AMERICA.
The most exciting event of the month m San Francisco was the attempted assassination of the Rev. J. D. Kalloch, candidate of tho Working Mm's Party for Mayor, by Charles De Zoung, one of the editors of the Chronicle. De Zoung had assailed Kalloch m his paper and abused him shamefully, as well as revived scandals against his father, >vho had been dead thirty years. Kalloch, m a speech, replied m kind, questioning the respectability of De Zoung's mother next day. After the speech, Charles De Zoung drove up m a closed carriage to the temple of Kalloch's Church, and sent a messago that a lady desired to see him, anct when the minister came, m obedience to the message, he shot him from behind the curtain of the vehicle, inflicting two wounds, one m the breast, tlie other m the groin, from which he is yet suffering. Great excitement prevailed, but luckily no deeds of violence followed. De Zoung was taken to the County prison, where his brother also fled for protection. Tlio building was surrounded by military, with Gatling guns for its protection, and to prevent prisoners being taken out and lynched.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 8 October 1879, Page 3
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195AMERICA. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 8 October 1879, Page 3
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