The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-14

Details of the Mill Between q Congress-
man and Mr.. "O'Myers."

washington Special to Baltimore Gazette. i
About clock yesterday afternoon Con-
gresham Glover, of Missouri, chairman of
what is known as the real estate pool COM
mittee. made most brutal and cowardly as
sault upon Mr.. Allen 0'Myers, your special
Washington correspondent The difficulty
grew out of an article which appeared in the
Gazette several days ago in relation to Glo-
ver's attack upon ex-COngressman Charles
Eldridge. The article in question was sent
by another correspondent, and Mr.. 0'Myers
did not see il until he read it
in the Gazette. Mr.. Glover is a man of
powerful build, six feet high, broad shout
dered, and looks as though he might be able
to knock lamp post down in a square fight
He is a conscientious man and means we'll,
but he has no control over his temper. He
has lately been guilty of some indiscretions
which the correspondents here have not in
dorsed, and he consequently concluded that
the press had been subsidized, and he
has honored the fraternity by play
fully abiding to them as Them are
newspaper thieves" Mr. Glover has
had associated with him in his work a
clerk and a detective named Brook Mackall,
who have kept him in hot water Dy convey
ing to him the opinions of people in regard
TO himself. Yesterday, while your cores
pendent was sitting in the Office of Colonel
Thompson, sergeantat-arms of the house,
Mackall approached him and demanded that
he should publish card from Glover in the
Gazette denying the charges made in the
Eldridge matter. The correspondent de-
clined to have anything 10 do with the mat
ter, for the very good reason that he was not
the author OF the Objectionable article and
had no authority to accept cards for
publication. The fellow was so persist
eDt and impairment that the correspondent
expressed the belief that he was crazy, and
L. II f. t..
that point, and declined to hold further con-
versation with him. The detective entered
the house, proceeded TO Mr.. Glovers seat,
and poured wrath into that abused states
mans ears Meanwhile the unsuspecting
correspondent. all ignorant OF the storm
that was brewing mounted a high Office
stool at the clerks desk, and began writing.
under way for Mondays edition OF the Ga
zette, when Glover came down like a wolf on
the fold, breathing war and slaughter. The
detective touched the correspondent on the
shoulder and said, Mr.. Glover will settle
with you" and looking up, there stood
Glover, pale and trembling with passion.
He burst out. young man, want to talk
to you" The young man" was not i'm
pressed with the ability of Mr.. Glover to
carry on calm and -dignifed conversation,
and, without leaving the stool or suspecting
an assault, he quietly said, mir. Glover,
there is no law in this land that
compels ms TO listen to you, and l
decline to enter into any converse
ton" Like fash big bunch OF bones
and flesh lighted on the left eye OF the cor
respondent, and il began to look to him as
though all the stars had fallen from the
armament and found refuge in his eyes.
Another another and another blow followed
inside of a second from the infuriated man,
all before the correspondent could rise from
his seat or prepare for action. He clinched
his assailsnt and attempted to defefend him.
self, when Colonel George Jones, OF New
York, rushed in and separated the belliger-
ents. Glover and his detective left tho room
thoroughly satisfied that the correspon-