Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1879 — THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOOTING AFFAIR. [ARTICLE]

THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOOTING AFFAIR.

Great Excitement Over tbe Shooting of the Workingmen’* Candidate for Mayor by a •* Chronicle ” Editor— The Cauaea which Led to the A*> •atilt. The bitter political and personal warfare being waged over the local canvass in San Francisco culminated on the 23d in the attempted killing of the Workingmen’s candidate for Mayor Rev. I. S. Kalloch —by Charles De Young, one of the proprietors and editors of the Chronicle of that city. One account of the affair is as follows, given in a dispatch from San Francisco: About one o’clock Charles De Young drove to Metropolitan Temple in a coupe. At the time Kalloch was about stepping into carriage with Carl Browne, De Young sent an American District messenger boy to him to say a gentleman wished to speak with him. As Kalloch approached the coupe De Young tired, hitting him in the breast just above the heart. Kalloch staggered and turned to escape. De Young tired again, hitting him in the hip or thigh. It would appear that trouble had been anticipated, as quite a number of w orkingmen were in the vicinity of the temple. They at once made a rush for the coupe, seized the horses’, heads and attempted to get De Young out. He kept them at bay for a moment with bis pistol. Meantime an ollleer arrived oil the scene. The crowd seized the coupe and overturned it. As it went over De Young got out. He and the officer were at once attacked, the officer knocked down and trampled, on, and De Young beaten about the head and face, though not very seriously. The officer, De Young and the driver of the coupe struggled through the crowd amid cries of “ Hang him I” “ Kill him 1” At the corner of Fifth and Market streets two more officers made their appearance, and, with their assistance, De Young was taken to the Baldwin Hotel, and, escaping by an entrance, got into a carriage and drove rapidly to the nolice station, the Crowd following. De Young was at once taken to one of the tank cells, while the crowd, numbering thousands, surrounded the prison and evinced a desire to make an attack. Meanwhile the police rapidly assembled. Ropes were stretched across the streets lead ing to the prison, and every preparation made to resist an attack. The Chief of Police at once called General McComb in consultation, and Attorney General Hamilton, who was present, telegraphed to Governor Irwin for orders. No answer has yet been received, as tbe Governor’s exact whereabouts are not knbwn. General McCJomb at once assumed responsibility, and ordered th? military to assemble at their armories, where they are now awaiting orders. News of the tragedy spread like wildfire through the city, and the streets were soon crowded with excited Strong guards were placed over thio Chronicle business and printing offices tcWprevent their being sacked. M. H. De Young, who was at the Chronicle office at the time of the shooting, at once sought the City Prison, where he is now in company with Charles. For some time it was uncertain what had been done with the brothers, many believingthey had been removed to Fort Alcatraz for greater safety, but they are still at the prison, and, at the request of a committee of workingmen, beaded by ClituS Barbour, their candidate for Congress, they were allowed to select twelve men, who were sworn in as special officers to stay about the prison, and see that the De Youngs were not taken away. Tbe circumstances leading to the shooting of Kalloch by Charles De Young are as follows: After Kalloch was nominated by the workingmen for Mayor, Charles De Young, in a speech at tbe State Convention of ‘‘Honorable Bilks, announced that he would compel Kallocb’s withdrawal from the contest; that unless he withdrew he would rake up his record in the coltimus of the Chroiude. j Kalloch sent back word for him to go ahead, that be could tell worse things'about the De Youngs than they could bring ajratast him. Wednesday last the Chronicle came out with a long article reviewing Kallocb’s career in Boston and Kansas, dwelling particularly on his reported immoralities, and also ventilating his political and business record. Thursday and Friday the Chronicle contained similar and more elaborate articles, and dragged in Kalloch*s father, now dead, recounting sundry immoralities on his part. Kalloch had advertised a mass meeting at Metropolitan Temple last night, at which ft iyas given ottt he would read an article put-

If'hed * ome five year* ago by B. F. Naphtalv, in a I Ulv | apur called the Sun. Tilts article wa- an attack upon the peraonal and family n-.iohlof the DeYoungs of the most pronoutictd character, and led to an attempt on their part to kill Naphtaly, which failed. Tbe De Youngs S'.ut Kalloch word that if ke read that article they would shoot him on sight. Last night an imuionao audience gathered st Metroi olltan Temple, and the street outside was i ft, ‘ke<l with a crowd numlierlng thousands. Kalloch addressed the Indoor meeting, scoring the De Youngs mercilessly and reflecting on their personal record and family antecedents In the most direct manner. After adjourning the meeting In tiie hall ha went- outside, mounted a stand and spoke briefly. After reviewing the attacks ot the Chronult upon himself,,he said: “In maligning the reputation of mv father, who has filled an honorable grave for many years, these Journalistic vipers have rendered the most vicious retaliation on my part necessary and Justifiable. These diegraceful records make such an attack possible.” Ke then applied the most stinging epithet to tbe De Youncs, reflecting seriously upon the character of their mother. He said he bad the Sun article in his pocket; (cries of “Read it, read it!"|; but he did not wish to expend sll his'ammunition at once. It would be published Immediately In full in the Workingmen’s paper, the opm and next Tuesday evening he would take it up and comment upon it. Charles De Young evidently considered the proceedings of the evening equal provocation to the actual reading of the article, and acted accordingly.