Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-10-25

M ". X. examiner.
Y CLUB LAW. a
remember that SOME years ago, while
the person who is now called Col Coles,
was Mr. JSHerson's private secretary, one
Baby having taken offence at some bella.
vioui ofsie Sc Rotary, caught him on dsy
aloue, on rhe Penn yIvania Avenue, s give
him a most unmereifui dtubbing MR.
Coles felt very much hurt ON the occasions
nj all the pretty Misses in and about
G.. orgetown and Washinlon, wept for him,
{" TIL they blew their muses. sofe - for Mr..
Coles was, what the ladies' called - hrety
5oang man" 8 his being about the period
when Mr.. j. Persons insani y on the SUBJ
ject of 6 restrictive energies VAS at the
height, Mi Belly was n..icied for an assault
and battery Roger Nelson OF Maryland,
then member of the house Of rspress nta.
lives, and lawyer, was employed to defend
Baily on this trial Aud in doing so, gave
Mr. Coles offence, il seems. Roger Nell
sons hide had as many holes in it as a sieve,
all made during theife,olutionary war, with
bullets, bayone and cutlasses Luckily
tooi ne was an old man. in rpnrea pow
ee not supr,io, 10 Dir. Bronaugh linn Mr..
Coles attacked very unexpecsedlY while
comng cut oflhe Capuol, anr e, snged ups
n intirmity md d-ceIpitud< the dressing he
had eeeised from B lily. his t of nero.
ism, however, strange 10 .eil, 5 So very
i'll received BY great maj rity OF onsrsss,
hat Mr.. Jefferson deemed it exprd,nt to
dismiss tne vasorous secretary. knew
.yha l. 4 49, # h :.
announced that ne had in the late war, b9en
md a colonel OF le
While il this station, DR. Bronangh it
seems took it Into his he I'd TO suspec, 4 at
the coloneps plume had little TOO gll,lch Of
the zvhife FEATHER in it; and so saspecsing,
he spoke accordingly. He even accused
the coioicl thereof Oati.e rial, however,
this, the doctor had challenged the colonel
and the colonel refusing TO fight, he was
duly posted Afterwards, he kind ii half
lchaisedged The doctor But the doctor
wou d no, fight man he had posted (Which
SO enrased the colonel that b. determined,
as the following publication will prove, to-
como behind the doctor, the first opportu-s
nifty. and Deai lis brains out For this per-
pose he got club, which would have an
swersd very well for Hercues allnough
i my be somewhat questionable, whether
Hercules u d have USED il eractiu in the
sort Colesis represented 10 have done
MR.. LEES GER IFICAaE
! hereby certify, that en- Su dav morn
Ing, tie "a b OF September, 1915, between
he hous OF eleven and twelve o'csocA Il
Was waking do~ n the sueet oil Bsoadway,
in the city OF New-Yors, % the Battery,
with doctor James Z. Bronaugr, HOSPITAL
sn on III the army, when base and daS. Y
turdiy attack was made upon aim by colonel
isaac A Coles, late of the Unitsd States ar
my, in mos, clandestlne and ass ssin-lixe
manner Col. Coles coming up BEHIND us
zoifhoui any iareuions NORGE svha,ever, s.,tck
decor B,onaugh with a club If murdeso,,s
size. twice Cd the head or shoulders, before
the doctor could turn himself round after
which he continued rep asiog The blows un-
ill the uoc tor drew from his pocket a small
y sol, and made an unsuccessful attempt to X
he II off; failing in that, he closed with
the colontl, and they botn fsIl--lhe colonel
uppermost. After the first moment of
surprise, when should nave felt il nv du-
ty 20 have end asouFed 10 rescue nv com.
spanion from what considt red to be The
murderous attack Of a rufFan, b ceiv.
ed the doctor enlravourtd to prepare ais
s,istoi TO resist The attacs IN proper man.
ner, ind Invent some distance into the MIDI
die Of the street, TO wait the issue: When
he doctors hsndwa somewhat extended.
i received blow from colonel Goes which
endered i US less and produced The result
which have msn'ionsd---lssir CT sing and.
alng Percrising their situation, ran
Ia and found colon-l Coles al mp ing to
goage the doctors eses-I Immediately
pulled him off and took from him his club
-the doctors pistol had picked ID lust
before; and having al ne weapons in my
,wn hands let go M Md of Tie cel,nri,
snen he again attacked doctor Bronaugh. /
hen cougnt him by the collar ofaise coat
&C drew him back. when he imnrei neiy
Idccampsd, leaving his club in my 20 sses-
ion, which afterwards threw and left on
he pavement. IS.
WARRINGTON LEE.
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