Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-14
Another Dukes-Nutt TRAGEDY.

! home, and this evening he was standing near
| the postofhce when Dukes came along AS
| Dukes YVES passing he turned his head and
noticed young Mutt. just as he stepped from
| tie doorway and fired, the shot taking effect
| in Dukes side. Dukes started to run, when
Mutt followed and shot again. By this time
Dukes IVES on the postefiice steps, when he
received another shot and fell inside the door.
! Mutt followed and fred two more shots into
| Dukes PROSTATE body, one taking effect in
| the neck. Dukes was dead before anyone
could set to him. The revolver that did the
work is the same that Captain Mutt carried on
| the morning Of his death. Young Mutt gave
! himself up, and is now in jail. He was calm.
| but pale as sheet. Five shots were fred,
four taking effect. A Coroner's jury is now
| sitting. Excitement is running high.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
| UNIoNTowE, June 13.h.-At II o'clock to-
night everything was quiet. Young Mutt is
not quite 20 years OF age, and has always
| been considered quiet and iEoffsnsiye. The
murder which led to the trsgsdy of tonight
| is still fresh il the minds of all Dukes.
who was engaged to Miss Lizzie Mutt, had
written Infamous letters to her father Cap
tain Mutt, questioning her chastity and Cap.
| tain Mutt, upon the invitation Of Dukes, had
gone 10 the latter's room in hotel December
9th to settle the affair quietly, when Dukes
shot and killed him. The murder created
| intense exci5emsnt, and Dukes was arrested,
| tried and acquitted. His release caused great
| indignation, and thrests on his life we're
heard on ali sides, but NJ attempt was made
| TO carry them cut, and il was generally be-
lieved that be would be allowed TO remain at
| y niontown unmolestsd.
STATEMENTS OF EYE-wITNEssEs.
USIoNTowN, June 15sh.-Oficer Frank
Pegg, Geo. Hutchinson, Alfred Collins and
| others. who saw the occurrence, describe It "a
! follows Jas. Mutt was standiug against q
| pest inside the room that Joins the possofica.
and fronts on Main street. This room was
| 0htil lately occupied by drug store While
standing here Dukes came down the street
| from the direction OF Jennings Hotel, walk
! ing brlskiy, with q cane under his arm.
| just as he turned the corner toward
/ the poatoftice door young Mutt stepped
down the step, pulled revolver,
and fred two shots at him in
quick succession. Dukes looked around
and started to run into the
post9ttice door, whereupop Mutt fred again
and tolloHe1 in close pursuit. Just as Dukes
got inside the postotice his sssailant fired
| Two more shots, and Dukes fell hesyily to
! the floor upon his face. L. a. Lirgo rushed
into the Office, stopped down and picked him
up. Dukes tried to ssy something. but
could only gasp, and in q moment he was
dead, BY this time officer Pegg reached
| young Mutt and laid hold of him. The latter
struggled tsrceiy to free himself, but when
ms discovered that it was an office. he ouj-
city yielded, and was taken to jail. Dukes
body was removed to his room ST the
hotel, whsre C2rorer Sturgeon impaneled a
jury. No testimony was taken, owing to the
difficulty # getting witnesses, and the IL
" a nd 70,
On examining the body it was found that three
Of the balls entered the bEck near the side
under the left arin, and penetrating toward
the heart, lodging in ths breast very near the
skin, where they were cut cut. Al! three
entered within two or three inches of each
other. Ga Dukes body was found his old
pistol. James Mutt is the second Of CAPTAIN
Nuts children, being next ia age to Miss
Lizzis, and viii be q years old in August.
One Of the Star Koule Jury Falls In Il
Fit.
WASHINGTON, june 13sh. In obedience to
the direction of Judge Wylie, the star route
jury came into Court at 1875 4. NJ, TO re-.
eeive instructions on point Of law. Before
being seated, juror Vernon, who was sick
during the night, fell on the floor IN a fl.
Tne remaining jurors then returned TO their
room. In about fifteen minutes Deputy
Marshal Fassett reported that Vernon was
sitting up. and would soon be all right.
Judge Wyiie sEid " l have q good deal
OF doubt in nay mind in regard to the
consequence of this occurrence. This man has
been drinking a good deal. lie is hard
drjuker. During the progress of the trial.
on one cccasiog, had to take him aside and
give him pretty Sharp admonition, and he
promised to abstain; but 1 have observed
that ne has resumed his hard drinking. and
suppose the confinement in the jury.roou and
the cutting OF of supplies of that kind re-
suited IN this attack. [ don't know what il
is, delitiue tremens or mania a potH, but ne
is not fit to be on the jury now. l suppose
the doctor will give him q prescription. and
it will probably be brandy or whisky
The Cryer-He has given it to him.
ALsrrick-I suppose whatever the doctor
prescribes for the Juror can be taken by him.
His Honor Undoubtedly but the fact is
that prescriptions of this kind are apt to
leave the mind in so shattered a condition as
to create officially.
Deputy Marshsl-He is all right now.
Judge Wylie-Then the jury can come
back.
The jury came in, snd the foreman, Crone,
said :" our Honor, ore of the jury desires
to ask question of the Court. To most of
US it seems question Of fact, but we prefer
to let Har7igan speak for himself"
Judge Wyie-The Court will hear his
question, and if it be question of fact, will
not undertake to pass upon it.
Juror Harrigan then proceeded 10 q coz
fused manner to put question to the Court
If an almost uniuteiligibls character, which
seemed to relate to the dste Of certain orders
made by Brady. and to the nature Of the
stumbling block which Brady says he
found in his way.
Judge Wylie-These are questions of fact
and not law, and it il not for the Court to H.
s;ruct you in that connection. Now, gentle
| men, you have had sick member Of the
| jury with you, and disagTeesbie accident
| happened this forenoon. Ee seems to be in
| a measure restored, ard | hope be will be
able now to perform his duties. don't pro-
| pose to discharge this jury very easily. This
| is the second time the case has been rried.
don't wish TO put any undue stress upon your
minds, but tie Court thinks you ought to
| agree upon a verdict Of some kind. You
can retire again.
| The foreman complained of the high tenn
perature of the jzry-room, and asked to be
| permitted to walk in the City Hall Park, to
which request the Court sccsded, saying thst
/ he would treat the jury well at present, but
| intimated thst resort might be had TO the
| common law rule ot deprivation Of light
4 and food il verdict was not soon forth
|
| The Deputy Marshal was instructed 10 al
| log juror Vernon two drinks per day. but to
prevent the circulating Of e whisky bottle
among the jurors and the Court took a 70
cess until 10 a. n. TO- morrow, with the IN
| desssaniing that it would inset to receive the
verdict if the jury should agree upon one be-
fore that hour.
WASHINGTON, june 13sh.-There hiss been
some speculation to-day IS 70 whether the
mental condition Of juror Vernon win afford
ground for successfully consssting the valid
ity Of any verdict which the jury ray render
Counsel for the Government. do not think it
WILL
General shernah's Farewell Address.
NEW York, June 13.h.-Shermsn's fare
well address to the West Point graduates was
both humorous aad pathetic. s. In locking at
this fne graduating clsss, even from this
distance. he said land the graduates pricksd
up their ears expecting complimeuts). you
lock exactly like the class of LAST year and the
one before that, sid the one every yesr
since the class l graduated in. Laughter. |
can see myself ard my cid classmates al
most in your features. I can see old Joe
Blsrksies Of 1886. A great, big, stout fellow
from Ohio, six fset five inches Ia his stock
ings, a yard across bis shoulders, weighing
go pounds, with hands hard with toll on his
fathers farm, but who new lies buried in the
sands Of Florida. ! can see Bryan P. Tildsn,
a member of my clsss who cams from thu best
schools OF Boston, snd at once led If the class
We were sll afraid OF him. He knew too