The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-15
FAMILY TROUBLES
CuIminate i'm a Shooting
ARRAY.
e. w. Williams Fires Birdshot Into
His Brother and Joe Bigger,
Young Tough.

There have been disseDSions in the Will
liams Hardware Company, 213 and 2I5
Fourth street. which eliminated last night
in the manager shooting the former vice.
president aud an ex-ieamsier Of the COM
pany.
Besides the hardware store on Fourth
street the com pauy has a stove-lining fac
tory on Nineteenth street, near Harrison
Last night between z and o'clock
Stephen g. Williams Jr., the ex-vice- presi-
dent Of the company. and who is now en-
DlOyed to drive wagon, pnt M his team
for the night In the stable adjoining the
factory. He was accompanied by Joseph
Bigger, a Bernal Heights tough, who was
at one time teamSter for the company,
but was discharged by the manager, Ed
ward w. Williams, Tor stealing articles
from the factory.
AS Stephen and Bigger we're walking
away from the stables. Edward, who was
standing at the factory gate. fired Two
shots in rapid succession from shotgun
one at Bigger and the other at his brother,
Stephen.
Bigger got the full discharge of bird shot
in his back and fell to the ground. Stephen
was more fortunate as only few pellets
entered his back. The patrOl-wagon was
summoned from the Seventeen,h-street
station and Bigger and Stephen were
driven TO the CITY and County Hospital.
Edward, after firing the shots, went to
the house of his fathtT-in-law, Attorney
John l.. Boone. 1920 Twenty-frst street,
where he was arrested by Sergeant Shea
and taken to the City Prison, where two
charges of assault TO murder we're booked
against him.
Stephen gave his version of the trouble
as follows: "My brother Edward and |
" ere partners in the stove-lining IA Glory
For some time back Edward, who is a
dorniuaprinu pf q fpllpw hos hoo
anxious to drive me out of the business.
He has constantly been picking onarrels
with me, and recently threatened to kill
our father and myself. A few days ago
lie gave the old man thrashiug, and now
he has tried o get me out Of the way by
shooting me.
Edward tells a different story. "The
trouble." he said, "between my brother
and me has chiefly arisen through tn at
noOdium-JOe Bigger. L discharged him
Tor stealing and warned him not to come
around the factory. But Notwithstanding
my warnings my brother encouraged him
to come around the place and used to
drive around town with MIN in our wagon.
This angered me, and as Bigger would
moi keep awav from the factory | resolved
10 nil him with bird shot, which would, l
thought, have the desired effect.
Il fired the TWO shots at him tonight
did not fire at my brother, but l suppose
lie got few of the stray pellets.
MY brother has no interest IN the bust.
ness now. He was the means of almost
running it, ana recently went out OF the
business owing to family troubles. Since
then he has been driving a wagon for the
company.
stephens wife has also done her best
to ruin the business and has instituted a
civil suit, claiming a portion OF what she
alleges is her husbands interest in il.
cit is not trua that thrashed my father,
or even threatened 10 kill him or Stephen,
get me out OF this"
DR.. Patterson of the City and COUNTY
Hospital, who attended to the wounded
men, said last night that Bigger had from
fifty to 100 pellets In his back, but most of
them lodged in the tissues. He would re-
cover. Stephen had about dozen pellets
in his back and went home.