Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-15
SWEllINsi THE STORY
How \ TriNiug Incident is Magniaed -.
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How n TrtHius Incident is Magnided q.
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San Francisco hrgonaut:. Judge Fern,
of the City Criminsl Court going 70 /,
home in the outskirts of the .,ty a, a.
hour Of the night. firsd his pistol in the a.
TO aid the arrest Of an individual te.i.,
from police officer.
Sunday Chronicle: Judge F.zral Of d.
Criminal Court, while passing on biz n,
from his Office to bis residence one eyesi,,
last week, saw q fugitive endeavonn, Il
escape from justice; whereupor Arawins 4.
pistol, he fired two bsis st hin. IA,
prisoner was arrested by q police ofce !
the vicinity and Iemsrded to custsdy.
Monday Evening Bullet;n, lodge Rob,,
Fenal, presiding Justice oS the F,.s Cnui
nal Court, one day last week, seeiag p-
son pass hastily slong the street sd thin.
ing he recognized n him aroaendeT assio
the law, commanded him to. stop; sod upO,
refusal, the Judge drew his revolver M
fred upon the fugitive he feH at ise Gn
shot, slightly wounded, and was renaads
to the county jail.
Tuesday Morniae Call: Hen, Ister.Rs
raj presiding Justice Of one Of our leading
tribunals one day last week meeting a s.s
tlenan passing aleng one Of our NOS
crowded thoroughtsTes. drew his repol,u
and commenced firing at hip,. The per.o,
was greatly alarmed and tried to escap
but the Judge, witkDfatal eim, brought hla
down with q severe II not rZsrtal woasd
He was taken to dug store and thear
TO the county jail, where it wa ,:osnd .hu
this inexcussble ard dastardIy atEck hM
been made upon hin, in the belief ihs h
was an escaped criminal.
San Andreas Gazette; Judge Pesssld
the Supreme Court, about noon one day lIx
week, in San Francisco, at the cOrn~d
Montgomery and Esaruey streets, IA Ii,
midst Of dense e,awd. Of women and CHI
dren. drew revolver aud commenced 6Gv
upon q gentleman standing: in the der
OF Q bookstore. Before the genlsan
could escape he WAS perforated with bslk
He was taken 30 the nearest drlsssOr,
where seven physicians extracted the b.lk
but before their researches were over The
man had breatAsd his last He WIS tatr
10 the morgue, where il wrS Discovered thai
he was County, clergyman, in San Pss
cisco for the purpose Of purchasing boon
for q Sunday school library. lie lesvat
wife and seven small children in dePeal
ent couditioa No motive is assigned To-
the crime.
New Yos&, Herald: The Hon Robcr
Ferral, Chief Justice 6the Supreme Coun
Of California, has perpptrated ore Of thOs
wanton epd inexcusabse outrages thA, hsw
now for 20 many Yeas disgraced the ID
ministra.ion Of JUSTICE in tho b0rbsroai
frontier. State Of California. The Juds.
armed with navy ssvolver, ii midday, o.
the coaaer Of two Of the most crowded thor
ouphfares. Of the city, withou; the slight
est warning and for soue iAncet
injury be had received from o worthy coun
try clergyman, began 70 fire upon him III
Clergyman fell at the FIRST discharge Of The
pistol, fatally wounded BY ball in the VI
ea-. The Judge now crazed with psasioa
continued to discharge his v'spou iads
csiminately al the crowd. Seven l.d's
and nine children were fatally wounded'
fourteen or iftsen other persons "ss
wounded. The Judge then took h, on
lite with Q boxiekLiie. II Is supposed TIN
he was crazed with drink, ~ b
had been confined several days 70
the inebrsts asylum Tor dclrium trensei
London Times: The Hon. Robert Penn
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court o. ~
United States, q positon analogous 10. thu
Of Lord High Chancellor Of England, hs
perpetrsied one Of those. oGenses 10 en'
nently characteristic Of American siTIlI"
ton. We call attention to il as sn Sersr
example Of the mode Of administering I"
,ice in the United States Of America. C%
fornia is one Of the wild fron;'er st1s
located somewhere between the gsp
of Mexico and Behring Straits. lbs
city of San Francisco. it, capital =
aourishing town, whose population con
posed largely Of savage ind'an'' n'~
slaves and desperadoes, isg,llvea rom nn ~,
tralia and Boston. On the Fourth Of JOY
when q large crowd Of persons had s.eS
bled before the doors Of the State npl@'
where the Governor was delivering 90 o,
ton. the Chief Justice stepped up %w
bishop Of the disease, aud. wi,hoa! toe 'hIS g.
est provocation, shot him dead '"
revolver and then coz
menced an indiscrimins,s si.usan
of men, women and children. This lea w. 20
general engagement betweent the wh'sss s S
blacks, which was finally pa. dom ~
regiment Of horsegusrds from ne'sn'a
ing English colony, but not until msoJ NV, w.
had been sacrificed. This incident Is Dps =,
in . thousand Of Ike ngnihcanee oeca H.s
among our American cousins. al emu.
10 illustrate that Republican goTern"eo,. :
failure. Nothing can De a..
reuehensible than for the ! ~
of,he higher courts TO indulge in The . no
Of carrying concealed weapons ana ma. 's J,
ing people as mere pastime Sn Gs.
drunken frolic. The observation. , OF, =,
eraI Grant, and the attentions pa.a IL
while in England. will doubtless 10 nIa. -
to the establishment Of q so'spss -,
nonarcbical in form, Genera 1rsS s.S, :
| the frst Of dynasty. He vii pt S,Is..'.i.
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