The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-11
Died IN PRISON.
Exit Of Shorty" Anderson, One Of
Policeman SCOTS SIayers.
The Story of cowardiy Murder-It
Baf1ed the Officers for a
Long Time.

Daniel j. Barrett, alias shorty An
derson, died at the San Quentin Peniten-
tiary last Friday evening.
Barrett was one Of the thugs who muir
oered Policeman Joseph Scott in this city
on the night of December Z, 1878. The
story of the cowardly murder is familiar
to many, but win probably bear repeat
ing.
The murder took place on Seventeenth
street, between I and J. The moon was
ginning so bright that one could read the
time by its light, and though the
PISTOL SHOT WAS HEARD
The discovery of the dead body was not
made until the next morning, and the
cause of his death was not ascertained
until his clothing was removed in the
Coroner's office. 1t was then ascertained
that bullet had passed directlyt Trough
his heart, and an examination of the
premises disclosed from the blood marks
that after receiving the wound he had
IbaSsed across the street and fallen on the
sidewalk. For years the affair remained
mystery, and the only clue was that a
citizen looked from his window, at the
corner of Seventeenth and / streets, on
hearing the shot, and saw four men run
ming, one of whom wore a long white
coat.
Late in 1882 a convict named James
Ivey informed the officers that three
men then confined in San Quentin
Prison, named Charles O'Brien, alias
Flynn, Thomas Hamilton and Daniel
Barrett alias shorty Anderson, COM
united the crime, and that he had over
heard them detail its particulars. At the
expiration Of their terms they were
brought to Sacramento and confined in
separate cells in the City Prison. After
considerable trouble the officers induced
Two of them, Barrett and Hamilton, to
confess, and they did so very reluctantly,
and only after promise that they should
escape the scatfold. O'Brien, however.
Indignantly refused, and declared that he
would rather be hanged than turn States
evidence.
The two who confessed agreed in their
stories, which were taken in shorthand
by Win. j. Davis, and published in the
RECORD UNION at the time in full.
BENT ON ROBBERY.
The three men and another named Ed
die Edwards, it appeared, had been dis
charged from the state Prison and made
their way to the northern part of the
State. They then determined to return
to the bay section, and boarded a freight
train at Marysville and beat their way
down. The train slowed up at about
Twentieth street, and they jumped off,
with the determination of passing
through the eastern portion of the city
and robbing the first man they met.
There had been fire at the Protestant
Orphan Asylum that day, and Officer
Scott had been detailed to wat h the
premises. The night was bitter cold,
and he wore a heavy overcoat tightly but
toned. They encountered him while he
was on his,,way to the asy Iun?, at the
place where he was shot, and proceeded
TO garrote him, when he made an attempt
TO get at his revolver, and one of the
party fired the fatal shot.
EDWARDS DID IT
In each confession it was charged that
Edwards shot; that he was the only one
in the party who had weapon, and that
ii had been understood there should be
10 violence. Without stopping to search
Scott the four men ran away from the
city, and during the night walked to
Stockton. There they met Ivey, whom
they had known in prison, and his curl
osity was aroused at their anxiety to read
the newspaper accounts of the tragedy at
Sacramento.
Here it seems Edwards separated from
the party and the three others went to
Napa, where they burglarized the house of
Judge w. G. Wallace, and for that crime
they were sent to States Prison for four
teen years. Later on Ivey, who was IA
nous as a vetern convict, became their
For the murder of Scott the three men
Were put on trial in the Superior Court in
November, 1882. Judge Van r. Paterson
of San Joaquin now Justice of the Su-
preme Court presided, and District At
torney G. a. Blanchard and Hon. Chas.
7. Jones prosecuted. The two who con-
fessed were convicted after formal proof
had been made against them, and were
SENTENCED TO LIFE
Imprisonment. The third man main
tanned his defiant attitude, but the prose-
cution finally consented that he should
plead guilty aud receive the same pun
iShment without requiring him to con-
tess. The late Chief of Police Jackson
did excellent work in the case, and John
Whitelaw, a close friend of the dead
officer was tireless in his efforts to ferret
out the murderers.
1t is understood Edwards is now in an
Eastern penitentiary, and that he will be
brought back at the expiration of his
term.
SUCCUNIBED TO CONSUMPTION.
Barrett's death at the prison was due to
consumption. Two old ladies', residents
of San Francisco, who had known his
mother before she died, made application
a short time ago to the Governor and to
the Board of Prison Directors for his
pardon, alleging that he had not many
months longer to live, and that they
We're able and willing to take care of him
properly until the end came, so that he
might die free man. AS he was third
termer, it was also necessary, under the
But the Supreme Court refused to inter
fere.
1T WAS WET THEN.