Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-12
MURDERER McDOW.
Insulting the Family of His Victim-En-
forcing Attention.

forcing Attention.
NEW YORK, July 11th-A Herald special
from Charleston S. c., says: Since the
verdict IN the case against DR.. Mellow, for
the murder of Captain Dawson there has
been but one topic of conversation in
Charleston. Many of the best citizens feel
outraged at the miscarriage OF Justice.
There was another class, who sympathize
with Mellow, and who turned his escape
from the gallows into an excuse for tender
ing him an ovation.
Some people who had loathing for the
man wanted the matter dropped and to
have Mellow permitted to go about as if he
had not killed Captain Dawson, and this
course would very probably have been pur-
sued if Mellow had acted as if he were a
man possessed of ordinary good sense He
seems however, to imagine that he is q
privileged character.
A high brick wall divides the back lawn
of the residence of the late Captain Dawson
from McDow's yard. The piazza of the
second story of McDow's house overlooks
Captain Dawsons lawn. Mrs. Dawson
was walking on the grass of her lawn yes
terday afternoon, when she heard wbistling
and other noises TO attract her attention.
She looked up and saw Mellow standing
on his piazza, doing everything be could to
attract her notice. She went into the
mouse ana closed the door.
SPYING ON THE BACKYARD.
Mellow had been sitting on the piazza of
the first floor of his house with his wife
and father-inlaw. He left them and went
upstairs where they could not see him He
remained on the end of his upper piazza
after Mrs, Dawson had retired, still look
ing over into the Dawson yard.
He was soon rewarded by the appearance
-Of EanfaiO IiawSoniS dauuhiar
girl of Il. He again began his whistling
and coughing. She saw who it was and
ran into the house.
He then took small stone and pitched
1t IN the window of the French maids
room. She looked out to see what it was,
and saw Mellow motioning and whistling
al her. She drew her head in at once,
very much frightened.
A POLICEMAN SENT FOR.
His conduct was so outrageous that Mrs
Dawson had a policeman sent to her resi-
deuce 10 prevent further insults
1t will be remembered that there was
small bruise on McDow's head the day
that he killed Captain Dawson. That
bruise has been explained. The morning
of the killing, while attending the sick
child of lady, he is said to have made
improper proposals TO her. She, so the
story goes, secured her absent husbands
pistol and was about to make short work
of Mellow when be fled, and in his hurry
TO get ont of the house hit his head on the
door-facing.
A QUESTIONABLE JURY.
McDow'S lawyers, it is said, knew of this
at the trial The jury is being closely
watched, and some little light is coming
out. The colored man, Sims, was in favor
of a verdict of manslaughter, and he was
the only one opposed 10 acquittal. One of
the colored jurors said that Captain Daw-
son had insulted the colored men in his
paper and he got what he deserved
McDobb, the white Juror, will have
abundance Of cause To regret his verdict.
He is the Republican candidate for Col
hector of the Port A prominent Republi-
can just back from Washington says that
the verdict settles McDobb's aspirations.