, 1874-03-04
The Sword Of "Gideon Sleeps in
It's Scabbard.
And the Owner Thereof takes Ref
uge Under a Desk.
Col. Fred Grant Anxious to See
Walker.
How the Correspondent Has Managed
to Secure Everybodys H.
win.

Special Dis,,atth to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Marcl 9.-somo little ox-
oitoment was created to-day by d bout at flati-
cuffg ndulgcd In by George Alfred TownBend,
tho wcll-inown correspondent, Gath," Of TIE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, and one ". s. Walker.
THE rnoyooATIoS.
It appears that Walker, who camo horo carly
in tho Bosson to wro letters to tho Chicago Ifmes
wrote a !otterwi1ich wasprintcdn TINT paper prob
ably three weeks ago, forcoly attacking Towns.
end icrcoly, charging him with being in tho pay
Of tho District Ring, and asserting, among other
that lo {rownsenl) owned and lived in houeo
that had been given him by tho Ring. Tho pub
lication OF the letter caused aomo comment
for dhy or two, but popular intcrcst in tho
mattor seemed to have died out until the OCCUR
ronce Of to-day revived 1t.
TIE ACCUSATION FALSE.
1t is proper to say that Townecud docs not
own house, and that he novor did mcguire ono
in Washington either by purchasc or in any other
way. Ho rents as he has dono eyer encc he
frat cau1o horo, Honc years ago. Tho whole
story was I. fabrication. It Lns not boon
credited by anybody here who was at all
acquainted with Townsend Walker aeoms to
havo picked 1t up in the streets, and made uso
Of it without taking any pains to ascertain
whether it was true or not.
TIE COMPLAINT.
| 1t tho timo Of tho publication Of tho lotteF
TownHend seemed very much annoyed about it,
but up to this morning he lus not shown any
disposition to hold Walker personally to account
in tho matter. little aftcr IL o'clock today,
Townsend dropped into tho Office Of tho Chicago
| Times. 1io complained to tho tcloeraphic cor
respondent Of that paper that be was greatly
annoyed ut the publication OF the letter in
question, eaying that ho wa8 receiving lettorn
from different parts OF tho country ~ith regard
to it, and expressing
| HIS DIFFERENTIATION TO CIASTlsE WALKEH
for hnvtng written it,
At this moment the door oponcd and Walker
stoppod in. Townsend got up. sud advancing
aud stopped him, saying: 'Mr. Walkor, bo-
f,ieuded you when you 1irat came here, and, in
return, you hare lied about NO. You have pub
lsl'cd a letter in your paper saying that had
baen given q house by tho District Hing"
Walker Instantly rojoinsd: II sricd to
find you yesterday, Alr. Townsend, to explain
this matter to you. got my information from
TIE TRIBUNE (nlealiug THE CHICAGO TnluuSE)
Office.
10 this Townsend ut onco replied:
"You LIZ, Sir. YoU LIE"
accompanying tho words with = blow acroas
Walkers body with his umbrella. THIS ho fol
loSsu zip with repeated b1ows with his umbrella
ahout ~alkor's hend, until Walker foil to tho
! floor, and rolled under doDk in tho corner Of
tic room. Up to tllis tlme tho telegraphc cor
respondent Of tho Times, who was sit.
ting with another gentleman about 10
foot from the. cou,batauta, in an adjoining
ruo1n with the door open, had been Disposed to
look upon tho engagement ns Pickwickian sort
OF . quarrel; but when Walkor fcl}, the two
gentlemen rcalizcd their nlistake, aud, rushing
forward, found Townse1ld
PuMMELISa WALKER
under tho desk. Thoy at onco separated th&
| parties, who wore both very much excited,
Walker demanding to be allowed ohance to
oxplain. Tho combntnntB were urTod to havc
no more trouble in tho office, whereupon Town
send withdrew, aud Walker rearranged his toilet,
which had suffered somein the encounter. With
the exception Of having had his hand aomowhat
bruiaod, it having boen stepped Oh by Townsend,
son. md no blood WAS drawn in tho melce.
Indeed, Walkor doca nut soem to have antci-
pated any attack, or to hsva oGorod tue 1oast
resistance from first to last.
"TlMEg ENTEnpHlBE.'
Walker, since his advent hero, seems to have
ndoptetl tho plan Of picking up all the scandal
afoat, und sending it to Lis paper without rrgard
o auHty r Gt syen .; ts troubling hso {s
forward, since lis arrival hero, al
sorts Of stato gossip and sandors which tue
older correspondence hayo not deemed TIT to be
Was q recent letter, in which wero condensed al
tho ...
DLACKMAILlHH aLANDEn8
, tlat hayo boon invented by the enones OF Con,
| Edward ". McCook to dofeat the continuation
Of that gentleman to be 0oyeruor of Colorado
Ho also wrote lutter: filled With shameful sto
,ios OF doubtful anthsntcity of the conduct o
Col. Fred Don't Cant, for which, it is under
/ stood,
COL. GRANT =. orotn:s 70 olIABrIsE HIM.
Tho character : ,is a-tto1s has not pacod hin
: In tho favorable timatsen Of the special cur
= = Respondents. gor,.:7 lly in this oily. Tho las
. number Of tho s lay Herald, Of tLis city. cou
tainel tue fotlowiu': paragraph:
4 fellow named VT tc :, ,ubcly published in Chi
csgo M the1, IL zondlna fuigarues to t!e ChIcag
1iines to tho groa. scandal II a old ad reliable agent
Walkor hna retained Il. r. Morrick. lawye
+ Of tho District, to bring suit against the pro
orietor OF tho Herald for llol iii caso tho para
grapl, is not rotractcd. llo states That the pro
:, | priator says ha will retlnet il fully in tue uo1
n Issue tf lila paper.