Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-27
TWO PISTOL SHOTS.
Result of the Renewal of an Old hisnn-
derstanding.

Enoch Dole, which resulted IN the latter
| being shot in theleg The affair occasioned
much excitement in the vicinity, and a
crowd collected anxious to gather all the
particulars. The parties had disagree
ment on the basis of an old quarrel, and
after the shooting the Judge repaired TO his
room. where he was subsequently arrested
| by officers Kent and Franks and special
| Ferral Meanwhile Sheriff Wilson and
| others were endeavOring TO paclty Dole
| who was wild with excitement, androundly
abused all who were preventing him from
| trying 10 find Mesick; but after awhile he
went to the office OF a physician, had his
wound attended to and was conveyed home
| At the station-house, while waiting for
| the preparation of his bonds, Judge Meslck
was requested by reporter 10 state what
| the circumstances of the trouble were, and
| made the following explanation About
| 1890 this morning | went into Corbin 5
saloon to get my shooting traps, deposited
there, and when | came out from back
| room there were in the saloon Mr.. Dole and
eight or ten others with whom | was well
acquainted We had several drinks, and
| finally all left except Dole and myself. l
started to gather up my traps, which / had
| laid down, and a conversation sprang up
about an old difficulty between Dole and
| myself l said, Don't let us talk about
| that. Hows your wife, He said, All
right. Why don't you come and see us"
| replied that | thought she did not care to
| see me, as she had not spoken when we
met, probably because of the old trouble
between Dole and myself. He in
quired How did that trouble oc-
cur? jim Cerbin told me you said
! was a thief, -, and ought to be in
o.. IL
thing of the kind and he again inquired
What was the difficulty" l said; Your
animals got in my field when the ground
was soft; drove them to your place, and
asked you to keep them out; told you they
were in the day before, and | drove them
out You said It's id lie p and l
said Ii a man don't believe me / don't
want anything to do with him. Dole in
answer to this, said: " It's id lie; you
were not there the day before, and could
not have driven them out" l said | could
prove it, and he again SAID it was a id
lie. After some further talk I said " Cor
bins outside the door you call him and see
if he Will say l told him that you were
thief and ought to be in State Prison
Any man who says l said so is a
id liar. Call him. Dole replied, But
you didn't drive my stock OUT | said
. certainly did" He said. You're
id liar" and at the instant grabbed me
by the throat, backed me over the counter
and slapped both sides of my face said,
Amt you ashamed Of yourself &c abuse a
man OF my age-old enough to be your
father He let me go and | went into
back room and sat down for a moment
Ny gum boots, cartridges etc, were in the
saloon, and, as | heard no noise, | thought
he had gone, and concluded TO 90 shoot
ing, as l first intended. | went into the
front room and saw Dole, who calculated
. Eou --W and started for me. pulled
my pistol and fired. While doubtless in
tended to intimidate him, / don't know
whether | intended TO fire or not, it all hap
pened so quick but perhaps because he was
advancing upon me, | fired, but [ don't
believe | shot within three or four feet of
him. He grabbed me, threw me down,
and, putting his face close to mine, said
" You - --, III bite your nose
off, felt his hot breath in my face, and
determined to shoot to hit. Then the
crowd rushed in and took him off | got
up LETT my pistol lying there, went into a
back room and then down into the base.
ment, as | thought he intended TO pursue
me, and after while some friends let me
out of the alley gate and | went TO my
room, Probably there wouldn't have been
any trouble if he had not been drinking
| and was pretty full.
The physician who examined Mr. Doles
hurt found that the ball struck on the in
side of the thigh, about an inch from the
femoral artery, and came out about
three inches from where it entered intict-
ing a wound not at all dangerous under
ordinary circumstances. The wounded
man informed his friends that he had no
desire 10 prosecute Judge Mesick, and re-
quested two of them 10 20 10 the station
house and request that he be not ar
rested or, if he had been. 10 secure his
release. He did not wish any reporters to |
call upon him for information He had
no idea that Mesick would shoot at him |
though after the first part of the trouble he |
went away, and was surprised when he |
subsequently enc ged from the back |
after the first shot he did not expect an |
other, did not try to prevent it, and did |
not want to hurt the Judge. He was will |
ing for outsiders who We're in the !
saloon at tie time, TO tell how he whole |
matter occurred.
As mentioned in Judge Mesiclz's state
ment, nearly all OF the large party that |
had been enjoying themselves in the |
saloon had left before hard words We're ex-
changed and several Of them We're still |
standing on the sidewalk near the door. |
il was further down the street; but at the
second J. II. Corbin and Carl Munger
entered the saloon and found the parties
to the difficulty on the floor, Isle holding
MeSick down with one hand. and the pistol
with the other, while Mesick was saying
something about Don't bite me Cor
bin secured the pistol, and Munger lifted
Dole up.
During the whole difficulty there We're
present in the saloon the harkeeper and
David Mcbride. The former is as dumb as
an oyster on the subject. The latter
version of the affair is in effect that both
men used sharp language resulting in
Doles taking Mesick's face between his
hands and forcing him back against the
counter; he did not think he slapped or
choked him; afterwards Mesick walked
toward the front door, putting his hand be-
hind him, seeing which Dole caught him
by the shoulders and said Don't play
such funny tricks here that Mesick then
went into the back room, and remained
awhile; Mcbride and Dole engaged in con-
versaUon al the bar, and while they were
converSing the Judge came out with q pis-
tol in his hand, presented it al Doles
breast and said D-n you, YOU slapped
my face or something to that effect
Dole, by quick movement, knocked the
weapon aside. and il was discharged the
ball entering the floor; he then grappIed
with MeSick, threw him down, and while
| they We're on the floor a second shot was
ired he did not hear either Of them say
| word between the first and second shots
Judge Mesick has given bail to appear to
answer 10 an assault with deadly weapon
if the case Is prosecuted. II is somewhat
singular that several persons thought there
were three shots fired, among them being
| Dole. Mcbride says there We're but TWO, as
do also Judge Mesick and most others
One ball entered the floor. and the other,
after inhicting the wound, the plastering of
the side wall. and Mcbride now has it.
Dole's coat has hole in il made by one OF
the bullets. and this fact led to a report
that he was wounded in the body also.
ANNIVERSARY PARTY.-Sunset ParIor,
Native Sons Of the Golden West, celebrated
It's first anniversary last evening with
complimentary party at Jacobs Hall
which was attended by as many young
gentlemen and ladies as the hall could well
accommodate, and it required bat glance
to show that their satisfaction was COM
plete The arrangements were in the COM
petent hands of MeSSrs. ?. Is. Johnson. ].
Q. Funston. y. Lindley, f. 7, Johnson and
II. l. Seymour The Floor Committee con-
sisted of W Z. Osborn, director, and \. G.