Calik's Life Hangs in the Balance

A workingman's party rally is taking place near by when charles de young fires a bullet at point blank range, right into the left side of callik's chest. The horrified calik stumbles backwards, clutching his wound. Then he jumps back into his carriage and orders the driver to pull away. So callock's life hangs in the balance for the next nine days as a team of doctors and surgeons work to repair his wounds. A competing papers report in favor of callick because it was their rival that actually participated in this attempted murder. He ends up winning the 18 79 election and becomes the new mayor of San Francisco.