The morning call., 1893-06-02
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Who Shot Charles Sawyer
of LiVermOrei?
AN ATTORNEY CHARGES BIAS
Mrs. RedfieId Dying-Wants a Run.
away Hnsband-Too Much for
the Bride.

WHO SHOT SAwYER?-The report
came down from Livermore yesterday that
Charles Sawyer had boarded the train at
that place and taken three shots at his
wife, who, 1t was stated, was on her way
to Oakland to get out papers in a divorce
suit she contemplated bringing against her
husband.
1t is stated that the couple had been
leading a cat-and-dog life for the past few
months.
There were whisperings connecting the
wife's name with that of man named
Thompson. The husband heard of it, and
a scene followed. Other scenes have con-
tinued to follow in rapid succession. and
finally the wife, who stoutly denied all
those reflections on her wifely honor, con-
cluded to seek surcease in law. She
wanted a divorce. Ter trusted friend,
Rosa White, started for Oakland with
her. and the tive had not been long on the
car when the husband stalked in with
blood in his eye and pistol in his hand,
and in short order the bullets began
| whizzing about her head. She screamed
and ran; accom- panied by her friend she
| jumped from the train; she ran up the
Street. while Sawyer followed from the
| train ana 1umpeu lutO HIS wagon anu
started for his nome.
On the road he met Deputy Sheriff
Murphy, who remarked his haste and agi-
| tated appearance.
Whats the matter? You seem excited"
said Murphy.
"Oh, I'm just in hurry to get home"
| said the man.
Murphy learned of the affair when he
| arrived at the depot.
Sawyer came to the receiving hospital
| yesterday afternoon with a bullet wound
| in the left leg just above the knee. He
! stated that he had not shot at his wife at
all, but that she had shot at and wounded
| him in the knee.
He says that he had been married TO his
wife for eleven years, and that of late she
! had given him great deal of trouble be-
cause of Ter inclination TO 60 with other
men.
"a few days ago she told me she was 60
| ing to Leave me, and l believed her. /
| thought she was going TO run away with a
man named Thomas Thompson, the man
| who has been the cause of my trouble. She
| left the house. l followed her, and at the
| depot saw this man Thompson. believed
that she was going 10 elope with him. /
| followed her into the car and saw her en-
| ter the car. l went to the door and tried
to get her to come back to me. All this
time she was rummaging through her valise
! to get pistol. as l found out soon, for she
| shortly turned and shot at me.
81 backed out after the shot and went to
my wagon, getting on to peddle my fish.
/ did not know | was shot, and did not find
| it out until l was some six miles from
| Livermore on my way home. | then
rolled up my pantaleons and found blood
on my underwear. / went into house on
the road and got bandages, etc., and bound
| up my wound, after which l came down
! here"
! The story told by Sawyer is regarded as
! a ''fishy" one. The Deputy Sheriff says
! when he met Sawyer he did not look like
a man who had been shot, and discredted
his story.
1t is thought that SAWYER either shot
| himself in the car when firing al his wife,
or else got badly frightened on his way
home and deliberately planted the bullet
| in his leg.
The wound was only a superficial one,
and after DR.. Dunn had attended him
Sawyer was removed to the County Jail.
under a arrant for arrest got out by his
wife for assault TO murder.
When communicated with late yester-
! day Mrs. Sawyer denied in toto her hus-
bands story.
| SAWYER DEMURs.-Attorney F. W.
| Sawyer, who was recently indicted by the
| Grand Jury for obtaining money under
| false prstenses, made an attempt yester-
| day morning to quash the Indictment, and
bias.
There was an exciting scene in cour,
when the members of the jury were
brought in. and denied their having had
any bias whatever to influence theiI vote.
Welles Whitmore. Sawyer's attorney,
questioned each juror. as to whether he
had heard any hing Of the case before il
came to them officially.
This was alphabetically denied. A chal-
lenge TO the jury, was then proposed, but
Judge Ogden decided everything had
been done according to law. A demurrer
was then put In. It's hearing was con-
tinued until Monday.
AT DEATHS Door The physicians
who are attending Mrs. Redfeld have
given up III hopes of her recovery.
1t has been nearly month since she
was thrown from an electric car at Noun
tain View Cemetery, and sustained such
! severe injuries about the head that she ra-
manned In an unconscious condition for a
| week.
Her death Is expected any day. In case
she lives she will doubtless be demented,
| or, at best, weak-minded.
| PURSUING A HUsBAND.-Mrs. F. M.
| Mannion, wife of the druggist at Market
| and Seventh streets who recently sold his
store and then disappeared, called upon
| Chief Schaffer yesterday morning. and
consulted him as to the best means of re-
|
to Detectives Downey and Holland, and
these three will proceed with dispatch &c
recover her nngallant husband.
THE BRIDE FAINTED.-An in tere sting
| and exciting wedding came off at I'LL West
street yesterday morning. The bride was
| Miss Stella Bassett, daughter of Alonzo
| Bassett, an the groom was Fred II. Brown.
| son of a police officer. The ceremony was
| of such romantic nature that the bride
was com pletely overcome and tainted
| Her consciousness was promptly restored
and the wedding proceeded.
| a CLEAN SWEEP AT MACDoNoUGH's.-
| The Maedon ough Theater has been clos ed
| for repairs until the Goth. and it is under.
stood on good authority that clean sweeu
has been made in the corps employed to run
| the house.
| Everybody. from top to bottom, is going
| out with the exception probably Of the
doorkeeper. James Ressler.
STEPPED ON A NAIL.-Colonel J. p,
| Irish stepped on a nail recently, which
| passed through the shoe and entered the
| foot, inflictiDg a painful wound. The
| colonel has suffered considerably from the
| accident, and has been forced to remain
| con fined for season to his house on AIDE
| line street. No serious results are antici-
| pated
| A SUIT FOR HoME.-A suit has been
| begun by Benjamin F. Forsythe to compel
| his wife, Mary I. Forsythe. to furnish him
With home. The plaintiff complains of
| having given the defendant $4,000 to pur-
chase house for their joint use, but the
wife has not kept her part of the apreem o Mt