The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12

and demanded the money. He said, Give
me all the money you've got l told him
it was in the safe, whereupon he said,
| We'll, you'd better open it t. quick. )
His manner was harsh and threatening,
and for a moment I thought that perhaps
it might be better to let him have the
! few dollars in the till and get rid of him
without further trouble. But with that
thought came return of my native ire
and pulled the trigger. l do not think
we were more than two feet apart when |
shot, and am sure the bullet struck him
somewhere about the neck or shoulder if
| not the face.
Being so close I do not see how I could
help hitting him, though l sincerely hope
did not kill him. He returned my fire
Immediately, and struck me in the feshy
part of my left arm above the elbow. I
did not experience any pain at first. There
was only tingling, burning sensation.
AS soon as he had fired, he ran out and |
! followed him. When | reached the door |
noticed another man. He looked like a
| negro, though in the darkness / NAV have
| been mistaken.
81 continued firing until I emptied my
| revolver and then returned to my desk.
For half an hour or SO l think l must have
! been unconscious, for it was about 8
| o'clock before | managed to make Train
dispatcher Walters understand what had
| happened. AT first he thought l was try
| ing to perpetrate joke on him, and the
wire working badly l had to reach him
| through the operator at San jose As
! soon as he understood my condition a
locomotive was sent out under charge of
] Engineer Steel. Before the locomotive ar
rived, however DIR. FELTON, was summoned
by Deputy Sheriff Desirello and the former
| bandaged my arm.
"No, | don't think the man who entered
| the Office was tramp. He was we'll
| drpcond and q white chir4 Il
cuffs, and was of very dark complexion
| The lock on the door was not broken, but
only sprung. The men used heavy
| shovel from the Toulouse to force their
! entrance.
II do not suffer much pain. The wound,
the doctor tells me, is q remarkable one
| The bullet passed between the bone and
artery without damaging either one. After
passing through my arm the lead i'm
bedded itself in the woodwork of the
window-frame. [ wanted to go to work
tonight, but the doctors said it would not
| be safe"
Mrs. Marshall seemed more concerned
about her little boy than anything else,
and therefore chafes at her confinement.
He is years old, and is at present staying
with Station Agent G. B. Herbst and his
| wife.
Detective Gard of the Southern Pacific
| Company was given charge of the case
! yesterday, OUT up 10 ldSG nlSnL DaQ Q1SCOV.
cred no clew to the would be robbers.
Station Agent Herbst says that Thurs.
day afternoon two men, one of whom tai
lied with the meager description of the
man who did the shooting furnished by
Mrs. Maxwell, were hanging around the
station for two or three hours, and finally
bought tickets for the City. One of them
was well dressed and swarthy of com.
plexion.
Deputy Sheriff Desirello Is in the habit
of visiting the station in South San Fran.
cisco every night at about 10 o'clock, but
Thursday night, as it fortunately hap
pened, he. went there at few minutes
after 9 o'clock. He was surprised at finding
the lights out, and while he and a friend
sat on the platform they heard groan.
from the interior of the building Officer
Desirello made an immediate investiga
and found Mrs. Marshal trying to get tc
the telegraph instrument. He Immediately
sent for DR.. FELTON,, and while the ply
sician was on his way to the station Mrs
| Marshal managed to make herself under
stood over the wire to San Jose and thi
City.
Nine men were arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Desirello during Thursday nigh
and yesterday on suspicion, two OF whom
are thought to be the guilty parties. Ont
of the two suspected is well dressed anC
answers Mrs. MarshaPs description as t,
height, build and dress, and the other is
negro, whom the Deputy Sheriff says h,
knows to be an all-round crook. Mrs. Mar
shall was not positive in her opinion con
cerning the man on the outside, though
she believes he was negro. All the mel
| will he held for further Investigation