The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-22
.-anate-and soon forgetting the man ~
whosa aid he had been elected.

sanate-and soon forgetting tho man ~
whose aid he had been elected.
$3.50 BECAME HIS B~TTTKREsT NE1x...,oxo
On the adjournment OF the senate y lo Z
affentione 81 the people, returned 70 Cailior-
nia to Civ an account Of his steWarasnip,
and wherever he spoke thousands upon
thonsande turned ont TO hear him. dwinn
also took the lstnmp, and the Oastle W.
waged with d bitterness seldom seen u oly.
liked. communities the partisans O saca
factfon went constantly armed: ARRAYS were
frennent and at leastxone of b principals
STOOD ia dange of Instant assassination Inc
feeling was 90 bitter that Terry and brodel-
ick became involved In q personal quaIreLS
When the election was over Terry wrote oug
his resignation as a supreme Judge aha
placed tt in the hands Of 2 TREND W 70
used IL he killed Broderick, ana inl-
mediateIy sent him q note demanninR
q retraction Of the words he had used 10 Pet-
lev. Broderick refused, and the result wasa
peremptory challenge borne BY sIerry's
friend Calhoun Benham. Broderick untor-
tunateiy accepted the challenge and name9as
his friend Col. Joe McKibben. The meetinR
was arranged for Sept 10, 1859. but the
sheriff interfered and IL was postponed to
the 18th. Calhoun Benham loaded Terrys
pistol, and . gunsmith who was on the
oround loaded the pistol for Brodertck. q
word lire was given, and before Broderick
could raise his pistol IL was discharged, inc
ball striking the ground about ten feeg IN
pistol, and having him completely 81 MS
mercy. shot him. He coolly remarked TO
MI. Benham, Il shot about two inches too
low" and turning on his heel walked away.
No such sensation was ever known IN Inc
state; all business was Suspended. and MI.
Broderick, after lingering 2 few days IN
mortal agony, died, his last words being
--EEt - GrrYuv uAvn HTY YIn ME- N@EE#E. $1,000
because I was opposed TO the extension OF
slavery and q corrupt administration" When
the excitement was over Terry came from
his hiding place and demanded q trial. ALI
the details had been fixed by his friends He
procured q change Of venue from the place
county, and his friend, Judge ]. q. Hardy.
hurried down from Mokelumne Hill to take
charge of The trial. On the day set for the
case Hardy and Terry appeared In court Tho
case was called ut 10 o'clock. 1t was then B.,
and the witnesses were on their way from San
Francisco. The hands Of the court clock were
set an hour ahead. Hardy called the case.
witnesses present, SO Hardy discharged the
prisoner. For his share In that villainous
transaction he wasfmpeaohed by the legisla-
ture in 1862, hurled from the bench, took to
drink and died. Terry went over to Viz
ginia City just after the discovery Of the
COlnstockl lode, surrounding nlmSelI Will
q band of rufiana, intrenched himself IN q
stone fort IN the mountains above Virginia
City, expecting to bulldoze the owners out
of some rich claims there. He was finally
driven out and started for the O~onfederacy,
riding overland to Texas. There he remained
during the war, and after its close drifted
back to California. He was elected to the
legislature and WINS placed as an elector on
the presidential electoral ticket, but his rec
ord was SO bad that though the state was
overwhelmingly Democratic. Democrats re-
fused to support him, and he was beaten. a
Republican being elected In his place. His
old grudge against Sharon was we'll known,
and he took the first opportunity to feed 1t
fat When Althea Hill brought her suit
against the millionaire, Terry became her
champion. The first Mrs Terry was q most
estimable lady, of very strong Southern pro-
clivities, but respected and honored by all
who knew her. =a"' SSf