Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-04

Fourth and Tayler streets, went to the bed
room Of Henry q. Prang, over the Arion
saloon on Yamhill street, and shot him in the
breast with Smith & Wesson revolver, kill
leg him almost instantly AID then shot her
self in the right breast, the bal ranging
around the ribs and coming out below the
shoulder-bSde. PGiiCefnsu Mott and Wing
ran up stairs ard found the room bathed in
bod, the woman lying on the bed. She
said, Il have shot Heary sad myself"
The officers raised up PEaug, who
was in sitting position on the
floor and still breathing. As they Strengthened
him up blood spurted in shower from his
mouth, and he fell back desd. The woman
was removed to St. NiuceGt's Hospital, where
she is in a fair way OF recovery. Annie Muir
ray IS about % years old. SIZE was born at
Albany, Lima county, in this State, where
her father keeps o hotel. Sac csnae to this
city to ply her vocation seven years ago, and
became lsndlady of fashionable house Of i'll
fame. Prang came here in 1871, aud for
several years was baIkeeper of the
Cosmopolitan Saloon, kept by Green
& Knott. After thsy gave no business
Prang started business for himself and WIS
Q very popular man. His sye ives about 80
years, and ne wss one ,f The haCdsenest
men in the city, having . very a.hletic figure
ard q fine bearing. his uniform courtesy
made him a host of personal friends snd the
news fsw like wiidGre. His body was taken
to the Nforgue. lie was evidently shot
through the left lung. an sorts Of rumors
are aaast in regard to the murder. One is
that Prsg became enamored Of Ethel Earle, a
variety actress, the reputed wife of George
France, and was about to give up Annie
Murray for her. Some few days ago Annie
got very drunk and swore vengeance
against Prsng. She was taken 70 the station
house. Prang baile1 her out, sent her home
in a hack and all was serene. To-day she
bought revolver and got Dillabough, clerk
in Blumenthaps store. to lead the pistol for
her. She then started ont to hunt for Praug.
She saw him going up FiTst street, and be
passed the butcher shop, two doors from his
lodgings, about five minutes ahead of her.
The next thing they heard were fatal shots.
Another story is that Prang was about TO
resume marital relations with his wife, from
whom lie was divorced about four years ago.
They had one child. since dead. His mother
in-law came to the CoroneE's, aud asked
that bis body be tskel TO her
house for burial. The tragedy has
absorbed sll other topics # interest.
Dense crowds throng the street IN front of
Prang's saloon, also abous the Morgue.
Murray has changed her story since the shoot
ing, and now says Prsne had an alteration
and shot her in the breast. She took the
pistol away from him and shot him. The
pistol shows three discharged chambers.
The other shot cannot be found. The officers
at the station-house say she swore to take his
life the night she was locked up drunk, about
ten days ago, and subs quently reiterated the
threat.
SECOND DISPATCu.l
PORTLAND, March Sd The examination of
Annie Murrays wound late this evening
shows that the bullet entered Il. the right of
the right breast, ranged downward through
the lung aud passed cut above the liver.
Physicians think she could not have held the
pistol so SIS to make the bullet take this d.
rection. There is much internal hsmouhage,
and the physicians think she cannot recover.
She is now making her will. Sac refuses to
talk about the ARRAY