Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-07
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
G. AIeksa Fired Atlas the Act any Re
lation to the Cruelty Case?

G. Aleksa Fired Atlas the Act any Re-
lation to the Cruelty Case?
When District Attorney Bruner and
a REooRD-U UNION reporter went out
to the place of A. Pagni Thurs
day night, to investigate the charges
preferred by neighbors against Pagni
of cruelty to his aged mother, one
of the neighbors called upon was an Aus
trian, G. Aleksa. He was called from his
bed and told his story much the same as
that of the other neighbors. Saturday
Pagni replied to the charges in print, and
referred to Aleksa as a meddler.
Last night Aleksa was the victim of an
attempted assassination. He does not
charge Pagni with it, as he saw no one, but
thinks that as Pagni prophesied trouble for
him If he fired off his pistol at night that the
trouble" has begun, and that it has some
relation to the Pagni scandal. Still he
may have been fired at by thieves and for
the purposes of robbery. However that
may be, he came to the station house at
midnight last night, accompanied by
neighbor, Mr.. Stackhouse, and both were
greatly excited.
Aleksa says he left his home, which is
near the Italian gardens, on the extension
of ] street, about 5:15 yesterday, and drove
into town. He went TO the residence of
District Attorney Bruner to see him, but
found he was out of town. He then Wis.,
tied friend at the grocery store, Thir-
teenth and J Streets and about half-past 10
O'Clock started home. When opposite the
gate of the Jewish cemetery, on the J-street
extension, and as he was driving on the
right hand side of the road, he was fired at
three times, with about a second between
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perceptible interval between the second
and third. The first bullet struck at the
lower end of the right lapel of his coat,
and tore through the garment,
leaving ragged hole, circular, with
radiatiDg rents, and showing perforation
made, evidently by very large sized bull
let. The second bullet grazed the under
side of his left wrist; the third went wide
of its mark. Aleksa's horse took fright
and ran off up the road toward his stable.
Stacllhouse says that about ten o'clock
he was disturbed by the furious barking of
dogs. He got up and went to his door and
saw three men in front of Aleksas house,
sitting or crouching. As he opened his
door they rose up and moved off toward
the city. He could give do definite descrip-
ton of them as they were too far distant.
On Aleksa's arrival home, he
got pistol and cartridges, and Stack
house having 9 fast horse, hitched
up and drove Aleksa to the station house.
At the saloon near the bridge, and Just
below the cemetery, Aleksa left his pistol,
saying it was against the law to carry it
inside the city, and he would not violate
the law. At the saloon they were told that
little after 10 o'clock two men had come
down the road from the direction of
Aleksa's house. and then had turned and
hack towards the cpmatprv
Aleksa says he has no enemies that he
knows of; has had no trouble with any
one has been peaceful and sober man,
and that he has not wronged any man.
He was well dressed in broad
cloth, and wore a valuable gold watch
with chain displayed. He is
positive that three shots were fired
from behind the gate pillars of the ceme-
terry, which he was not distant from more
than twenty-five or thirty feet. He saw no
one, because his horse ran off at once and
in the flight Aleksa lost his hat in a field
near his home. He says the shots fired at
him were heard in the saloon referred to.
He says he tried to borrow gun to carry
when coming to the station-house, in order
to protect himself. but could get none, and
hence wore his pistol. He wants permits
sion now to carry weapon, in order to
be prepared for any further assaults.
Aleksa, while excited at the station
house, was clear-headed and spoke vituper-
atively OF no one; he seemed TO regard his
escape rs almost miraculous, but mani
tested no cowardice. He appears to be
fairly intelligent foreigner; has resided in
the country thirteen months; is man of
family, and is well-spoken of by Stack
house, the neighbor who escorted him to
town last night. The police took note of
his statement; he was advised to report his
case also to Sheriff McMullen, and he went
away somewhat composed. He certainly
had close call, for had the bullet that
perforated his coat passed two inches to the
rear Aleksa would have received it through
his lungs.