The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-27
Justices GOnrt,


l. BEFORE ESQUIRE rSTINSoN.-TWhen SEN
sations have run out in the-cfty- and wan
d dering locals go prowlings about seeking in
vain FOR an item, and find that every
man they address is,a know nothing-we
arealways gratihedf to hear from the ooun-
try. Forya TINS past, Perry Township,
which afforded us sundry rich items, has
-1sbeen " throwing -oTloni US u and wewere
contemplating destructive drouthIin the
local department, but fortunately, Union
y Towpship sends,us Rpa liberal supply.
on FridaysTnorhnng hast, cypress Dale, a
A large townofi UhibA Township, composed
OF u post office, a blacksmith and wagons
aker1S shop, tWQ Dwelling houses, a gro
Gerry ana 4 gpeh, was thrown intoa state
OF profound excitement BY tire uculmina-
top OF alcng exisei9gi feud between the
families otSehenlS and Richert. The sl1ir-
mishing, preliminary 10 the battle, seems
7 TO have been c;trrfed on between the fe-
male heads qftbe sfamilyaaA,blacksmit
Woe was the sct5sas 10 st6-but before the
quarrel ended almost every other kind of
dee was intfodueed.A ~ WV44
The parties were notquite evenly match
ed, numerically, the army of the Schenk's
numbering some seven or eight to four of
the Richerts. But, without regard to mum
tpsrs,the Richerts went ingaudan indiscrim
mate fight ehsued, In Witch hoop-poles,
slung-shots, and other gentle weapons,
were used. Margaret Schenk got cut on
the side of her head, and Valentine Rich
ert came nigh losing the whole crop OF Ca
Il pilliary substance that is ACCUSTOMED to
vegetate on the top of his Uranium, under
the crate manipulations of the gentle Mar
! garet. Mother Schenk demolished Ma
dame Richert with hoop-pole, and John
Richert an unnatural brother of the Rich
! erts OF the first part, leaped into the crowd
| and struck his brother Valentine on the
head with a slung-shot, and then leaped
out again, For time the battle ceased,
! and the Rfcherts closed I'll eir doors and for
titled themselves within, but the Sehenks
renewed the assault, and the Richerts were
/ compelled to retreat. Complaints and
peo6ntef -eonp PLANTS were made before Es-
quire Stinson, by Margaret Schenk, against
| Valentine Richert and Frances (his wffe)
and by Valentine Richert against John
Riehert, Henry lSeAenk4And Susannah
| Schenk. N'@8'
| The parties appeared, aided respectively
| by AFRO Dyer for Valentine anu F1ances;
Richert, by GIlas. CO sBennet, for the State,
and by Theodore w. Venemann for the
Schenk army. The evidence was wonder.
fully mixed, and required the closest atten-
EtIoa aHAIthe pl0Fti refenfiyeI EmehOiy to
keep the thread of the various stories. The
cases were all tried together by a jury. OF
six men. Able and eloquent speeche were
made by the several council. Bennett as
attorney for the State, thought all should
/ be fined, and bf94gh ti1is, el14 6bhce to bear
upon the jury for a general conviction.
Venemann, with burning eloquence APP
pealed to the gallantry of the jury u favor
of Mrs. Schenk and the fair Margaret.
Dyer declared hat he was Behind no man
in his admiration of the fair sex-castifIg
a fartiye IglauceIat .MaTgsret, she stood
lin the corneEs with her foot opsthe chair OF
the local of the Courier and supporting his
back in the absence of the back of the
chalr-but he thought some of the women
of Cypress Dale needed reconstructionAan
here he looked .daggers al Madame Schehk
Cassar broughtswssr On Rome by crossing
the boundary of his own country. Hestood
on the banks of Rubicon. He plunged, he
lscroSsedg and ROmeEwasE free Euog more. So
AIadatllefin Schenk,o she Invaded the
/ peaceful premises Of the aRicherts-the
happy homeNhere the husband and wife
lin the language uttered just after our first
DbISHtS HSAG I--NSAGEAtDOlluS HSdCG-
fully undertheir own vine and fig treeAto
make their bread in the sweat of their re-
spective brows. She came; she entered;
she seized the rhoop-pole, and peace no
longer reigned in the wagon shop of the
Richerts. But we can't further pursue his
classical and learned speech. Ancient
lore, modern law, the arts, science anct1
magnetisnl-s We're, all appealed to for the
vindfcation of justice in behalf OF the
Richert family. The speech seems to have
been as. effective as it was classical and elo-
quent.
The jury returned verdict of guilty.
against Henry SclIenk and john fchert,
and q ned the former 81 and costs, and the
latter 81 and costs, the fines md costs foot
ing up about S4S.l Night. closed the contest,
which we believers to be renewed to-day.
10 Henry Levi was called upon to answer
two charges of assault and battery on the
persons of David l.. and Cinderella Case.
10 the first he plead guilty, and was fined,
81, with $3.50 costs. % In the other he, was
found guilty and lined IS, with SIS costs.
Levi had, strong PROVO cation, and the Jus ]
4 tice, we think. would have been justified
in the highest pupishinent, though the
uxuTylo OF striking a girl is probably worth
fiyerdollars. nIGb 5lna -teb
BEFORE ESQUIRE WALKER,-A heavy j,
, trial, was had on Saturday, before j lice
/ Walker! -Danieb Ell kmSlsnea George Ingle-
brandt, Lemuel Stansbery, Charles Wagon
er, and Joseph Schoney, for 5000, fraudulent
lys obtained by them through conspiracy /
1t was allSabouta horse race which was not
run. One of the parties having borrowed
$500 to bet on the race, Elkins went his /
security, and was. tosshare the win tiings. \
The horse that he bet the borrowed money
on did not start and it was decided that |
he had lost Elkius thought there was
g cheating going on around the board
and thatlhe should hate made S2aO gandi
sues for it accordingly. The Jury did not !