Amador ledger., 1902-08-29
SHOT DEAD BY A WOMAN :.

A Midnight Tragedy Oh
Broadway.
An Intruder at Perovich's Boarding
House Instantly Killed by
Mrs. Perovich.
At the dead hour OF midnight fatal
shooting took place at Perovich's S
boarding house on Broadway. Jackson,
the victim being an Austrian named
Peter Mihaijlovich, who was employed
at the Gwin mine. He formerly worked
as cook at Perovich's, but left about
10 months ago, and since that time has
worked as a miner at the Gwin. An
drew PerOvich, the boarding house
keeper, has been sick for some time,
and trying to recuperate at the springs.
He left for Byron Springs again only
last Saturday, and was there at the
time OF the shooting, his wife being left
in charge of the boarding house, where
large number OF boarders are kept,
the sleeping rooms being mainly in
rear of the residence portion of the
premises. About midnight Thursday,
after every one had retired, Mrs. Pero-
vich was disturbed by some one about
the promises. The footsteps indicated
that the man was prowling around from
no good motives. Mrs. Perovich was
occupying a room on the north side of
the building and Immediately adjOin-
ing the room fronting Broadway. The
bedroom window stands six feet from
the sidewalk. but Immediately below
there is ventilator opening into the
basement about Is inches from the
ground, and from this one could easily
climb to the window. Mrs. Perovich
was nervous and alarmed atthe strange
footballs, fearing that the man was
bent on mischief. All the outer doors
we're kept locked. But MihaijlOvich
gained an entrance by means of win
dow in the rear of the kitchen. This
was simply protected by screen. which
was easily removed. The intruder
thereby gained access to q room ad-
joining the kitchen. He then passed
through the kitchen, dining room, sit
ting room, to small hallway, the
partition of which separates the hall
way from Mrs. Perovich's room. Upon
this wall he commenced rapping.
There appeared to be no one else awake
at the time although Miss PeroYich,
in another room, says she heard noises.
Finally the intruder passed out
through d side entrance, and took d
position under the window of Mrs.
Perovich S sleeping room, and raising
himself up from the ventilator step he
began knocking on the window. Mrs.
Perovich, although thoroughly fright
ened, but determined to protect her
self, asked, wv hat do you want" He
said, Il want to como in your room;
want to talk to you for an hour or
two" She recognized the voice, and
told him to go away; that if he did not
she would shoot him. The man
actually drew his revolver from his hip
pocket, and presented it to her saying,
Here ; ii revolver, take it and shoot
if you want to-" Mrs Perovich pushed
him from the window, saying, mo, l
have revolver" The man was per-
sistent, and again attempted to climb
up by the window, when Mrs. Pero-
vich, in self-protection, fired. Tie
pistol was but few inches from the
mans head, and the first shot struck
him squarely in the right eye, pene-
trating the brain and killing him in
stantly. He fell backward dead. In
the nervousness of the moment Mrs
Perovich says she may have discharged
two or three chambers afterwards, but
they we're fired simply at random. The
edge Of the window sill shows powder
marks, also marks evidently made by
the hand of the victim in trying to pull
himself up to the window. The venti-
lator step also plainly shows the marks
of his foot. The shooting reused the
inmates and neighbors, Nightwatch-
man Parker appeared on the scene.
The man who thus forfeited his life as
the result of mis- own folly, lay stretched
out with his head not six feet from the
house, a stream of blood issuing from
the wound, and running fully five or
six feet down the path toward the
front gate. The Austrian boarders
would not touch the body. Mrs, Pero-
vich, who appeared sefl-possessed
throughout, would not allow the corpse
to be taken into the house. So Parker,
Constable Kay, DR.. Gall and H
Schacht, carried the body from the
fatal spot to the undertaking parlors Of
Huberty and Giovannoni.
A representative of the Ledger Office
saw Mrs Perovich this morning. and
obtained from her most of the facts ot
the tragedy as detailed above. She
apparently was not excited, but stated
that the man had been source of con
siderable annoyance. 1t is probable
that he learned of the absence of Mr.