The Sacramento Evening Bee Wednesday, January 13, 1897 For a Shot. LEE SENT BY JUDGE HART TO PRISON FOR THREE MONTHS. Took a Shot at a Man Who, He Alleged, Destroyed His Domestic Peace. This morning was the time set for the sentencing of George C. LEE, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault. LEE is the man who in December last, at the passenger depot, took a shot at one John MEHN, and when an attempt was made to restrain him broke away from his captors, ran over the bridge into Yolo County, but afterwards returned and gave himself up. The trouble between LEE and MEHN grew out of the alleged alienation of the affections of Lee’s wife by Mehn. LEE, upon his first meeting with the destroyer of his domestic peace and happiness, promptly took a shot at him, but although his intentions were deadly, his execution was poor, and the bullet sped wide of its mark. Shortly after his arrest, LEE was arraigned in the Police Court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to commit murder, and bound over to the Superior Court. In view of the difficulty of obtaining a conviction by a jury in a case of this kind, the charge was allowed to be reduced to one of simple assault, to which Lee pleaded guilty. When LEE appeared for sentence before Judge HART this morning, Major W.A. ANDERSON, the attorney for Lee, presented a letter signed by prominent citizens of Auburn, Placer County, among the names being those of the Sheriff and the Auditor and Recorder of that county, showing that Lee had borne a good reputation in that county for peace and quiet. Major ANDERSON made a strong plea in behalf of his client and asked for the imposition of but a nominal sentence, but Judge HART thought otherwise and sentenced him to serve three months in the County Jail. The maximum sentence that could have been imposed upon Lee would have been three months and $500 fine. PERSONAL NOTES T.J. SHERWOOD, editor of the Marysville Democrat, is in the city. Mrs. A.J. EVANS, of San Francisco, is the guest of Mrs. Charles JOY, of this city. J.M. CRIMMIN, Postmaster at Marysville, is paying a visit to Sacramento. Yesterday, at the residence of the bride’s parents, W.J. MORRISON and Miss Annie B. HODGKINSON were married, Rev. C.L. MIEL officiating. The bride was attended by Miss Adeline MORRISON and E.A. OCHSNER acted as groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. MORRISON departed on the afternoon train for San Francisco and the south on their wedding trip. LOCAL BREVITIES James M. SHORT, as the executor of the estate of Elizabeth YOUNG, deceased, has commenced suit against George W. and Elizabeth NOBLE, to quiet title to two tracts of land in Galt. The State Board of Examiners has decided to purchase for the benefit of the State school fund $200,000 worth of San Francisco depot bonds, to run until 1912, and draw 4 per cent interest. The Alkali Social and Athletic Club organized Tuesday evening and elected the following officers: President, E.CLARK; Vice-President, C. HAMER; Secretary, W. HILBERT; Treasurer, D. McGRATH. It has fitted up club rooms and is looking forward to a season of pleasant social and sporting events. Bondsmen Sued. SENSATIONAL ROBBERY RECALLED BY A LAWSUIT. How City Treasurer George V. Mulligan Was Robbed of $4000 Several Years Ago SANTA ROSA (Cal.), Jan 13 - The celebrated Healdsburg robbery case came up before the Superior Court here yesterday. The action is brought by the city of Healdsburg to recover about $4000 from the bondsmen of George V. MULLIGAN, ex-City Treasurer. The defendants claim that MULLIGAN was the victim of a brutal robbery on the morning of October 30, 1893, and according to a recent ruling of the Supreme Court in this same case this, if proven, will constitute a good defense. The sensational robbery of the Healdsburg Treasury will be long remembered in this vicinity. When the place was found open and the Treasurer missing upon that eventful October morning the people of Healdsburg were wild with excitement. The fire bell was rung and hundreds joined in the search for the missing man. He was found late in the afternoon handcuffed to a tree in the cemetery and wholly exhausted from shock and exposure. Being far from robust and of a highly sensitive nature, the unfortunate man did not rally and was soon buried in the cemetery where he had been so roughly used. Before his death Treasurer MULLIGAN related how two men came to his home that morning and told him his brother-in-law was very sick. When he had hastily dressed and was leaving the house the two men seized, bound and gagged him and on pain of instant death forced him to open the vault. Then came the arrest of a well-known young man of Healdsburg, who proved an alibi and at once left for Scotland. Now, the bondsmen of the dead Treasurer are asked to pay the amount missing, and a prolonged struggle is looked for.