The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08

NeagleS and their guns; tneH Sucn nlret
assasslns will not be allowed to live upor
| our fair SOIL"
'.The Southern Pacific Company's hlred
| assassin"
Thug Neagle."
"That wretch"
"After farce of trial in the Fedora
Court he was acquitted for the wantor
killing of Judge Terry"
"We had been attacked by skunk in
human FORM"
There has been some curiosity concern
ing the manner in which the Star will
speak to-day about Dave Neagle in view oi
the encounter between Neagle and James
FL. Barry, the editor of the Star, and also
in view of the threat with which Neagle is
reported to have closed his street inter
view with Barry. The several sentences al
the head of this article are taken from to-
days Star, and all refer to Neagle. They
are evidently written with little or no re-
gard to any threats which Neagle may
have uttered at any time. he is reported
to have made many threats at different
times. Neagle is in the City and Will
probably read the Star. The extracts
given in the foregoing are taken from q
copy of the paper which was secured N
advance of the regular publication.
Not only has Mr.. Barry goaded Neagle
in this. AT the beginning of five-coiumn
article which has the caption. "sThe South
ern Pacific Company's Hired Assassin. :,
The Slayer of Judge David s. Terry and
Lesser Lights Assaults, Pulls His Gun and
Threatens to Murder the Editor OF the
STAR" is the following:
In last weeks Star. we printed an article
headed Murderer Neagle Still on Deck"
We referred to Dave Neagle, who on August
IL, 1882 in cold blood, without cause, while
Field Field murdered ann 9epeI David S. Terry Terry. ~
That he was hired TO commit the dastardly
deed we had not and have not the slightest
doubt.
He had killed men OF lesser note before and
with equal safety 10 himself.
He was and is proud of his record as a man.
slayer, but his "proudest act"-one of which
he delights to boast-was the murder OF Terry
for he was shining light" and the act gave
him not only National notoriety, but also pre-
ferment.
Judge Field publicly presented him with q
watch in recognition of his "valor," while the
Sharon ''gang" gave him lump sum OF money
and large annuity for life.
Pacific, and his real duty is to terrorize or kill
all who may be prominently obnoxious to that
corporation.
This is followed up by the following:
On Thursday of last week, while in the COM
pany of H. L. Huntington and in his presence,
ne (Neagle) walked up to a peddler who has d
grievance against the Southern Pacific Com
pany, and, as the facts are stated by Mr.. Will
liam NJ. Cubery, the well-known printer,
opened the peddlers bag, thrust his hand in
side of it, examined it, closed the bag suddenly,
violently seized his enemy by the throat
and dragged him along the sidewalk until he
reached the Market-street side of the railroad
bnilding, when with the fury of a fend-
which he is-he dashed the defenseless mans
head repeatedly against the stone wall OF the
building and threatened him with DEATH
1t was this cowardly and unprovoked assault
which inspired our article in last weeks Star,
which was so offensive to him and mis- master
that on Tuesday last ne sought our life.
Mr.. Barry also says that he had been
informed that Neagle, although cowardly,
was desperate.
There is much in condemnation of the
Southern Pacific Company. incidentally
verse is printed as follows:
We will speak out: we will be heard
Though all earth's systems crack.
We will not bate single word,
Nor lake a letter back.
Mr.. Barry has evidently tried to give
Dave Neagle provocation- In reference TO
che talk about vigilance committee" to
deal with Neagle, small paragraph is ap-
pended to the verbal broadside as follows
Some of the daily papers intimate that Wig.
ilance committee is being formed. We dis
any such movement, which, however well in
tentioned, might cause riot and bloodshed
and the lives of innocent men while 1t would
not serve to correct the evils against which
we are fighting. If it would, then we might
say, "GO ahead