The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-22

the young i.llovso Of the town had held 4
special meetinsn A. which It was voted that
peace and rood name o. the socien, wiilss.
demanded that he should be absted In sum
mary and original manner. Accordingly, they
preparsd plan OF which we here give the de-
The proprietor OF the hotel becoming alarmed
Tor the safety q the Judge, who by the too
annoying, urged upon the Judicial Bombastes
station, .. II was lis intension to take the
n. II was then shout . O'clock, but the hotel
The Judge finally avowed his intention to de.
srnment clerk, (who 10 boarding near the rail.
rosd station 70 accompany him to the ears.
Seeing that the Judge was not IN a condition
him and held him up by tbe exertions Of his
| good right aImi" and nov comes the denone-
ment OF the plan mentioned: Between the Spa
siderable stream Of water runs, whieh 10 crossed
| BY foot bridge. Al a certain point In this
stream 10 q large hole where the depth Of
hole !. directly under the bridge, and is about
| equi.distsnt from the ends of the structure,
A. the Judge with his fright supporter" left
which has since been ascertsincd to have been
asiEnM The judge and his friend contipued
their walk, advanced to the foot.bridge,
! met man whom they supposed WAS crossing
from the opposite direction. They moyea to
one side to give him passage, when to their
surprise he stopped, suddenly caught hold OF
| the Judge and pitched him off the bridge Into
the deep hole Sefore mentioned.
Mr.: Riley had such arm hold on HI, Honor
that ne was Obliged to 20 overheard with him.
Horror Of horrors down, down went the
Judge, the white linen suit duckea In twenty
feet water. The Judge soon came to the sur
lace, when he was seized by two strong men,
who, disguised as negroes, were standing
under The bridge, and again was he sIbmeiged
Again he came to the surface, this time yell.
thievesl murderl but II was no use Although
the banks OF the stream were lined with poo
PIE, none came to his assistance, and "souse"
vert the Judges head Into the water, I'm
| PEELED BY two pairs Of arms Coming agsin to
the surface, the Judge was allowed to ioun.
ger 70 shallow water, his "companions OF the
Without f!rst hrins pistol In the air, which
mad the effect OF causing the Judge again to
yell murder" The Judicial hat was seen In
while the judicial cane was floating In an.
covered, and noundeIing. to the shore, the
Ike huge Newfoundland. He proceeded to
HyNsyilie, the people laughing heartily, aud
Nthe station he seated himself on sporch to
await the arrival OF the train.
For time the Judge ruminated on the oe-
eurrenccs OF the day and silence reigncd. A
crowd meanwhile had gathered, seeing which
Again assumed Its sway. In loud tones the
Judge proclaimed that he was "stili the hero
Of Bladensburg,n and again was his pistol
think one OF the HyattsyilIisns determined
that, like Biadepsburg, his town should not be
annoyed, knocked the judge off the porch into
over and over, concluding by taking away his
pistol. In this affair It Is said the judges
head was badly cut, a cirenmstsnce which the
people OF HyAttsyille say they regret) Imag.
Inc the appearance of the friend OF the father.
less,n his white suit bedaubed with mud, his
s Sm pin.,ercd over With muck Ye
| sodsl Truly had the Judicial efmine been be.
draggled. The whistle of the Approaching
There was no time even for wash, and a. the
| train stopped the Judge WAS hustled into the
7 rear car, which unfortunately was crowded
, His ludicrous appearance caused shouts oil
laughter, which were taken up by the psssen
gers In the other cars as the Judge passed
. through in his cndesyors to hnd a seat, which
was hually obtained In one OF the forward car
risges. shortly after 10 o'clock the judge ar
rived In this city and proceeded to bis home
firmly resolved to tempt the f,tcs and the peo
pie OF Bladensburx no more.
Now VIC submit to the Intelligent thou
! sands who read this report on Monday, Of
, who will read 1t to-day, whether the nan'
, Of William +. Purcell Is once mentioned
On the contrary, for various reasons thu
name of the individual referred to In the mr.
! ticle was omitted with scrupulous care, anC
II Judge Purcell chooses to make u persona
, application Of the facts published, our re
. porter can't help II. II the Judge can stant
1t, we are sure the reporter can.
The REPUBLICAN has large corps OF re
porters. One Of them heard that terribl,
outrage had been committed upon one o
our citizens by the vandals Of Bladensburg
+, he was Informed that venerable head ha'
. been plunged beneath the muddy waters o
j. the branch that flows by that vandal town
II He was informed, too, that Bladcnsburg o
4 Hyattsville mud had been used as sort @
y winding sheet for the magnifcently proper
Il toned body Tint was attached to the ven
Il cradle head. Like an Industrious and encr
Is getic reporter he hastened to Bladensburg
e he made inquiries, not OF one, but of
!, dozen different individuals. Faithful to hi
II duties he reported the facts TO the office
y they were put In proper form and published
Ali that we published were facts, an
J nothing but facts. These facts can be sui
:, y stantiated In any court Of justice.
e But the name OF the man who suiiere
\. this terrible outrage was suppressed. ThrG
d days elapse, and now Judge Purcell rusht
9 to a magistrates office, holds up the pape
: points to the article, and says "ThO
/. means me, give me warrant for libel.
t, Who said 1t meant Judge Purcell The r.
d PUBLICAN did not. People who read IN
=. and drew their own differences. That Is
glorious privilege all readers enjoy In thi
t Stree and happy land"
!, Well, the warrant was Issued. Justic
Walter appreciated his position. Here wa
! a case Of no mean Importance; judge of
{ respectable court had sued the respectful
:. reporter Of respectable newspaper for libe
!; It was no common affair, and so no con
A mon policeman should serve the warran
q The precious document was entrusted onl
a. to the hands of Major Richards himself, Il
J. superintendent OF police. The arrest WI
~ effected without difficulty, and the prison
re taken before Justice Walter, and was r
lie leased upon bail in the sum Of ten thousau
u. dollars for his appearance on Friday /
e, answer, Mr.. Clarence B. Baker, Of the Eye
y. Ing Star, becoming his security. When Il
trial comes off Mr.. Shepherd will be there
he answer.
10 Judge Purcell stated publicly yesterdi
e. e, that at least six lawyers had volunteered
n, prosecute In his behalf These were said /
10 be Messrs. John II. johnson, James Z. W
liams, r. T. Merrlck, r. J. Brett, Micha
Of Thompson and y. -" Robert Leech.
70 Wen, We are glad the Judge has secur,
H. such good counsel. 1t was fortunate f
~ him that he accepted the volunteers on Il
y spot and mustered them into service or tn,
o. might have escaped, as very large numb
ia of the members Of the bar have volunteer,
ID for the defence. The first being N. II. NJ
As Ter, esq, he was accepted.
As But our reporter docs not seem to
y !. badly scared. Two physicians happen,
nc into the Office last night, and feeling
vs. pulse, found 1t beating regularly and steadil
We may add that the service Of the warraI
E. did not affect his nervous system In h
Il, IL. least. But we do think 1t was rather co,
* ardly to pounce upon one-armed man WIFI
OF there are SO many full-limbed attaches of Il
d, office. But our reporter is strong. lie h
Y been drinking Spa water presented him
"a the Bladensburg vandals, and every time
IL drinks 1t he recollects that the blessed sprir
~ from which the water came Is within
y. stones throw of that deep hole which on
,e one prominent citizen of Washington has
=. to this time fathomed.
ur INTERESTING ExHIBITIoN.-Quite a nuI
o, Der Of gentlemen assembled last night at Il
m Northern Produce Company's warehoui
nd Woodward's building, Pennsylvania ayenu
To- between Tenth and Eleventh streets, to
ut spect the new process for the preservatl
~ and transportation of all perishable artlcl
n. of food, meats, fruits, fish, vegetables, a.
"A now In successful operation at the wal