New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-16
SARAH ALTHEA'S REVENGE.
STRIVING TO SECURE JUSTICE FIELDS
ARREST
BESIDE THE BODY OF HER DEAD HUSBAND IN
STOCKTON. GALA WARRANT ISSUED
EOR LTSTICE FIEI.D
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUyE.1r

Dan Francisco Aug. ia dispatch from Stock
ton says that Sarah Althea Terry remained all
"shV IN the small undertaking rooms where her
husbands body lay. The face of the dead man
was study. 1t wore calm and placid express
hioh Ihe lines OF the mouth, which in life bore
unmlStallable evidences of determination, were
soilehed INTO almost smile and the CORFU gated
p-o" was as smooth a babes. The face showed
'he close and deadly fire of Nagle. Large grains
VI poWder mad been dciven into the skin over the
iclO eyebrow and near the ear. The shirt bosom
"ds oiacK with powder stains and small hole
JuSC 70 the left of the centre showed where the
IaG'l bullet entered. Drawing back the shirt
BOSOM, the widow pointed to "A small perforatiOn
saying:
lhcres the place where the bullet entered
"nich pierced the grandest heart that ever beat
III mans bosom. Oh sweetheart, why could
not die instead of you?1
Among those who came up on last nights train
were clinton Ii, Terry and Charles L. Ackerman,
oi oan Francisco One had come to pay the last
'Iou'e 10 his father. the other to defend the man
VINO shot him. Clinton was the only living son
OI lerry, and their relations were close and in
innate TIL the old man married Sarah Althea
ohe conceived great hatred for the son because
he tined to induce his father not to marry her
loung Terry, in talking of the woman's evil IN
huence over his father. said to-day:
My father just after his marriage with the
woman calling herself Sarah Althea Sharon, gave
me farm in Fresno upon the theory that L
could, by working, make a living out of it. 1t
was not decided outright. but with the under
standing that if | could make a living it was to
oe mine. l found after experience that this
impossible. My vines were destroyed by worms
ana my frut trees drowned out. | was brought
up to the machinists trade, and finally procured
place as chief engineer of the Mint at San
Francisco. All Of my fathers troubles attribute
TO The mallgn influence which his wife eXerted
over him. lie was different man after he met
her to what he was before | had little to do
with him after his second marriage. When Judge
tled sentenced him to SIX months in Alameda Jail
for contempt, and his wife for "a shorter period
thought 1t my duty to go and see father. | had
no sooner got inside the Jail than she began to
abuse me terribly and would not permit me to
see or talk to him. 1t was only after repeated
visits that L was enabled to see him at
all do not suppose l would have
been able to see him then had it not been that
my father heard l had repeatedly called and that
her Intervention had baked me. My father
WAS kind to me- but l have seen him only
only two or three times since he was released.
repeat that all his troubles sprang from his con-
neCtiOn with that woman
1t is apparent from the feeling which young Terry
exhibits toward his stepmOther that lawsuit
over the estate of his father is inevitable. While
Judge Terry was generally accredited throughout
the State with possessions worth $3.50, 200, the
best informed StoclItOnians place his estate at
between $4,000 and 100000. Many people
here are Of the opinion that at the time Of his
marriage TO Sarah Althca he made will in her
favor. II such will exists, and II by its terms
young Terry is shut out he will contest it on the
ground of undue influence" and will marshal
facts connected with the Sharon divorce suit TO
substantate his allegation. If the old man left
no will then Mrs Terry could come in only for
that share of the property acquired since her
marriage, and it is well known that the Sharon
case so engroSscd his attention for the last three
or four years as practically to leave him with
out legal income. The revenue from his estate
WAS small Those who know Sarah Althea well
predict that her passion for litigation will be graf
flied by a speedy contest with the son over Ierrys
estate.
Excitement was caused here in San Francisco
by a dispatch from Stockton declaring that a
warrant had been issued by the DistIct-Attorney
of Stockton tor the arrest Of justice Field, as
one Of the principals in the murder of Terry.
The warrant was issued at the in
etance of Sarah Atbea Terry. When
the evidence was all in before the coroner's jury
Deputy District. Attorney Gibson declared that no
warrant could be issued against Justice Field, as
there was no evidence to convict him. Dlstrlct-
Attorney White. who is young and inexperienced,
Was SO Influenced by the clamOr of Sarah Athea
and Terry's friends that he agreed to issue the
warrant. The opinion of prominent criminal
lawyers Of this city is unanimous that in no event
can Justice Field be held accessory TO the shoot
ing and they also agree that no case can DO made
out against Naglc