Show TilE WASTE BASKET A Claim That the Contents Were Used to Extort Blackmail San Francisco March ZODr John E Plouff was shot and mortally wounded by D J McGaughey a young man formerly form-erly employed by him as clerk lato this afternoon on Market street near Stockton Stock-ton On Tuesday last Plouff swore out a warrant for McGaugheys arrest charging charg-ing that McGaughey had searched the waste basket In his office and attempted to blalckmail him by using letters which he had found in it McGaughey it was charged had pasted the scraps together and attempted to extort money from Plouff by means of them The two men met on the street this afternoon A quarrel arose and Plouff sruck tho young man with his cane McGaughey drew a revolver and fired five shots at his assailant Two of them took effect Plouff cannot live Mc Gaughey was arrested |