The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-27
THE TERRY TRAGEDY.

Judge Terry left Fresno for San Fran
cisco early on the morning of the 18th,
accompanied by his wife, and boarded
the train upon which were Judge Field
and Deputy Marshal Nagle. But both
parties were ignorant of the others pres
ence on the train.
One of the proprietors of the Lathrop
Hotel, Fred Lincoln was also on the
train. and learned that Field and Terry
were among the passengers. The train
was due at Lathrop at 7;10 a. M, where
it stops twenty minutes for meals. AS
he stepped from the train Mr.. Lincoln
encountered his partner in the hotel, Mr..
Stackpole, and informed him that Judges
Field and Terry were on the train and
would dine there, and to look out, for
there might be trouble.
Judge Field came into the dining-room
first and took seat at one end of the
table in the center of the room, Nagle
taking seat by his side. Scarcely had
they given orders before Judge Terry en-
tered, accompanied by his wife, and
took seats at the extreme end of another
table, distant about twenty-five feet from
Judge Field. At first Terry was ignorant
of Fields presence, but Field had seen
Terry the minute he entered the room,
and called the attention of his body
guard to the fact. Sarah Althea was the
first to discover Field, and pointed him
out to her husband. They exchanged
words in low tones, and Mrs. Terry got
up and left the dining-room.
TROUBLE WAS EXPECTED.
Mr.. Stackpole, one of the proprietors
of the hotel, was standing in the door
and observed Mrs. Terry leave, and also
took note of the threatening look which
she cast upon Judge Field. He walked
down the room to where Judge
Terry sat, and addressing him asked
why his wife had left the table. "Judge
Field is here" observed Mr.. Stackpole,
''and do you think your wife would be
so indiscreet as to cause trouble ?'I
"Whv do you ask that quesl
said Terry.
Because / do not wish to have any
trouble here" was the answer.
81 don't know" said Judge Terry
quietly, and then he added significantly,
''there might be trouble"
This alarmed Mr.. Stackpol@ and he
walked back to the door determined to
watch Mrs. Terry when she returned.
No sooner had Mr.. Stackpole left
Judge Terry than the latter arose and
walked straight up to where Judge Field
was sitting, and without saying word,
slapped him in the face, and then
repeated the blow.
Nagle who was sitting beside Field,
sprang to his feet with drawn revolver,
which be pointed at Terry, and fired.
Terry fell heavily to the floor, and as he
did so Maggie fred again.
The first shot entered Terry's left
breast, the second struck the floor near
him, blowing up the wood and lodging
in the wall.
CAUSED A PANIC.
When the shooting occurred a panic
seized the people in the dining-room and
seventy people crowded out in heap.
A wild excitement ensued, but Marshal
Nagle was the coolest one of all. The
crowd gathered about him. Still hold
ing the pistol in his hand he turned to
the crowd and said: 81 am a United
States Marshal in the discharge of my
duty. Do not touch me-" The crowd
fell back and Nagle said to Judge Field:
Come on" Field arose and the two
left the table, proceeding directly to the
car and seating themselves.
Field was very nervous and white as a
sheet, but he said not word, keeping
his lips tightly compressed.
Judge Terry's body was carried into
an ante-room and a sheet spread over
it. He bled very little.
. Mrs. Terry chung to the body, giving
away to passionate outbursts of grief.
Constable Walker of Lathrop arrived
on the scene shortly after the shooting.
care you constable?" demanded
Mrs. Terry.
YES" was the answer.
Then arrest that man-arrest Judge
Field. He was the cause of it. Arrest
him as an accessory to the murder of my
husband
Walker boarded the train just as it was
pulling out and immediately placed
Nagle under arrest. But in order to
avoid as much excitement as possible he
proceeded with the prisoner on the train
as far south as Tracey. He then pro-
cured carriage and drove with Nagie to
Stockton, putting the prisoner in the
County Jail.
INCIDENTALs
A. warrant had been sworn out in
Stockton to arrest Justice Field, and a
sheriff had arrived at San Francisco to
make the arrest; but the warrant had
not been served up to the time that the
mail left, although the sheriff and the
Judge had met and talked over the mat
ter. 1t was not thought that the arrest
would be made, and if made, that a writ
Of habeas corpus would follow.
The trouble arose out of matters con-
nected with the Sharon case, tried before
Justice Field and other Judges of the
Supreme Court; and much sympathy is
expressed for Field, who seems to be
innocent of the whole business, except
ing that his decision was opposed to what
Terry considered his interest.
Since the shooting Mrs. Terry could |
not be induced to leave the body of her |
husband. When it was shipped by ex- |
press to Stockton she insisted on riding |
in the car with it.
81 was not surprised in the least when
L heard that Terry had been killed,u
said Police Judge Rix, s'for L expected |
it long ago. He was a man who sought
to not only bulldoze his fellow men but
also the courts. That he did not meet
with that fate long ago is all that sur
prises me.''
Terry's remains were buried at Stock
ton on the 10Th inst, where the pail