Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-04

the 9lst year OF his age. Tnoug! 10 comiorta-
bic circumstances be continued his manual la
Dor uGtii a short time before his death.
Elder K. L. Cave broke the ice and baptized
young lady near GordcnSvilie on last Monday
mornlUg.
Mr.. Allen Williams died at his residence in
Clark county on the 3ls. Of January, 10 the
18th Year of his age
On Monday last the Pleasant Grove South
cru Methodist Church, situated abcu SIX p,lle5
northeast oi Staunton. was destroyed ~ me-.
Mr. Samuel liyc, Of K ckingham WIS found
on. day Ia t week, bed to death hy tic i':l,.
lug OF tree Ii Brock Gap in tina equity.
A DisgTaceiui Proceeding and the
End 'ihei eOl-"Lca iiic isurgli,r $50
and 2Old the Peanut Boy"
snort account OF u Dig H. ,lt IN this county
was published in the Gazette the dag alter 1t
occurred, aud #oud not nave Dccn alluded to
again bur Tor the misrepresentation S Ut the
affair that have sDcc appeared III The " ash
lngton papers. The following tru" >tatomcut
was written by the Gz It's county cores
pondcrt
About two o'clock last Tuesday afternoon
large crowd assembled ut Roach SprinlS.or as
it is low called Far Ruuyop, in our county,
10 Witacss that dclcctuble paslme, peculiar 10
no heathcu G. unlry, Surprising the fascinating
sport that finds favor III tnc eyes Of Spanish
Aalulgos, called dog fight. the crowd, COM
posed, as usual, OF the West OF tue vile; mcD
who find their superors even ia the caauc5 Of
tie bull -pccics wnicn they enthusiastically Sac
riice to the pampering OF their b2Sottet tastes;
of the Rcddy Welsh stripe; and gentlemen
were also there, in t,l:ir keen relish for sport,
lowering themselves for the once to meet
on the level and part on the square, with
those whose association, under other circum-
stances, would be like ''tnc whitening breath OF
the Upas. The light was 10 decide which should
wear the laurel wreath Of vlctory-ti.e District
Of Columbia or "My Maryland" aud a man by
the uamc Of ohnsoo put UP his dog Tor the
former ADD Que one named JLyson Tor the lat
ter, and soon the pit was formed, and the
disgusting combat began. To describe t would
offend the readers Of your paper; 1t needs but to
say that the passions OF the crowd, lahdilcd by
bad liquor, FROM the aajJ!uing house, The BET,
ting OF money, and the deep interest o ali iur
the SUCCESS OF their respective tayorllc, soon
reached pitch that surpassed eveo ihat oI the
dumb brutcs 10 the pit For more than aD
hour the fight continued, and then the dogs
were drawn off by mu VA consent, uGt to stop
the fight the crowd Of hHntnn ? brute, had
not queuchcd their thltst @lth sufficient
draug ats from the poisonous chalce, but t.
rest them. Just as the owners were pu;ilug
the dogs up again, and the recording angel
above, putting them down, special policemen
John Offjrd, Osens and Bates, with Others
they had summ pued TO assist them, eau" upon
the sceue, aud ID the uane OF the outraged
Commonwealth OF Virginia, proclaimed the
| arrest OF all present, but owing to the small
force, large crowd, aud open c'untry, many
escaped Abou! twelve prisoners, including
three hack loads OF gentlemen, two OF the ncn
and one dog, were il lhv "AIGSLes OF the law.
They we're carried to Justice Pcndicton's :, 10
Frecdnau's Village, where they waited some.
time Tor bis arrival, and when he came, they
desired to be tried before Justice Anstiu, 50
they were carried to that Justices otnce, IN
Arlington. That little village was completely
couvused when the procession entered 1t; the
prisoners in hack, on foot, and, tue bet cyl
depce of the case" the dog, under guart OF
the policemen, with the crowd OF clilZ Us, "h;e
and black, rapidly Increasing, following. 'Ou
the glitteriDg pageant slowly moved" TIL they
reached the Justices office, where the prison
ers were placed in comfortable quarters to await
the coming of the Magistrate. The crowd out iia
kept ucreasog \ little excitement was raised
by one Of the prisoners making i bold dash for
liberty lover the hills to The poor house, but
the vigilance of con:tlbc Wallace prevented
the escape. The prisoners passed the lme
pleasantly and protancly commenting on "F!r
GINA justice" and everything else below
Washington ior great distance, till y. IL,
when Justice Austin arrived patience would
have done no good, 'ju,tice must take its
course. De it slow as it may. When p lice
man Otford was making statement, he urucd
to point out prisoner, when, 10 the prsOLer,
sharp, wry looking black fellow, ana aouther,
white man, both minute before Ill the room,
we're uot p3rceptbe had like the Arlo,
gently folded their tent and h,ted away"
Cries Of stopped" raug out, and hall suppressed
outlaws announced the joke appreciated. 20
ccman Offo.d left the stand aud went 10 tind
his men. Up to this issue he has failed totiad
hcm. The prisoners LETT were a. Sheppard
Il. B. Williams, +, p Gloss and Chas. Hur
die, all Of Washington. Mr.. Sheppard made
a statement to this effect: He and his trieIds
had come over to see Mr.. Joe Hemer on bust
ness stopped ut the restaurant near Mr.. Il. S
brick yard for retreshmant saw he crowd at
the pit: went to see what was the matter and
was thcn arrested by the mob without any rea-
son being given, AMI asked tHat they De DIS
missed. After lengthy tcia! all We're dismiss
I'd except one Chas. Hurdle. Of Washington,
who gave bood to the amount o.! $3.50 to ap-
pear at Justice Aus;n's next Tuesday, one W.
Hersiin>ki becoming his security. The re-
markablc end OF this grave ofeDce against our
State, her vigorous law in relation TO the same
see acts of Assembly 1912, y. 462-to the
contrary Notwithstanding, will cause many to
say they let the burglar go aud held the pea
nut boy. ;" !