Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-14
LAST ACT IN The DRAMA
OF the Great SharOn-Hill Case.
The Former is in His Grave, and the
Latter in the Insane Asylum.

SAN FRANcIsCO, Oct. 14.--The
Sharon-Hill case which began its
sensational engagement in San
Francisco In November, 1888, has
come to peaceful everlasting close.
When it began, Senator Sharon
was an over-confident, rich smiling,
courteous widower, and Sarah
Althea Hill was In her prime. To
day the former is mingling his dust
with mother earth, and the latter is.
beating out her life against the win
dow bars of mad house.
A short while before Sarah Althea
began to show indications of insani-
ty she rushed breathlessly into the
county clerks office and demanded
the copy of the transcript on her
appeal. 1t lacked less than 80 min
utes to A o'clock. At that hour the
supreme court closed, and on that
day her last opportunity for filing
the papers expired. The. indomita-
BILE woman jumped into carriage
and almost ran the horses to her at
torney's Office. Back she hurried
to the supreme court and arrived
there just in time to get through the
doors as they swung to for the day.
Her cheeks were afame. her eyes
flashed excitedly, her breath came
fast, ,and hair and dress bore evidence
to her haste and nervous tension.
She laughed joyously over her sue
cess, and joked with great elation on
her ability to always maintain the
fight In her old-time form.
This was the last venture she ever
made, and a fortnight later she was
wandering about the streets pursued
by wild vagaries. Her commitment
to the Stockton asylum followed
shortly afterward. r.. Porter Asch,
who was appointed by the supreme
court to look after her interests In
the case, failed to file his authorities
in the the statutory time, and so
the finale was reached by negligence
The case first came up as divorce
suit brought by Sarah Althea Hill
Sharon against Senator Sharon.
The plaintiff was never formally
married to Sharon, but backed her
whole cause with the marriage
and the "Dear Wife" let
ters.
After more than year following
the instition of proceedings, Mrs.
Sharon was granted divorce on
the grounds of willful desertion, and
the court ordered division of the
Then followed the fight
for the senator's millions. The
court awarded $1,000 as back alimony,
and ordered the senator to pay Mrs.
Sharon $25e0 month. At the same
time another tax was levied on the |
In the shape Of fees to
Mrs. Sharon's attorneys. Tyler Il
Tyler were awarded $50, 900. George
$4,000, Walter Levy SlO,-
BOO, and two others $4,000. The
Immediately appealed to
the supreme court, and his bonds
men found judgments against them
for sos, 900. The supreme court stood
by the Judgment OF the lower court
On the main issue. and new cam
paign was at once mapped out by
The millionaire's forces. While the
battle was raging this way in all
he courts of this city, Sharon died.
Frederick w. Sharon was at once
in his stead aud the
light went on as fiercely and per-
'istently as ever
AT last, by a bit Of strategy, the
sharon estate carried the main issue
nto the United States court. over
which Judge Deadly presided, and
he famous marriage certificate was
Pronounced forgery. and Mrs. Ter
y was enjeined from making use of
t. While the case was going there,
he remarkable scene occurred In
which Judge Terry drew a bowie
Inife to take his wife from the
lands of the deputy marshals.
'he had been ordered conveyed
rom the court room by Justice Field
! short while afterwards the fatal
lsetiug Of the three took place la
he diaing-room of the railroad sta
on at I.athrop, aud Terry was
hot aud killed by deputy marshal.
So. has ended one OF The nosi ex-
ting of all the seusslio'ss Of this
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