Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-28
rAuNrEp Me- wIru MY SHAME

TAINTED Me WITH MY SHAME
And said he was revenged for my maxim;
him jealous. I was determined and full
made up my mind to be revenged some
where and somehow This evening after
had finished washing the dishes, l slipped
on an old overdress over this one, put on
shawl and large hat, and started for tn,
plaza, before reaching which | cooked tn,
pistol, and carried it in my hand | wa.
guided by the pieces, and knew about thu
time the concert was nearly through JAKE
never plays Home, Sweet Home" When
they got down to that l entered the plazs
by the southwest gate, and edged my way
| through the crowd toward the music-stand
| When about half way l met him face tC
| face. Our shoulders almost touched as VIZ
l passed, but neither spoke; don't know
| whether he recognized me or not. l imme.
| diately turned and followed him, and when
near the gate raised the pistol on a level
with the back of his head about two feet
distant, and fired. There was a flash, q
report and
HE LAY DEAD At MY FEET.
l did not attempt to shoot again, for was
confident he was dead. l felt awful sorry
| when l saw him fall but then l am not
at all sorry for what l have done.
My folks knew nothing of my going to the
Plaza to kill him; although l have fire.
| quently told him and others that | would
revenge my wrongs. Immediately after
the shot was fired, a man who was stand
ing near, said, There is the lady that
did the shooting" | said, ''Yes, sir
that man took my character, and l have
taken his life" | have heard it said that
Klein's folks have threatened to kill three
of my family
If KILLED THEIR SON.
On my return home after the shooting |
said to my mother, " | have killed Klein.
! am now willing to become mother, but
was not until the mans eyes were closed
in death, who is the father of my child"
l have won my part. l never fired
a shot before in my life, and am
a little surprised at my success
at the first attempt. l have no lawyer;
have not given that thought / have
talked over my troubles with J. n Young,
and had him as an attorney talk to Klein.
Every one was coming to me, constantly
telling me of scandalous and damaging
stories that Klein was circulating about
me. He was constantly making nasty,
dirty remarks about me, and | would not
stand it. I told his mother last week all of
my troubles, and tried to prevail upon her
TO advise her son to do what was right in
the matter, but she would not | then
told her that unless he acted in the matter
as he should, and saved me the disgrace
which he could, l should certainly kill
him. He would not-he did not, and
well,
HE HAS DUG HIS OWN GRAVE.
At this juncture a reporter noticed
her right hand, the palm of which was
blackened with powder, and called her at
tention to it. She proceeded to wipe it off
with her handkerchief, saying, 1t must be
powder, for l washed my hands clean Just
before left home for the Plaza"
Another reporter said Some of those
present at the Plaza say that you fred two
shots. "Oh,get out, she laughingly replied,
there was only one shot fired if l had
fired two shots ] would say so. feel
greatly relieved. | know the authorities
for life is fair exchange, and that is no
robbery. The reason 1 shot him was be-
cause he accomplished my ruin by force,
and got me enciente." She then related
many incidents that had transpired in her
unhappy experience; said she fully real
lied what she had done; that her
work was satisfactory that she was
ready to suffer the consequences. She had
been utterly and hopelessly ruined, her
character taken from her by force, her
future life blasted and treated with a con-
tempt and insults which, added to the in
jury, was more than she could bear.
AT the close of the interview she bid the
callers pleasant goodnight.
THE OTHER SIDE.
On the other side, Kleins friends claim
that he was the victim of a deep-laid plot
to ensnare him and compel him to marry
the girl. In an interview with friend
yesterday, at noon, he said he expected
that he would be shot if he did not marry
the girl, bnt had fully made up his mind
to face death rather than wed her. He has
detailed the occurrence that happened
to several, to all of whom he
claimed that the fact that Kuchler was
in the background and came up ct the
proper time, was evidence to him that he
had been trapped. They had set snare
for him and he had been captured. Judge
Henry had, at the request of the girl, sew
eral talks with Klein, but the latter, on each
and every occasion, avowed that he was
the victim of q conspiracy, and, know
ing such to be the case, he would
reyer submit to being married to the girl.
He also to Judge Henry and the City At
torney detailed statements regarding the
young lady, which, if true, were sufficient
to cause any man TO refuse TO do as they
insisted upon his doing Last night all
kinds of rumors were ahoat; and,
treating them as rumors, none of
them will be referred to in this item.
+ Kleins friends, and he had many OF
them, seem to be satisfied that he was the
victim of conspiracy, which, when it
failed, SO wrought upon the feelings of the
girl, that in her present delicate condition
She was hardly responsible for her
acts, and does not now fully realize the
gravity of the crime that she has commit
ted.
In the interview with the reporters last
evening she was several times asked if she
fully realized what she had done, and she
would invariably reply: Yes. A life for
life is fair exchange, and fair ex-
change is no robbery He took from me
my character, and l have taken his life.
The authorities cannot take from me more
than have deprived him of"