Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-20
NAGLE : TERRY SHOOTING.
An Instance ofIsis Coursge-Isis FIRST
Law Onlec aud Fee Of Gold
Dust.


Field family did not exhaust itself In
the male line. A sister Of these four
distinguished brother. Mrs. Josiah
Brvw~r. was the mother OF Associate
Justive nrewcr, now n member OF the
United States Supreme court. and who
sat on the bench with his iilurtrious
uncle.
Jusfice brewer. who IL entitled 20
rank as a member Of this celebrated
family. was born IN Asia Minor while
hia parents wcrc thcrr m missionaries.
Justice Field also lived In Smyrna with
his aunt. lie resided long enough In
the Icvant 10 become familiar with the
Turkish languages. ON account OF his
early acquaintance with these Lam
Kuaxcs. particularly the Turkish. Mr.
Field spent most Of his time IN the
study OF oriental questions.
ftudenfr OF the influence OF hcrcsiity
may well study the Field family u IL
tnccd back to Hub.rtua de Ia Field.
VINO came to England In the train OF
William. the Norman couaucrcr. The
name Indicates the German origin OF
the family. Field being the German for
Field. When Hubcrtua'a ancestors set
tied IN Normandy. they merely put the
wrench proposition de" and article
ia" before the German name. After
the English language became fixed the
French part OF the name was dropped.
and the Field OF the old Saxon became
the Field Of the modern English.
The family In this country have be-
come more DISTINGUISHED probably thar
In England. Timothy Field was Gao
tain In the Revolutionary army and M
son. David Dudley. was n consrcxa-
tionni minister. and David Dudlcy's
sons. David Dudley IT.. stephen John.
son, Cyrus West. and Henry Martin.
have added additional iurtcr 20 the
name.
The writer. through his conncction
with California newspapers. was well
acquainted with Justice Field. He was
very apprpachabie, and always liked 20
converse on California topics. lie
seemed always ready 10 receive a Call
fornia Newspaper correspondent. After
had known him for some time arccr-
taircd the reason for ". one day he
asked n I could occasionally send him
some California newspapers. "certnln-
~. ! win address them TO YOU at your
residence
mo. no." said he. quickly. and lower
inr his voice. send them In care u
the court clerks office. They won't Jet
me sec them" he added. noiding his
head. significantly. toward nm Inner
chamber. by they" he meant Mrs.
Field. for I was told nj that time that
she did not care TO have her husband
read the California newspapers. which
were often critical and sometimes abu-
siy- In their tone toward IN. Justice.
This may have been because Mr. Field.
although n Justice. nevertheless took n
great. not 10 say active interest In poll
ties. AZ one time he was an nspirnnt
for the Presidency. This WINS In 1850
when. at Cincinnati. he received ~
votes, but Hancock was nominated.
This was hardly more than compll-
mrntnry vote bestowed upon Mr., Field.
because In the electoral commission OF
-. Al. h..ssa ata1.Na la
favor Of counting LouiHiana'n vote for
Tiiden.
The California papers, too. often con-
tnined illusions TO the "Nn"lc-Terry''
shooting. which were calculated TO cx-
cite the justice. In 1859 Sarah Althea
Hiii-Terry, dinpleasci with MI Field
as a result OF the outcome OF her suit
against ex-senator Sharon. attempted
10 chastiss the aged justice In n depot
dining room at Lnthrop, California.
where all parties were waiting TO
change cars. Justice Field tried to
avoid the blows ~ this virago when
Judge Terry lher lawyer whom she
marricd). took n hand. and when II
necind that he was about 90 do bodily
injury to the Judge David Maggie. a
United States deputy MARSHAL. drew
revolver and shot Terry dead. For
this Maggie was acquitted. Mrs, Sarah
Aithea lin Terry was afterwards In
continued 10 rave and TO muitcr impre-
cations and threats ngainbt Justice
Field.
The latter had most rctentive men,
ory. He was grateful 10 those who be-
friended him In the early days, but
never forgot nm enemy.
How IL old FitehY" he asked one
day. concerning Newspaper editor.
III should see him on the street today
wouldn't speak 90 him. When ] was
a member OF tho legislature he asked
my support for public printer Of Cali
fernia, and promised u. some time
later he came to Sacramento again
and anid II elected he would have a
partner. Hald. In that case l with
draw my support We qnnrrslcd and
have not spoken since, That was forty
years ago"
tir- Fields experiences IN the
rough Western country would be fun
OF entertainment to the present gencr-
alton. lie arrived In California with
only 80 In his pocket. That amount,
owing TO the gold fever prices, would
buy about three square meals. II was
necessary for him TO hustle or starvc.
lie hustled. when he reached Cali
fornia he had several channels skins
IN his trunk. u IN not recorded that
he Intended TO MI them with gold dust.
although that might have been his In
tentlon. II 10 happened that Channels
AKIN WAS an exceedingly uhViul hNt
very rare article In California. Field
soon discovered this fact, but entirely
through accident. native saw the
skins In Fields trunk and offered 81
for enough 70 make small sack In
which 10 carry his gold dust. lie
wanted n sack sufficiently large 20
carry from tsd 10 800. Mr.. Field saw
that channels skins were worth more
In California than legal lore, 80 he at
once had his chamOiH skins cut IN small
rieceH. which he sold for dust sacks
The next shin had an invoice ~
chnmois skins for Mr.. Field. and with
the aid OF these things he got his start
IN lifo.
An Instance NJ his nerve was shown
during his canvass for the California
legislature man was accused Of
stealing gold dust, an offcnse M had
M that OF horse stealing In Texas. The
accused ran away aud that act was
looked upon M an admission OF guilt
He was caught by posse and arrange.
meni- were made FOR his lynching.
Field interfered. organized an Inn
rromptu court. got his witnesses and
showed that the man could not have
stolen the dust ana that he ran away
because he feared that the clrcumstan-
f'ai evidence was against him and
that the vigilance committee, or''jury, %
In Its verdict, would feel honor bound
10 Justify the previous irresularlty OF
>rrest and Indictment The aequittal