arrest on his arrival in Oakland. This was not done. Judge Fields telegraphed the Marshal's office in Stockton, who relayed the information to the US Attorney General. The United States Attorney in San Francisco filed a writ of habeas corpus for Neagle's release. The circuit court issued the writ after a hearing and ordered Neagle's release. Federal law supreme Sheriff Cunningham, with the aid of the State of California, appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Cunningham's appeal was based on whether Neagle acted in pursuance of the law when he shot Terry. Neagle's defense was based on the letter from Miller to Marshal Franks, which gave him federal authority to act as a law enforcement officer. In 1890, the Supreme Court ruled In re Neagle that federal officers are immune from state prosecution for actions taken within the scope of their federal authority. Sarah committed Sarah Terry, widowed by her husband's death, gradually went insane. She wandered the streets of San Francisco aimlessly, ignoring her appearance. She constantly talked to "spirits," especially that of her husband. She was diagnosed with “dementia praecox,” an early term for schizophrenia. On March 2, 1892, she was found insane and committed at age 42 to the California Asylum at Stockton, where she lived for 45 years until her death. Sharon was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco; and his remains were moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. Legacy The prolonged legal battle over the Sharon fortune was the inspiration for Eleazar Lipsky's novel The Devil's Daughter (1969). Notes References Kroninger, Robert. Sarah and the Senator. Berkeley, Calif.: Howell-North, 1964 Roberts, Gary L. In Pursuit of Duty. American West 7 (September 1970): 27–33, 62-63 Hudson, Lynne. The Making of Mammy Pleasant: A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth Century San Francisco Chicago and Urbana IL.: University of Illinois Press, 2003. (p63) Stone, Irving. "Men to Match My Mountains." Senator Graham, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. January 3, 1985. Further reading 1821 births 1885 deaths Ohio University alumni People from Virginia City, Nevada People from Smithfield, Ohio Republican Party United States senators from Nevada Nevada Republicans California Republicans 19th-century American politicians People from Carrollton, Illinois Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco)