The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-09-07
JUDGE TERRY AND SARAH ALrHEA
Create a Scene in Court and Are Sent to Jail.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.-The celebrated
Sharon divorce case, which has been very
popular in the matter of sensations, culmi-
mated to-day In q scene which will cost Sarah
Althea Sharon, now Mrs. David S. Terry,
THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL,
and her husband, Judge Terry, a six months
sentence. When the Executrix of the late
Senator Sharon recently applied to the Cir
cult Court for a bill of revision, Mrs. Terry
entered q demurrer, which the Court over
ruled. The decision, which was very lengthy,
was read by Associate Justice Field, of the
United States Supreme Court, and was con-
Cured in by Judge Sawyer, Of the Circuit
Court, and Judge Sabin, of the District
Court. A large crowd, among which were
about two hundred lawyers, filled the Court
room. Judge David S. Terry, who has been
the chief counsel for his wife during the en-
tire litigation, sat beside her to-day, and
both paid close attention to the reading of
the decision. Mrs. Terry appeared very ner-
vous at the outset, and as the reading pro-
crossed her agitation increased. Finally,
when Justice Field was about half through
reading,
MRS. TERRY JUMPED TO HER FEE
and asked the Judge if he was going to order
her to give up her marriage contract. The
Judge quietly told her to sit down. Mrs.
Terry's face turned white with passion, and
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you have been bought. We would like to
know if that is so, and what figures you hold
yourself at. It seems that no person can get
justice in this Court unless he has a sack.'
Judge Field turned to Marshal Franks
and said: "Marshal, remove that woman
from this Court ROOM"
The Marshal advanced toward Mrs. Terry,
but she took no notice of him, but broke out
with oaths and vulgar language. Franks
grasped her arm, and in an instant Judge
Terry arose and exclaimed that no living
man should touch his wife. With this be
dealt Franks a terrible blow on the neck
with his fist, which sent the Marshal rolling
across the floor. Franks regained himself,
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RUSHED UPON TERRY
and quickly removed him. Mrs. Terry was
also taken from the room and locked in the
Marshal's office. A deputy was placed at the
door, when Terry advanced upon him and
demanded admission, which the deputy re-
fused. Terry put his hand in his pocket and
drew forth a dangerous looking dirk, with a
blade eight inches long, and with a curse
held it above his head and declared he would
stab any man who dared keep him away.
Several men jumped on him and tried to
take the knife away. A desperate struggle
followed. All the men fell to the floor and
the knife was finally taken away from Terry
without any one being injured. Terry was
then locked up in a room. His wife's
satchel, which was dropped in the Court
room during the excitement, was found to
contain an English bulldog revolver, with all
six chambers loaded. Marshal Franks stated
she was trying to open the satchel just before
she was put out of the Court room. Marshal
Franks entered the room where the two were
confined and Mrs. Terry at once
MADE A VIOLENT ATTACK UPON HIM
and beat him about the head and face. She
was soon quieted, however, and a strong
guard placed in the room. The widest ex-
element had prevailed in the Court room
during the disturbances, but as soon as quiet
was restored, Judge Field resumed the read.
irg of the decision. When he concluded,
the Court took q recess and the judges retired
to their chambers. Two hours later they
appeared in the Court room and announced
the penalty they had to infict upon Judge
Terry and his wife. Neither party was
allowed in Court while sentence was pro-
nounced. 1t was ordered that Judge Terry
be imprisoned in the county Jail of Alameda
for six months, and that Mrs. Terry be i'm
prisoned for thirty days. No alternative in
the way of a fine was allowed, and the pris.
oners we're taken to Jail this afternoon.