Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-05
Prominent San Francisco People Put
Three Bullets Into the Editor.
of the News, Letter. y G
Attack on Unnamed Young Lady in
the Columns Of the Paper the
Cause Of Shooting.
Assistants are President Thomas Of
California Jockey Club and
Truxton Beale.

cisco News Letter,aEwas shot at his
home three times and seriously wound,
ed. His assailants were Thomas H.
Williams, Jr., president Of the Cali
fornia Jockey club, and Truxton Beale,
a former United States minister to
Persia and Greece and g well known
club man Of this city. Neither will
say who did the. shooting, but Marriott
says that it was Williams.
IA The first shot fired shattered Mar
riott's left leg below the knee and he
fell to the stairs. AS he rolled to the
bottom of the stairs two more bullets
were shot into him. One cut through
the thigh a few inches below the hip,
passing clear through the leg. The
other struck him in the right hand:
Mrs. Marriott, hearing the first shot,
came to the head of the stairs in time
to see her husband fall. She started
down to him. Then it is claimed the
revolver was turned in her direction
and two more shots were fired One
passed within four inches of her head.
In an interview Mr.. Williams said:
ssz&If4 So, oSoAO anu LILY u1u CAS
shooting, but there is nothing to say.
We considered it our duty to punish
Marriott for publishing an article last
week rejecting upon the reputation OF
"a young lady. - ,.y
s:& Beale said that although the lady's
name was not mentioned, her: identity
was SO plainly indicated that he felt
bound to resent the publication. Nei-
,ther Williams or Beale, although ad.
mitting the shooting, would say who
fired the shots. After the shooting
they went to the Pacific Union club
where they were placed under arrest
:Marriott's wounds, it is thought, viii
not result fatally. Williams and Beale
were released on $4,000 bonds each
No affair in recent years has caused
such a sensation as the shooting of
Marriott. Both Beale and Williams
have been prominent financially and
socially for years and they probably
are as well known in other parts of
the country as in California. Truxton
Beale is the son Of Langan Beale, who
came to California many years ago and
accumulated vast estate. Beale was
at one time United States minister to
Persia and later to Greece and is at
present member of the wool dealing
firm of Shoobert, Beale G Co. S
Williams Rated as Millionaire.
T. H. Williams is known all over the
country as racing man. He is presi-
dent of the California Jockey club,
which controls racing in California.
He inherited a large fortune from his
father and is rated as millionaire.
Frederick Marriott, the wounded
publisher, is also well known. He in
herited the News Letter, weekly pub
1ication, from his father who estab-
ilished the paper many years ago.
Marriott was also publisher of the
Overland Monthly. While the alleged
.slanderous story published by the
News Letter, which caused the shoot
ing, did not mention the young lady's
name, 1t was generally known who was
referred to. The young woman was
heartbroken over the publication and
appealed to Beale, an old friend OF her
family, for assistance. Beale asked
the advice of Williams and together
they went to Marriott's house. The
shooting followed. In speaking Of the
affair Williams said:
w e SundOuDLedly# committed an as
sault on Marriott, but we feel we were
entirely justified in doing SO, as he
had attacked in his paper the char
acter Of an estimable young lady with
out any reason or cause. We are both
satisfied that the attack in his paper
was made with malice. We felt that,
the only remedy for such a procedure
was physical punishment and we ad-
ministered it. is'. ,s#sss . .s
Mr.. Beale said said: "The attack
was made on a particularly warm
friend of mine, who lives with her
mother in San Rafael. She is well
known in society and not the least
word of scandal has ever attached to
her name. The article did not men
tion her name, but it Indicated clearly
at whom it was aimed. It told Of her
playing tag in a nightgoWn at Mount
Tamalpais with a party Of friends.
We felt perfectly justified in taking
the measures we did and have nothing
to regret,
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