The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-20
The Husband of the Celebrated
Sarah Althea, Killed.
A United States Marshal
Does the Work i'm
Defense of Judge
Field.

Supreme Judge Stephen j. Field and
Deputy United States Marshal Maggie
walked into the depot dining room for
breakfast and sat down side by side. Soon
after Judge David S. Terry and wife came
in also. They were proceeding TO another
table when Mrs. Terry evidently, recogDiz-
ing Justice Field, did not sit down but
retired TO the train for some unknown pur-
pose. Before she reached il, however, and
as soon as she had left the dining room,
Judge Terry approached Justice Field and,
STOPPING over him, slapped bis lace. At
this juncture Deputy Marshal Nagle arose
from his seat and shot Judge Terry through
the heart. AS he was falling the deputy
marshal shot again, but missed him, the
bullet going through the floor. Both shots
were fired 10 very quick succession.
The Judge never uttered a sound after
being shot. He bad hardly fallen when
Mrs. Terry rushed to the side of his body,
and threw herself upon it, Then ensued a
scene of the widest excitement. People
rushed from the dining room, and others
rashed in.
After the shooting Deputy United States
Marshal Nagle backed up against the
wall of the dining room and warned every
one not to arrest him, saying he was a
United States officer in the discharge of
his duty. There was no semblance of an
attempt to modest him at any time.
THE NEWS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, Cal, August 1.-The
announcement that Judge David S. Terry
had been shot and killed in a railway de-
pot at Lathrop, Cal, this morning as a
lf Of be al
alteration with Justice Stephen j. Field
of the United States supreme court, caused
extraordinary excitement in this city. The
scene of the tragedy is eightv-three miles
from this city by rail, and is the breakfast
ing station for the southern overland train.
The possibility of an encounter between
Terry and Justice Field has been recog-
nized ever since the Imprisonment Of Terry
for contempt of court ten months ago
owing to the known temp5r OF the man
who killed United States Senator Brodrick
in early days of California.
JUDGE FIELD INTERVIEWED.
The southern overland train arrived at
the Sixteenth street station shortly after ii
o'clock in Oakland this morning. A great
crowd had collected, Geographic intelli-
gence of the Lathrop tragedy having pre-
ceded the arrival of the train, and the
sleeping car in which Justice Field was sit
ting was besieged by United States officials
and newspaper men. Justice Field N ain
tanned his quiet demesnor, and rep ID to
press represe, tative, when asked to narrste
the particulars of the shooting, as follows !:
81 can tell you the story in lew
words. For the last few months all man.
ner of reports, b tn public and personal,
have reached me that Judge Terry had
threatened to subject me to some form of
indignity if he should happen to meet
me. This fact caused the United Sta s
marshal to decide to provide such protec
zion as he could during my stay in this
state. When | STATED for Los Angeles to
hold court Deputy Nagle accompanied
me. He seemed to be quiet, gentlemanly
official, though only met him twice while
away from Los Angeles. He asked me in
that city when / intended to return, and
accompanied nae, taking a seat in the
sleeper opposite me. We heard this morn
ing that Judge Terry and his
wife were on the train, but paid no atteu-
ton to il. When we arrived
at Lathrop we entered the eating station
to get breakfast / took a seat at the end
of the table. while Nsgle sat on one side of
me. Terry and his wife came IN the room
soon after. AS soon as she saw me she
went out of the room, as / afterward
learned, returning to the car for her
satchel.
Judge Terry arose, and 1 supposed be
intended accompanying her. Instead of
doing so, he walked back of me and struck
me heavy slap on the face. was COM
pletely astenished, and, seeing he was
ready to strike again, Nagle cried out,
Stop, STOP but Terry did not desist, and
as he was raising his arm a second time
Nagle shot at him, the bullet entering his
heart. He fell to the floor, Maggie shooting
a second time, but missed him. Nagle
was arrested at Tracy and taken to Stock
ton to await the result of the inquest.
That is the complete story, so far as | am
aware of the facts"
The protection of United States Marshal
Nagle was accorded to Justice Field, 1t is
claimed by authority of United States At.
torney General Miller, who telegraphed
from Washington TO the marshal of the
district that the person OF the justice should
be protected at any hazard. The order ex-
tended also to Judge Sawyer of the United
States circuit court In this city, upon
whom Mrs. Terry made personal assault
last year while in railway train, accom-
panied by Judge Terry. The order was
based upon the fact, and upon threats de-
clared to have been made openly by Terry
against Justice Field. Deputy Marshal
Nagle was directed to accompany Justice
Field, under this order, and is said to have
given Judge Perry full warning to stop
when the latter began his attack upon jus
tice Field, and fired at Terry as the latter
was about to strike second time.
Justice Field left the overland train at
the Oakland Ferry and drove at once to
the Palace hotel, where he was Joined By
by his wife. He was not arrested and the
notice to the chief of police claimed to
have been sent by the district attorney of
San Joaquin, if forwarded in that form was
not carried out.