Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-06-29
The Attack upon Judge p. at BIadensburs.

The Attack upon Judge p. at Bladensburs.
Judge p. called in to See to-day. The
Judge, it will be remembered, had a difficulty
at Bladensburg last week. He called to-day to
give MS the real facts In the case. The Judge
say that that unreliable sheet, the New York
Herald, has misrepresented the facts, and he
counts upon the STAR TO do him justice Our
report Of the affair he says was evidently well
meant, But that we were not IN posse sion OF
all the particulars.
The Judge has given us q very vivid recital
OF the outrages perpetrateo on him by the
Srabble" OF Biadensourg, as he terms has per-
secutors; and hts narrativ We wa heightened by
the MARKS Of rough treatment he bore upon his
person. His right eye is blackened and pufed
up in way that must trouble him exceedingly
in looking after his widows and orpaans.
There 10 long and sanguinary marx across
his forehead, there are two or three bumps
Of the size Of hens egg over the left ear, the
chawed, and his nose appears considerably
damaged and infamed. There are various
smaller Gears, bumps, c0ntuslons, mace.
ratlonf, d'ecolorahons, and other marks OF
harsh usage upon the person Of the Judge.
HIS summer clothes are go6d deal fractured
and muddied, ard altogether he Is an object
The Judges statement Is this in substance:
He had got into some legal squabble with the
tenants Of bis Bfadensbarg house, q man and
woman, who were to take care OF il aud The
garden. He charges that they plnndered him
improper and immoral proceedings In his
domicil, which, Of course, the Judgn could not
stand. The res nit was that he sent them adrift,
and they sued for wages, or something of the
where the Judge admits that his feelings got so
much the better Of him that he did use some
pretty harsh lsnsrase in regard 70 the wlfe Of
lace sided with his tenants, and after ascer.
/taining that he was unarmed they way.laid
him On bis leaving he Magistrates once, and
Oh his stepping out in the dark he was struck
violently and treacherously on the head by
some unknown parties. The Judge was at
frat staggered, but he says he instantly rallied
and struck out with such effect as to knock
who, in falling, knocked smother down,
and possibly others. The Judge then
his garden, the house bling locked, when the
rabble again came after him. He told them
that he was unarmed, as they knew, but if they
would 81 Sc Fin one hours time 20 prepare, he
would fight the whole Of them, or any ten Of
them. They were deaf. however, to this chival.
rous challenge, and overpowered the Judge by
numbers, dragging him off through the mud
and essaying to duck him in the creek, with
other outrages described or limited at in these
columns. From this peril he was finally
rescued by some OF the respectable citizens,
further 1t would be at the peril of their livee
They started TO escort him to the depot, but
there being no train due. Mr.. Marshall, q
nephew Of Chief Justice Marshall, the Judge
Gays, TOOK him to his house for protsctlon
Pretty soon the mob began to rally about the
house Of MI. Marshall and demanded that their
Marshall positively refused ard threatened TO
shoot the first man who crossed his threshold.
He stopps d with Mr.. Marshall that night and
came to the city the next morning. During the
assault upon him by the mob the J Judge says he
was robbed Of $3.50, contained in his vest
pocket. He utterly denies that he ever made
any Of the remarks attributed to HIM lmpugn.
ing the bravery of the male Bladepsbu burgers or
the virtue Of the females, or that he made any
insulting proposal to any young lady there
He says that these stories were started BY the
rowdies after the outrages upon him TO screen
themselves. He refers To Mr.. Marshall in con.
firmation Of his statements
Mr.. Marshall tells us that what came under
his own eyes confirms the statements of the
the Judge while at his house, and that he re-
fused to give him up. upon which they charged
him win being rs bad as the Judge II he pro.
tected him; to which he replied that the Judge
had been placed in his hands for protection,
and he should protect him with his life, draw.
ing revolver 70 suit the action TO the word.
Mr.. Marshall states that the Judge was In a
very pitiable condition when he "a W him; be.
ing so disngured with mud and bruises q
scarcely 10 be n cogniZed. Itappeared that the
mob had dragged him through the mud to
the house OF the woman he had had the
'rouble with ut the magistrates once, and
compelled him to get down on his knees to
her. But the Judge seems to have been so
completely demoralized and broken down by
the treatment he had received that by this time
he was really unconscious Of what was going
on.
In any view of the case the transaction il
one that does not reflect much credit upon
these young men Of Bladensburg. 1t may
scenes Of positive brutality and cruelty it is
quite evident.