Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-09
Business Advertisements.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
WHISKY AND PISTOLS.
Shooting scrape on the Steamer Pride of
the River.

s5hOOhiAS CCEdD6 On rue Oh
the River.
The steamer Pride of the River on her
trip to this city from San Francisco took on
quite a number Of passengers at Walnut
Grove. Among them was Constable C. P.
Hensley, who had charge of two prisoners,
a white man and Celestial, who were ar
rested for chicken stealing, and carpenter
by the name of G.. w. Holland. The entire
party was loaded with grog when they
boarded the vessel, and as they freely
patronized the bar on the boat, the entire
outfit were soon gloriously drunk. They
became quite hilarious and finally con-
cluded, with the exception of the Con-
stable, his prisoners and Holland, to have
the vessel stop and put them off. The Cap
tain of the steamer wishing to rid himself
of the noisy crowd, stopped the boat at
Days landing and let them off
Hensley and Holland did not go to bed,
and their frequent visits to the ba- soon
made them very ugly, and an old grudge
which had been smoldering for some time
broke out, and finally ended in shooting
scrape, which came near ending fatally to
both. From the barkeeper, who seems to
have been the only witness to the affair. it
appears lldL I1SuSley StIuCh hOlld0u over
the head with pair of handouts. Hol-
land then knocked Hensley down, and the
result was rough aEd-tumble fight. The
men were separated and then drawing their
guns renewed hostilities at short range.
The shooting commenced lust as the
steamer slowed up at her Landing at the
foot of K street Both men were shot
once, two or three of the balls going wide
of their mark. Word was Immediately
sent to the Police-station, and officer
OMeara went down and arrested both of
the men and took them to the Receiving
Hospital. The City Physician was imme-
diately summoned, and cared for the
wounded men.
about an inch above his heart The bullet
struck a rib and glanced off toward the
shoulder, where it seems to be imbedded
in the muscles.
Hollands wound is in the left breast,
about an inch above the nipple, and seems
to have gone through and lodged some
where in the back. Neither wound, al
though painful, seems to be dangerous, and
both are resting comfortably.
HOLLANDS STATEMENT.
George W. Holland was found by a
RECORD UNION reporter in one of the large
cells leading from the jail-yard. He said
Hensley is a good man, but he was drunk
and made a fool of himself He treated
the two prisoners he was bringing up on
the boat in the most brutal and outrageous
manner, and is to blame for all this trouble.
I'll tell you all about it. l did some car
penter work for Hensley some two years
ago, for which | never got my money.
About year ago last November was taken
down with rheumatism, and have not been
able to work since. l run out OF funds.
and was afraid the hotel keeper would
throw me out because / could not settle l
spoke to Hensley about the bill. He said
"..!ni right, Holland I'll go to Sacramento
and get the money and pay you He went
to the city and returned, but did not speak
to me about the bill. l waited patiently,
not wanting to dun him. | saw him
come into the hotel almost daily and play
pedro, and throw upon the counter three
or four dollars week for drinks. This
made me feel hard towards him, and finally
| spoke to him again, when he repudiated
the bill, saying that he did not suppose |
intended to charge him for it. In my
Strengthened circumstances this was very
unkind, and | felt it keenly. We had some
words. Well, last night, as | said, we were
both on the boat. Hensley met me in the
bar-room, and, applying vulgar epithet,
struck me a heavy blow over the head with
a pair of handouts. Here is the wound,
and the blood on my face came from it.
The blow stunned me for a moment, but
when l recovered l struck him blow in
the face that sent him sprawling to the
floor. ! got on top of him, and was giving
it to him the best l knew how. l could
have done better job of it had it not been
for my rheumatics. But was doing good
Job, was punching him for all that was out,
when the barkeeper, who was the only per-
son present, pulled me off. As | got up
made kick at his face, but the harkeeper
lerked me. and / missed my mark. If |
had succeeded in that kick he would not
have been able to be so handy with his pis-
toll. As soon as he got up he pulled his
gun and shot me, and then l pulled and
fired too. We both fred two shots. AT
least, he fired twice, and l think did too.
l know my pistol was discharged once"
THE OTHER SIDE.
o. P Hensley is an old and well-known
resident of Andrus Island, where he resides
with his family. Like Holland. he is a
man well along in years, and has family
of grown-up children. He claims that
Holland was the aggressor, and fired the
first shot He is Constable for that section
of the county, and as above stated was on
his way to the county Jail with two prison
ers. After being arrested he suddenly
thought of his two prisoners. Search was
made for them, but they in the excitement
had skipped out. The white man went to
the Jail and gave himself up, while the
Chinaman was found secreted in an opium
joint on | street
Both men were admitted to bail in the
sum of 81 900 each, and their examination
set for Thursday, March ODD, at which time
it is thought both will be able to appear in
Court. The fact that the shots did not re-
suit fatally is not so much owing to bad
craftsmanship as to the fact that both men
wore heavy overcoats that were buttoned
up, and which took off the force of the
hul LET'S