The morning call., 1894-08-22
A FAMILY FIGHT.
George j. Moore Shoots
His Brother.
SONS OF A MILLIONAIRE.
The Injured Man Threatened to
Whip His Father.
HE is DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
HE is DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
His AssaiIant Arrested and Charged
With Assault to Murder-He
Says He Aimed Low.

The two sons of George A. Moore, capt.
talist and president of the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Company, have long ceased
TO look upon each other as brothers Their
enmity is deeply rooted and has frequently
manifested itself, according TO George. the
younger brother, in acts of violence.
George is employed as a clerk by the COM
pany of which his father is president,
while Harry. the elder, has been without
an occupation for some time. He is mar
ried. and it is supposed is not favored by
his father, for what reason is not known
outside of the family circle.
The two young men met at 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in front of the insur-
ance building at the corner of Sacramento
and Montgomery streets, and after brief
alteration Harry struck George in the
face. and the latter drew revolver and
shot him in the side, just above he hin.
A great crowd of business men gathered
around the two brothers, who were quickly
Joined by their father and sister, who
emerged from the building a moment
after the shot was fired. George cooly
thrust his revolver into his pocket, while
his brother, writing in pain, stumbled
and fell upon the street. His father, as
sisted by Patrolman Dwyer, picked him
Notary Stanley. A glass of brandy was
pressed to the lips of the sufferer. and DR..
EllinwoOd examined the wound. 1T is
dangerous, but not neces sarily fatal" he
declared.
u might just as we'll die as not" the
wounded man replied. Neither he nor his
father vouchsafed any statement as to the
cause. immediate or remote, of the quarrel
between the brothers. Mr.. Moore took
the matter pniloSophically, and when the
physician had done all in his power the in
jured man was placed 10 hack and driven
with bis father and sister TO 711h Hayes
street.
George, after his brother had fallen,
coOlly thrust the revolver INTO his pocket
and made no resistance when Special Off
Ger Hutchinson and PatroIman KenisOn
took him into custody. He is a tall. slen-
der young man. with light red hair and
rudy complexion. be was taken to the
old City Prison, and for time refused TO
give his name or tell why he had shot his
brother
81 shot him because he threatened to
thrash my father" he said, finally. VI met
him in front CT the Office and he said he
was going up to beat father. He had
beaten me several times, and i said, If
you touch father I'll shootyou.' he turned
and struck me in the face.
Il drew my revolver and shot him. |
aimed low, because aid not want to kill
him, and l hope he is not seriously hurt.
my father was Just coming down the
stairs. and | knew that my brother would
have struck him il l had not interfered.
He has done il before.
II think my brother gets crazy some
times-I know be does, and that is why
he is so quarrelsome."
Moore was charged with assault to muir
der. He at first looked upon his prison
quarters with unfeigned disgust, but after
time accepted the situation and made
friends with his cellmates.
Thomas S. Cunningham, who saw the
shooting. said: Il was coming from the
Bank Exchange saloon, and just as l was
between Commercial and Clay streets /
heard shot. | saw a man jump into the
middle Of the street, fall, and writhe as If
in pain. / ran toward the spot where the
shot was fred and saw another man with
pistol In his hand and smoke coming
from the mouth of the pistol.
II grabbed hold OF the man with the pis-
tol, whom | recognized as George j.
Moore. Just then man came up. showed
his star and said he was special police
man. Moore was as cool as cucum Der,
| and as he put the pistol back in his pocket
he said: He should not have struck nv
father. and 1 would do it again l told
the special policeman to arrest him, but
he seemed scared. Then l turned Moore
| over to policeman No. 10I."
The house of the wounded man at 7Il15
hayes street was apparently deserted last
evening. No one responded to the rIng-
ing of the dOor-bell. and the next door
neigh Dor stated that no one had been at
home there since early in the evening.
The facts of the shooting were a sur
prise to those who lived in the vicinity
and who knew the young man. Every one
had good word to say for him and ex.
pressed their regret that be had met with
trouble. he was married about six months
ago and while it was said that the match
was not in accordance with his fathers
wishes gossip did not extend to such a
limit that the marriage had caused feelings
Of such a nature in the family as to lead
up to a tragedy.
Young Moore has been out of employ
ment of lae, and it is said has been draw
ing money from his father for living ex-
peDSes.
The Moores are related to Eugene
GuindoD. who was killed six years ago by
George Gardiner on Post street, near Oc-
tavia. The elder Moore Is an uncle of
Guind0n. 1t will be remembered that
Guindon. after taking Miss Gardiner to the
Mechanics Institute Fair. escorted her
home, and, when parting with her at the
door Of her residence. was fatally shot by
her father, who was labOring under yiO-
lent attack of delirium tremens Gardiner
is now serving out life sentence in San
nnanHn for pri