The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
A SHOOTING IN OAKLAND.
DR.. Frank E. Pierce SavageEy
Assaulted in His Own
Yard.
ASSAILANTS ESCAPED.
HIS
Two Men Waylay a City Official,
Who Gets Off With Few
Bad Bruises.

Two men who lay in wait in the rear of
City Veterinarian Frank E. Pierce's house
at Valdez and Twenty-fourth streets, Oak
land, made what appears to have been a
desperate attempt to kill or seriously MAIN
the doctor at an early hour yesterday
morning.
Pierce is in the habit of reaching his
house by the rear entrance, passing through
back gate and thence through a stable
yard into the house yard proper, which is
partially taken up by henhouse, situated
close to the plank walk leading from the
back door to the gate of the stable-yard.
AT 1915 yesterday morning, according to
Mrs. Pierce, as her husband was entering
the yard he was suddenly attacked by two
men, one of whom struck him in the face
and seized him by the throat. She heard
pistol shot and a scream, and opened the
door in time to see her husband rushing
toward the house in state of great ex-
element and calling for help.
81 was up, awaiting his coming home, ~
she said, "when heard a scream and then
pistol shot. 1 ran downstairs and
opened the back door just in time to let
my husband in. He was running toward
the door. He was attacked by two men in
the yard just as he entered it. One of
them struck him in the face, and then a
pistol shot was fired. The bullet did not
strike the doctor. My husband was very
nervous, and appeared to be highly ex-
cited.
81 aroused Mr.. Bailey, who lives in the
house, and he went downtown for DR..
Rogers, who gave my husband a quoting
opiate. He was not hurt physically in any
the assault. He is OF very nervous tenn
| permanent, and any unusual excitement al
| ways affects himsvery seriously"
Mr.. Pierce could not be seen, as the ply
| stefan had advised his wife to secIude him
| from all callers, but be is said to be suffer-
! ing from nervous prostration resulting
| from the assault. DR.. Rogers says that
DR.. Pierce shows no signs of serious in
| juries, the only marks on his body being
bruises on the right cheek and abrasion
on the elbow. Mr.. Pierce and wife are en-
tire1y at loss to account for the assault
| One of the strangest stories in connec-
ton with the matter is told by Mrs. Ali
| son and her two sons, who reside next to
the Pierce place on the south. They were
witnesses to the aftermath of the ARRAY.
Mrs. Allison said when seen last evening:
81 was awakened by the report of re-
volver Just little after midnight. Terri
bic cries followed the report sounding as if
Iney came from one mortally wounded. L
rushed to the window and looked in the
direction from which the sounds came, but
could see nobody.
my youngest son stayed at the front
window while / went to the rear of the
house to see if l could discover anybody.
While l was there my son called to me
saying that he saw two men hiding be-
hind hedge in front of the Pierce resi-
dence. They quietly arose and walked
past the front of my house, seemingly with
no concern whatever. When directly in
front one of them said in an ordinary
voice, Did you kick him in the head
They continued talking in an unconcerned
manner until they disappeared in the
darkness"
A son of Mrs. Allison said that he was
talking with a man later in the morning,
whose name he did not know, but who said
that he met two men just after the shoot
ing on Twenty-fourth street, near Web
ster. In response to question from him
as to the cause of the shooting they re-
piled that an old horse had been shot. The
men are described as being of about the
same height, slender build and well
dressed. The police have been working
industriously on the case, but thus far
have found no clews to the parties who
committed the assault