Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-08-22
7 AECalltornIa Tragedy.

LATnRop, Cal, August IA. Upon
the arrival of tho Southern overland
train at 1920 O'Clock this morning,
Associate Justice Stephen j. Field,
of the United States Supreme Court
and Deputy United States Marshal,
Nagle, walked into the depot dining
room for breakfast and sat down
side by side Soon afterwards Judge
David. S. Terry and wife formerly
Sarab Althea HilD camo in. They
were proceeding to another table,
when Mrs. Terry, evidently rccog-
nizing Justice Field, did not sit down
but retired to the train. Before she
reached it, however, and as soon rs
she had left the dining room, Judge
Terry approached Justice Field, and
STOPPING over him slapped his face.
At this juncture Deputy Marshal
Naglc arose from his seat and shot
Judge Terry through the heart. As
he was falling the Deputy Marshal
fired at him again, hut missed him,
the bullet going through the floor.
The shots were fired in very quick
succession.
Judge Terry did not i,ttcra a word
after being shot. He had hardly
fallen when Mrs. Terry rushed to
the side of his body and threw her.
self upon it. Then cnsucd a scene
of the widest excitement People
rushed from the dining room and
others rushed in. During this time
Justice Field and Deputy Marshal
Nagle retrcated to the sleeping car,
where they were securely locked in.
At times Mrs. Terry would call upon
the citizens to arrest them. Before
the train pulled out Constable Wal
kcr entered the sleeper and was car
ried away on board the train. He
Informed the crowd that he knew his
duty and would perform it.
During the time the train was
standing at the depot Mrs. Terry
was running wildly, alternately from
the body of her husband to the
sleeper, demanding admittancc that
she might slap Justice Fields face,
and at the same time begging that
they be detained and have their OK
animation here. Previous to the en-
trance OF Constable Walker into the
sleeper Sheriff Purvis and his deputy
of Stanislaus county had already
taken charge of Deputy United
States Marshal Nagle.
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 United States
officer in the discharge of his duty.
There was no semblancc of attempt
to molest him at any time. Consta-
bic Walker took Deputy Naglc from
the train at Tracy and proceeded
with him to Stockton, where he is
now in Jail. District Attorney
White ordered the arrest of Justice
Field upon his arrival at San Fran
cisco, and tclcgraphed the order TO
the Sheriff of San Francisco.
The Southern Overland train ar
rived at 10th street in Oakland
shortly after II o'clock this morn
ing. A great crowd collected, tcle-
graphic intelligence Of the Lathrop
tragedy having preceded the arrival
of the train, and the sleeping car in
which Justice Field was sitting was
AT once beseiged by United States
officials and newspaper men. JUS
tice Field maintained his quiet de-
meanor, and replied to press rep
rcsentative, when asked to narrate
the particulars of the shooting, as
| follows:
81 can tell you the story in a few
words. For the last few months all
manner of reports, both ,ublic and
personal, have reached me that
Judge Terry had threatened to sub
ject me to some form of indignity if
he should happen to meet me. This
caused the United States Marshal to
decide to provide such protection as
he could during my stay in the
State. When / started for Los
Angeles to hold Court, Deputy Ma
gle accompanied me. He seemed to
be n quiet, gentlemanly official,
though I only met him twice while
away from Los Angeles. He asked
me in that city when | intended to
return, and he accom-, anied me, TAX
ing seat in the sleeping car oppo-
site to me. We heard this morning
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