Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-04
UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
AN UNKNOWN MAN MEETS A VIOLENT
DEATH AT BRIGHTON.
T. C.. Perkins Administers a Fatal Kick
to a Druken Man who was
Insulting.

Inc village OF Brighton Tor Perkins, as
officially designated) was last evening the
scene of most unfortunate affair in which
an unknown man lost his life at the hands
of I. G. Perkins, the Postmaster, an old
and esteemed resident of the place Charles
c. Perkins, his son, was seen late last night,
and he made the following statement in
regard to the tragedy:
I'VE have store and saloon at Perkins
station. The deceased was a stranger who
had been at work picking hops for Mr..
Menke. He was discharged Yesterday
morning and came to our place about noon,
and acted very disagreeable. He made
trouble for us around the store all the
afternoon. There were ladies coming and
other customers to be waited on, and he
was interfering and creating great deal of
trouble.
Mr.. White, one of the clerks, ran him
out once, but he emained around, back
and forth between our place and Mr..
Pugh's all the afternoon. Three men came
along IN wagon and deceased gave them
some offensive remarks, and one of them
got down and commenced pounding him,
but the Constable was there and separated
them. After that he was very abusive, be-
ing full of whisky, and created great deal
OF trouble, as drunken man will.
Ny father was in Sacramento all day.
When he came home this evening the man
was still around there. There were pres
ent William Fay, George Goods, my father
and l, and another man, who works for
John Rooney. l do not know his name,
but everybody knows him around there
We were sitting there on the porch, and
this fellow came around again and began
making himself disagreeable. He sat down
on the porch and commenced making some
bad remarks, and my father told him to
shut up. At that he became more abusive,
and my father walked up to him and gave
him little kick with his foot, striking him
just back of the ear. 1t was so dark he
could not see where he was kicking him.
My father then walked off, and we all
stayed there for few minutes. The fel-
low sat there for few seconds and then
fell over. l had no idea he was hurt much
and thought he was playing off
After few minutes, as he did not get
up, we went and picked him up, and saw
from his face that he was in bad condi-
ton. We got some water and put on his
head, and tried to get some whisky down
him, and used every possible means to
bring him to. Then l went and ordered
buggy hitched up and sent for DIR. Man
love. He breathed tor quite little while,
but died in about fifteen minutes, and was
dead when DR.. Manlove got there.
I'VE telephoned to the Coroner and l
ordered another buggy hitched, and my
father and came to Sacramento and went
circumstances to him. We then went to
Sheriff McMullen's and my father surrend-
cred himself to him.
MY father feels terribly about the ur-
fortunate affair. 1t was wholly accidental,
as he had no idea of hurting him, or doing
anything more than make him shut up
and go away"
SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.
A RECORD UNION reporter went out to
Brighton last night with Deputy Coroner
Clark and Assistant Watson, and gathered
some particulars of the affair from several
eye-witnesses. They all agreed that the
| deceased had given Mr.. Perkins every
provocaton to strike, and, in fact, two of
them admitted that they, too, had had
trouble with the man. The clerk
in one of the stores stated that deceased
| came into his place while he was waiting
on some ladies, and began using vulgar and
profane language. The clerk saws he went
out and asked him to desist, on account of
the ladies, but he only became more abus-
A'C uLu lie IneD
went out after him and administered sew
eral sound kicks, which had the effect of
making the man leave the place and 90
over to Perkins side. There he became
abusive again, and became involved in
several other rows
Supervisors Tebbets and Greer drove by
in buggy, and the inebriated individual
ran out into the road and tried to stop the
team.
Finally, he took a seat in front of the
saloon on the low porch. Mr. Perkins and
couple of farm hands were the only per-
sons near him, so he began to abuse them.
Finally Perkins became exasperated, and,
walking over to where the man sat, dealt
him blow behind the right ear with his
clenched fist, at the same time saying
I've stood enough of this"
The man fell over upon the ground and
lay motionless. Nobody thought anything
of this at first, but when it was noticed that
he did not move Perkins went back and
commenced shaking him. Still he did not
| move. A bucket of water was then pro-
| cured and the mans head bathed, but to no
purpose. Then the doctor was sent for,
and it was soon learned that the man was
dead
All of the persons seen were positive that
| the blow was struck with the hand, and
was not kick.