The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-27
The Recent AssauIt upon vaIIandig.
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The Recent AssRult upon YallRndlg.
~ n8m---AddlttOnn1 Particulars.
The Dayton ohiol Journal gives the
following particulars of the personal
assault upon iYallandigham, of which
something was said a few days ago; :
"a gentleman who resides in Dayton,
and who Witnessed most of the affair,
gave us, in substance, the following
account of the trouble @. L. Yallandig
ham had in Eaton, Ohio, few even
ings ago: While awaiting the depart
ure of the train south, which was de-
layed by the failure of the train from
the north to arrive on time, u gentler
privately formed Mr.. ValIandtg-
ham that he had better secrete himself
TIL the train was ready to start, as
threats had been made Cby Romere.
turned III soldiers Of treating him roughly
MIR. ,Nallandighum Instantly protited
by the hint, and left the place. Our in
tormant had almost forgotten the cir
cumstanee, and some time afterwards
was agreeablY seated in the passenger
car, when. soma lOf6 rished In, almost
exhausted, his hat crushed down over
his face, and the crown bearing marks
of assault, and sank down upon q
seat; apparently much alarmed. The
next instant our informant heard a
crowd mount the platform, and the
words, 'D-n the traitorI I gave him a
good oner Our Informant then recog-
missed Mr.. yallandigham upon the seat
nsar him. n ~fr
"Several men came into the car. curs-
ing Mr.. Vallandigham, and addressing
to him multitude of fopprobrious epi-
thets, and denOuncing him as "a miser-
able traitor, who ought to be strung. up. :
Some of the more violent were for
taking him out of the car and fixing
him, as they said. Persons in the car
tried to paetfy the men, but they were
warned to dry up. - rt1tTu, af1 sHu4-.sil =
sour Informant then went to the CON
ductor, and insisted on his coming into
the car to protect Mr.. Ysllandigham,
but the conductor said there was no use
to try it, for they would 7maltreat him
also. He was then asked to back the
train down the road some distance, and
await the arrival of the train they were
expecting; but he said he had mo- right
10 do SO; yet he finally agreed to go into
the car and try to prevail on the rioters
to leave. He entered the car and en-
deavored to enforce order, but the men
told him they were as good as any man
who carried 2 lantern and hauled
tra1tors,' and they hustled him out of
the car. The men then renewed their
abuse of Mr.. r.Vallandigham,t and some
OF them insisted on taking him out and
putting him through All this time
the noise on the outside of the car was
becoming loud and threatening, and
clubs and stones were clashinE and
clattering against the car. To ali this
abuse and menace Mr., Va11ahdigham
did not reply, but remained silent and
downcasts Fortunately, at this mo-
ment the train started, just as the mob
spirit was .culminatihg, and our infor-
mant thinks there Is no doubt Mr.. VAL
landlgham was thus sparad more vio-
lent Treatment. :, The passengers were
Powerless to prevent the indighities
heaped upon him. The pretext for this
outrage upon Mr.. Yallandigham was
that he had made himself Obnoxious
on account of his course during the
war'1