Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
That Shooting ARRAY.

In yesterdays REcoRD-USIoS reference
was made to the fact that man had been
shot on street, near Fourth, and seriously
wounded about 2;15 that morning. The
hour was so late that particulars could not
be learned, but they appear to be that John
Sem and L. L. Cox met at the saloon of
Jennie Dubois, L street, below Fourth, both
under the influence of liquor, but able to
take care of themselves. At the saloon
they engaged in conversation and a flirta-
ton with young woman named Josephine
Machado Finally. all three agreed to
shake dice for drink, and the men quar-
relied over the game, applied epithets to
each other, and il is said Sem went out on
the sidewalk and challenged Cox to follow
him and settle it. The latter accepted
the challenge, and directly afterwards
a shot was fired, and Sem fell,
bullet having struck the left side of his
face, about an inch from the nose and be-
low the eye. He was conveyed to the re-
ceiving hospital, where the City Physician
probed the wound for several inches, but
without finding the ball. The injury is
very severe one, but not necessarily fatal
Yesterday afternoon the patient was re-
moved to the County Hospital. After doing
the shooting Cox went away, and, though
the officers made an energetic search for
IL,
when officer Rider met him going to the
station house with his attorney, Grove L.
johnson, 10 surrender himself. Acting
under the advice of the latter, he declined
to make any statement concerning the
matter but it is said by his friends that
when the two men were on the sidewalk
Sem put his hand behind him as if to
draw weapon, and Cox Immediately drew
and fired. When Sem was searched sub
sequently it was found that he was IN
armed, but Cox insists that if he did not
have weapon he made the motion as
" bluff" and he Cox fired ii self-defense.
Cox has lived in or near this city for some
time, and dun. * the last State Fair served
as a special policeman. Senn's parents live
in Illinois, and are pretty well off, while
his uncle, Jacob Sem, is well-known
brewer Of Auburn, Placer county. Before
being removed to the hospital, Sem made
the following statement to City Attorney
Hart
My name is John Sem. l live in
Madison county, Illinois, and was % years
old on the 10Th of October. Have been in
or near this city nearly eight months
have worked on farms and driven truck for
Wittpen; was not full, but felt pretty
good Never met Cox before; don't know
him. Was in company with my friend in
that saloon where woman kept. Cox
was not there when we went in. The diff
Guilty occurred over shaking dice. He
would not shake in turn after beat him
shaking. He called me -. l said he
was one. He then shot me. | knew be
was coming out and stood still. l did not
make motion to draw pistol; did not
know him. Ny friend was about ten yards
ahead of him. He turned around after
coming out, l think. l hope 1 will get
Welt can't tell. Did not sleep last night;
slept more to-day. l was shot on the side
walk My friends name is John Wolf.
May have been in the saloon ten or fifteen
minutes Mr.. Cox proposed shaking the
dice; he beat me the first time; the girl
shook, and he would not shake in his turn.
I then went out of the saloon, and he fol-
lowed, and called me a -, and told him
if 1 was one he was one, too. He then shot
me- Did not strike him. never touched
the man in my life. Did not put my hand
back, but Cox did, and because he did and
did not draw pistol l did not think he
mad one. 1t went so fast that l didn't
know anything. Could not tell whether
he was drunk or not. He looked like he
does this morning. When it happened
could not tell, but think between l and ,
o'clock