Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-26
MAS IT MURDER !?
A MAN FOUND FATALLY WOUNDED AT
THE NORTH LEvEE.
The Case is Wrapped in Mystery-The
Victim Dies at the Receiving
Hospital.

The police have mystery to unravel
now, which will tax their abilities to the
utmost.
1t is another case of murder in all proba.
bility.
A telephone messageto the station house
yesterday morning about o'clock an.
noun ced that man had been shot near
the beet sugar factory on the north levee.
Chief of Police Drew Immediately dis
patched officer Farrell to the scene, with
instr uctions to bring the wounded man to
the Receiving Hospital, and, if possible,
arrest the shooter or shooters, as the case
might be.
Officer Farrell hurried out to the leyee.
but observed nothing unusual. He searched
about the neighborhood from McCarthy's
ranch to the sugar factory for some tine
without discovering anything, and was
about to give up and return to town, when
Deputy Sheriff NJ. Sullivan hailed him.
The latter had Just emerged from a little
tumble-down shanty, about block this
side OF the levee, and shouted, Here be
is. When the officer came up with Mr..
Sullivan, the latter took him to the shauty
and pointed to PROSTATE form which Law
just outside the door. 1t was the form of
roughly-clad man., apparently about so
years OF age, of medium stature. He was
breathing laboredly and was evidently in
great pain. A pool of blood surrounded
the spot where he lay, which was constant
ly being added to from wound in the
mans head and another in the region of
the stomach.
Officer Farrell and Deputy Sullivan
questioned the man in regard to the man.
ner in which he received his injuries, but
be was strangely reticent, and declined at
hrst to tell anything at all. The officers
persisted, however, and finally succeeded
In getting statement. such as it was, from
the wounded man.
QUEER STORY
He said his name was Edward Goodwin,
and had arrived from San Francisco on
Saturday. On Saturday evening he went
out to the levee and hid his blankets in the
brush near the railroad track. In one of
the freight cars standing near by were two
men-one large man, who looked like a
Swede and the other slightly-built man
about 80 years old. The Swede saw him
hide the blankets, but did not say ANYTHING.
next day went out for his blankets, intend
ing to tramp it to Roseville. The blankets,
however, were not there, and he i'm
mediately suspected that the Swede
or his companion had taken them. Going
to the freight car he found the two men
and accused the Swede The latter said
that the river must have risen and carried
off the blankets. Goodwin scoffed at this,
he said, and then started to search the car.
Before he could do so. though, the big
Swede took something from his pocket
which resembled small pair of bellows
and aimed it at his (Goodwin's) face. A
second later his eyes-or rather his eye, as
the wounded mans left eye was sightless-
were filled with red pepper. Blinded
though he was, he grappled with the burlv
Swede and struck him. The latter then
turned and ran, with Goodwin after him.
Goodwin gained on him and had almost
oyertaken him, when the Swede suddenly
turned and, drawing a revolver, fired five
shots at him. One struck him IN the abdo.
men, another fattened itself against the
left side of his head, and third grazed his
right cheek, just below the eye. Goodwin
said he then fell, and the Swede and his
companion gathered up their traps and
started off up the railroad track. He man.
aged to crawl to the shanty where he was
ny tut O1uCeIS, duQ becoming exc
hausted could 60 no further.
GooDwIN's SINGULAR ACTIONS.
When the wounded man had concluded
his peculiar story the officers drew off and
held conference. 1t was agreed that
Deputy Sullivan should scour the neigh
borhood for the Swede and his companion,
while officer Farrell would see to taking
the injured man to the Receiving Hospital.
0anv1tu Sullivan Cd of iy,t he
ton of the grant, accompanied by a couple
of citizens who had arrived on the scene,
while the police officer departed for a con-
veyance. When he returned Goodwin pro.
tested vigorously against being taken to the
Receiving Hospital. He wanted to be left
alone, he said, and did not want to have
anything to do with the police. Officer
Farrell suggested that his wounds might
be serious, and medical attendance would
be necessary.
Still Goodwin did not want to go. He
said he would prefer TO stay where he was
and die rather than go to the Police Station
But officer Farrell put an end to further
parley by picking Goodwin up bodily ant
placing him in the wagon. Even on tn,
way down the wounded man begged tina
he be let go.
City Physician Nichols was sent for wher
the party arrived at the Receiving Hos
pital, shortly alter noon, and one glance q
the mans wounds satisfied him that the,
OR at least one OF them-were fatal. n
probed for the bullet and did everything il
his power to stay dissolution, but in vain
The man was dying.
Chief of Police Drew requested the dyin
man for further particulars regarding tn
shooting, but ELECTED nothing further thai
what had been told Sullivan and Farrell
Good in aail he had rnlatiuae Eufno h,-
declined to say who or where they were.
City Attorney Hart and Police Judg
Buckley were sent for, and they endeavore
to induce Goodwin to tell more but he al
solutely refused. He also refused to allo,
priest to be sent for, and seemed to hav
little fear or concern regarding his az
preaching death.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
Shortly after O'Clock in the afternoon,
high covered wagon ratified up to the no:
pital, and from it emerged Deputy Sheri
Sullivan accompanied by heavy set Swed
carrying a roll of blankets, and anothe
man of slighter build.
Both tailed wonderfully with the d.
scr:ption given by Goodwin of the men b
had trouble with, more particularly th
Swede.
Deputy Sullivan was elated with hi
success in capturing them, and hurried
told the other officers how he had owe
hauled them on the Grant.
The Swede was then escorted into tn
operating room of the hospital and I
Goodwin's bedside.
Ibid YOU ever see this man before
asked Jaller Frank Rider, pointing to til
Swede.
Goodwin and the newcomer gazed 6
each other steadily for several seconds, an