The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-08

ended with his attempted assassina-
zion al the hands of Judge David 5.
Terry. in 1889 Terry had married, in
1886, Sarah Althea Hill, who claimed
to be Senator Sharons wife. The
courts decided that the alleged certifi-
| cate of marriage was forged. and dI-
rected Mrs Terry 10 surrender the
papers:
When Mrs. Terry heard the words
concerning the surrender of the alleg-
ed marriage contract for cancellation,
she first endeavored for few seconds,
but unsuccessfully. to open the satchei
containing her pistol. For some rea-
son the catch refused to yield. Then,
rising to her feet and placing the sat
chel before her on the table, she adj
dressed the presiding justice. saying:
Are you going to make me give up my
marriage contract?'
Justice Field said: BE seated
madam
she repeated her question: Are
| you going TO take the responsibility of
ordering me to deliver up that con-
| tract
She was again ordered TO resume
her seat. At this she commenced raw
ing loudly and violently at the justice
IN coarse terms. At the commence
ment of this TRADE and after her re-
| fusal to deSist when twice ordered to
1 do so, the presiding justice directed
4 the marshal to remove her from the
I courtroom. She said, defiantly: I
i will not. be removed from the court
room; you dare not remove me from
the courtroom
LAS the marshal moved toward the
Offending woman, Judge Terry rose
from his seat, under great excitement,
exclaiming among other things: No
living man shall touch my wife, Or
words OF that import, and dealt the
marshal a violent blow in the face,
breaking one OF his front teeth. The
marshal. with the assistance of de-
putty, then moved Mrs. Terry from the
lcourt-room, She struggling. scream
ing, kicking, striking and scratching
them as she went and pouring out i'm
precautions upon Judges Field and Saw
yer, denouncIng them as corrupt
lscoundrels, and declaring she would
kill them both.
while Mrs Terry was being re-
moved from the courtroom, Terry was
held down by several strong men. He
a
from drawing his knife on the mar
shall. While thus held he gave vent
| to coarse and denur ciatory language
against the officers. When Mrs. Terry
was removed from the courtroom he
| was allowed to rise. He at once made
a swift rush for the door leading to the
corridor on which was the marshals
office. AS he was about leaving the
room, or Immediately after stepping
out of it. he succeeded in DRAWING his
/ knife. AS he crossed the thresnoiu ne
| brandished the knife above his head,
saying, L am going to my wife There
WAS a terrified Cry from the by-stand-
| ers: He has got knife His arm
were then seized by deputy marshal
and others present, to prevent him
| from using it, and desperate struggle
ensued.''
Terry and Mrs. Terry were impris-
oned in the Alameda County Jail for
contempt of court the one for six
months, the other for thirty days.
Both threa tened openly to kill Justice
Field. Field was warned of his dan
ger, bat the next year made prepara-
tfons for his usual trip to the coast
A deputy marshal (Neagle) was quiet
ly ordered to meet him, TO protect him
from violence:
THE deputy marshal got out at all
the stations at which any stop was
made for any length of time, to OBJ
serve who got on board Before retir-
ing he asked the porter of the car to
be sure and wake him in time for him
to get dressed before they reached
Fresno At Fresno, where they ar
rived during the might, he got off the
Among the passengers who took the |
train at that station were Judge Terry |
and wife. He Immediately returned to |
the sleeper and informed Justice Field. |
who had been awakened by the stop |
ping of the train, that Terry and his |
wife had got on the train He replied: |
Very well. 1 hope that they will have |
a good sleep
Justice Field got up before the train
reached Lathrop, and told the deputy
marshal that he was going to take his
breakfast in the dining-room at that
place. A ssoon as the train arrived,
Weld. leaning on the arm of Neagle |