New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03


time his wife appeared on the top Of the hill,
entirely out of earshot. Finally she got right up
to where we were and listened TO some OF the
remarks. She joined in the conversation.
turned to her and said, l am talking to Mr
Baker and cannot talk to two at once She spoke
up Immediately: Yes, you insulted me this MORN
ing by laughing ha ha: as / went through the
hall Mr.. Baker was angry and heated, aud he
took up at once what his wife had, said.
/" You insuted my wife, did you, he said, at
the same time putting his hand in his rear pocket
/ retreated and said, There was no insult in what
said. Keep back! Keep back When saw
him put his hand in his rear pocket | drew my
revolver as soon as could. Then his wife got
in front of him, or he got behind her. The fact
of it was that she was between us, and his pistol
was pointed at me right by her side. / did not
get behind tree. could not unless l got on
the other side of the creek. / saw that was
exposed to his fire and did not have chance
of returning it without injuring his wife"
Drop that pistol!' said and at the same
time jumped to one side to get i'll range OF him
without endangerlng his wife i'll case should ilre
They were directly in front of me, and when our
pistols were presented our hands touched. l real
lied that | was in extreme danger. The man was
angry and determined 10 shoot. pulled the trig
ger of my sef-cOcking smith Il WessOn. Ills
pistol was presented at my breast at the same time
The shooting all happened within few seconds.
heard report. l said to myself My pistol has
failed | pulled the trigger again, and still |
thought he was shooting and tnat my pistol had
failed utterly.
II then gTasped his hand which held the pistol
and drew il out of range above his head. His
wife also grasped the same hand. There was
struggle Cor possession of the pistol. I threw
my right hand over his shoulder and around his
neck, and all of us fell on the ground. He under
meath, / on top, and Mrs. Baker on top of me.
Mrs. Baker said something. l think She said,
Let me get it, and 1 will shoot him. or some
was satisfied that she. would surely shoot me.
| yelled to the man-Fisher: Il will give mine
up II she gets his, she will kill me L don't
know why | gave my revolver up first, but |
did it freely and voluntarily Then Fisher twisted
the pistol out of the hands of Mrs. Baker. Then
l arose and discovered for the first time that
Baker was shot, and had not fired his pistol.
1 did not know what effect the shots would have
81 remained there half an hour waiting to
be arrested. 1t is absolutely untrue that Baker 5
pistol arm was disabled by the first fire. After
over said TO a number of persons, MY husband
has been compelled to carry D. pistol to pro-
tect himself from that villain
Mr.. Anderson seemed to be completely ex-
hausted after finishing his statement. Robert
Wright, Edtor'Of The Peelsldll Democrat, has
secured the services of Martin j. Keogh, of New
tend Andsnon. The preliminary examination
will take place this morning at 10 o'clock in
the Town Hall at CrOtOn Landing
f, Chester Fisher. jr, the man who wrested the
pistol from Bakers hand said he was around
turn of the road and about fifty rods away when
out out Take this revolver away from this woman ?
There was another man. | did not know, who
helped me. Anderson gave his right up" n
Fisher was asked If he knew what was said by
the people who were struggling.
stuclI; to my, flag like man. Yes, my dear
When Baker got up he walked across the road and
sat down in the gutter. He said, My right arm
pains me- He did not faint though"
Mrs. Anderson and her young daughter, Miss
Lillian, have lived in, the Moody homestead at
Croton Landing for three years Prior to that
time they lived in Louisville, KY, where they now
saye many wealthy reate ha & 1onRs b AndesSaS ae%aS
years old but young as he was be assumed the
responsibility of caring for his mother and four
main support of the family He has been, so his
mother says, almost fanatic in all matters per
taing TO his family and the honor of the family.
He has in fact made it diSagreeable at tunes for
his sisters, BECAUSE he has such high ideas Of
what the des6endants OF an old family should
do. lie was booklecper in the Louisville
Gas Company for thirteen years, and was forced
to resign on account of threatened consumption.
His father died from that disease, and one sister
lies buried in the little churchyard in Croton:
The Anderson family have scrupulous ideas of
propriety The family belonged to the Confcd-
cracy. and it retained the ideas which were so
popular in the South during the days of the war.
The Bakers have always lived in the North and it
is intimated that the Southern ideas advanced by
the AndersOns were obnoxious to the Bakers At
any rate, the grievances date from the beginning
almost of the time when the Bakers took half
of the house. On June 1J there was an Outburst
about the proper division of some cherries This
was followed by letter from Mr. Anderson TO
Mrs Baker, in which he said that if he Baker
was vii vng to stand the loss he had gone to in
coming to CrotOn and getting fixed there for the
summer he Anderson would release him from
the contract, and take the chances Of getting
new tenant for the remainder of the sunxer.
This proposition was rejected, and since that time
the grievances have been many, finally cuminat-
ing in the fatal affair of Saturday.
was ordained He accepted the editorial charge
of "The Sunday-schoo Times and for many
years acted in that capacity. In 1862 he married
was private secretary to John Wanamaker. After
that he vert to Washington Here he met Colo
rel Incersoll, and for twelve years has been his
secretary