O'Clock Chas.
De Young reading the words in Kalloch's re-
ported speech, went to his office and calling
him out on the sidewalk shot him from the
coupe in which De Young had driven to the
place. De Young and the instantly collected
mob supposed kalloch was killed, and in their
rage the coupe was overturned, De Young as
sailed with blows and kicks. so that but for
the interference of the police lie would have
been killed on the spot. However, he got
away with but slight bruises, and Kalluch, !
though dangerously wounded recovered. |
Young |. NJ. koIloch, the present murderer, a |
few evenings later, in addressing Il meeting on
the sand lots advised the friends of Kalloch |
to let the law take lis course against De Young,
but if it failed to punish Inn, then" he said, |
VI will call on you to help me kill him." This |
young kolloch is about % years old, was born
in Boston, received a good education, but on
removing with his father TO Kansas became
dissipatcd and was for some years little better
than loater and deadbeat. A few years ago,
however, he got rehglon," and of late has
been known as an effective exhorter IN the
Baptist church and passed as the " Rev |. NJ
kailoch, and Is said To be fluent and pleas
ant speaker. HIS crime not being bailable, he
will probably remain in prison until tried
found guilty and hanged, or acquitted, and rs
the administration of justice commonly goes
on the Pacific coast, it is hard to tell which
will be the outcome. As to the general feel
ing in San Francisco, the people looking upon
the case between the De Ioungs and Kalochs
as nearly balanced, it is said to very nearly
approach indifference
The exact age of Judge BrccSc was always
n moOtpl Duint amonW his friends and ac