Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-26
TnE CALuoRN1A VENDETTA.
Particulars Of Cold Blooded Murder

The shooting of Charles DeYoung, OF
the San Francisco Chronicle, was cold
blooded affair. Just before 8 O'Clock Fri
day evening, Mr.. DeYoung entered the
business office of the Chronicle, on the
ground floor, corner of Kearney and Bush
Streets, and stood talking with some gen
tlemen leaning against the counter: d.
rectly the door opened, l. NJ. kalloch, son
oft sand-lot mayor of San Francisco,
entered, and, drawing pistol, without, as
far as can be learned, speaking word,
began firing at DeYoung. The latter ran
through the gate of the counter to the
desk inside, Kalloch firing at nm
as he ran. On reaching the desk
DeYoung turned to face his oPpo-
nent with pistol in his hand, whcn
Kalloch, leaning over the counter, hred
again, the ball strikin. De oung III tne
| mouth. Kalloch then started for the door:
| DeYoung raised his pistol as if to tire, but
| annarently his strength failed him, for the
| pistol was not discharged, and sinking
| backwards he fell on the floor. The BY
ISLANDERS ran to his assistance, but the ball
had evidently pierced the base OF the BRAIN
and in few moments he was dead. AS
| Kalloch ran out of the door he was seized
nv a citizen and at the same moment all
officer came up and took him in charge
and conducted him to the city prison and
he was locked up.
Young Kalloch is a drunkard and had
been on a debauch for some days past,
drinking very heavily. He had made fire.
auent threats of his intention to INK
DeYouns, but no attention was paid to
him, as it was simply regarded as the vapor'
ING of drunken man. His boasting was
! regarded with more indifference from the
fact that since the shooting of his father
last August he has boasted from time tt
time that DeYoung would feel his ven
geance. DeYoung, who heard OF this
did not pay the slightest attention
to the reports, and as he Away!
} went we'll armed, possessed un
doubted courage and was unusually qulcl
in his movements, his friends were not a
, all alarmed for his safety. One of the i'm
mediate causes of the tragedy IS by som'
believed to be the recent appearance OF
pamphlet entitled "Only Full Report o
e the Trial of I. S. Kalloch on the Charge
: Adultery" This pamphlet contained
- portrait of Kalloch and the woman Will
whom he was said to be intimate, and pre-
y tended to give full history of the affair
y ssdoings ofthe church, Kalloch's pulpit ex
t perience, arrest, arraignment, trial and re
+ suit" Its imprint was " Boston, Ederhel
. s. Co., 1851" but it was general
regarded, with how much trut
it is now impossible to say
that it's temperance was due to DE
YOunp who went East some time ago t
l. hunt up facts in the career Of kalloch
o The pamphlet was extensively circulate
n and the Kalloch party were wrought t
! quite state of desperation. 1t came t
add to their trials and perplexities. De
Young has continued his vigorous crit
e cisms of the sand lot mayor and thOs
E. who are controlling the city, and as tn
- time for his trial for the shooting of tn
mayor drew near he grew more aggresslV
's and Kalloch's friends become correspond
" ingly exasperated. There is no doubt ths
l. the young man was egged on more or lei
f. by desperate characters, who have recent
:, had such setback i'll the arre'
Is of Kearney, and the talk of impeachin
is the mayor, that they took advantage
his boasting and pushed him on. ~
Young's aged mother, between whom an
E. her son an unusually strong affection e.
10 listed, is quite Frustrated by the shock
:, her sons murder, and as she is about
wears of age it may be expected that 81
as will soon follow him to the grave. TIL
is the end is not yet is generally believed. ID
be Young's brothers are quite as courageOl
70 as he was, and more blood will be sp
before the end.
U.s. Young Kalloch on being arrested W
n perfectly cool. He still carried the smo
IL, ing pistol in his hand, which he surrend'
on ed to the officer on his way to the statl
house. He observed strict reticence, al
on being shown to his cell positively
l1s fused to have any intercourse whate\
IS, with reporters of the press.