The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-05
TRIED To KILL HIM
TWO MEN OF SAN FRANCISCO AT
Tackled MARRIOTT.
REFLECTION ON A WOMAN
CAUSED ATTACK THAT BARELY
MISSED PROVING FATAL.

All 1hree Parties 10 the ARRAY
Prominent Thomas IL. Will
Jams and Truxton ReaIe Called on
Publisher Marriott and Began
ShoOtine-Three Shots Took Eject.
Article Published by Marriott
Caused the Trouble.
San Francisco, Sept. Aired Mar
riott, the publisher of the San Fran
cisco News Letter, was shot three
times and seriously wounded at his
home last night. His assailants were
Thomas H. Williams, .Jr., president of
the California Jockey Club and TruX-
ton Beale, former United States min
lister to Persia and Greece and we'll
known clubman of this city. Neither
will say who did the shooting, but
Marriott says it was Williams.
The following account of the shoot
ing was given by Mr.. Marriott before
he was put under anaesthetics at the
hospital:
IAN appointment was made by tele-
phone for a meeting by Truxton Beale.
About 8 o'clock Beale and Williams
came to the house and l answered the
doorbell myself. When 1 was reach
ing to take their hats, Beale struck
me a heavy blow in the face and made
another slash at me with his fist.
Smash him, the - - cried Will
liams. l retreated, as the blow on the
forehead almost blinded me. I then
started up stairs and Williams began
shooting
The first shot fired shattered Mar
RIOTS left leg below the knee, and he
fell to the steps AS he rolled to the
bottom of the stairs two more bullets
struck him. One cut through the
thigh. few inches below the hip, pass
ing 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, 1t is said, the re-
volver was turned in her direction and
two more shots were fired. One passed
within four inches of her head
Thought IL Their Duty.
Williams said: I'VE considered It
our duty to punish Marriott for pub
fishing an article last week rejecting
on the reputation of young lady"
| Beale said that, although the slady's
| name was not mentioned, her identity
was so plainly Indicated that he felt
bound to resent the publication. AZ
ter the shooting, Williams and Beale
went to the Pacific Union Club, where
they were placed under arrest Mar
riott will recover unless bloodpoison-
ing sets in. Williams and Beale were
released on $40 000 honHc aaCb
No affair in recent years has caused
such a sensation. Both Beale and Will
liams have been prominent financially
and socially for years, and they prob
ably are as well known in other parts
of the country as in California.
Marriott inherited the News Letter,
a weekly publication, from his father,
who established the paper many years
ago. Marriott was also a publisher OF
the Overland Monthly. While the all
legged slanderous story published by the
News Letter, which caused the shoot
ing, did not mention the young lady's
name, 1t was generally known to whom
1t referred. The young woman was
heartbroken over the publication and
appealed to Beale an old friend Of
her family, for assistance. Beale ask
ed the advice of Williams. and to-
gether they went to Marriotts house.
The shooting followed.
Tag i'm Night Gown.
In speaking of the affair, Beale said:
The attack WAS made on a particu-
larly 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 appeared in
last Saturdays News Letter. 1t told Of
her playing tag in night gown at
Mount Tamalpais with a party OF
friends. We felt perfectly justified in
taking the measures we did and have
nothing to regret
Neither man would say who did the
shooting, and each seemed perfectly