Show nl I 1 L L 10 mot and seriously wounded by a crank W C rif rippey pey SUICIDES history Ili stary of rippey given FOTI a wealthy dealer in bining stocks feb 24 N V mackay the fai famous notis bonanza minin mining 0 roan and financier lin ancier was shot through the buck back tody today by a abillan inin W C rippey and narrowly escaped death rippey after filing one shot phot at INI mackay turned the r revolver on oil binic himself elf and sent a bullet through his left breast inflicting inva a wound which will undoubtedly C prove fatal at his advanced age g lie ie bein being over 70 so far mackay s wound is not serious and a faial fatal termination is not looked for unless lockjaw oxblood or blood poisoning should set in the shooting hooting occurred in ill tile the paved court back baci of the lick house which runs from sutter to post streets between montgomery and keaghey Kea rhey it is the custom of mackay to come about noon every day to the jewelry store corner of sutter suiter street free tand and lick alley to compare till tune ie and rippey laid in wait for him there today As mackay re reached ached the end of the alley rippey pulled a revolver and farid aired at the millionaire lie ile then turned the devolve on himself and fired ane ne shot as tid d iiri alicto L ti k stared eitai arted ia after ft et M mackay achay again trying to fire once more but aut was so weak lie he pull the trigger and after a few steps threw up tip ins hands exclaiming in my god I 1 am Fatis satisfied fied and fe fell ii jolin john donner conner who is connect connected ted with a florist store in tho the alley was near at hand band when the shooting in C occurred and said to mackay a y who was looking lo about him why mr mackay lackay 1 youve been shot mr mackay responded N no 0 I 1 dont think so but bonner replied that lie knew lie he had as he be had teen the dust hy when the bullet struck liis his overcoat mr mackay then put his hand under his coat and withdrew it covered with blood ile he also began to experience pain and bonnor bonner took look him hilli in a buggy to the palace hotel where where ho be ivo was as assisted to his buon buom ind and surgeons sur b bons eons summoned rippey was taken hopital ho pital where ili an examination showed that the bullet after entering 0 the left breast hall passed through the body and came out just below be low tile left shoulder blade the patient was 70 0 years of age with hhite hall hail ind and close cut white beard bear A letter N was as found on his person a addressed d 1 I to the exam iner newspaper reading as ful follows lows food food for ic ie paid one hundred and f fifty thousand dollars for sapphire to place on oil tile the jaded person of his wife a sufficient al lount to have sayed saved 00 of his paupers haupers from a suicidal grave lust just think of it inscribe on oil liis his tomb mr mackay made the following a statement i 1 I was walking za down dow 11 sutter slitter street bound for my room to pack my valire malize as I 1 intended to go go to virginia city this afternoon when I 1 reached lick lich alley I 1 thou thought ht it would be a short cut to tile hotel I 1 hall had hardly taken two steps into lick alloy alley when I 1 heard 1 abot I 1 for a I pistol paused f a moment rather startled st for I 1 had riot not seen anyone ili in tile the alley whenn entered it and lid did riot not at hrit fira know in what direction the report of the pistol came suddenly a voice exclaimed mr mackay blacke you vou have been shot and looking up ip I 1 saw the gentleman who brought nic me to my illy room mr bonner ot on the other side of the alley 0 no o I 1 am riot not I 1 replied yes you arel are P lie insisted for I 1 saw dust fly from your con coat f w lien the bullet struck you I 1 put iny my liand hand around 1111 under er mv iny coat and ture enough 1 I clr isham n 1 I 1 looked X at my hand band it was covered with it h blood I 1 then felt pain baill in my kick back it all happened in ili a second and turning half way vay I 1 uund u und I 1 my illy a assailant ss ailant standing at ahe head of the alley with I 1 bin ai pistol pointed at me inc I 1 then hurried acro s to tile lie aaa eai t tide side of tile the alley and as I 1 did PI I 1 iv aw the old ina roan n put the pistol as I 1 thought to his all and d fired ita it again I 1 ai it lie ile then reeled and fell ind and I 1 continued up the alley until I 1 reached preached mr bonners carf cart and he drove tile me to the palace when mr 1 lackay ay was asked if ile he knew the man wilo who shot him lie he said 1 I never knew a man inar named B ripply i appey I 1 had a good look at the old man who shot rne me and I 1 am ain certain ido I 1 do riot not know him I 1 cannot give any reason for tile the tia ault the doctors say the patient it I 1 is s not out of 0 dan danger daner er until chances of lockjaw and blood poisoning are pat tile the L tillet bullet entered tile tho t back be below lo 10 w the right shoulder blade and ran ranged ed sligh slightly 1 aly si deards rippey is well known to old ti diet s it in sin san franci francisco francico co and bild vas a 1 familiar figure around powell street where he made his home e in the li house otie and neighbors say lie he has been deio despondent adent of af late but taid said nothing about his alra al fairs irs one friend of his sai said id rippey was brn born in cincinnati and leaves a I 1 wife and family there atone at one time lie was worth over making about ji oil comstock lie ile cattle came to san fr francisco in and began gain gambling blin in stocks his money was soon oon gone and lie ho then opened a cash grocery store but hn venture failed about four years 3 ears ago he be conducted a bar and di dining i room on oil the lie ste steamer anier running din between between tins this city and stockton Latt latterly erIv the old man was wag almost without ill rdean and very despondent cincinnati feb 1 21 1 the rhe family of besey wes ey C rippey who made the attempt on macnays Mac kays life live I 1 in n s orthis city His wife lives with her son 11 illi lilliain atri at Idle idlewild wild six miles morth of liere here lie ile is connected with a 1 I can canning din factor factory on elm street the other son II 11 mcsley lasley C rippey lives in the eastern part of columbia and is a government n ganger of spirits and a man mail of unblemished reputation naturally the news today cassed caused I 1 a terrible chock thirty years or more inore ago the wa would uld be murderer was enc encased engaged 0 aed 0 in trade liere here conne connected eted with river interests inte interests te lie ile was restless ind and removed about 1868 to cape Girade ati ao 10 mo and frum from their his too roving temper led him farther west ilis his family re maimed a while at cape girardeau ind and then returned to cin cincinnati cinnoti they have remained ever since only oily incidentally did they hear bear of the strange a man mail all these years news came now ind and then of his wan wanderings derin n s on tile the plains and in ill the roc kic they bup supposed posed lie was at denver six years ago I 1 abut SIX six months ago ago wesley rippey 15 got ot a letter from a safe deposit bank in pan an francisco askin asking 0 reference because lie he hall had applied there to make al a deposit of valuables in the banks sa safety afef Y deposit vaults the only clew that the reporters had was the similar sound lound of the na names mes wesley C and william C rippey roth both live in distant suburbs which could only be reached 1 u I by bv carria carriages aes over dark and bad roads tile the lateness of the hour and the necessary hurry of the interviews 1 I eis caused some discrepancies in the they are in acord accord however on oil the uain main points though there may inay be sonic some disagreement L 0 the family say lie was never suspected of mental derangement but had a mania for roving tore him away from froin family ties neither was lie he disagreeable b in ili his conduct when at home with his family famil nothing the they ever saw faw of him when with him prepared them thein to believe that he be would attempt the murder of illy any one they now believe he be blust have lost his reason ilia iii name is mcsley C rippey DENVER feb 24 IN W C rippey who ahot millionaire mackay at san francisco was well keown by many of the pioneers of denver deliver rippey came to denver in 1861 from virginia and was fairly well off lie ile followed the business of bradin trading in ill fast horses in ili rippey first met mackay this fact is in direct contrad contradiction IF tion 0 of f the report from sari san F francisco ranel eliat mackay does not know his assailant 1 rippey left denver in the latter part of isa and at net neo time tim 0 it is said was interested with tames in horse breeding business at sacramento Sn crimen to chat les sen st wh who know knew both parties says they were well acquainted and had business dealings LONDON feb 24 mrs airs mackay recci received ved JL dispatch from america this ev evening ening saying her husband had bad been teen shot in sari san F francisco ran CISCO another dispatch received receive d shortly after 10 states thai the wound is not serious ind and there ia is no need of her going to san sail francisco shortly short v laftera Laft afterward ard she retired for the night n ight BEAUTIES OP OF nui C SAN feb 25 bantam weights dil dal Ilaw II awkins killi and billy miller fought last night be fole foie the pacific club in the fifteenth round miller went down under a light blow failing to rise and was taken unconscious to the hospital hawkins a ind n d seconds 11 e were arrested for fear of a i fatal termination at a late I ite hour hoar miller however ban b an to show signs of returning consciousness conf later in the night miller s condition took a turn for the wone and lie died this morning of concussion of the brain both men were featherweights feather weights lippi tipping ng tho the scales as they entered the ring at pounds miller was 21 years years old came came from sacramento Sacra and had ad brute strength th while ns is is very very clver clever miller 1 1 l was terribly punished and a n d hawlins hawl ins uninjured when it became evident that lie he could not win will friends tried to persuade miller to throw up tho the sponge but lie refused declaring that lie was not severely punished this is the third man killed in the prize ring in san francisco in the past four years years the indications are that the killing C of bill miller by dil dal hawkins in their fight jast night will be aberi bra s b I 1 r i 6 P a g in n acal I 1 I 1 a fornia all the evening papers here printed editorials denouncing prize lighting as conducted here and called the le legislature it slature to pass a I 1 bill already introduced to prohibit exhibitions hibit ions ious of boxing captain reese chief of detectives in speaking about the affair of last night said prize fighting fi 0 citino 0 has been falling into disrepute of late anil and the killing of miller by hawkins awkins II will go long along a way way toward helping to stop this kind of sport altonet altogether fier the truth of the matter is that what have been termed as boxing tournaments of late were bothin nothing 0 more than slugging in matches 0 A great deal of fault rests wit with the seconds of miller who should have given up tip the fight at the end of the fifth round as it is under tood blood i from what has been becil told me that he be was quite groggy rog 0 y then and unfit to fi fight n lit hawkins awkins II any longer but instead of doing this they allowed ali alip contest to COD continue dinue knowing NYC well 11 the condition of the beaten 7 man inan there have been a number 0 of f fatal ring events in this city within i tile past liast few years and the th killing killin of miller will revive interest in the th slaughtering of tom avery by ed cuble cu ff e at cremorne the killing killin of kelley barug by tug wilson Wilo nand and the murder III ur of of hairy ilai ry mcbride by frank la rue at the golden gate club billy miller the dead pugilist was a sturdy little suede about 0 31 years of age 6 ile ho fough fought t because lie loved it and in d riot not for business busine ss ile he was a blacksmith by tra trade and worked at that calling lal dal hawkins awkins II is well known ili in local sporting circles ile he was born in this city and hall a mother and other relatives ic siding here ile he has followed pugilism for fur years and 1 lid has earned a reputation of being 0 a haid man to 1 beat C at in ili his S class tile alie men arrested last lait night for connection with the fight have bave been charged P with murder and the chief of police has ordered the arrest of william harrison president of the pacific atlantic club siris IN DIRECTION BOISH ida feb 25 special SR ecial A k bill was introduced in in the house bouse this morning making prize fighting ila biting a ill high 1 I crime crime and fixing f xing the punishment of two years im im for tho those thoo o who put up their dukes sacramento cal feb 25 the assembly today passed a bill making prize fighting with or without gloves a fel felony 0 ny |