A CLERGYNA SHOT IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 115, 13 December 1879, Page 3

A CLERGYNA SHOT IN SAN FRANCISCO.

The Rev. J. S. Kalloch, whoso at♦■oiiHitoil assassination by Do Young, ono of the proprietors of the San Francisco Chronicle, is recorded below, had for some time been at fond with Do Young. The Chronicle charged Mr. Kalloch, with having been convicted of a criminal offence, in respect to which Mr. Kalloch ad dressing an immense audience in the Metropolitan Temple, said : "There is just this much this much truth in the Chronicle's arrangement, which is u matter of history, and which it would be useless for me to deny, that some 2S years ago I was tried upon a criminal offence, and the verdict of jury was ten in my favour to two against mo, and that the district attorney thereupon acknowledged his inability to prove the charge, and nolle prosoquied the case. I slood my trial like a man. I beat my aecusscrs, and remained four years theicaftcr the pastor of the same church, the Tremont Temple, in Boston." The speaker then read splendid testimonials received by him from various congregations at that time, and subsequently. Mr. Kalloch then proceeded to indicate the nature of the difficulty between himself and the Chronicle, by saying:—" 1 am not on the defensive in'lbis tight. The Chinese the City Hull thieves, the spring Valley swindle, the Chronicle are the defendants ; and 1 do not purpose a*, this stage of the {{line to change places with then. (Loud applause.) it may be remembered by sihiki who were present at my 'investigation 4 in Humboldt Hall, that just before 1 arose ill my defence 1 wan called out of the hall. Making my way with great difficulty through the crowd, nud iuto a dark corner. I wu* confronted with a.« emissary of Charles de Young. lie bore me this message, in substance ; Charles de was willing I should ho .exonerated, mid was graciously pleased to iiope I would l*o by the Convention —but that there ajid immediately I must resign the honour. Kearney and bis party worn .load and I must not resurrect thorn. If 1 desire to be mayor, it could be amicably arranged through the significant convocation of tho Honorable !Bilks, which would bo held as soon as it pleased his royal highness to allow it to Assemble. But this thing must not bo idlowud for an instant. If 1 had tho audacity to persist, in it, be had tho ammunition in the pigeon-holes of the Chronicle to destroy me, both as political) and nud a preacher, and that he should enter upon his murderous work the next morning. I heard the man through, and put my mouth to bis ear and gave him a short, but signilicent answer. (Applause.) I told him to give Mr- do Young my compliments unci toll him to mi to hull. (Tumultuous applause.) For my present purpose, and within my limited time, I will simply declare that dining the ten weeks, ami up to the fiino of my speech iu Union Hall, last Tuesday evening, there is no conceivable form ot intimidation, throats and buldosc* ing on the one hood, and of promises, flatteries, and bluudivhiucuta on tho other that has not been, resorted to by tho Chronicle concern to move mo from toy indexible purpose to aid in rescuing Sau J-'raueiseo from the, thjyye» "H'! FW^ffl

who have so long held her by the throat. 1 I have pledged you that I would break ■ the yoke of Chinese slavery. The Chro- < niele, us well lis the Chinese must go, < (Loud applause.) If the devil in hell has an organ on earth it is the San Francis- s co Chronicle. (Continued applause.) t Tho infamous hybrid whelps of sin and . shame, who havo become the assassins, ghouls, hyenas of society, may hear the knell of their doom in ihe ringing bolls that proclaim the people's" triumph on the 3rd of September, (Applause.) There may have been as great liars as I the Do Youngs, but I do not believe it, 1 (Laughter.) I have heard of the wildest < man in New York. Charles Do Young , is the wickedest man in the world. Ho will be without a rival in hell. If ho doos not go to h—, tho institution may ! as well bo abolished—tho object of its ' establishment is frustrated. When you havo put together everything that is tho i embodiment of all baseness, poltroanry, ' scnuality, offrontry, mendacity, barbarity, , the compound would bo considered a caricature in a novel, but it is a great , aud ghastly reality in the character of the , De Youngs. j After Mr. Knlloch had closed this bitter speech in the Metropolitan Temple, he left the building, and, mounting tho : rostrum which had been erected at the ontranco of Fifth-streot, addressed the multitude, comprising many thousand ; people, which had gathered on the street ' to the steps of the Mint. He began by recounting the attack that had been inndo in the Chronicle, not only upon himself, but upon his father, who died and was buried in this State about .'(0 years ago, and J claimed that ho was fully justified in describing the character and social statue of the miscreants who had made this attack on his honoured father. Ho thou described' Charles aud Michael De Young ' as the " bastard sons of a " prostitute — ' using the .Saxon word to convey his meaning. It was understood during the day that such a statement would be made, ' and reports were also current that the De Youngs threatened to shoot Kalloch , on tho spot were he to do so. At 10 o'clock on Saturday morning the threat was carried into execution by Charles Do Young, who shot Mr. Kalloch, in front of the Metropolitan Temple. A young gentleman, who was in the. immediate vicinity of the tragic interview between Dr. Kalloch and De Young when it occurred, makes the following statement : I saw the coupe containing De Young coming down Jessie-street, and stop near tho entrance to the Temple. Mr. Kalloch was just coming from the 'temple at the time, and about to get into his buggy, which was standing by the sidewalk, when a messenger-boy from De Young approached him with a note, and told him that a lady in the coupe wanted to see him. The curtain of tbe coupe was drawn tightly down. Mr. Kalloch at once apprachod the coupe, and, taking off his hat, seized tho handle of the door of the coupe for the purpose of opening it, when De Young thrust a pistol through the curtail and discharged a shot into Mr. Kalloch's left breast, about two inches bid ,w the heart. The latter placed his hands to the wound and turned half around, when De Youxg sprang out of tho coupe and tired another shot, hitting Knlloch in the side of the thigh. Person in Ihe immediate vicinity at ortce 11 eked to the scene, and an olliccr sprang into the coupe with De Young and the driver attempted to move on. Then followed a desperate struggle on tho part of the crowd to get pessossion of Do Young's person. For a time they were beaten olf by the olliccr, and*filially the crowd overturned the vehicle. As the coupe capseized Do Young fell out on his face, anil the infuriated crowd trampled upon and kicked him until other officers came to his assistance aud rescued him as. As the officers were carrying De Young along Fifthstrcet, one large aud poweiful man stepped in front of him and struck him in the face with his closod Hit. Tho blow was such a severe one that 1 it stunned De Young, and had it. not been lor the support of I ho officers ho ■ would have fallen to the ground. His head fell helplessly on his breast revealing a wound he had received in ; the hack of the neck during the struggle at the hack. I Olneor Fredericks was the the first , officer on the scene, aud when tho i carriage was tipped over ho says ho grasped Do Young by tho collar to | prevent his escape ami also to prevent . him from being taken by the crowd . and killed. DeJYuung was seized by the ; infuriated crowd that surrounded him. > ami a struggle was begun for his pos I session,, tho olliccr doing his _ best to . prevent them from accomplishing their purpose. Ho was knocked down and . trampled upou, and in all probability 1 l)u Young would have passed into tho • hands of the crowd which immediately . assembled, and who were crying: ; " Hang him ;" " Kill him;" Shoot him." i tc. had not olliccr K. Stevens come . to Fredericks rescue. As he rushed in ; from Fifth-street, poolico ollico Stevens , pnssodjtwo men who were going in search ) of a ropo with wlrioli to hang Do ,- Young, and with tho assistance ot' t Fioderiek.i beat oil' those who wero at- . taking him and gradually fought t, their way to Fifth-street, followed by j tho crowd. They made their way to . tho Baldwin Hotel, followed by the crowd, which increased rapidly, and ( kept up n constant demand that Do , Young be handed. When tho officers r reached tho hack stand at the Baldwin i Hotel, tho crowd llllnd Market-street j from Fifth to tho Baldwin, timl when

the officere drove awuy in a earriagi with theh 1 prisoner the crowd followed down the street, flinging stones ami crying loudly and savagely for l*e Young's dfluth. The officers, however, succeeded in bring their prisoner safely to the eity prisuu.