Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-26
From the New York Sun 18Th in


House
From the New York Sun 18Th inst
The proceedings in the new court house
were enlivened yesterday by a rencontre in
the vestibule opposite the special room of
the Superior Court, in which Gen. Roger
A. Pryor, late Of Virginia, and Mr.. James
Henderson were the principal! actors. AS
told by gentleman who is conversant with
the facts in the case, and who Witnessed
the scene, the story runs thus:
Some weeks ago DIR. j. W. Wadsworth,
who kept the Madison Square Ho:el. sub
let the place to a Mr.. Wilson, who failed
to pay the rent, $3.50 mouth, and DR..
Wadsworth commenced, before Civil JUS
tice Kane of the Eighth District Court,
proceedings for his eiectment: WilsC n
procured from Judge McCunn temporary
Injunction, restraining DR.. Wadsworth
from continuing the proceedings before
Judge Kaue, and retnrnable at the Supe-
rior Court yesterday, to show cause why
permanent I'M JUNCTION should not issue.
| General Pryor was retained as counsel by
DR.. Wadsworth's attorney.
Some days ago, on examination OF Mr..
Wilson's papers, Judge McCunn dissolved
the temporary injunction against Dr.
| Wadsworth, when Mr.. James Henderson,
McCunn al order compelling DIR. Wads-
| worth to submit to an examination before
! a referee, Mr.. James l.. Morgan. Hen
derson refused to take up the report of the
referee, the supposed object being to gam
tme
Henderson then made an affidavit that
| when Judge McCunn issued the in unc-
ton restraining the continuance of plo-
ceedings before Judge Kane, it was disre-
| oarded by DIR. Wadsworth, who CONTINUED d
! the action at the civil court, thereby com
mitting contempt of co ut. Upon this
Judge McCunn issued an order, return
able Nav %, directing DIR. Wadsworth TO
show cause why he should not be pun
ished for contempt, and IN the same
order he was epjoined from going on
with the summary proceedings. Ot this
General Pryor had no knowledge, and
when yesterday he rose to deliver his
argument on the return of the first
Injunction, he was met with the last named
order staying proceedings of all kinds un-
til the 29th. Believing that somebody
had been guilty of an underhanded trans
| action, he denounced Wilson and Hender-
son in unmeasurei terms, and wound up
his animated speech by denounclng ken
derson as peri jurer on account OF swear
ing to the affidavit by which second IN
junction was obtained.
A few minutes after Gen. Pryor, being
engaged in conversation with gentleman
outside the court room, was approached
by Mr. Henderson, who, with fierce ges-
iticulations, said to the General, 'Ill have
q settlement with you, sir; I'll have set
Element with you" Whereupon Genera
Pryor enclosed MIR. Henderson's nose be
tween his thumb and forefDger and VIC
Iently tweaked the same. Henderson sait
he was no fighting man, shook OF th'
hold upon his nose and walked away.
Upon learning these facts Sun reporte
. interviewed General Pryor at bis residenc
: in Willow street, Brooklyn, where ne wa
courteously received; but the gentlemal
declined to be interviewed, saying that n
did not seek or desire notoriety, and tha
his only object was to protect the lnteresf
of his clients