Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-13
THE OUTRAGE CASE,
The Little Girl States that Her Guardiaa
Committed the Crime.

Committed the Crime.
Further facts in the case of the recent out.
rage upon the person of the little colored girl,
Addie Gale, which have been withheld by
the Chief of Police until yesterday, with the
view to promotion of justice and to better
secure the necessary evidence to convict the
guilty party, are now made known. Suspicion
rested upon the guardian, William Gale, as
| soon as the crime was reported to police head
quarters on Sunday forenoon and by the lit
tie girls testimony in talking about who did
the act, and appearing to be acting under
duress from being in the presence of Gale and
the woman, Sarah Fisher, with whom he was
living, the suspicion became so strong that he
was at once arrested and locked up. The
little girls statements prior to the arrest,
which were evidently colored by fear and in
structlons what to say, nevertheless clearly
eliminated Gale, but when the Chief of Po-
lice returned after conveying Gale to the
lookup, the child made an open statement
then that 1t was some one else, and described
the appearance Of the person. Other parties
were arrested and brought before the girl for
identity, but as each one was brought to her
she would say he was not the one. Sunday
night it was determined to remove her from
the influence of the woman also, but owing
TO the weakened condition of the little girl it
was postponed. The following day she was
removed to the care of another woman. but
still she retained a reticence upon the matter
Since then, having gained confidence that
she was in the hands of friends, she became
more free to talk about it, and finally upon
the positive promise of Chief Karcher that
she should be well taken care of and need
never go back again to Gale and his para.
mour, and that they should not be permitted
to say anything to her. she stated that VIM.
Gale was the one who committed the crime
1t was done in his own house on Sunday
morning, while the woman was in an adjOin-
ing room. He
BRUTALLY BEAT THE POOR CHILD
With heavy strap to suppress its outcries,
and the marks are still to be seen, and the
lower part of one ear is cut through by
blow then received Subsequently both Gale
and the woman endeavored to suppress
all knowledge as to the perpetrator
of the crime by threatening TO cut off
her ears and to cut her tongue out by the
roots if she said word about him in the
transaction, and, in accordance with their in
structions and under tneir threats, she stated
that the crime was committed on Saturday
while she was on the way home from school
She also tells the further fact that this
is not the first attempt of her guardian
to commit this crime; that about two
months ago he made similar assault upon
her, but finally desisted, and no injury from
violence occurred.
This alleged criminal has always been
in bad standing among the colored people
in the city, and is no relation to the two
Gale families which reside here. He
first came here about year ago from San
Francisco, and those of his race here so en-
tirely cast him off that he returned to San
Francisco, and while there is said to have
been in jail for some time on account of a
shooting affair in which he was engaged. A
few months since he returned here, and
shortly after sought the appointment as guar
dian of this girl. 1t has been supposed
that the girls mother was his sister, but
such is found not to be the case,
and he is no relation whatever to her.
The child is half-breed, its father being
white man and its mother full-bIood colored
woman. The mother died, and Gales sister
took the child. From this last circumstance
it has been supposed that Gale was its uncle,
and he so testified in Court while applying
to be made her guardian, and it is believed he
will now be
PROSECUTED FOR PERJURY.
Some time since, before Gales woman,
Sarah Fisher, come up from San Francisco,
he had the little girl boarding at house on
K street, and the people where she was be-
came so satisfied that his conduct was wrong
toward the child, and tending to this crime,
that the lady compelled him to take the girl
away. He soon after brought Mrs. Fisher
here, and Addie has since lived with them.
The testimony la the present case is re-
garded as conclusive, and the examination
will take place as soon as the child is well
enough to appear in Court. She was not so
well last night on account of additional loss
of blood, but is not believed to be in dan
ger. She is at present in the care of Mrs.
Yates on Fourth street, between / and IL,
who is anxious to adopt her.
As soon as the examination is over steps
will at once be taken TO revoke the guardian
ship OF Gale and the appointment of more
suitable person.
BREVITIES.
The City Treasurer sends il the following
corrected statement Of receipts and expendi-
lures for December Balance on hand De-
cember l, $780, S5S 064 So; received during
the month S14, 1S9 70; total, So. 254 63.
Amount paid out. S24, AL SO. Balance on
hand January l, 1881, SAT, 812 "A.
One or two additional cases of smallpox
are reported to have occurred in the vicinity
of the case previously mentioned near Ante
lope. The fear which exists of this disease is
pretty sure to make known at least as many
cases as actually occur.
The Governors Guard cadets have been
granted permission to occupy the room in the
southeast part of the upper floor of the Pc
viiion as an armory, and they are removing
from their old quarters.
Giovanni Bernaldi who was convicted in
the Superior Court on Tuesday of grand lar
ceDy, was yesterday sentenced to the Folsom
State Prison for one year, and will be taken
there to-day.
There are messages at the Western Union
telegraph office for J. Mckinney Il Bros, Il.
III. Stafford, Miss NJ S. Whitley, Mrs. L.
H. Steinmiller and E. T. Naylor.
Among the shipments overland to the East
yesterday were q carloads of barley, II of
tea, of silk, of coke, elephant, l of pig
iron, of ore and l of hides.
The temperature of the water in the river
at P. NJ. measurement yesterday was 45o
The highest temperature of the water this
month was 49,
About carload of witnesses in the Muir
arson case left here for Woodland yesterday
One carload of lumber was shipped from
this market to Benson, Arizona, yesterday.
A. G. Tryon of Sacramento will arrive by
overland train from the East to-day.
Forty-three Immigrant passengers will ar
rive from the East this afternoon.
No report of merchandise en- route from
the East was received yesterday.
The City Board Of Equalization will close
its sittings to-day.
The river marked 16 feet s inches last