The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01

saloon-k Keeper, as he wrenched the weapon
from the outlaws hand, threw it out of the
door to the dryabed of a creek just outside
the doorstep. AS he did this, the robber
disengaged himself and rushed from the
saloon.
Before going to the door, Sanguinetti
had placed 3S- caliber revolver in MS hip
pocket. In the struggle with the robber,
he had lost this. He was exhausted and
so bruised from his beating that he could
scarcely crawl. AS he put out his hand to
raise himself up, it touched the pistol that
had fallen from his pocked. He, seized
this as drowning man does straw, and
it proved his salvation, for moment later
the. man who had assaulted him entered the
door again. He had recovered the pistol
thrown into the creek bed.
This is the last time you will ever take
pistol away from me-" the bandit said,
advancing on the still PROSTATE form OF
the Italian. Sanguinetti could scarcely
turn over to face the outlaw. As the rob-
Der advanced again he raised his pistol
and took deliberate aim at the exhausted
man.
Sanguinetti had his weapon in his hand,
and pointing it quickly at his assailant
fired. The bullet struck the robber Just
above the heart, and he fell back on the
steps of the saloon. Sanguinetti was still
on the floor, but he succeeded in crawling
over to the bar and rising to his feet.
Then he walked over to the door and
placed the bar back in its position to lock
it, as he did not know then that he had
killed his man. He went into the bed
room and washed away the blood that had
clotted in his hair and covered his face.
Then he sank upon the bed from exhaus
ton. The terrible fight for life had COM
pletely unnerved him.
Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning he
awoke. and at first was afraid to go out
side the building for fear that the robber
was lying in wait for him. AS he I'M
barred the door of the saloon he saw the
man who had assailed him the night be-
fore lying on the porch. His legs were on
the veranda, while his body was lying
head downward upon the steps. The
mask was still upon his face, and the re-
volyer with which he had intended to kill
Sanguinetti was grasped in his right hand.
The saloon-keeper saw that his assailant
OF the night before was dead, and though
he could hardly move, as the result OF his
encounter with hte robber, he crawled as
best he could over to the home of neigh
Dor, Mrs Carroll, and had one of her sons
drive him into Tracy. There he told of
the killing of the masked robber and gave
himself into the custody of Constable
Maurice Byrnes.
The constable brought Sanguinetti to
this city to-day, and he was placed in Jail
here as a witness. The District Attorney
offered to let him go, after hearing his
version of the affair, as he is a man of
known veracity, but he preferred to re-
main in jail until after the inquest on the
body of the man he had killed.
Sanguinetti was attended by Drs. Clark
and Gibbons. 1t was found that he was
black and blue all over his body, where he
had been beaten by his would-be slayer.
His eyes are blackened and his scalp is
torn in many places, where the butt of the
revolver descended upon it. He is now
swathed in bandages and awaiting the re-
suit Of the inquest to be held tomorrow
afternoon.
DEPUTY Coroner Jory went to the scene
of the shooting early this morning, and
IStuIuSu dI y ClOCk IO-uLSuG Will the
body. He found it lying in the position
that SaAguinettl had described, with the
revolver grasped in the right hand of the
dead man. When Sanguinetti first de-
scribed his assailant to the officers on his
arrival here this morning they were Ger
tain that the robber was Durham, the San
Jose murderer, as his height and weight
answered the description perfectly. When
he was brought here tonight it was found
that this was a mistake, as a number of
the residents OF Tracy identified the robber
as a man nam d Anderson, who had
worked about that place from time to
time. He is of about Dunham's age and
wears light mustache, besides having
beard of about weeks growth; but there
are number OF people who are confident
that the dead man is the Anderson who up
TO short time ago worked at Tracy.