The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-06-21

E,,p THE
T-A MAN RECEIVES INJURIES 1h,ca CArsEs
tyTH.-An ARRAY occurred aA-the nnblic
- ~ George Zouck, in Beckleysvilie, otn
Son Saturday night, May 3lst, which has
~ Nhe death of one of the participants, a
ID Joseph Eaton, aged about 65 years,
ser by trade. From what we can learn
pears rnat john Il. Zouck, John A. Price,
Nicholas Ensor aud Eaton were at the house of
George Zouck on the night in question, and that
by some means an alteration took place in
Z which all participated, and which resulted in
Eatons being pretty roughly handled and turn
ed out of the house and the doors fastened upon
him. After he had been elected from the bar
room he walked around and took a seat on the
steps at the side OF the house, and whilst sitting
there, it is elleged Ensor approached him with
a chair in bis hands and dealt him a heavy blow
on the head, which felled him to the ground, cut
ting his head in a horrible manner. Here the
unfortunate man was left lying in his own blood
until early on Sunday morning when he was
taken up in an insensible condition by some of
the neighbors, his wound dressed and afterwards
he was conveyed to his home near by.
The wound was not thought to be serious and
40 arrests were made, the matter having queted
down. In the mean time Eaton continued to
grow worse until Thursday, June l2th when he
died. A jury of inquest was summoned by JUS
;lice H0shall and after hearing the testimony of
several witnesses substantially the same as above
stated, a verdict was rendered that "Eaton came
TO bis death by bruises and wounds inflicted by
john H. Zouck, George Zouck, John A. Price
and Nicholas Ensor, and from improper treat
ment as secondary cause"
Even up 20 Sunday last no arrests had been
made, but on that day the magistrate went to
the four men named above and informed them
that they had better come to Towsontown and
give themselves up to the authorities which they
did on Monday morning, when they were each
recognized in 81, 900 bail by Justice Herbert, on
the advice of Judge Yellott to appear at the next
term of the Circuit Court.
We learn from gentleman wko has known
Eaton for number of years that when sober he
was quiet and inoffensive man, but when un-
der the influence of liquor, which appears to
have been the case on this occasion, he was a
dangerous character We also learn from the
same source that some years ago, and we have
no doubt the circumstances are still fresh in the
minds of some of our readers, Eaton had quar-
rel with a man named Andrew Turner, also liv-
ing in the upper end of the county, which re-
suited in Eatons inhicting such severe wounds
upon him with q knife that he died shortly af-
herwards For this offense he was arrested, tried
lin the Baltimore county Circuit Court, convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for term of
T,ert- years Whilst in the penitentiary he learn
ed the trade of broom making and after he had
served out his time be repaired to his Cid neigh
borI.ood and worked at shoe and broom making.
II il Sssted that during his confinement bis mind
become somewhat impaired, and that after his
release he did not live with his family but lived
alone and supported himself by his trades
BEFORE the difficulty with Turner it is said that
Eaton was an Industrious and respectable man,
and that his family, consisting OF wife and i've
children, were very worthy people ana , much
tbou0ht of in the community in which they lived.
This tronble however, seems to have had de-
moraiizinr effect upon him and after bis release
from the penitentiary his habits were such that
his family would have nothing to do with him,
and therefore they lived apart. About two or
three years ago, one of the sons, an industrious
vouns man, who was at the time in the employ
of the N. C. R. R., was killed at Freeiano sta-
lion by train OF cars runnipSoser MIN.