Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-08-17
JUDGE TERRY SHOT DEAD.


Judge David s. Terry was shot
through the heart and instantly kill.
ed by Deputy United States Mar
shall David Nagle this morning, in
the railroad dining.room at La
throp, eighty.three miles from this
city. 1t appears, that upon the ar
rival of the Southern Overland train
at Lathrop, at 7:2O o'clock this morn
ing, United States Supreme Judge
Stephen j. Field and Deputy Unit.
ed States Marshal David Nagle
walked into the depot dinlng-room
for breakfast and sat down side by
side. Soon after Judge David s.
Terry and wife formerly Sarah Al.
thea Hill,) came in. They were pro.
ceeding to another table, when Mrs.
Terry evidently recognizing Justice
Field, did not sit down. but retired
to the train for some unknown pur-
pose. Before she reached it, how
ever, and as soon as she had left
the dining.room, Judge Terry ap-
preached Justice Field, and, stoop-
ing over him, slapped his face. AT
this juncture Deputy Marshal Nagle
arose from his seat and shot Judge
Terry through the heart. AS he
was falling the Deputy Marshal fired
again, but missed him, the bullet 60
ing through the floor. Both shots
were fired in quick succession.
After the shooting Deputy Mar
shall Nagle backed up against the
wall of the dining-room, and warn
ell every one not to arrest him, say
ing he was United States officer in
discharge of his duty. There was
no semblance Of an attempt to ar
rest him at any time. Constable
Walker took Deputy Nagle from the
train at Tracy, and proceeded with
him to Stockton, where he Is now in
Jail. District Attorney White order.
ed the arrest of Justice Field upon
his arrival in San Francisco, and
telegraphed the order to the sheriff
of San Francisco.
The Judge never uttered a sound
after being shot. He had hardly
fallen when Mrs. Terry rushed to
the side of the body and threw her
self upon it. Then ensued a scene
of the widest excitement. People
rushed from the dining.room, and
others ran in. During this time
Justice Field and Deputy Marshal
Nagle retreated to sleeping car,
where they where securely locked
within. At times Mrs. Terry would
call upon the citizens to arrest them.
The killing of ex-Judge Terry is
one of the most sensational TRACE.
dies 10 the history of this country.
Himself slayer Of man, he met
the fate of his victim. The case is
full of startling features. Readers
will easily recall the long fight Of
Sarah Hill; of the part Of Justice
Field took in the trial; of the mar
riage of the plaintiff and her counsel.
The bitterness aroused in that re-
markaDle scandal has never dwin.
died.
1t would appear that the marshal
was too hasty. He undoubtedly shot
because he believed that Terry
meant to kill Justice Field. There
was cause for his belief in the fact
that threats had been made, and
bitter eamity existed between ex-
Judge Terry and Justice Field; but
it looks as if Nagle should have de.
ferred his shooting until further de-
velOpments demanded such action.
The affair has, naturally, aroused an
enormous sensation.
Thirty years ago next month
David s. Terry shot and fatally
wounded United States Senator
Broderick, of California, who died
in three days. The affair was called
a duel; it was in fact a deliberate
murder, which aroused intense feel,
ing among anti.slavery men. Brod-
erick was a Douglass Democrat,
Terry Democrat of the extreme
school who took the Kentucky arti-
Gle with him to California. Before
the Broderick affair Terry had killed
man. In the HillSharon case, in
the presence of the court, he tried to
kill another.
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